Geoff Ziezulewicz

Family and military personnel pay a final salute to Korean War veteran Ray O'Brien at Lovell Federal Health Care Center in North Chicago after O'Brien's death on Dec. 29, 2016.

Veterans Affairs program works to ensure that no vet dies alone

June 12, 2018 at 7:39 a.m.

The old Army cook and the injured artilleryman sat shooting the breeze at the Department of Veterans Affairs' Lovell Federal Health Care Center in North Chicago. Nick Konz spent part...

Student fees to increase for some middle schoolers

June 9, 2018 at 7:24 a.m.

School District U46 fees for some middle school students enrolled in gifted programs will increase next school year, according to a plan voted into effect by the school board Monday...

U46 to audit career and technical education programs

May 10, 2019 at 8:49 a.m.

Elgin-area School District U46's board approved a plan Monday night to contract out an audit of the district's career and technical education programs in order to identify inefficiencies and better...

Scalded cat recovering, but ‘he’s got a long road’

May 23, 2019 at 2:21 a.m.

A cat who was badly scalded by boiling water is recovering but has weeks of therapy and care ahead, according to the head of an Edgewater animal shelter."It's going to...

School board members, vice president Traci O'Neal Ellis, Susan Kerr and Cody Holt listen to the many public comments. The District U46 school board held a meeting attended by over 100 people wishing to express opinions about a recent Facebook post by one of its board members, Monday, February 8, 2016, in Elgin, Illinois. (Jon Langham-for the Courier-News)

Community speaks out on U46 board member’s Facebook post

June 9, 2018 at 7:37 a.m.

Elgin-area School District U46 board member Jeanette Ward on Monday night stood by a quote she posted to Facebook this month that had some in Illinois' second-largest district calling the...

Cat seen scalded in Facebook video is rescued, being treated at shelter

May 23, 2019 at 2:21 a.m.

Heather Weidmann was horrified Friday morning when she saw footage on Facebook of a South Side cat getting scalded with boiling water. "I cried my eyes out, it's horrible," the...

Scholar to speak at Bartlett High

June 11, 2018 at 10:44 a.m.

A prominent education policy scholar will offer his expertise on gifted learners at 7 p.m. Tuesday at Bartlett High School, according to a School District U46 release. Dr. Jonathan Plucker,...

U46 board member’s Black History Month post angers some in community

June 11, 2018 at 11:49 a.m.

A quote posted this week by a School District U46 board member on her Facebook page has elicited outrage and accusations of racial insensitivity among some community members in Illinois'...

School District U46 CEO Tony Sanders was the featured guest at an Elgin Chamber of Commerce luncheon on Wednesday.

U46 CEO: Running district a balance between student needs and reality

May 10, 2019 at 8:48 a.m.

School District U46 CEO Tony Sanders was the guest of honor Wednesday at a "CEO Unplugged" luncheon hosted by the Elgin Area Chamber of Commerce. Sanders answered a variety of...

U46 proposes $23.4 million in 2016 capital improvement projects

May 10, 2019 at 8:48 a.m.

The School District U46 Board of Education got a first look at about $23.4 million in capital improvement projects proposed to be undertaken this summer. The list includes mobile classroom...

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