Eric Ferkenhoff

After four frustrating years, North School Principal Terri Carman is losing hope for getting a traffic signal installed outside her Des Plaines school. Instead, she will lobby city officials for...

Bob Nesladek, principal at Prairie Grove Elementary in Crystal Lake, began surveying the casualties by mid-morning, quickly realizing that Monday would rank as one of the lowest attendance days in...

Apollo Elementary School, facing rising numbers of Spanish-speaking students, is searching for its first bilingual instructor, whose salary should be partly offset by the state. Apollo, at 10100 Dee Rd.,...

East Maine District 63 is expected on Tuesday to approve a $10,700 contract with Commonwealth Edison Co. to upgrade service at Nelson Elementary School. Nelson, at 8901 N. Ozanam Ave.,...

Maine East social science teacher Jeffrey D. Parlette has been appointed to one of three dean's posts at the Park Ridge school, filling a vacancy left by Alice Davitt, who...

Starting next week, Cook County homeowners will have a new forum in which to air gripes about how the county assessed their homes--and set their 1996 tax bills. This is...

Maine East High School students far exceeded last year's record for canned-food collection, gathering up more than 9,000 food items this December for the Chicago-based Little Brothers, Friends of the...

When the winter break hits, school halls are supposed to fall silent. But when the final bell rings Friday afternoon, several schools throughout the northwest suburbs will be bustling with...

Investigators for two suburban police departments expressed hope late Monday that the arrests of two teenagers would help close the books on a spate of burglaries in Palatine and Arlington...

Maine Township High School District 207 gave final approval to a 4.97 percent boost in its levy for 1997--just shy of the 5 percent mark that would have required a...