Suburban teachers are figuring out ways to talk about race and racism and their roles in history to challenge timeworn methods for teaching about the past. Whether such conversations belong in the classroom is a debate raging nationally and has bec...

Tomorrow Never Knows Festival: Through Sunday, Jan. 19-23, at Golden Dagger, 2447 N. Halsted St., Chicago, (773) 857-0166 or goldendagger.com; Lincoln Hall, 2424 N. Lincoln Ave., Chicago, (773) 525-2501 or lh-st.com; Schubas Tavern, 3159 N. Southpor...

Joe Stacy, senior vice president and managing broker of Berkshire Hathaway HomeServices Chicago's Glen Ellyn, Naperville and Wheaton offices, is pleased to announce that Yvonne Mortimer has been named operations manager for these offices. Most recen...

In hiring Jackie Thornton as its next principal, Naperville Central High School turned to a voice of experience. Thornton, Naperville Central's assistant principal for curriculum and instruction for the last 19 years, was approved to replace retirin...

Faced with a $1 million annual deficit in its driver's education department, Indian Prairie Unit District 204 will gradually raise its fees to students over the next five years. Fees will rise from $350 this school year to an eventual amount of $425...

The Fort Payne Chapter, National Society Daughters of American Revolution is pleased to announce the creation of the Bettye Wehrli Memorial Scholarship. Wehrli was a longtime community volunteer and active Fort Payne DAR member, who passed away in ...

You'll often find Naper Elementary School teacher Ryan Carrizales - with at least one of his two golden retrievers - visiting a local soccer field or basketball court to watch his third grade students play a game. It's that kind of dedication - with...

Many suburban communities will mark another Martin Luther King Jr. Day with remembrances and celebrations on Monday, Jan. 17. But this year, Illinoisans will celebrate another champion of civic justice on that same day. Jan. 17, 2022, marks the firs...