Karen Ann Cullotta

Illinois school safety helpline launched statewide

October 20, 2021 at 5:45 p.m.

An Illinois school safety helpline aimed at giving kids a place to report information that might prevent bullying, suicide and campus violence was expanded statewide this week, officials said Wednesday....

People walk through downtown Arlington Heights on Sept. 29, 2021.

In Arlington Heights, the possible future home of the Bears, early development separated the suburb’s fortunes from Chicago: ‘This is not a depressed area’

October 18, 2021 at 12:20 p.m.

When a developer stepped up in the late 1990s with a bold vision for transforming downtown Arlington Heights, a citizens group called the Shadow Project lambasted the proposed 13-story condominium...

Filled COVID test vials await processing as Noble Charter school conducts testing on staff on Sept. 14, 2021.

Illinois changes definition of COVID-19 school outbreaks to align with CDC guidance

October 15, 2021 at 6:03 p.m.

The Illinois Department of Public Health is recommending schools follow new federal guidance that would redefine the number of cases needed to constitute a school outbreak of COVID-19. The IDPH's...

Denise Cutler, a kindergarten instructional assistant, helps children off a bus at Prairie Trails School in Mount Prospect on Oct. 6, 2021.

Beyond COVID-19, there’s another crisis emerging in Chicago-area schools: A critical shortage of workers

October 11, 2021 at 4:49 p.m.

As the leader of suburban River Trails School District 26, Superintendent Nancy Wagner begins each morning with the formidable task of ensuring the latest numbers do not portend a calamity...

Harley Johnson, associate dean of research at Grainger College of Engineering, holds a tray of empty sample containers inside a mobile unit where up to 10,000 saliva samples per day will be processed at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in Urbana on Dec. 9, 2020.

Federal COVID-19 testing program to support overwhelmed Illinois schools

October 8, 2021 at 4:23 p.m.

With soaring demand for the state's COVID-19 SHIELD testing program overwhelming the system this fall, the Illinois Department of Public Health has enlisted the federal government to ensure the virus...

Private schools violating COVID mask mandate will get probation rather than ‘nonrecognized’ status under Illinois board of ed policy change

October 6, 2021 at 5:09 p.m.

Just days after an Illinois judge ruled in favor of a private suburban Christian school whose status was revoked for flouting Gov. J.B. Pritzker's school mask mandate, the State Board...

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Illinois school safety helpline launched statewide

In Arlington Heights, the possible future home of the Bears, early development separated the suburb’s fortunes from Chicago: ‘This is not a depressed area’

Illinois changes definition of COVID-19 school outbreaks to align with CDC guidance

Beyond COVID-19, there’s another crisis emerging in Chicago-area schools: A critical shortage of workers

Federal COVID-19 testing program to support overwhelmed Illinois schools

Private schools violating COVID mask mandate will get probation rather than ‘nonrecognized’ status under Illinois board of ed policy change

Alcalde de Arlington Heights: ‘No vamos a regalar nada’ para conseguir un acuerdo para el estadio de los Bears

Arlington Heights mayor: ‘We’re not going to give away the store’ to land a Bears stadium deal

Illinois judge restores recognized status for private Christian school flouting Pritzker’s mask mandate

A Chicago Bears move to Arlington Heights would be a ‘win-win’ to many. But about that traffic and construction …