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Barrington School District 220 held a series of sessions – officially called community engagement meetings – seeking to provide information and field stakeholders’ questions as the district looks to have a multi-million dollar referendum on the November ballot. If successful this year, this latest turn to taxpayers would come four years after a $147 million bond referendum was approved, money the district used to make upgrades, additions and renovations at several of its 12 schools — including Barrington High School. Читать дальше...

The Naperville School District 203 Board of Education is considering offering an introduction to engineering course and advanced levels of American Sign Language to its high school students. The board is also considering the administration’s recommendation to eliminate a dozen high school courses that have had low enrollment, lacked student interest or whose content overlapped other courses. The course considerations are part of the district’s annual audit of its class offerings, Superintendent Dan Bridges said at Monday’s school board meeting.

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A 54-year-old man was fatally wounded Tuesday morning in a shooting in the Lawndale neighborhood, Chicago police said. Shortly before 7:45 a.m., the victim was found outside in the 800 block of South Kolmar Avenue with two gunshot wounds to the stomach. He was taken in critical condition to Mount Sinai Hospital where he was pronounced dead. The circumstances leading up to the shooting are under investigation. No one was in custody.

Pacione-Zayas, a former state senator, has been serving as deputy chief-of-staff since the start of Johnson's term.

What some may regard as a traffic nightmare began Monday as the Illinois Department of Transportation started a two-year project to replace the Route 31 bridge over U.S. Highway 20, affecting thousands of motorists who use the two major roadways daily. As part of the road work, Route 31 is reduced from two lanes to one in both directions between Dana Drive and Oak Street, while U.S. 20 is reduced to one lane in each direction between Grace Street and Mclean Boulevard, according to a news release about the project start. Читать дальше...

Yarbrough is first African American and female clerk of Cook County. She was was first elected clerk in 2018 and was reelected in 2022.

V. Gilbert Beers, the author of Christian books and former editor of Christianity Today editor, died at 95.

ROCKFORD, Ill. — A northern Illinois man charged with killing four people and injuring seven others by stabbing, beating and driving over them is expected back in court on Tuesday. A judge in the city of Rockford is expected to consider prosecutors’ request that Christian Soto remain jailed pending trial. The 22-year-old appeared briefly in court on Thursday, a day after the attacks in Rockford and his arrest. His defense asked for more time to prepare for the hearing. The Winnebago County Public Defender’s office... Читать дальше...

The charges against Kilkelly are Class 3 felonies, which carry a maximum prison sentence of five years, though lesser penalties, including probation, are also options if she is found guilty.

Tax season can come with several headaches, from gathering documents to finding the time to sit down and file. But one pain that you want to avoid is falling for a tax scam.

Larry Lucchino, the former Red Sox executive who helped lead the club to one of its most successful stretches in team history, died Tuesday morning. He was 78.

Police made back-to-back gun-related arrests in the parking lot for Naperville’s TopGolf facility over the weekend.

Weather officials say there is a chance of thunderstorms Tuesday morning as a band of storms move through the area transitioning into snow later this evening. National Weather Service officials expect a limited thunderstorm risk as a band of storms move along and east of Interstate 55 between between noon and 4 p.m.. With the […]

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Warming winters may set off a chain of events harming fish populations, eroding beaches and increasing toxic blue-green algae blooms, experts say.

On April 2, 2005, John Paul II, the Polish pope born Karol Józef Wojtyła, who became one of the most influential leaders of the 20th and early 21st centuries while working to build a moral foundation in the modern world and playing a crucial role in overthrowing communism, died in his Vatican apartment at age 84.

The doctors filed a petition Monday morning with the National Labor Relations Board to hold a formal election to decide whether to unionize

By MICHAEL R. SISAK and JENNIFER PELTZ (Associated Press) NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump posted a $175 million bond on Monday in his New York civil fraud case, halting collection of the more than $454 million he owes and preventing the state from seizing his assets to satisfy the debt while he appeals, according […]

The next solar eclipse will be visible across North America on April 8. Solar eclipses occur when the moon passes between the sun and the Earth, blocking sunlight and casting a shadow on our planet. There will be a 115-mile-wide path stretching from Maine to Texas with a total solar eclipse, while the rest of the […]

Images of Ald. Byron Sigcho-Lopez speaking in front of a charred American flag at a March 22 protest spread across social media.

O'Neill Burke now finds herself embraced by the same county Democratic Party that championed her primary opponent, Clayton Harris III.

A total of 34 former patients have now sued Ortega, Endeavor Health and/or Swedish Hospital alleging inappropriate conduct by the doctor.

A man is dead and two more were in critical condition after an unknown shooter opened fire on the three while they stood outside in the far South Side Pullman neighborhood Monday morning, according to Chicago police. Police said the shooter approached the three men from an alley on the 700 block of East 104th Street around 11:45 a.m. and fired at them multiple times before driving away in a black pickup truck. A 64-year-old man was shot in the head and died at the scene of the shooting. A 35-year-old... Читать дальше...

El video compartido por el expresidente Donald Trump presenta música de películas de terror e imágenes de migrantes que supuestamente ingresan a Estados Unidos desde países como Camerún, Afganistán y China.