Clarendon Hills News

Tom Byrne of Clarendon Hills was recently named Adventist Hinsdale Hospital's volunteer of the month with nearly 600 hours of service.

Numerous Maercker Elementary District 60 parents let the School Board know how they feel about the elimination of holiday parties Tuesday, and most of those feelings weren't positive.

Clarendon Hills police arrested six people believed to have been involved with numerous burglaries committed in the village, Hinsdale, Oak Brook, Elmhurst and Downers Grove in the past couple of weeks.

The budget for your home improvement might be modest, but Adele Lampert says you can glean inspiration and tips from her award-winning project.

Note the contrasting finishes in this new kitchen by Adele Lampert of Page One Interiors in Barrington.

Clarendon Hills resident Mary Thomas, mother of Florida International University basketball coach and Hall of Famer Isiah Thomas, is recovering from a heart attack at Adventist Hinsdale Hospital.

Buyers of new homes can expect much healthier and more energy-efficient properties than they get if they buy an older home.

Search the 2009 school report cards for all public schools in the state. New this year in the Sun-Times Media report card search: Find out where each elementary, middle and high school ranked in Illinois.

School administrators and teachers seem to agree that the annual state report cards, intended as a measure of how a school is measuring up in terms of educating its students, are based on a single snapshot of how students performed on a single test on a single day.

Jack Higgins knows Mayor Richard Daley's face like the back of his hand. "I could draw him in my sleep," said Higgins, a lifelong Chicagoan who now lives in Clarendon Hills with wife, Missy, and five children, Tommy, Brigid, Rose, Jackie and Brendan.

SchoolSearch presented its Bright A+ Awards for academic excellence. The following local schools are among the top 5 percent of all Illinois school districts.

It's been 200 years since Jane Austen penned her first novel, Elinor and Marianne , the story of two very different sisters that would become the classic story, Sense and Sensibility .

The Chana family of Clarendon Hills filed a wrongful death lawsuit Friday against the bus company and driver involved in the death of their son.

Balancing the budget for 2011 would mean making $3.8 million in cuts for Hinsdale-Clarendon Hills Elementary School District 181.

Some people spent the summer at the beach. Others took road trips. Jody Buckle built a Himalayan salt cave.

Clarendon Hills resident Jody Buckle spent her every waking moment this summer building a Himalayan salt cave with sister Robin Fitzgerald of Western Springs.

First Folio's David Rice retired from teaching last May and he's still working long hours.

Registration is open for the Oct. 12 ACT achievement test. The ACT has four sections -- English, mathematics, reading and science and takes about three hours to complete.

The first face-to-face contact with a real patient takes place in a very special way.

Hinsdale Middle School Principal Ruben Pena discusses what HMS does to model excellence.