"How many boxes will be used to move Harrison's belongings to Coultrap?" asks a bulletin board display in a hallway at Harrison Street Elementary School in Geneva. Good question. The safe answer? A lot.

A former maintenance man at Wheaton College's Billy Graham Center was sentenced Friday to three years in prison for stealing three vintage guitars. Timothy G. Cavalieri, 41, of Elburn must serve half the prison term for the felony theft before being eligible for parole. He also was ordered to pay nearly $1,560 in restitution to the guitars' owner.

With a pending racial bias lawsuit, a new method of assessment and a newly nominated superintendent, the list of concerns is lengthy for bilingual parents in Elgin Area School District U-46.

A 16-year-old St. Charles boy was charged with a felony Friday in connection with threats scrawled on a school wall.

Tip generously tonight at Claddagh Irish Pub in Geneva. There's a good chance your server is a Geneva police officer, collecting money for Special Olympics.

A man who sold cocaine to an undercover Elgin police officer for the second time in two months was arrested Thursday, police said.

floor classroom at a Carpentersville high school, one of America's most renowned free-thinkers warned about 40 assembled students that the American public school system conspires to blunt their creativity and engender their obedience.

Since 1975, the Community Crisis Center in Elgin has helped victims of domestic or sexual abuse or folks who have fallen on hard times.

A bicycle was stolen from a rack at Storm Elementary School, 305 N. Van Nortwick Ave., it was reported at 3:49 p.m. Thursday.

A Gilberts woman was arrested Thursday at Jo-Ann Fabrics, 215 Randall Road, Algonquin.

The accused purse snatcher who was captured Thursday afternoon in Elgin by a group of bystanders was wanted for fleeing the state after he was convicted of aggravated battery in Kane County, police said Friday.

The Cary Park District will host a grand opening for its new skate park at 1 p.m. today.

Four men authorities say they believe are behind a string of violent home invasions in the Northwest suburbs were being held in Cook County jail Friday on six- and seven-figure bonds.

On Tuesday, the Canadian National Railway asked the U.S. Surface Transportation Board to expedite a ruling on whether to allow the company to buy the EJ&E railroad.

A proposal to eliminate state funding for the Illinois Association of Museums could mean "devastating consequences" for more than 500 museums, arboreta and historical societies across Illinois, the association's president warned Thursday.

Kaneland will implement a reverse-calling system next year for emergencies. The Kaneland Unit District school board this week approved buying the system for the 2008-2009 school year for $13,850.

A volatile combination of violent threats and technology-savvy students at Jacobs High School have put officials in a bind, Principal Michael Bregy said.