The fair at Donald E. Stephens Convention Center paired hands-on toy booths with a Wishlist Weekend push to kick off holiday shopping.

Howe School of Excellence students became the first CPS class to finish a six-week financial literacy course.

About 200 staffers joined UI Health's Halloween parade Friday, dressing up five-day-old NICU babies in hand-sewn costumes.

Antonio Morrison's 79-mile daily commute to his La Grange Highlands school has stalled over reimbursement timing. His mother says she simply cannot front the cost anymore.

Colleen Maher once sat in these Rockford classrooms as a toddler. Now she helps a nonverbal student find his voice.

Instructors move fire trucks outside just to make space for training. Now 26 communities vote Nov. 3 on a fix.

Prescott Elementary parents say about 80 students with IEPs lost resource rooms to a new dance studio and music room.

Rivers Christian Academy, founded by a military veteran, scheduled a Tuesday ribbon-cutting at 323 N. Second St.

Daytime trick-or-treating, slime-making and laser tag replace the scares that defined All Hallows Eve for two decades.

The chain's new no-arcade format lands in Crest Hill by 2027, part of a growth wave that already spans Texas to Mexico.

Costume judging and a DillaDawgs food truck highlight Aurora's Oct. 4 dog parade at Wilder Park.

Waubonsee's College Night on Oct. 5 pairs a 100-college lineup with a free tour of its welding and auto labs.

Cragin Park will host a pumpkin patch and a Yves Francois Rocambu Jazz event.