Vandana Nayak, the mother of 11-year-old Kedar, said the bag of her grade-7 student son weighed 12 kg. “He carries 6-7 books, ...

News from the community includes items from Elmhurst, Hinsdale, Leyden High School, Triton College and Darien.

Parking at Cal Expo is $15 per car, but fairgoers can save by taking SacRT Light Rail or buses, which run extended fair service hours. Cal Expo also offers free, secured bike valet on select days, ...

Florence-based author and illustrator Grace Lin is known for books like “Where the Mountain Meets the Moon” (for which she ...

NOTE: There are mentions of child sexual abuse, rape, and bestiality.

Why is Art Spander, nearly blind and unable to type his own stories, still covering events at 86? Because he is the job. And ...

High school staff often treat students they suspect of gang involvement differently, tracking them into classes that leave them unprepared to matriculate and counseling them out of applying to ...

Though a so-called cease-fire has been called by Trump (it has already been violated by both Iran and Israel) far too many ...

Society / A grant-supported program found success transitioning young people connected to gangs into higher education—until ...

They’d hung up, but he still had the phone in his hand when a blue flash came out. He hadn’t realized there’d been a ...

News highlights from June 1925 include school graduations, ship accidents, summer picnics, local businesses and community ...