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One of the major local issues that drove McLean County residents to the polls this past November was the Unit ...

From plans to build new schools and libraries to a park districts proposal to construct a community center, voters in DuPage and Kane counties will weigh in on various referendum questions in the April election.

From plans to build new schools and libraries to a park districts proposal to construct a community center, voters in DuPage and Kane counties will weigh in on various referendum questions in the April election.

Power surges from Wednesdays ice storm are being blamed for two separate HVAC system fires at Central High School in Burlington.

Voters on Tuesday will weigh in on more than just who will represent them in Springfield and Washington. Tax hikes, mental health boards and a statewide amendment are also on ballots across the suburbs.

The 2022 Illinois School Report Card released Thursday designated 90 of 98 eligible schools across McHenry and Kane counties as "commendable." Adding more teaching staff is one way schools have responded to the learning loss and emotional issues arising from the pandemic.

From plank roads to toll roads, and one-room school houses to flourishing universities, the suburbs and the Daily Herald have grown up since the newspapers founding in 1872.

Looking Back a history of Fairbury from the pages of The Blade

Controversy continues to swirl in Barrington Community Unit School District 220 over the book "Gender Queer," as parents who object to its presence in the Barrington High School library and those who support it spoke out again Tuesday before the board of education.

Despite a decline in enrollment in the 2021 school year for most suburban school districts, personnel figures and staffing costs rose because of the pandemic.