V. Dion Haynes

A man police identified as Wayne T. Chaney, the Des Plaines resident accused of gunning down his estranged wife at her work place, was shot to death Friday night in...

Debbie Anzelmo saw her son being swept up by Chicago`s street gangs and tried to pull him back. She pleaded with him and she found him a job. She even...

Even after losing referendums asking for property tax increases in 1973, `77, `80 and `81, McHenry School District 15 managed to get by. But there was a price. The northwest...

Teachers at three schools in Schaumburg District 54 soon will have more say in such things as selecting textbooks, developing curricula and setting policies at their buildings. It`s all part...

Squeezed by teachers` raises and cuts in state aid, officials in Elgin Unit School District 46 are facing a budget deficit that could stretch to $8 million next year. The...

Dorothy Weber spent Friday fielding the numerous phone calls of support, arranging the dozens of cards and floral bouquets around her office and adapting to her new position as superintendent...

A handful of uniformed Winnetka police converged last month on the dean`s office at New Trier High School, arrested a pair of teenage brothers, and led them from the North...

As word of the strangulation of 15-year-old David Chereck spread in Skokie on Friday, teenagers reacted with shock and disbelief that such violence could happen in their quiet north suburban...

For revelers in Elgin who have a little too much of the New Year`s Eve cheer Tuesday, Sherman Hospital is offering a free taxi service just for the night. In...

The principal of Cherokee Elementary School in Lake Forest, where pupils posted extraordinarily high scores on standardized achievement tests, ''did in fact encourage cheating by faculty members'' in administering and...