Several suburban superintendents have taken time away from end-of-year activities in their districts in recent weeks to travel to Springfield. They are pushing for a one-year moratorium on the establishment of any new virtual charter schools. State...

Retired Army Sgt. Michael Griffin will be honored with the Army Commendation Medal of Valor Thursday, nine years after he was shot four times in Iraq and provided key information about the enemy's whereabouts while he fought for his own life. It's ...

The Elgin Area Convention & Visitors Bureau kicked-off the 30th annual National Travel & Tourism Week, May 4- May 12, with the 6th Annual Mayors' Luncheon. Tourism is Illinois' hidden revenue generator; $1,110 is the amount the average Illinois fam...

Consider it one of the oddest facts of an unusual spring: it’s the final week of the regular season and the Jacobs baseball team has yet to hold a full, outdoor practice. Persistent cold, wet weather throughout late March and April kept the Golden E...

More than 100 suburban school board members voted against an online charter school in April that was proposed to serve students from Algonquin to Plainfield. One board member abstained from the vote after missing the public hearing on the plan. Not...

Annette Curtis of Arlington Heights calls herself “an accidental advocate.” Somewhat shy by nature, she typically can be found on the sidelines of her daughter’s soccer or water polo games, but now she finds herself fighting for gun control. And sh...