EPHS raises GPA scale to 6.0

In an effort to motivate more Elmwood Park High School students to take challenging college level classes, School District 401 is increasing the high school’s grade point average. At its Jan. 18 meeting the school board approved changing grade point average scale from 4.0 to …Read More

• Elmwood Park sees increase of gangs, but not active

  

  Elmwood Park Police Chief Frank Fagiano said there is no active gang issue in the village, but for those handful of gang members living in the village, “we know who they are.” According to Chicago Crime Commission’s “The Gang Book,” which was released Friday, there …Read More

• Gang Book spotlights suburban threats

  For more than 40 years, street gangs and the illegal drug sales they control have been major drivers of property crime in the suburbs. For most suburban residents, though, gangs remain a shadowy phenomenon, visible only in the occasional newspaper or TV clip and usually …Read More

• St. Celestine ends perfect run with league title

  

  There are few words that can describe the accomplishments of the St. Celestine girls basketball team over the past four seasons. Impressive, astounding, inconceivable, unbelievable, exceptional, miraculous, outstanding, peerless, superb, supreme, unequaled, awesome, flawless, out-of-this-world. OK, so there are more than a few. But in …Read More
• Karaoke night honors St. Cyprian’s Father Gene