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Updated 3/17/2021 11:23 AM Days after her 9-year-old son was injured by classmates at Forest Elementary School in Des Plaines, a local woman led an anti-bullying protest at the campus Tuesday morning. Amber Johnson said bullying is an ongoing problem at the school. The violence that left her son injured during recess Friday is just the latest example, she said.   "I'm absolutely furious," Johnson said. "We want change." About 30 parents and students participated in Tuesday's demonstration on a corner at Forest and Fifth avenues. Wearing masks because of the COVID-19 pandemic, they chanted an...

Watch candidates Bill McLeod and Mark Mueller discuss issues in the race for Hoffman Estates village president.

Reopening debate divides District 25 board candidates   District 25 and 214 parents rallied last September in North School Park in Arlington Heights to reopen schools. Joe Lewnard | Staff Photographer   Updated 3/12/2021 8:50 PM Much like the divide in the community that developed last summer, the eight candidates in the contentious Arlington Heights Elementary District 25 board race are split over the degree to which the district should have reopened schools this academic year. While District 25 families and students who have chosen the in-person option are now back four days...

Watch forum between candidates for Mount Prospect village president   Updated 3/12/2021 9:35 AM Watch candidates for Mount Prospect village president take part in a joint interview with a representative of the Daily Herald Editorial Board. The hourlong exchange between William Grossi, Paul Hoefert and Colleen Saccotelli was recorded on Zoom on Wednesday, Feb. 17. Candidates discussed issues ranging from taxes and development to a controversy over the design of a patch worn by Mount Prospect police.   The election takes place on April 6. Mail-in voting begins on March 10, with earl...

If some of the candidates in the College of DuPage trustee race get their way, the Glen Ellyn school will work toward a truce in a costly and lengthy legal fight with former COD President Robert Breuder.