Ted Kleine

A punny thing has happened at Hawthorn Elementary School. Jeanne Bleck, a 1st grade teacher, has been asking her pupils to turn their family's old footwear into miniature sculptures. "I...

Paula Person is trying to teach some children a thing or two about manners, and she's doing it in the nicest way possible. "Hello, hello, I'm glad to say hello,"...

Simon Mangiurea isn't an unemployable loser in real life, but he played one on Thursday. Mangiurea, a senior at Mundelein High School, portrayed the semi-literate plaintiff in a mock trial...

Rory Deutsch never made it to the stars, but his classmates at Indian Trail School feel like they've taken the trip he dreamed about. Rory, a 1st grader who was...

To stop rail commuters from avoiding the Metra station's parking lot, Vernon Hills is banning parking on Sussex Circle from Nardis Drive to Montclair Road from 7 to 10 a.m....

Arboretum Golf Club is about to undergo a renovation that will make it a premier facility for golf outings, Buffalo Grove Finance Director William Brimm said. Next year, the course...

An Elgin-based company is proposing to construct a storage building with heated and air-conditioned spaces, and an on-site caretaker at the corner of Aptakisic Road and Frillman Avenue. U-Stor-It's plan...

Vernon Hills plans to start notifying residents of neighboring communities about a state law that prohibits burning leaves within 1,000 feet of a city or village that prohibits leaf burning....

Concerned about the possibility of disrupting life in the nearby neighborhood, the Buffalo Grove Village Board is asking for several "restrictions" before it will approve an expansion of the Raupp...

Every member of the Vernon Hills Police Department has a bulletproof vest now--even Bullet, the department's German shepherd. At a recent Village Board meeting, Bullet officially received a Kevlar vest...