Eric Ferkenhoff

A day after a string of suspicious fires caused $100,000 in damages to property in Park Ridge and Niles, authorities said Tuesday they have formed a task force to investigate...

Maine Township District 207 is dumping the years-old practice of automatically advancing freshmen and sophomores to the next grade. The change will be up for a board approval in early...

The Maine Township High School District 207 school board late Monday night voted 5-2 to continue requiring students to wear ID badges, despite objections from two board members and a...

Maine Township District 207's educational foundation is borrowing a page from university donation tactics and creating a detailed roster of alumni. The foundation, created in 1993 to counter the effects...

The handiwork of 400 Iroquois Community School pupils will be on display Friday to give parents a peek at their child's most prized projects. The school's Academic Celebration will showcase...

Tim Benka, a veteran teacher in Park Ridge-Niles District 64, has been named assistant principal at the new Emerson Middle School. Benka, whose one-year contract takes effect July 1, has...

Making an unusual appearance in federal court, U.S. Rep. Henry Hyde on Thursday called anti-abortion activist Joseph Scheidler a "hero" and compared abortion clinics to Nazi death camps. The conservative...

Two female Hoffman Estates High School students have been charged with disorderly conduct after a cafeteria fight this week. Police had few details of the arrests Tuesday, but said a...

An early childhood program at Terrace Elementary School might be headed for a redeveloped section of downtown Des Plaines. Elementary District 62 Supt. Robert Willis has been eyeing the downtown...

Chippewa School in Des Plaines will get an extra administrator to help handle a doubling of the student body next year. Chippewa, now a junior high, will reopen in the...