Itasca police are investigating why a man forced his way into a home by shooting its back door Friday morning, claiming he was being chased.
It happened around 9:15 a.m. in the 800 block of Willow Cou.
On average, 100 suburban school districts are paying substitute teachers a base daily wage of $132, with many providing additional loyalty bonuses or higher wages for long-term jobs, but many administrators say they re still often short-handed.
Despite a decline in enrollment in the 2021 school year for most suburban school districts, personnel figures and staffing costs rose because of the pandemic.
Just weeks after Itasca overwhelmingly rejected a proposal for an addiction treatment center, federal prosecutors have launched an investigation into whether the village violated anti-discrimination laws. The issue had been raised after the village classified the proposal as a planned development rather than a health care facility.