The closures and delays come as many parts of Chicago and the suburbs saw areas of thick icing, with sidewalks and roads slick and dangerous.

CHICAGO (CBS) — Some Chicago area schools have announced delays and closures after overnight freezing rain left icy roadways Thursday morning. Local departments deployed salt trucks overnight.

Each day, hundreds of students walk past homes — aging and time-honored — with rich histories they might not be aware of.

Based on a child-centered and scaled view of primary school learning that celebrates learning in landscape and artisanal craft, Crow Island School, in the North Shore Chicago suburb of Winnetka, is ...