Eric Ferkenhoff

An apparent serial bank robber knocked off a Streamwood Citibank on Thursday--the sixth heist attributed to the suspect since mid-April. The FBI said the suspect, a thin male about 5...

Des Plaines District 62 has agreed to a 5-year deal with its teacher assistants, including yearly raises of four percent. The contract, which takes effect Aug. 1, also will give...

Wheeling and Des Plaines schools will scramble this week to iron out the details of how they will spend their portion of $220 million state lawmakers doled out in the...

Brian Waddell, 8, of Aurora was killed in a skating accident Saturday while vacationing with his family in the southwestern Michigan resort town of Saugatuck. Police and family said the...

The board of Des Plaines District 62 voted 7-0 late Monday to appoint Philip DiLallo as the new principal of the year-round Iroquois Community School. DiLallo, currently head of pupil...

Des Plaines District 62 has reached a tentative agreement with its teacher assistants union and hopes to get board ratification of the deal by early June. Officials refused to release...

Des Plaines District 62's Personnel Committee has recommended adding seven staffers before fall classes open to handle a growing enrollment and a number of program expansions. The recommendation would cost...

Park Ridge-Niles District 64 has whittled the list of candidates for principal at Roosevelt Elementary to five from more than 100, and officials plan to do site visits with the...

Edward Gozdecki, 8th-grade boys basketball coach at Gemini Junior High School in Niles, has been named coach of the year for District 4 of the Illinois Elementary Schools Association. Gozdecki,...

Des Plaines District 62 has made an informal contract offer to its teacher assistants, including five years of 4 percent annual pay raises. The Des Plaines Teacher Assistant Association expects...