to what officials called a bomb threat. Students were bused to nearby Niles West High...

Michele Marsh brings a lot of history — and not a little humor — to her job as the long-time office clerk/school secretary at Union Ridge Elementary School in Harwood Heights, also her alma mater. Her picture is there with all the class photographs — a little way down the wall, in black and white....

After watching his older brother and sister perform in theatrical productions at Prospect High School, Arlington Heights resident Patrick McDermott was so smitten by the spotlight that his father built him a stage in the basement of their family's home. Five years later, Patrick, 9, has four professional...

Rodrigo Gonzalez is a junior at Guerin College Preparatory High School. Gonzalez recentlyperformed with the High School Honors Performance Series at Carnegie Hall. Q: Where did you grow up and go to school? A: I'm from Chicago. I went to St. Bartholomew School. Now I go to Guerin College Prep....

Sally Sprowl recently moved to Northfield after many years in Winnetka. She has been the Glencoe Chamber of Commerce's executive director for more than eight years. How did you wind up at the Glencoe Chamber of Commerce? My background is in public relations and communications. Immediately before...

Two Chicago grade school students who wanted to play hooky from school Tuesday reported they had been kidnapped and dropped off at a Skokie office building, according to Chicago police. Chicago and Skokie police came to the building Tuesday afternoon in the 5500 block of