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The Alma Mater statue at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

University of Illinois trustees freeze tuition

May 22, 2019 at 9:16 p.m.

The University of Illinois board of trustees approved a tuition freeze for new in-state undergraduates Thursday, ensuring for the second straight year that base tuition rates will remain the same...

Police ‘looking at other angles’ in slaying of Channel 7 producer

May 22, 2019 at 9:15 p.m.

Police in Belize said Tuesday they found nothing on a person of interest that would tie him to last week's slaying of an ABC-Channel 7 executive producer and are "looking...

A portion of the new Ferris wheel at Navy Pier is pictured in front of the Chicago skyline as construction continues on the rebuilt attraction on Feb. 3, 2016.

Construction begins on Navy Pier’s new Ferris wheel

August 23, 2019 at 1:34 p.m.

In biting winds and bright sunshine Tuesday, a crane lifted what looked like an enormous pin, one of six legs making up the new Ferris wheel at Navy Pier. Tourists...

Khari Tyler Young, 21, left, and Jamel Davis, 19, ride hoverboards after making a stop at a post office in the 1800 block of West Monterey Avenue in Chicago on Jan. 16, 2016. The men said their hoverboards can go up to 20 miles on a full charge.

While hoverboards are all the rage with kids, parents have safety concerns

May 22, 2019 at 9:15 p.m.

Doris Yadav's sons pleaded for a hoverboard for Christmas. The boards were all over the Internet and just looked so cool. But Yadav, who lives in Frankfort, was skeptical. She...

Prosecutors: Lincoln Park High School teacher had sex with boy, 15, he met online

May 22, 2019 at 9:14 p.m.

A Lincoln Park High School teacher is accused of having sex with a 15-year-old boy he met on the Internet, according to prosecutors.Benjamin Zollo, 32, was ordered held on $750,000...

Bail denied in gang shooting that killed teen, wounded woman

May 22, 2019 at 9:14 p.m.

Bail was denied Wednesday for a gang member accused of killing an 18-year-old man and wounding a 22-year-old woman after flashing gang signs at their car in the Little Village...

Man stabbed at Jackson Red Line station

May 22, 2019 at 9:13 p.m.

A 37-year-old man was stabbed in the neck on the platform of the Jackson Red Line station Saturday night. He was fighting with two men and a woman at the...

The Shrine of Christ the King church at 64th Street and South Woodlawn Avenue on Wednesday. The building was severely damaged by a fire in October and the Chicago archdiocese has applied for a permit to demolish the building.

Landmarks commission OKs demolition permit for Woodlawn church

May 22, 2019 at 9:12 p.m.

The Commission on Chicago Landmarks signed off on a permit application to demolish the Shrine of Christ the King in the Woodlawn neighborhood after an October fire devastated the church's...

Chicago police investigate the fatal shooting of a 21-year-old man on a Safe Passage route near Lake Street and Central Avenue on Jan. 4, 2016.

Man slain along Safe Passage route, 1 of 6 shot in Chicago

May 22, 2019 at 9:10 p.m.

A man was killed on a Safe Passage route on the first day back to classes for Chicago Public Schools students, one of six people shot across the city on...

Katherine "Kit" Duffy was named as the city's first liaison to the gay and lesbian community by Mayor Harold Washington in 1984.

Katherine Duffy, Chicago’s first liaison to gay, lesbian community, dies at 71

May 31, 2019 at 3:29 a.m.

Katherine "Kit" Duffy was the city of Chicago's first liaison to the gay and lesbian community and played a key role in the successful push for a gay rights ordinance...

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