Last year, district parent Nicole Georgas accused school officials of forcing her daughter and other students to change their clothes for gym class with a transgender student.

Facing voter fraud charges for allegedly casting a ballot for her deceased mother in the March 17 primary election, Waukegan Ald. Sylvia Sims Bolton is silent about her criminal case and her political plans.

Vernon Hills-based Community High School District 128 is pledging reforms following bitter public backlash over its handling of a now-retired teacher who was accused in a lawsuit of grooming a student who has Down syndrome.

Hispanic Heritage Month started early with the Fiestas Patrias parade and festival on Sunday and continues through Nov. 1, with the Waukegan Park District’s annual Día de Muertos (Day of the Dead) celebration.

Though plants have many common names, bird species only have one strict and standardized common name, which makes for easier identification and reference.

President Trump blasted several Supreme Court justices over the ruling, which prevented the U.S. Postal Service from enforcing new mail-in voting rules requiring states to submit lists of eligible mail-in voters and use standardized, trackable ballot envelopes for delivering ballots.

Bring an appetite and prepare to shout “Prost!” — the German word for cheers — a lot when you head to one of these Oktoberfest celebrations.

Homewood-Flossmoor cracks the top 10 after beating Sandburg, while Bolingbrook, St. Ignatius and Wheaton North enter the rankings.