HAMMOND — The local Thomas Edison Elementary School was placed on a "modified" lockdown Wednesday morning after a student reported hearing a potential threat outside the building at 7025 Madison ...

HAMMOND — The lockdown Wednesday morning at the local Thomas Edison Elementary School was triggered by a report of an adult on the property potentially carrying a weapon, according to Telisa ...

The city is experiencing retail momentum even as Macomb has lost population and Western Illinois University’s enrollment has declined. “It happens because we're very truthful when we're marketing our ...

Some residents plan to speak out at the Lakeview Public Schools board meeting on Tuesday evening, saying parents deserve transparency and that racism in the schools must be acknowledged.

A bill that would prohibit schools from using names, logos or mascots associated with Native Americans, including specific tribes, is headed to the Illinois Senate. The proposed legislation ...

MACOMB (WGEM) - Illinois could be the next state to impose a cell phone ban to all public schools. SB2427 cleared a senate committee last week and could be considered by the full senate in the future.

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School board general elections in Illinois are held on the first Tuesday in April every two years in odd-numbered years for all districts except for Chicago Public Schools and Peoria Public Schools.