Leann Spencer

On the second anniversary of the Columbine school shootings, many Chicago-area schools are increasing security Friday in response to threats of violence, while weighing the likelihood that most of those...

When the 2,300 students locked out of St. Charles East High School go back to class Tuesday it will be in largely unfamiliar territory. Because St. Charles East has been...

When voters go to the polls Tuesday, they will be faced with dozens of choices in school board elections. In DuPage County, about half of 47 school board elections are...

Northern Illinois University students got an extra day to study for final exams Monday, but Naperville Community Unit School District 203 pupils could only watch the snow pile up from...

In an effort to promote its travel and tourism training programs, the College of DuPage will host an open house and career fair Tuesday. The open house will introduce people...

A lot of things are on the mind of admissions director LuAnn Smith these days, but perhaps none is more pressing than the recruitment of minorities to the Illinois Mathematics...

Local high school jazz bands are $1,000 richer after three days of performing and studying at the prestigious Essentially Ellington jazz band competition and music festival in New York City....

Nora Prindiville still sleeps in the same bedroom she had as a child. She could only watch as her older brothers learned to drive, then left home for college. She...

DuPage County Judge Hollis Webster denied a motion by defense attorneys to dismiss a lawsuit against Wheaton Warrenville School District 200. The district is being sued by parents who want...

Elmhurst College is offering free four-year undergraduate tuition to the person lucky enough to pluck a winning balloon from the skies. The tuition voucher will be attached to one of...