Stephanie Banchero

Officials with financially struggling Crete-Monee School District 201-U set out Tuesday to drum up support for an April referendum measure that would allow the district to extend a recent three-year...

The rancor and turmoil that have defined the Joliet Junior College board of trustees for the last year has prodded several people into filing for the two open seats on...

In a county known for its skyscrapers, suburban subdivisions and machine politicians, the proposal might strike some as a tad improbable. After all, it has been three generations since urban...

After a lengthy discussion, officials in Palos School District 118 agreed Tuesday to place a 40-cent property-tax increase question on the April ballot. The decision split the district school board...

Residents in Crete-Monee School District 201-U, who suffered through some hard-to-swallow education budget cuts last year, likely will see their taxes increase by about 25 percent next year. And none...

Visions of children standing in bitterly cold temperatures awaiting school buses persuaded many school districts to once again cancel classes for Thursday. After hearing forecasts that temperatures early Thursday could...

For most kids in Will County and southwest Cook County, the unexpected, extended Christmas vacation will come to an end Wednesday. After one of this century's most powerful snowstorms shuttered...

School District Supt. Ken Geraghty of North Palos--and his counterparts across Will and southwest Cook Counties--said they expected Monday night would be a sleepless one. Many of them anticipated being...

When officials in Valley View Community School District 365-U toughened graduation requirements for high school students, they did more than place new demands on incoming freshmen--they created a selling point...

After negotiating for seven and a half hours Wednesday night, union and district officials with Ridgeland Elementary School District 122 say they are closer to settling their contract dispute. Still--in...