Mark Shuman

SCHOOL DISTRICT 300 Years of low test scores force remedial action Dundee-Crown High School in Carpentersville would see more night classes and summer-school programs for struggling students, and guidance counselors...

An Algonquin woman has been charged with supplying alcohol and cigarettes to as many as 30 children, ages 12 to 14, at a New Year's Eve party in her home...

DES PLAINES Budget cushion may drop by $2.6 million The budget cushion in Des Plaines is expected to drop to $5.5 million next year -- down $2.6 million from what...

DES PLAINES Officials to weigh police, fire stations Des Plaines aldermen will decide next month whether to set aside about $10 million in the 2008 budget to buy land for...

DES PLAINES Council approves tenant restrictions Problem tenants are the targets of new regulations approved by the City Council. At a meeting Monday, aldermen approved changes to an ordinance that...

An Elgin father of three died Wednesday in the third crash in less than 15 hours at an intersection long identified as one of the suburb's most dangerous, authorities said....

DES PLAINES More detail sought on sewer-fee plan The Des Plaines City Council has balked at raising sewer fees until staffers more clearly explain the benefits of a plan to...

A convicted murderer escaped from an Elgin mental health center after apparently switching identification passes with a visitor, authorities said Tuesday. Tolbert Walls, 31, escaped Monday evening from the Elgin...

The pilot and a passenger in a single-engine plane walked away unhurt from a crash landing Monday near Greenwood Elementary School in McHenry County. Thomas N. Chapman, 62, of Harvard...

DES PLAINES Assistant tapped as interim manager Assistant City Manager Jason Bajor was named acting city manager in Des Plaines this week, and he told aldermen he wants the job...