Coal City Superintendent Chris Spencer has a new contract after the school board approved it last Tuesday, and it pays him $183,327 with a 6% raise each year over the next five years.

The Coal City Unit 1 Board of Education approved a $34,901,092 tax levy on Wednesday in anticipation of additional revenue related to the GE-Hitachi spent nuclear fuel property.

The Coal City High School Madrigals will perform at 7 p.m. Saturday and at 2 p.m. Sunday, with doors opening an hour beforehand for a reception.

Minooka Community High School officials recently dug into this fall’s state report card data. District 111 wound up in the second-tier “commendable” category, but was close to the top-level “exemplary” designation.

While Minooka Community Consolidated School District 201 outpaced the state average in recently released Illinois Report Card data from the Illinois State Board of Education, officials indicated they were not content with the results.

The Coal City Unit 1 School Board have approved the annexation of the Coal City Early Childhood Center and the farmland behind the Coal City Unit 1 district office.

The Coal City Unit 1 School District yet again has filed a complaint with the Grundy County Tax Assessor's office over the valuation of GE Hitachi's Morris operation, a one-of-a-kind nuclear waste storage facility.

The Grundy Area Vocational Center doesn't have much of a front lawn, just a little berm in front of the building behind Morris High School. The students and staff made the most of it, though, covering it in small American flags honoring veterans on Tuesday.

The Coal City Unit 1 school board approved placing a tentative tax levy for 2026 during its November school board meeting, anticipating a 21.77% increase over last year.