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Ex-teacher gets probation for sexually abusing Mundelein student

May 22, 2019 at 1:26 p.m.

A former teacher from Barrington was sentenced to probation and home monitoring Thursday after pleading guilty to sexually abusing a Mundelein middle school student in 2010. Nicole Jacobsen, 43, was...

Babysitter accused of killing child seeks later trial date

May 23, 2019 at 10:38 p.m.

Defense attorneys for Sarah Gumm, the Waukegan babysitter accused of murdering a 3-month-old girl, want her trial pushed back to June 1. Gumm, 36, is currently scheduled for trial on...

Full-day kindergarten approved in Deerfield

May 23, 2019 at 2:09 a.m.

Beginning next fall, full-day kindergarten will be available in Deerfield's elementary schools at a cost of $2,600 per student. In a unanimous vote Monday night, school board members for the...

A worker sprays water on demolished portions of Gethsemane Missionary Baptist Church as it is torn down March 7, 2015.

Pre-Chicago Fire building being demolished in Maxwell Street area

May 22, 2019 at 7:28 p.m.

Lori Grove and Steve Balkin watched in sadness as a wrecking pole crushed the brick facade of a Near West Side church built before the Great Chicago Fire that they...

Friends mourn ‘awesome mom and beautiful person,’ 2 children

May 22, 2019 at 7:28 p.m.

Near balloons, stuffed animals and lit candles resting on melting black ice, friends of Elizabeth Peralta-Luna huddled in sorrow early Saturday evening, near where she and her two children were...

District 109 Superintendent Michael Lubelfeld.

Superintendent warns in YouTube video not to opt out of PARCC

May 23, 2019 at 2:09 a.m.

Opting out of the controversial and looming PARCC test could mean losing funding and taking hits to the community's status and property values, District 109 Superintendent Mike Lubelfeld told parents...

District 113 school board members Julie Gordon, from left, Michael Smith, President Marjie Sandlow, Debra Hymen and Stacey Meyer at a February meeting.

District 113 restarts superintendent search after resignation, controversy

May 14, 2019 at 2:05 a.m.

Rebooting its search for a new superintendent, Township High School District 113 will stay with the same search firm that failed to disclose an affiliation with the last hire —...

After weeks of controversy, incoming superintendent for District 113 Laurie Kimbrel asked to resign, and the school board granted that Tuesday night.

District 113 parts ways with controversial superintendent

May 14, 2019 at 2:05 a.m.

The school district covering Highland Park and Deerfield high schools has parted ways with its newly hired superintendent after weeks of controversy. Laurie Kimbrel, currently a superintendent at the Tamalpais...

Laurie Kimbrel is introduced to parents, students and faculty last month.

Embattled new Highland Park superintendent resigns before she begins

May 14, 2019 at 2:05 a.m.

The embattled new superintendent for Highland Park and Deerfield high schools has requested to be released from her contract, according to an email sent to staff of Township High School...

In this Feb. 18 photo, new District 113 Superintendent Laurie Kimbrel is introduced by Board president Marji Sandlow to parents, students and faculty at Highland Park High School.

New District 113 superintendent cleared of wrongdoing in California

May 14, 2019 at 2:05 a.m.

Laurie Kimbrel, incoming superintendent for Highland Park and Deerfield high schools, has been cleared of involvement in her husband's alleged cyberbullying by her current school district in California. "After a...

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