Latin School of Chicago teachers vote to unionize ‘despite intense anti-union...
"We had to take action to raise our voices as educators," a teacher at the prestigious private school said.
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View ArticleChicago police officer who shot Anthony Alvarez claimed to be victim in...
The Chicago police officer who fatally shot Anthony Alvarez in late March alleged that he was the victim in a road-rage incident last month where he unholstered his gun, police reports show.
View ArticleWoman killed, 2 children among the injured in East Garfield Park crash,...
A woman was killed and five others injured in an East Garfield Park crash Thursday afternoon, authorities said.
View ArticlePolice chief and state’s attorney to announce break in unsolved 1972 murder...
Details of a “breakthrough” in the 1972 murder of Naperville teen Julie Ann Hanson are to be announced Friday morning by Naperville Police Chief Robert Marshall and Will County State’s Attorney James...
View ArticleWhile stationed in the Pacific during WWII, Len Happ traded for a rare bow...
The son of a veteran who hailed from the northwest suburbs worked with federal officials and a museum in Papua New Guinea to send the artifacts his dad acquired in WWII back to the Pacific island nation.
View ArticleBlack teen whose death sparked 1919 race riots set to receive grave marker...
A group of concerned citizens, who helped raise nearly $5,000 for a stone half ledger to be placed atop the grave of Eugene Williams in Lincoln Cemetery, is also setting up a special memorial service.
View ArticleA maze, not a path: For CPS grads, there’s no standard route from high school...
CPS grads were more likely to transfer from a four-year to two-year school than the reverse.
View ArticleColumn: Six post-pandemic steps for reentering society while weed-whacking...
Sensible tips for reentering society as COVID-19 restrictions are lifted in Chicago and Illinois and post-pandemic life opens up.
View ArticleDaywatch: Chicago set to be largest US city to fully reopen, Illinois GOP...
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View ArticleWoman dead, six displaced after fire in Englewood home
A woman died and six people were displaced in a residential fire early Friday in Englewood.
View Article2 dead, 3 wounded in shootings overnight in Chicago
Two people are dead and three others were injured in shootings from 8 p.m. Thursday to Friday morning downtown and on the South, Southwest, Near North and Near Northwest sides, according to Chicago...
View ArticleCPS graduates during the pandemic: 5 charts to help understand the trends
How has COVID-19 affected college enrollment/,/ and what makes a student successful on the path to a degree? Two recently published reports by the University of Chicago Consortium on School Research...
View ArticleOne dead in traffic crash in Auburn Gresham neighborhood
An unidentified person died in a traffic crash Friday morning in the Auburn Gresham neighborhood after a vehicle the person was in struck a pole and caught fire, Chicago police said
View ArticlePortage man charged with reckless homicide in traffic death
A Portage man faces charges from a fatal crash that killed a Hammond woman in August.
View ArticleIngleside man critically injured after being struck by car
An Ingleside man was reported in critical condition after he was struck by a car as he walked along Route 59 Thursday evening, according to the Lake County sheriff’s office.
View ArticleColumn: ‘Hunt, Gather, Parent’ makes a poignant case for American parents to...
NPR correspondent Michaeleen Doucleff's new book looks at cultures around the world and finds that parents and children benefit tremendously from a whole lot more hands on deck when it comes to...
View Article‘Dreadhead Cowboy’ ordered into custody after new arrest
The man known as the “Dreadhead Cowboy” was ordered to turn himself in to Cook County Jail on Thursday after a new arrest violated the terms of his release in the animal cruelty case involving one of...
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