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Hinsdale Middle School is pictured in 2015. (Brett Johnson/Pioneer Press)

Hinsdale-Clarendon Hills ranked among best k-12 schools in state

By Pioneer Press

October 12, 2026 at 5:06 p.m.

Hinsdale-Clarendon Hills Elementary District 181 has been recognized as one of the state's premier public...

A handgun and loaded magazine were found inside a backpack in an Evanston Township High School student’s gym locker on Oct. 9, 2026, according to school administrators. The 17-year-old student who possessed the gun has since been taken to the Cook County Juvenile Detention Center. (Brian Cox/for the Pioneer Press).

Handgun, loaded magazine found in Evanston Township High School student’s backpack

By Claire Murphy

October 12, 2026 at 1:37 p.m.

Evanston police said the 17-year-old male student who had the gun has since been taken...

Cole Rogerson works on a graphic organizer during a seventh-grade English language arts class on Sept. 25, 2026, at Hinckley Big-Rock Middle School in Big Rock. The school banned cellphones and aims for their students to do more work on paper. (Dominic Di Palermo/for the Aurora Beacon-News)

In the age of AI and social media, one west suburban school district goes analog

By Molly Morrow

October 12, 2026 at 9:27 a.m.

After instituting a cellphone ban two years ago, Hinckley-Big Rock School District 429 has now...

Indiana Gov. Mike Braun speaks at the Gary/Chicago International Airport, Oct. 30, 2025. (Michael Gard/for the Post-Tribune)

Gov. Mike Braun said Indiana ‘working hard’ to secure Chicago Bears stadium

By Alexandra Kukulka

January 15, 2026 at 11:24 a.m.

Indiana Gov. Mike Braun addressed the Chicago Bears potentially moving to Northwest Indiana during his...

Chesterton High School student Julian Blevins, accompanied by his mother, Natalie Cole, speaks about a racist letter he received in school last month, and the response of school officials to the event, on Wednesday, Jan. 14. 2026. (Kyle Telechan/for the Post-Tribune)

Chesterton High student speaks out about racism at his school: ‘I hope for change’

By Jim Woods

January 15, 2026 at 11:06 a.m.

Julian Blevins was tired of hearing racial slurs, so he posted on social media about...

President Donald Trump touches a container of milk as he speaks in the Oval Office of the White House, Wednesday, Jan. 14, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

President Trump signs a law returning whole milk to school lunches

By Jonel Aleccia

January 14, 2026 at 4:05 p.m.

Whole milk is heading back to school cafeterias across the country after President Donald Trump...

An automated external defibrillator, or AED, is displayed during an emergency preparedness drill at the Porter County Administration building on Wednesday, June 4, 2025. A requirement for AEDs in Indiana schools was restored in a House bill Wednesday. (Michael Gard/for the Post-Tribune)

AED requirement for schools restored in Indiana House bill

By Carole Carlson

January 14, 2026 at 4:00 p.m.

A massive education deregulation bill met mostly with support from 15 speakers during a House...

A rendering of the $3.6 million renovation project to bring eight new classrooms and a dedicated blacktop to Helen Keller Elementary School by August. (Kirby School District 140)

Helen Keller Elementary in Tinley Park undergoing $3.6 million renovation

By Addison Wright

January 14, 2026 at 3:25 p.m.

Helen Keller Elementary School in Tinley Park will add eight classrooms as part of a...

Crete-Monee School District 201-U board President Maurice Brown speaks Tuesdy in favor of asking a committee to reconsider a proposal to waive certain state holidays as non-attendance days. (Olivia Stevens/Daily Southtown)

Crete-Monee District 201 will ‘take time’ to decide on holding school on some holidays

By Olivia Stevens

January 14, 2026 at 2:25 p.m.

After hearing concerns from parents and teachers Tuesday, Crete-Monee School District 201-U board members said...

Student Catlyn Savado addresses students at Percy L. Julian High School in Chicago as many students walked out of school on Jan. 14, 2022, over school safety issues. (José M. Osorio/baiduhai)

Today in Chicago History: Lackluster coronavirus precautions cause CPS students to walk out

By Kori Rumore

January 14, 2026 at 4:00 a.m.

Here's a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Jan. 14, according...

College of DuPage, based in Glen Ellyn, plans to use $4 million in new federal funding to develop more programs in aviation and unmanned aviation vehicle/drone usage. (College of DuPage)

College of DuPage receives $4M in federal money for its aviation, drone programs

By Carolyn Stein

January 13, 2026 at 4:32 p.m.

College of DuPage has been awarded $4 million in federal funding to expand and support...

Members of the Hinsdale Middle School Student Council gather for a photo after assembling boxes of items to deliver to families at their sister school from Komarek Elementary District 94 in North Riverside. (Hinsdale Middle School)

Hinsdale Middle School students deliver ‘wish list’ gifts to sister school in North Riverside

By Chuck Fieldman

January 13, 2026 at 1:54 p.m.

Hinsdale Middle School recently partnered with sister school Komarek Elementary in North Riverside to bring...

Linda Brown with her husband, Antwon Brown. Linda Brown, a special education teacher at Robert Healy Elementary School in Bridgeport, had been reported missing for more than a week when authorities recovered her body from Lake Michigan, Jan. 12, 2026. (Jen Rivera)

Body of missing CPS teacher recovered from Lake Michigan: ‘She was an amazing person’

By Tess Kenny

January 12, 2026 at 8:41 p.m.

Linda Brown, a special education teacher at Robert Healy Elementary School in Bridgeport, had been...