Cleveland Councilman Kevin Conwell is pushing to install new cameras on Cleveland school buses so that police can catch and fine motorists who fail to stop for the buses' flashing red lights.

This year marks the first time a Rockford-area student has won in the Illinois Poetry Out Loud state competition in its 20-year history.

Orange Community Education and Recreation will hold a Community Information Night from 6 to 7:30 p.m. Thursday (March 20) to discuss its renewal levy on the May 6 ballot.

A man rescued from a burning home told a shocking story of cruelty and constant hunger as he was held captive in a single room for 20 years by his father and stepmother.

Sandra's family lived across the street from mine in an era still stinging from its segregationist past. Her parents suggestion that I join her at a predominantly white private school across town ...