Carol Stream Elementary District 93 Superintendent Bill Shields has received a contract extension that will keep him in his job until 2017. The school district released a copy of the five-year contract extension last week that was formally approved ...

The mother of two children at a Naperville middle school is facing felony theft charges after police say she swiped a credit card and cash from an assistant principal’s purse. Keiyesha Taylor, 33, is accused of helping herself to the items during a ...

A letter of thanks from the Pathfinder District Committee of the Northwest Suburban Council, Boy Scouts of America. Hello Friends, Pathfinder District of Northwest Suburban Council is the Boy Scout district that includes all or part of the follo...

Elisa Galvan of Hoffman Estates is a veteran debater and co-captain of Harper’s high-powered speech and debate team. At the state championship last month for two-year colleges, it showed. Galvan won the state title in extemporaneous speaking and ano...

DuPage County Forest Preserve officials are expressing relief after follow-up testing showed the discovery of a deer with chronic wasting disease most likely was an isolated occurrence. Officials were worried the disease, which is fatal to deer, had...

The 24th annual Hearts for Homeless Families presents “The Derby Whodunit,”a murder mystery at 5:30 p.m. on Saturday, May 4, at the Sanfilippo Estate Carousel Building, in Barrington Hills. Proceeds benefit the Catholic Charities New Hope Apartments...

The five candidates running for school board in River Trails District 26 say current board members made the right decision in 2012 when they fired a custodian after his conviction for misdemeanor battery in two cases involving relatives. Jorge Romer...