Sixteen-year-old Darnell Holt’s favorite color was red. So on Wednesday, the halls and classrooms at Willowbrook High School in Villa Park were awash in a sea of red outfits, all worn by classmates and teachers paying tribute to the slain freshman k...

When Steve Humphrey announced he would retire as superintendent of DuPage High School District 88 at the end of this school year, it launched a wave of administrative shifts. This week, those shifts continued as the school board unanimously named D...

Late child-support payments can wreak havoc on a family. Yet, as people struggle to pay their bills and keep their jobs or find new ones, more suburban parents are having trouble meeting their obligations to their children. From 2008 to 2010, the nu...

Worried about bedbugs? Cures are the topic at the North American Bed Bug summit in Rosemont. Full story. Prison the treatment for Buffalo Grove man's mental illness Daniel Jason of Buffalo Grove was ordered back to the prison for inapprop...

Pitching arm or pitching wedge? Tim Lieser chose the latter. The Naperville Central senior recalls the highlight of his baseball career as the self-described “ace” of the sophomore club. He pitched the Redhawks to victory over Wheaton Warrenville S...

Jim Kosowski loves the Oak Brook neighborhood where he grew up so much he's raising his family there. There's just one problem: The neighborhood kids go to so many different schools. Of approximately 80 school-age children living in the Timber Trail...

Addison Trail High School officials have named a school administrator to take the top spot of principal in the 2012-13 school year. Adam Cibulka, who has been the assistant principal for curriculum and instruction for three years, will lead nearly 2...

Students returning to several area schools this fall will have to adjust to more than just new teachers and tougher lessons. In some districts, children will find completely new classrooms and major building additions as they return. At others, cons...