Frustration from suburban school districts that have to use big chunks of federal grant money to pay for pensions fueled U.S. Rep. Bob Dold's efforts to change federal education law, I learned this week. Members of Dold's Education Advisory Counci...

One day after being fired as president of the College of DuPage, Robert Breuder filed a federal lawsuit Wednesday claiming he was wrongfully terminated from the school. He is seeking more than $2 million in damages. The suit names COD's seven-membe...

Robert Breuder's controversial tenure as president of the College of DuPage came to end Tuesday night when the school's board of trustees approved a resolution to fire him roughly five months before he was scheduled to step down. Trustees at the sta...

Embattled College of DuPage President Robert Breuder could be fired as early as Tuesday night. The college's board of trustees has called a special meeting for 6 p.m. Tuesday to consider a resolution to terminate Breuder's employment. That resoluti...

Presidents at suburban community colleges have been given contracts of up to five years, despite College of DuPage trustees declaring that their school's top administrator - by law - never should have received more than a two-year deal. Last month, ...

The philosophy of Wheaton Academy's newly hired softball coach is no surprise. "For me offensively, it's just run production," said Sammy Marshall, the Naperville North graduate and former Western Illinois University star hired Oct. 8 to lead the Wa...

The darkest hour is just before dawn, the saying goes. For professional singer Wayne Messmer - who will perform the national anthem at the Cubs' first home playoff game against the Cardinals today - that time was spring and summer of 1994 after he w...

Since 1996 Waubonsie Valley's football team is 15-0 against this week's opponent, East Aurora, with seven shutouts ranging from 13-0 to 68-0. In a 4-2 season Waubonsie Valley coach Paul Murphy has described as a roller coaster, "we're not taking an...

Prospect Hts. Dist. 23 approves new contract A new 4-year contract approved by the Prospect Heights Elementary District 23 school board gives teachers raises over 3 percent, though it does not include a salary schedule, which had been a stickin...