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Buffalo Grove considers opting out of Cook County minimum wage, paid sick day requirements

May 14, 2019 at 3:39 a.m.

Straddled between two counties, Buffalo Grove officials recently joined the conversation on whether to opt out of a new Cook County ordinance bolstering the minimum wage rate and paid sick...

Retiring deputy police chief in Buffalo Grove reflects on 27-year career

May 14, 2019 at 3:39 a.m.

Retiring Buffalo Grove Police Deputy Chief Roy Bethge likes to talk about the founding principles of police work and the social contracts that helped develop them but lately, he enjoys...

Former Aptakisic-Tripp School District 102 board member Steve Lefar is pictured. The district serves students in Buffalo Grove and areas near Lincolnshire.

Shout Out: Steve Lefar, former Aptakisic-Tripp School District 102 board member

May 14, 2019 at 3:39 a.m.

Former Aptakisic-Tripp School District 102 board member Steve Lefar decided against seeking re-election after determining recently that other district residents were ready to perform the similar tasks that he had...

Katie Fairman models during the fourth annual fashion show at Stevenson High School in Lincolnshire.

Stevenson High School seniors who helped start annual fashion show step off runway for last time

May 23, 2019 at 8:04 p.m.

Dressed in special outfits they had never worn before, Stevenson High School seniors Avery Klondar and Michelle Wexler recently walked across a stage and thought about their accomplishments over the...

Saint Mary School in Buffalo Grove names new principal

May 23, 2019 at 5:59 p.m.

An assistant principal from St. Francis de Sales School in Lake Zurich will become the next principal of Saint Mary School in Buffalo Grove once Nikki Raftery leaves at the...

Joh Zuhr, who works for engineering firm Gewalt Hamilton, spray paints lines next to a walking and bike path near Olde Half Day Road in Lincolnshire.

Lincolnshire officials look to make Olde Half Day Road path a recreational destination

May 23, 2019 at 8:04 p.m.

Once work to upgrade a paved trail in Lincolnshire finishes later this spring, bicyclists, joggers and walkers along the path should be able to sit and have a clear view...

Shout Out: Rhyan Shanker, Buffalo Grove High School alumna studying chemistry at Lake Forest College

May 14, 2019 at 3:39 a.m.

Rhyan Shanker, an alumna of Buffalo Grove High School, realizes the challenges with developing new compounds to try and make a longer lasting battery. Explaining the concept to people not...

A wireless access point is above the desk of Kate Hudgins, human resources assistant at Stevenson High School. The district is buying more access points to increase access to the web for students.

With more devices in use at Stevenson High School, officials make upgrades to wireless network

May 14, 2019 at 3:39 a.m.

With every Stevenson High School student using school-issued iPads, along with their own cellphones, school officials recently decided to upgrade their technological infrastructure to try and make it easier for...

Police: Buffalo Grove woman charged with attempted murder after stabbing roommate

May 14, 2019 at 3:38 a.m.

A Buffalo Grove woman faces charges of attempted murder and aggravated battery after, police said, she stabbed one of her roommates following an argument. Nancy Balladares, 25, of the 800...

Rodney Phelps, director of facilities at Stevenson High School, explains the different circuit breakers at the school. Stevenson has its own power generators partly to guard against power outages, while other area school districts have different methods to navigate outages.

When faced with power outages, area school districts carry on without technology

May 14, 2019 at 3:38 a.m.

With interactive Smart Boards in classrooms requiring electricity and an increasing number of students using battery-powered tablets that they may have not remembered to charge, school buildings throughout the northwest...

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