Alexandra Kukulka

Lockport High School District 205. (Daily Southtown staff photo)

Lockport District 205 Board will vote on 6.28% levy increase, but consider annual abatements

November 7, 2023 at 12:13 p.m.

The Lockport Township High School 205 Board signaled Thursday it would support a tax levy with an abatement option at its Nov. 20 meeting. The board will consider a proposed...

A plaster ceiling collapsed Thursday in a third-floor classroom at Lockport Township High School District 205's Central Campus in what an architect called a "catastrophic failure."

Future uncertain for Lockport high school where classroom ceiling collapsed

November 4, 2023 at 6:39 a.m.

Almost as if on cue, a classroom ceiling at Lockport Township High School's Central Campus collapsed less than 24 hours before the district's School Board met to discuss a referendum...

Lila Gaber, a Palestinian American, erected a "Free Palestine" sign at her Hickory Hills home after the stabbing death of Wadea Al-Fayoume on Oct. 14, 2023, in Plainfield. Ten days later, she received a threatening letter.

Hickory Hills family cautious after receiving threatening letter about ‘Free Palestine’ sign

November 3, 2023 at 5:28 p.m.

After a hateful letter was sent to her Hickory Hills home, Palestinian American Lila Gaber said she hasn't allowed her three young sons to get the mail and she is...

Ceiling plaster fell overnight and was discovered Thursday in a third-floor classroom at Lockport Township High School District 205' Central Campus.

Classes on hold after Lockport High School Central Campus plaster ceiling collapse

November 2, 2023 at 7:35 p.m.

Students at Lockport Township High School District 205's Central Campus were dismissed from school Thursday after it was discovered a piece of ceiling plaster fell in a third-floor classroom. Superintendent...

Investigators photographed the scene at Lockport Powerhouse in Will County, where Webster Fisher's body was discovered July 30, 1980. Fisher, who had been shot several times and whose body was discovered inside a wooden crate, was not identified for 43 years.

Will County coroner’s cold case unit, Othram partner to solve four cases using forensic genetic genealogy

November 2, 2023 at 10:38 a.m.

Brenda Sue Black was found April 1981 in a ditch near Interstate 80 and U.S. Route 30 in New Lenox. Donald Rozek was found November 1974 in McClintock Acres in...

Illinois Nurses Association nurses at Elisabeth Ludeman Developmental Center in Park Forest held a protest July 18, 2023 outside the center to call on Illinois Department of Human Services, which oversees the facility, and other state agencies to agree to a new contract.

Illinois Nurses Association, state agree to contract, but Ludeman Center in Park Forest union concerned about implementation

October 31, 2023 at 2:27 p.m.

The Illinois Nurses Association and the state of Illinois agreed to a four-year contract, which will benefit the nurses at the Elisabeth Ludeman Developmental Center in Park Forest. But Ludeman...

The former Mary Drew School, which closed in June 2012, has classroom sapce available as the Summit Hill Elementary District 161 considers options to address dropping enrollment, officials said.

Summit Hill Elementary District 161 discusses closing, shifting district buildings after 10-year enrollment drop of 936 students

October 30, 2023 at 3:28 p.m.

Summit Hill Elementary District 161 officials are discussing options to address its school buildings amid a decades long decrease in enrollment. The district is considering neighborhood schools, grade centers, redrawing...

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