Streator Township High School has announced its 2nd quarter honor roll, recognizing students for academic achievement.

In partnership with the Lake County Clerk’s Office, the Round Lake Area Park District, and Lake County schools and community organizations, state Rep. Laura Faver Dias is organizing a Voting Experience Simulation designed for adults with disabilities.

Woodland Elementary and Junior High has announced its 2nd quarter honor roll, recognizing students for academic achievement.

A dozen speakers spoke out against the proposed closure of A.O. Marshall Elementary School in Joliet during a public hearing on Thursday.

Stillman Valley’s Grace Haas graduated from Mount Mercy in December 2025 with a bachelor’s degree in business administration.

Chris Spencer, the Superintendent at Coal City Unit 1, discusses the districts achievements and what's to come in 2026.

It is with great pleasure that Southern New Hampshire University congratulates the following students on being named to the fall 2025 president’s list.

Clarke University recently announced that 237 students earned a spot on the dean’s list for the fall 2025 semester, including Byron’s Jennifer DeHahn.

The University of Wisconsin-Madison has recognized students named to the dean’s list for the fall semester of the 2025-2026 academic year.

Newman Central Catholic High School in Sterling has announced its honor and high honor rolls for the first semester of the 2025-2026 school year.

The Prairie Center development in St. Charles may become the site of a new private preschool and childcare center with annual tuitions more expensive than a year at Northern Illinois University.

Southern New Hampshire University is congratulating Ogle County students named to the fall 2025 president’s list.

The Kent A. Bugg Performing Arts Center at Coal City High School is getting an upgrade to it's audio/visual and control systems after the board approved a $257,500 project.

Edison Primary teachers and staff packed up their classrooms this week as they prepared to start the second half of the school year in other buildings due to the school's recent emergency closure.

This annual adults-only night of entertainment, dinner, games and live and silent auctions will support the St. Mary Immaculate Parish School community.

Superintendent Chris Spencer told the Coal City Unit 1 Board that progress on Coal City Intermediate School is moving along nicely.

Central College recently recognized Oregon resident Maison Brandt for being named to its dean’s list.

Illinois Valley Community College will host two information sessions for prospective nursing students in January and February 2026.

Nancy Nassr has been appointed the new Head of School at the Avery Coonley School in Downers Grove.

Sinnissippi Centers announced Wednesday, Jan. 7, that it will again offer up to four $1,000 college scholarships for individuals seeking a career in the human services field.

Joliet Public Schools District 86 is hosting a meeting at Issac Singleton Elementary Thursday to discuss the possible closure of A.O. Marshall Elementary school next year.

Sauk Valley Community College’s Impact Program has announced a 3-year, $15,000 pledge from The First National Bank in Amboy.

Seven Minooka Community High School students were recently presented with Director Awards for their outstanding performance in class.

In an emotional speech this week, Billy Hueramo accepted his newly approved contract as superintendent of DeKalb School District 428 schools. “I just want to thank everyone,” he said. “I’m very grateful for the opportunity.”

The redesign is meant to consolidate the previously disconnected collection of offices occupied by the school’s deans, counselors, social workers, and mental health professionals into a shared, centralized space.

Borowicz: Winter is a reflective time of year. As we celebrate the holidays with family and friends, make resolutions for the new year and slow down during the shorter, colder days, we naturally take time to reflect on our lives.

The achievement is a collaborative effort between Sauk Valley Community College's Impact students and the over 280 nonprofit organizations that partner with the program to make Impact’s mission possible, according to a news release.

The Friends of the Yorkville Public Library say excitement is already building for the Annual Used Book Sale, a “highly anticipated community favorite” event.

Illinois Valley Community College celebrated its first dental hygiene graduating class with a white coat ceremony Dec. 12.

Applications for the Delyte K. and Robert I. Zearing Scholarship are now available for Bureau County high school graduates planning to attend the University of Illinois.

Henry-Senachwine High School students raised $8,327 through their recent HOPE Week fundraising campaign, supporting two charitable causes.

Trustees of the Sterling-Rock Falls Community Trust encourage applications from upcoming and past graduates from Sterling and Rock Falls for a broad range of college scholarships to be awarded in mid-April.

Oregon’s Miranda Ciesiel and Byron’s Caleb Weekley have been named to the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater dean’s list for the 2025 fall semester.

At an emergency meeting Tuesday, the Kankakee School Board approved the immediate closure of Edison Primary due to structural issues in the building, which had been home to 185 students in kindergarten through third grades.

The University of Illinois Extension will present a program on the state’s Centennial Soil Archive Project from 6 to 7 p.m. Jan. 13 at the Putnam County Library’s Granville branch.

The DeKalb District 428 school board is expected to vote to approve a new superintendent at a special meeting Monday. If approved, Billy Hueramo's 3-year contract will begin July 1.

Seven Morrison undergraduate students have met high academic standards and have been named to Illinois State University's dean’s list for the 2025 fall term.

In moving the Yorkville school district’s application for annexation and rezoning of three parcels totaling around 155-acres forward, it was revealed one of the parcels could house a new fire station.

The Bureau County Farm Bureau Foundation is accepting grant applications from Pre-K through eighth-grade teachers to enhance agricultural literacy programs in their classrooms.

Odell Public Library in Morrison will host “Improving Online Health Literacy”, a free, in-person program aimed to increase online health literacy for all ages.

Education is expected to be a focus in Streator in 2026.

The following seven area students were named to the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater's dean’s list for the 2025 fall semester.

ACES Academy is receiving national recognition for its work with parents in better understand the learning options available for their children, the school said.

Campbell Brock, a mechanical engineering major from Port Byron, was one of several members of the Space Raiders, Milwaukee School of Engineering's Lunabotics student organization, who were recently featured on a low-orbit space satellite.

The Bourbonnais Elementary School District is asking for just over $18 million for its 2025 tax levy, an increase of 4.99%.

County elections, leadership changes at the Diocese of Joliet and for some large school districts are just some of the stories we will be following this year.

With several factors in play, the head of Minooka High School District 111 anticipates fairly flat enrollment in the long-term future, based on details shared at a recent board of education meeting.

Illinois Valley Community College will offer real estate broker and home inspector training courses starting in January through its Continuing Education Center.

The Cooperative Association for Special Education (CASE) has named Kristen Ninni as its new executive director

The 6th Annual free Building Inclusive Community Conference will be held from 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m Feb. 7 at Lyons Township High School - South Campus, 4900 Willow Springs Road, Western Springs.