For at least the third time, Glenbard High School District 87 Superintendent Mike Meissen is a finalist as a candidate for the top administrative position at another school district. Meissen is one of three finalists for the superintendent job at Ed...

Blagojevich expected to address court, then hear sentence Former Gov. Rod Blagojevich will learn today how many years he will spend behind bars on corruption charges that include attempting to sell the vacated seat of then-Sen. Barack Obama. Du...

Breaking news Naperville Police are searching for two men who robbed a Domino's Pizza in the 2000 block of South Washington overnight, police said. The men entered the store at approximately 11:34 p.m., wearing masks, displayed hand guns and de...

Mary Kalogeropoulos expected she'd miss having her own group of students when she left teaching to become principal of Westbrook School for Young Learners in Mount Prospect. The switch did require an adjustment, she said, but it wasn't quite as diff...

The Illinois PGA has announced its list of season award winners, with Andy Shuman heading the list. The director of golf at Twin Orchard Country Club in Long Grove was named the section’s 57th professional of the year, and he’ll be honored with the ...

On May 18 and 19, the Solid Waste Agency of Northern Cook County conducted its 12th annual shoe collection for Share Your Soles and Nike's Reuse-A-Shoe Program. Under the direction of SWANCC's recycling and education Director Mary S. Allen, co-worke...

With a new superintendent coming on board, continuing financial concerns, a strategic plan in progress and the possibility of a shift from two K-8 schools, there is no shortage of issues in Millburn Elementary District 24. Interest in what happens ...

On Saturday, Jan. 22, Walter R. Sundling Junior High’s Jazz Band participated in the 34th Annual Northshore Jazz Festival at Glenbrook South High School in Glenview. The competition showcases junior high and high school jazz ensembles and combos. F...

Glance over your shoulder at the complicated year that was 2010 in the Northwest suburbs and it's difficult to find one moment, one event that sums the whole thing up. Where is the common bond, the string that ties it all together? There were unspea...

Growing up in Glenview, Amy Stockbridge went to four different schools before she got to high school. Glenview Elementary District 34 had reconfigured its neighborhood elementary schools into grade level centers, an increasingly popular option for s...