Community Unit District 300 recently began offering Freedom of Information Act forms and documents on the district's Web site, www.d300.org. If you click on the "Freedom of Information Act" link, you will be able to access downloadable FOIA request ...

A selection of single-family homes priced under $350,000 can be found throughout the West, South and Southwest suburbs. Aurora Community: Deerbrook -- Gold Series by Joe Keim Builders Price range: $300,000s Square footage: 1,613 to 2,600 Features: R...

Residents in Cuba Township could be in for some sticker shock when they open up property tax reassessment notice mailed out this week. Cuba Township Assessor Rebecca Tonigan said new assessments of all parcels in the township found a number signific...

Amazing! I'm referring to the incident with Dave Warwak, an art teacher, who was trying to teach and impose his vegan lifestyle on Fox River Grove Middle School students. Why doesn't Warwak stick to what he was hired to do -- teach art -- instead of...

Fish to fly Performers in Disney's stage production of "The Lion King" have to wear all sorts of odd puppet contraptions. But they have nothing on the touring cast of the Disney on Ice production of "Disney/Pixar's Finding Nemo," who perform in...

Fox River Grove Middle School art teacher Dave Warwak has been suspended with pay for urging school officials and students to learn more about veganism. Warwak said he received a letter from the school district on Thursday instructing him to stay aw...

McHenry County authorities dropped felony drug charges Wednesday against a former Lake Zurich teen accused of participating in a major narcotics trafficking ring last year. Kelly L. Gawron, 18, had faced two counts of unlawful delivery of a controll...

Who needs snow to enjoy a world-class ski jumping competition? For the past 22 years, the Norge Ski Club has proven the fluffy white stuff is a minor detail in hosting some of the best ski jumpers in the nation -- if not the world. This weekend, the...

A pair of high-ranking Fox River Grove public works officials were accused Wednesday of trying to use taxpayer funds to buy hundreds of dollars in building materials for personal use. Daniel Hughes, the village superintendent of water and sewer, was...