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Libertyville-Vernon Hills Area High School District 128 officials are close to inking a deal that would bring artificial turf to the Vernon Hills High School football field. The Vernon Hills Park District board has approved an intergovernmental agreement...
Sixteen-year-old Darnell Holt’s favorite color was red. And on Wednesday the halls and classrooms at Willowbrook High School in Villa Park were awash in a sea or red outfits, all worn by classmates and teachers paying tribute to the slain freshmen...
Two schools in Elgin Area District U-46, Parkwood Elementary and Eastview Middle School, have done well in the NFL’s Play 60 challenge and will be rewarded with a visit from Chicago Bears center Roberto Garza on Friday. See original here: Bears’...
The building where a gunman opened fire on students in a Northern Illinois University lecture hall, killing five people, hasn’t been used since that day four years ago. But in another sign that the school is coming to terms with the tragedy, classes...
Harper College President Kenneth L. Ender announced today the elimination of the school’s football program, citing budget issues, the lack of local players and the recent discontinuation of two conference rivals’ programs. Read the original: Harper...
Sal LoCascio, who was injured in a December skiing accident in Colorado, has a lot of family and friends pulling for him. The 20-year-old Prospect Heights college student and Hersey High School graduate lost the use of his limbs when he fell on his back...
College scholarships and other prizes were handed out to local youths, honored for their essays and artwork related to the Martin Luther King Jr. Community Program in Elgin. Allison Rychtanek, an Elgin High School sophomore, read her winning submission....
“The Attic Room,” one of two works from the RE|Dance Group performed over the weekend at Links Hall, is ferociously frustrating, its bright spots sullied by its weaknesses. Here is the original post: A haunting, frustrating evening from...
Performing “Ol’ Man River” early in their show at the Old Town School of Folk Music Friday night, members of the Persuasions mimed grueling work as Jimmy Hayes called out the song’s decree, “tote that barge until you’re...
