An all-star team of volunteers is bringing four small lending libraries to Mundelein to boost local literacy. Commonly called Little Free Libraries after the nonprofit organization that launched the hobby, the wooden boxes will be installed at: Area...

Lesley Aguilar's eyes light up as she imagines her future, exploring a plethora of career possibilities. The 12-year-old sixth-grader at Lords Park Elementary School in Elgin would like to be an inventor, an adventurer, a soccer player, a photograph...

Four suburban school boards are following the same path as Palatine Elementary District 15, approving teachers' contracts before they are final and then failing to make the documents public. The four agreements are still inaccessible to taxpayers, e...

Addison Memorial Day Observance: 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. today, at village hall, 1 Friendship Plaza. Free pancake breakfast from 8 to 10 a.m. and Veterans Resource Fair from 8:30 to 10:30 a.m. at Indian Trail Junior High School, 222 N. Kennedy Drive. Flag ...

From somber ceremonies to patriotic parades, Memorial Day weekend presents many opportunities to pay tribute to the past and enjoy the present. Here's a look at what's scheduled in the suburbs: This weekend Woodfield Memorial Weekend Carnival: 5:30 ...

Submitted by Mundelein School District 75 Seventeen District 75 sixth through eighth-graders run each week in preparation for a 5K race. The Carl Sandburg Middle School students run with Heart and Sole as part of the Girls on the Run's newest progra...

Mundelein High School inducted its first class of Schuler Scholars as part of a recent partnership between the high school and the Schuler Scholar Program to help increase college access for Mundelein's students. The induction took place May 16 at ...