This report has been updated to reflect that Glenbrook High Schools District 225 on Friday moved to a "masks recommended environment." Suburban school leaders are re-examining masking rules after the downstate appellate court ruling on the stat...

A downstate appellate court has ruled the state's indoor mask requirement in schools has expired and therefore an appeal of a temporary restraining order barring schools from enforcing it is "moot." In the appellate court order issued early Friday m...

Hampshire High School students will participate in classes remotely today due to concerns for student and staff safety, a message from Community Unit District 300 officials said Thursday. "This e-learning day is being implemented due to safety conce...

If COVID-19 metrics continue to improve, Illinoisans can cast off their masks indoors in most public spaces on Feb. 28, Gov. J.B. Pritzker said Wednesday, but schools will need to wait until later in the spring. "We are now seeing the fastest rate o...

Days after a judge ruled to lift a statewide mask mandate in Illinois schools, parents rallied outside the district offices of Community Unit District 300 in Algonquin in an effort to sway the district to drop mandatory masking for students. "A year...

• The Bartlett Police Department has selected Officer Derek Bansley as its 2021 Police Officer of the Year for his outstanding performance and work ethic during the past year. Bansley, who has been a dedicated member of the police department for th...

By the fall of 2021, parents and teachers had the COVID-19 playbook down — masking, social distancing, vaccinations. Then came omicron. The super-infectious COVID-19 variant exploded over December and January, infecting students and teachers who'd e...

LOS ANGELES (AP) - A former lecturer at the University of California, Los Angeles, who was arrested Tuesday after police say he emailed an 800-page document and posted videos threatening violence against the school had previously sent messages sayin...

Algonquin-based Community Unit District 300 recently introduced elementary students to Inchy the Bookworm Vending Machine. Lincoln Prairie Elementary School educators Stephanie DiMatteo and Erin Nisi had a vision of bringing engagement and excitemen...

The city of Elgin has its second poet laureate. That may be news to people who didn't know Elgin had a first poet laureate. Raising the profile will be part of Gareth Mann's new job. The Elgin Poet Laureate Project began in 2018. At the time, Elgin ...