State bill and new scholarship provide more support for immigrant students in...
A bill awaiting Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s signature would require all college campuses to “designate an undocumented student resource liaison” by the 2022-23 school year to help immigrants and students...
View ArticleChicago Public Schools’ universal pre-K ‘strangling’ private day care...
Private day care centers say they have been "strangled" by Chicago's universal pre-K rollout in Chicago Public Schools.
View ArticleDaywatch: Why property tax hikes could be on the way, pride march protests...
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View Article6 shot in South Shore shooting
Six people were shot, one of them fatally, Sunday night in the South Shore neighborhood, according to Chicago police.
View Article6 people shot, 1 fatally, while waiting for food in South Shore neighborhood
A 23-year-old woman was killed and five men were injured in a shooting in South Shore, about two hours before 11 people were shot in another Chicago attack, according to police.
View ArticleAfter losing battle over renaming Lake Shore Drive, Mayor Lori Lightfoot says...
Mayor Lori Lightfoot said she's forging ahead with plans to spend $40 million the development of DuSable Park and to provide additional programming to honor the Haitian explorer credited with founding...
View ArticleRockton chemical plant fire likely accidental, fire official says
An explosion and massive fire at a chemical plant in northern Illinois that filled the sky with black smoke and forced the evacuation of hundreds of homes for days was started accidentally during...
View ArticlePolice investigate homicide in Chicago Heights
Chicago Heights police investigate shooting death of 36-year-old city resident
View ArticleHarvey police mum about double fatal shooting on South Dixie Highway
Harvey police have not provided information regarding two homicides that occurred early Wednesday
View ArticleAlice Clark Brown, trailblazing Black circus aerialist and performer, dies at 68
She was a jazz singer, an actress, a poet and a writer. Her passions were anything creative and fun, her family said.
View ArticleCalumet City man charged with murder in girlfriend’s Chatham killing changed...
A Calumet City man was charged with murder Monday in connection with the shooting death of a 30-year-old woman over the weekend, according to Chicago police.
View ArticleWaukegan man dies after being pulled from Lake Michigan
The county coroner’s office identified the dead man as Ivory Biggs, 35. Preliminary autopsy results indicate that Biggs died from drowning, Coroner Jennifer Banek said in a statement released Monday...
View ArticleChicago police officer who fatally shot Anthony Alvarez in March is stripped...
Chicago police leaders have stripped the officer who fatally shot Anthony Alvarez of his badge and police powers two months after the shooting during a foot chase.
View ArticleThe Spin: After mass shootings, Lightfoot talks about addressing ‘pandemic of...
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View Article73-year-old Chicago woman completes a 40-day hunger strike for slavery...
73-year-old white woman from Chicago completes a 40-day hunger strike for slavery reparations. Rachelle Zola said she's moving on to build religious support: "My voice is just getting stronger."
View ArticleWeather service confirms tornadoes Friday, Saturday as Chicago area under...
The National Weather Service confirmed touchdowns of one tornado Friday and three on Saturday in northern Illinois, as thunderstorms and waves of rain with a possibility of flash flooding are expected...
View Article85 COVID-19 cases tied to outbreak at central Illinois summer camp
The two outbreaks occurred in Schuyler and Adams counties.
View ArticleAt least 77 people shot in weekend violence in Chicago, including 17 in two...
The latest mass shootings rock Chicago at a time when the city continues to struggle with violence.
View ArticleWhat to know about the Delta variant in Illinois
Gov. J.B. Pritzker said Monday that the Delta variant already is a “growing presence in Illinois,” and officials expect it to be the dominate coronavirus strain statewide by the fall.
View ArticleIllinois allows medical cannabis patients to buy from any dispensary after...
Patients said the problem has been occurring since last week and kept some of them from buying their medicine.
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