FREEBURG, Ill. – The crime made international news in 2006 when a now-former Freeburg, IL, high school teacher tried to end an affair with a student by killing her. Citizen’s Park in ...

Freeburg Community High School’s mascot, the “Midgets,” is considered a slur used against people with dwarfism. The school’s ...

The Illinois House passed a bill last week by a vote of 71-38 that would ban public schools from using mascots that discriminate against people with disabilities. Freeburg High ...