After months of lockdowns, masks, social distancing and endless talk of COVID-19 and positivity rates, the time suburban parents have dreaded is nearly here — the start of the school year. For many, the thought of sending their children to school du...

Lindsay Anastacio has been promoted to principal at Windsor Elementary School in Arlington Heights Elementary District 25. The school's assistant principal since 2016, Anastacio is entering her 16th year in the education field. She began her career ...

Besides the once every 10-year tally underway by the U.S. Census Bureau, residents of The Glen in Glenview are being asked to participate in a separate head count. However, the village request is old hat for residents of the master-planned town with...

Officials at Glenbrook High School District 225 quickly recognized that the COVID-19 pandemic would affect families in many ways. As schools closed in March and programs ceased, they determined ending the food service for students would have a big ...

A hall of fame coach got a hall of fame retirement send-off on Friday afternoon in Arlington Heights. Alumni along with current and retired teachers were part of a parade of nearly 100 cars that drove past the house of longtime Prospect High School ...

Palatine Township Elementary District 15 has hired an enrollment projection consultant to help study potential boundary changes for students. District 15 will pay at least $54,000 to RSP & Associates of Overland Park, Kansas, for its student enrollm...

Chicago's own South Side born-and-raised Chicago comedian DeRay Davis returns for another series of standup shows this weekend at the Improv Comedy Showcase, 5 Woodfield Road, Schaumburg. $38-$49 plus a two-item purchase. (847) 240-2001 or chi...

This weekend Mid-America Bonsai Society Show & Sale: Noon to 5 p.m. Friday, Aug. 16, and 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, Aug. 17-18, at Chicago Botanic Garden, 1000 Lake-Cook Road, Glencoe. Presented by the Midwest Bonsai Society, this show fe...

This weekend McHenry County Fair: 10 a.m. to midnight Friday and Saturday, Aug. 2-3, and 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 4, at the McHenry County Fairgrounds, 11900 Country Club Drive, Woodstock. Livestock shows, agricultural and 4-H exhibits, entert...

This weekend DuPage County Fair: 8 a.m. to 11 p.m. Friday through Sunday, July 26-28, at the DuPage County Fairgrounds, 2015 Manchester Road, Wheaton. Music, animals, demolition derby, craft beer garden, watermelon- and pie-eating contests, craft fa...