3+ day, 11+ hour ago   (376+ words) Danelle LaFoe has taught at Next Generation Preschool for the last 26 years. Submitted Danelle LaFoe’s first inkling that she’d like to become a teacher came as a 14-year-old, when she babysat neighborhood kids. After earning her associate degree in early-childhood…...

4+ day, 3+ hour ago   (355+ words) DANVILLE — A year after being dismissed as Danville’s superintendent, Alicia Geddis has filed a lawsuit against the school district in federal court in Urbana. Geddis is seeking unspecified damages for breach of contract, reputational harm, interference by two school board…...

3+ day, 23+ hour ago   (637+ words) Orange-clad incoming University of Illinois students gathered at Gies Memorial Stadium for the annual ‘Sights and Sounds’ event just before the start of the semester. CHAMPAIGN — Shifts in international recruitment and a growing online graduate-student population have resulted in changes…...

3+ day, 23+ hour ago   (611+ words) Orange-clad new UI students gathered at Gies Memorial Stadium for the annual "Sights and Sounds" event just before the start of the semester. CHAMPAIGN — Shifts in international recruitment and a growing online graduate student population have resulted in changes on…...

4+ day, 11+ hour ago   (448+ words) Good morning all from our little corner of the universe. It’s a gorgeous morning. And it’s the last day of August 2026. We have had lots of different weather this month. The hailstorm was scary, but I think the most stressful…...

5+ day, 12+ hour ago   (1306+ words) Adrien Pochel of Cree & Lakota tribe drums and sings outside Chicago’s Field Museum during a land acknowledgement ceremony in recognition of the fact that the museum sits on traditional Native land. It’s time once again to dive into another round…...

5+ day, 12+ hour ago   (526+ words) The Department of Children and Family Services building in Springfield. Two-year-old Ta’Naja Barnes’ 2019 death was so horrific that legislators passed a law in her honor to ensure the Department of Children and Family Services would provide abused and neglected kids…...

5+ day, 13+ hour ago   (746+ words) Designed to give the public the illusion of independent over… Next to 'Monopoly' and 'Battleship,' 'Get Grandma' is one of the family’s favori… Tosha Bilsbury was named the president for the Greater Champaign-Urbana chapter of Jack and Jill of America....

1+ week, 12+ hour ago   (501+ words) If the governor is serious about wanting the best for K-12 students, he should ‘opt in.’ The deadline for states to opt into a federal tax-credit program supporting K-12 education scholarships is Jan. 1. Although he’s had months to decide whether Illinois…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (1159+ words) Jeremy, Kim and Adlee Darnell, with Lacie the English Setter. Considerate employee that he is, JEREMY DARNELL gave the Gibson City-Melvin-Sibley school district a wee bit more than the usual notice of his plans to leave a job he’s held…...