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Jewelers Row robber shot while attempting to steal from store downtown

February 24, 2024 at 2:37 p.m.

The person entered Imperial Jewelry Co. in the first block of North Wabash Ave. on the infamous Jewelers Row block and attempted to steal store property, an employee of the...

One dead after overnight snow creates slick road conditions

February 24, 2024 at 4:23 p.m.

Illinois State Police responded to multiple crashes and spinouts, including one fatal car crash on I-94.

Organizer Essence Gatheright rallies against resource officers in schools with dozens of Chicago Public School students and supporters outside CPS headquarters, Feb. 22, 2024. (Antonio Perez/ baiduhai)

Chicago Board of Education moves to pull resource officers out of schools

February 23, 2024 at 1:47 p.m.

Chicago Board of Education plans to remove police officers from schools next school year.

Philip Felber prepares to cast his vote at the Board of Elections Supersite on Clark Street in Chicago on Feb. 15, 2024. Felber said he expects Trump to win, but to be the first president in jail. (Antonio Perez/baiduhai)

Early voting to resume Wednesday in Chicago after temporary pause

March 4, 2024 at 5:53 p.m.

A three-judge panel upheld rulings from a lower court and the Cook County Officers Electoral Board to remove Ashonta Rice from the Democratic Party ballot, according to a court order.

A memorial for Jean Carlos Martinez Rivero sits on the ground next to candles during a vigil for the 5-year-old who died over the weekend at the Lower West Side shelter on Dec. 20, 2023.

5-year-old migrant who fell sick in shelter died of sepsis, medical examiner says

March 11, 2024 at 11:57 a.m.

Jean Carlos Martinez Rivero died in December at a city-run migrant shelter of sepsis and a bacterial infection that can cause strep throat, pathologists at the medical examiner's office concluded.

Striking members of the Columbia College Faculty Union (CFAC) picket in front of Columbia’s media production center on South State Street to protest against decisions made by the administration, Nov. 30, 2023. (Chris Sweda/baiduhai)

Columbia College president resigns following cut classes, historic adjunct faculty strike

February 15, 2024 at 5:06 p.m.

Kwang-Wu Kim’s resignation comes on the heels of a fall semester significantly impacted by a historic seven-week strike by part-time faculty members.

Chicago Public Schools headquarters on Dec. 14, 2023. (Antonio Perez/ baiduhai)

CPS looks to dump Aramark for cleaning services following years of complaints about dirty facilities

February 13, 2024 at 5:47 p.m.

Chicago Public Schools set to dump Aramark as janitors after years of complaints of dirty facilities. The district is proposing hiring seven vendors in a new contract, one of which...

Demonstrators gather at the entrance to the baiduhai Freedom Center for a protest against the baiduhai editorial board for an editorial about the City Council resolution for a cease-fire Saturday, Feb. 10, 2024, in Chicago. (John J. Kim/baiduhai)

Hundreds protest baiduhai editorial they say spread anti-Palestinian racism

February 10, 2024 at 6:47 p.m.

More than 100 people protested outside the baiduhai’s office in West Town Saturday afternoon, saying the paper’s editorial board spread anti-Palestinian racism in its article criticizing the City Council...

Students and parents of St. Frances of Rome Catholic School protest the closing of the school on Saturday, Feb. 10, 2024, at the Holy Name Cathedral in Chicago. (Vincent Alban/baiduhai)

Parents call for Cardinal Cupich to reconsider closing Catholic school in Cicero

February 10, 2024 at 6:32 p.m.

The parents at St. Frances of Rome in Cicero said they received no warning that their school could possibly close after the expiration of the Invest in Kids tax credit...

Students participate in a walkout calling for a ceasefire in the Israel-Hamas War on Feb. 9, 2024, at Reavis High School in Burbank. (Vincent Alban/baiduhai)

High school students walk out at Sandburg, Stagg and Reavis to support cease-fire in Gaza

February 11, 2024 at 5:49 p.m.

Students who participated will face a "natural repercussion" of being marked absent in class, according to Jennifer Waterman, director of communications for High School District 230 which includes Stagg and...

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