Third of four parts When Principal Lavonne Smiley came to Tefft Middle School 15 years ago the Streamwood school was in chaos. Gangs gathered on opposite sides of the gymnasium during dances. Teachers would jump in to break up fights. Students were ...

Ex-boyfriend gets 47 years for slaying of Woodridge woman The ex-boyfriend of Alyssa Van Meter, a Woodridge tow truck driver, was sentenced yesterday to 47 years for her stabbing death. Adam Belmont, 26, of Northlake, plead guilty last month t...

Fines for most overdue books and other library items can be paid with canned and non-perishable food donations from July 1 through July 31 at the Schaumburg Township District Library. This semi-annual "Food for Fines" event takes place at the librar...

Hanover Township and the Bartlett Chamber of Commerce are partnering to collect donations for the Township Food Pantry during the Bartlett Independence Day Parade Sunday, July 5, beginning at 1 p.m. The Hanover Township Food Pantry serves 800-1,000 ...

The 13th annual Bartlett Festival of the Arts will be from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday and Sunday, June 27-28, outdoors in Bartlett Park, 700 S. Bartlett Road, Bartlett. The festival is put on by Arts in Bartlett, a dynamic, all-volunteer tax-exempt ...

Mundelein mayor urges Norton to resign Mundelein Mayor Steve Lentz on Monday joined the elected officials calling for Trustee Dakotah Norton to resign after a DUI arrest and revelations about his criminal history. Norton had been arrested on f...

Krispy Kreme Doughnuts plans to open new stores in Cook County beyond its single Chicago-area shop in Elk Grove Village, the company said Tuesday. The North Carolina-based company plans to open eight new shops in Cook County "over the next few years...

A Hanover Park man already being held in DuPage County jail on unrelated charges has been charged with arson in an April apartment fire in Bloomingdale. Michael J. Green, 18, of the 1800 block of Whitney Drive, is charged with arson and criminal dam...