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CPS laying off 443 teachers and support staff. CTU vows to fight cuts.
Chicago police have ‘pretty good’ idea who killed 5 in Englewood shooting last week
National Weather Service says Naperville tornado was an EF-3, with winds in excess of 136 mph
Murder case featuring brother representing brother moves into retrial stage
Second gentleman Douglas Emhoff to visit Chicago on Wednesday as part of national vaccination tour
A strange and challenging year of pandemic learning is almost over as CPS breaks for summer: ‘I don’t take things for granted anymore.’
Two Gary men charged in Munster bank robbery: police
Lightfoot calls videotaped killing ‘horrific’ as Chicago police search for suspects
Chicago paramedics in line for $1.83 million sexual harassment settlement
5 things to know when the tornado siren blares
University of Illinois campuses to require COVID-19 vaccine this fall
Prison sentence for ‘Fast Eddie’ Vrdolyak delayed by pandemic, health concerns
Grayslake man dies after being struck by car as he walked along Route 120 in Wauconda area
Woodridge tornado launched debris 10,000 feet into the atmosphere, had possible wind speeds of 135 mph, but ‘no reports of significant injuries,’ according to forecasters, police
‘He died doing what he loved’: Smokejumper from Chicago area mourned after suffering fatal injuries fighting forest fire in New Mexico
Illinois elementary, high school students to learn about Asian American history under measure awaiting governor’s signature
Girl dies after being pulled into deeper water at Lake Michigan beach in Indiana; one day later teen rescued in critical condition
Teen used photos of ex-girlfriend to lure victim to deadly 2020 Park Manor robbery, prosecutors say
Maryland graduate student killed in Loop stabbing described as a brilliant criminology researcher
Wisconsin Sen. Ron Johnson drowned out by chorus of boos during Juneteenth appearance in Milwaukee
Auschwitz survivor, Illinois Holocaust Museum President Fritzie Fritzshall dies at 91
It’s cicada season: Ready for bulging red eyes, lots of screeching and a light dousing of sticky bug juice?
Severe thunderstorms, possible high winds, hail, tornadoes possible Sunday, forecasters say
1 killed in Homan Square hit-and-run collision, Chicago police say
A Wisconsin family is using a rare legal process to bypass prosecutors who cleared a police officer in a fatal shooting