Fewer than 6 percent of DuPage County's 558,929 registered voters cast early ballots, officials said Friday. DuPage Election Commission officials said 32,385 voters took advantage of the 18-day early voting period that ended Thursday. More than a qu...

Rarely do taxing bodies such as school district welcome tax-increment finance districts with open arms. But a uniquely structured deal between Lisle officials and Navistar actually may benefit Naperville Unit District 203 in the first year of the de...

Aurora Central Catholic (2-5) at St. Francis (4-3) Game time: 7:30 p.m. today, College of DuPage The quick hit: There shouldn't be a need for a Spartans comeback in this Suburban Christian Conference crossover. At least not if St. Francis can elimin...

Aurora Central Catholic (2-5) at St. Francis (4-3) Game time: 7:30 p.m. today, College of DuPage The quick hit: There shouldn't be a need for a Spartans comeback in this Suburban Christian Conference crossover. At least not if St. Francis can elimin...

Mohsin Dada, assistant superintendent for business services at Schaumburg Township Elementary School District 54, will be retiring effective June 30, 2011. Dada announced his decision in a letter to school officials, saying it made sense to step do...

Many suburbanites slept in Monday as the perfect extension of a gloriously beautiful fall weekend. Others answered early alarms, grumbled all the way to work and wondered if slapdash plans to navigate their kids through a Columbus Day holiday with n...

Before newly hired teachers ever set foot in a suburban classroom, they typically go through training on how to avoid inappropriate relationships with students. Young teachers who are just a few years older than their high school-age students and j...

Is it ever appropriate for a teacher to text a student? And if so, when? What about e-mail contact? Naperville Unit District 203 officials wrestled with those questions and several others Monday night as they began drafting a social networking regul...