V. Dion Haynes

To help schools recover part of the cost for new classrooms, books and teachers whenever a housing development goes up, Hoffman Estates may establish a list of development fees it...

A second independent review of Schaumburg School District 54 finances suggests that school officials may have violated state law in renovating several schools with its life-safety money. Under state law,...

Richard Wiggall, the Elgin-area Unit District 46 superintendent who last summer announced his intention to retire in June, has been hired as principal of a middle school in the district....

The process of narrowing a long list of candidates for the Community Consolidated School District 59 superintendent job is beginning, as the school board prepares to review recommendations from its...

In the folk tune "I Am My Own Grandpa," intergenerational marriage, old-fashioned procreation and byzantine logic produced a circumstance under which the title was true. In Barrington last week, truth...

On a wondrous day when a winter storm transformed everything it touched into shades of white, Wednesday seemed like a perfect time to celebrate life, beauty and happiness. Yet for...

School District 15 officials are considering a plan to pare the teaching staff to balance the budget. The school board Wednesday is expected to discuss options for eliminating a $2.5...

School District 15 officials are considering a plan to pare the teaching staff to balance the budget. The school board Wednesday is expected to discuss options for eliminating a $2.5...

Michael Castro and Rico Solis were close friends from Palatine High School, and it was friendship that brought Solis to the Brown's Chicken & Pasta in Palatine after Castro began...

No one had to tell James Anama at the Palatine police station that his buddy, Michael Castro, was dead. "I saw his father's face and knew," Anama said. Anama and...