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Community Unit District 300 has 20,856 students, a population that is up 2 percent in two years and ranks the Carpentersville-based district as the sixth largest in the state.
Taking a page from the playbook of local, state and national leaders, Su...
Updated: Jan 30, 2013 at 05:56 PM
Initial reactions — or overreactions — to the Sandy Hook Elementary School mass shooting are understandable. Small children killed in their classroom is unfathomable. Stopping it from ever happening again is paramount in our thoughts.
But we are tha...
Published: Jan 30, 2013 at 05:00 AM
Elgin Community College’s Alliance for College Readiness initiative has been recognized on a national stage for being a “cutting-edge, trendsetting” program.
ECC is a finalist for the Community College Futures Assembly Bellwether Award, which has re...
Updated: Jan 29, 2013 at 03:55 PM
Elgin Community College was recognized Tuesday with the 2012 Bellwether Award, education’s equivalent to football’s Heisman Trophy.
The Community College Futures Assembly chose ECC over hundreds of other schools, declaring its college readiness init...
Updated: Jan 30, 2013 at 07:42 AM
Editor’s note: This article has been changed to reflect the fact that Tricia Dieringer is a member of Elgin’s American Legion Post 57.
About a dozen veterans showed up to the Elgin Area School District U-46 school board meeting Monday night urging b...
Updated: Jan 29, 2013 at 10:53 AM
Ice turns to thunderstorm as temperatures rise
An afternoon of sleet and freezing rain turned to a January thunderstorm as temperatures around the suburbs continued to warm up last night. Temperatures were expected to rise to the lower 40s by t...
Updated: Jan 28, 2013 at 10:15 AM
Shortly after the mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School, concerned parents started calling local educators to see what more could be done to keep their kids safe.
One DuPage County mom asked if her second-grader would be allowed to wear bod...
Updated: Jan 29, 2013 at 10:44 AM
Ivan Cuevas says he's looking forward to the day he can get on the road and drive to work without fear of being caught without a license.
Cuevas, 31, moved to the Chicago area from Mexico when he was 12. The Elgin resident now works at a restaurant ...
Updated: Jan 29, 2013 at 05:34 AM
SPRINGFIELD — When lawmakers return to Springfield this week, suburban officials will be among the leaders on a handful of tough issues likely to dominate debate almost until the summer.
The underlying challenge will once again be the state's troubl...
Updated: Jan 28, 2013 at 01:43 PM
As the cold winds blow outside, now is an ideal time to get cozy with a warm blanket on the couch to design and choose color palettes for this year's garden.
Bold, intense colors pop from catalog pages, natives continue to rise in popularity and af...
Updated: Feb 02, 2013 at 01:57 PM