Geoff Ziezulewicz

School District U46 officials withdraw $50 million bond proposal

June 12, 2018 at 8:26 a.m.

A plan that would have allowed School District U46 to issue $50 million in new bonds at low-or-zero percent interest was withdrawn from Monday night's board meeting agenda by CEO...

District U46 PARCC test results mirror state averages

May 10, 2019 at 8:43 a.m.

School District U46 staff presented the results of the district's performance on the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers, or PARCC, tests that were administered for the...

School District U46 board gets look at proposed school calendar

May 10, 2019 at 8:43 a.m.

School District U46 board members got a look Monday night at staff's proposals for a school year 2016-17 calendar at its bimonthly meeting. The proposed calendar moved the first day...

Students dance along to "YMCA" during a mini-break meant to encourage activity and reduce in-class fidgeting at Sycamore Trails Elementary School in Bartlett.

School District U46 emphasizing elementary activity

June 11, 2018 at 11:08 a.m.

It's early afternoon in Tarren Cedillo's second grade class at Sycamore Trails Elementary School in Bartlett. "Time to take a break," Cedillo announces. "Finally!" one of the kids answers back....

Chicago Police work the scene of a shooting in the 1900 block of West Belle Plaine Avenue on Jan. 8, 2016.

4 dead, 16 wounded since Friday, including 3 shot near mayor’s home

May 23, 2019 at 2:12 a.m.

A party in an apartment four blocks from Mayor Rahm Emanuel's home turned deadly Friday evening when three people were shot — one fatally — during an argument, police said....

The Illinois lottery has continued to sell tickets even though those who win large prizes must wait until a budget is passed to collect their money.

Lawsuit: Illinois owes interest on delayed lottery payments

May 23, 2019 at 2:12 a.m.

Illinois lottery winners who weren't paid last year because of Springfield's budget impasse have sued the Lottery Department, contending they are owed interest accrued during the months in which their...

Peoria hotel sued in connection to Gilberts man’s death

June 11, 2018 at 1:11 p.m.

The administrator for the estate of a Gilberts man who died in 2013 filed a lawsuit against a Peoria hotel late last month, alleging that the facility's therapy tub caused...

Caution tape encircles a cooling tower outside a closed Gifford Street High School, housed in the administration building for School District U46 in September.

District U46 considering more Legionnaires’ disease testing

June 12, 2018 at 8:27 a.m.

School District U46 should consider quarterly testing of its cooling towers for the bacteria that causes Legionnaires' disease, according to recommendations by the district's water treatment company after the bacteria...

Kyle Omholt, a Care of Trees plant health care coordinator, injected a systemic insecticide in the ground around a healthy ash tree in Naperville in 2013.

Officials see light at end of tunnel as ash borer battle continues

May 25, 2019 at 6:13 p.m.

The emerald ash borer, that ravenous, pesky insect that has in recent years laid waste to many an Illinois ash tree, continued its rampage through 2015. But several local municipalities...

Some hoverboard users are being injured after taking falls from the electric devices, which require self balance and sometimes react to changes in surface.

Hoverboards landing some in area emergency rooms

June 9, 2018 at 8:46 a.m.

It was the hottest gift of the holidays. But hospital officials across the Chicago area say hoverboard accidents are leading to visits to the emergency room for those who can't...

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