SCHOOL-REPAIR PROPOSAL TO BE EXPLAINED
Residents of Maercker Elementary School District 60 on Thursday will get their first look at a consultant's analysis of conditions at local schools at an open house beginning at 7:30...
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FAMILIES STUNNED AFTER CRASH KILLS 2 TEENS, INJURES 2
The families of four suburban teenagers spent Saturday in anguish and shock after a Wisconsin car crash killed two of the teens and left the others hospitalized with serious injuries....
ENROLLMENT UP AT UNIVERSITY
Undergraduate enrollment at Benedictine University in Lisle has reached a record high with 1,781 students, or 24 more than last year. This is the third year in a row that...
ARTS CENTER GETS NEW DIRECTOR
Jane K. Oldfield has been named the new director of performing arts for the Harold D. McAnnich Arts Center at the College of DuPage. Oldfield, 44, will succeed Jack Weiseman,...
EXODUS GETS CHEERS, JEERS IN WHEATON
The controversial Christian ministry Exodus International--which counsels homosexuals to renounce their sexual practices and lifestyle--arrived in Wheaton this week, bringing with it triumphant hymns of praise, the anger of protesters...
HATE GROUPS PLOWING FERTILE FIELD ON WEB
The most infamous white supremacist group in America, the Ku Klux Klan, counted at its peak as many as 4.5 million followers nationwide, largely an older membership anchored in the...
SOUTH SIDE LANDMARK HEADS FOR EXTINCTION
After struggling for years as an entertainment venue, Chicago's venerable and history-laden International Amphitheatre--which hosted the 1968 Democratic National Convention, four other national political gatherings and the Beatles' Chicago debut--is...
Indiana: Brown County
This may be the epicenter of a wildly popular tourist attraction but you'd never know it as you drive into town. One minute you're on a shaded highway, the next...
RIGHT TO QUIRKS, INTERVENTION HANG IN FINE BALANCE
On Wednesday morning, students at high schools across the Chicago area were greeted by announcements related to the Colorado shootings, ranging from assurances that their own schools were safe to...
MOTIVE SOUGHT IN NILES WEST SHOOTING
Skokie police were trying to determine Friday why a 26-year-old Evanston man walked into Niles West High School in Skokie on Thursday night and fired six shots, seriously wounding a...