When Kari and Dan Kenna needed a larger home for their growing family, they knew they wanted to stay in Bartlett. The couple looked at several houses in Fairfax Crossings and fell in love with a two-story home with an open floor plan and basement. "...

Dropout rates State figures show that high school dropout rates have dropped. (Shown in percentages.) District 1998 2007 ...

Walking into the dean's office for the 15th time in two months, the freshman looked as if he didn't care. He was, after all, only late to class. So what? Yet another detention. It's not like that hadn't happened before. And it's not as if he was doi...

Every day they preach the same idea to students. Education, they say, should be children's top priority. Now teachers, politicians and librarians in Addison are teaming up to make sure parents are on the same page. This Saturday, Parent University w...

The 12.5-mile southern extension of I-355, named the Veterans Memorial Tollway, will be open to morning commuters on Nov. 12, tollway officials said Thursday. The new road links the tollway from I-55 to I-80, from Bolingbrook to New Lenox in Will C...

When Addison voters head to the polls for the Feb. 5 primary, they will decide on an issue that affects both their summer fun and their pocketbooks. The Addison Park District board preliminarily agreed Monday to ask voters for a tax increase that wo...

Six poets from DuPage County communities will be honored at 2 p.m. Saturday among the winners of the Poets and Patrons contest at the Harold Washington Library in Chicago. The annual competition is composed of 10 categories of poetic subjects or sty...

Proposed budget cuts in DuPage County will hurt more than 1,000 women who rely on free screenings for breast and cervical cancer, health department officials warned Thursday. The county is considering making $50 million in spending reductions to bal...

Willowbrook High School students and other drivers along Ardmore Avenue in Villa Park will find something new on their Monday morning commute. The Villa Park village board unanimously voted this week to place stop signs on Ardmore Avenue at both Hi...

Glenbard West to present concert Glenbard West High School will present its fall choral concert at 7:30 p.m. Thursday at the school, 670 Crescent Blvd., Glen Ellyn. Admission is free. For details, call (630) 469-9100. Sign up for these parks progra...