Twenty schools earn blue ribbons
October 5, 2023Twenty schools in Illinois have been named National Blue Ribbon Schools for 2023. The recognition is based on a school’s academic performance or progress in closing achievement gaps…
Twenty schools in Illinois have been named National Blue Ribbon Schools for 2023. The recognition is based on a school’s academic performance or progress in closing achievement gaps…
Comedian Tom Dreesen is a master storyteller, and his performance on Sunday, Sept. 17 at Lake Forest’s John and Nancy Hughes Theater included nearly 30 minutes of Las Vegas-style…
Many thought a Halloween season memory maker stopped in 2022 after approximately three decades when Didier Farms of Lake County closed local operations due to retirement. Then a team…
The site of a onetime Native American village in Glen Ellyn will now be home to a museum, library and cultural center devoted to indigenous Americans. The Village of Glen Ellyn and…
In the wake of a successful exhibition saluting the late Andy Warhol at College of DuPage, the Elmhurst Art Museum is now staging a show as part of a worldwide celebration of Pablo…
A Joliet church’s financial quandary is being viewed as a learning lesson for all nonprofits in Illinois and a potential action item for Illinois lawmakers. Messiah Lutheran Church…
A Lombard man has been accused of leading police on a high-speed chase, reaching speeds in excess of 110 mph. Jameel Hall Smith, 26, a resident of the 300 block of West Maple Street,…
Wheaton Glennette Tilley Turner, was recently recognized for her work as a historian by the Illinois State Historical Society with a 2023 Lifetime Achievement Award. Turner, 90, has…
Wet fields kept the majority of Illinois farmers from planting for a second consecutive week, but windows for field work will be arriving soon. In addition, the U.S. EPA finally green-lighted…
Third in a series looking at the public funding of sports stadiums in Illinois Pat Quinn was on the ice in 2010 when the Blackhawks won the Stanley Cup, and in Houston in 2005 when…
SPRINGFIELD – Illinois continues to suffer from a shortage of teachers and other education professionals, although recent efforts by the state to ease the strain have made an impact….
SPRINGFIELD — Two bills that would regulate battery disposal and storage are awaiting action from the full Illinois Senate after unanimous committee approval. Senate Bill 3481, sponsored…
Scott Britton walked out to driveway to get his Sunday newspaper, only to find near it a plastic bag filled with rice (to keep it from blowing away) and anti-Semitic literature. Britton,…
First in a series looking at the public funding of Illinois sports stadiums Tom Tresser gets sick every time he hears something is needed to make Chicago “a world-class city.” “It…