Elgin Area School District U-46 welcomed many new faces to its administrative team and more than 40,000 students who returned to classes Monday. Among them are six new elementary school principals, two new high school principals, and several other ...

The Gail Borden Public Library board has decided to provide a little more information to the public about its meetings but not full board agenda packets, the latter a practice common among suburban libraries. The board voted 6-1 earlier this week to...

Staff members at Elgin Area School District U-46 are finalizing lesson plans, waxing floors, firing up school buses and leading team practices and teacher professional development as they prepare to open school doors Monday, Aug. 17, for the 2015-16...

The hallways of 53 Elgin Area School District U-46 schools are abuzz with activity as 2,500 teachers returned to work this week to prepare for classes to begin Monday. "A lot of great instructional things are happening this school year," U-46 CEO To...

State, county and village officials gathered at the Busse Woods dam near Elk Grove Village Wednesday morning to celebrate unprecedented government cooperation that's expected to bring flood relief to thousands. The occasion marked the start of a thr...

To reach the treasure, our guide winds a twisty path through the rows and rows of antique coins and rare currency. After all, a normal guy might suffer a case of the financial bends if he dove into the shallow end of the World's Fair of Money and su...

Kraft Heinz Co. said Wednesday it is cutting about 2,500 jobs, including 700 in Northfield, as part of its plan to slash costs after the food companies combined. Affected workers in the United States and Canada are being told in person on Wednes...