Charles J. Johnson

Students enter Morton East High School in 2010.

Morton High School District teachers file unfair labor practice charge over return to in-person teaching

February 2, 2021 at 2:31 p.m.

Teachers from west suburban Morton High School District 201 have filed an unfair labor practice charge against the district, alleging they are being forced back into in-person instruction without appropriate...

Map: Chicago’s ghost bikes

May 11, 2021 at 2:35 p.m.

They lean quietly, ashen monochrome standing out among stickered newspaper boxes and rusting metal. Flowers, dead or dying, dot the wheels' spokes. Weather-beaten notes and photographs remain — signs the...

Former U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch testifies to the House Intelligence Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, Nov. 15, 2019, during the second public impeachment hearing of President Donald Trump's efforts to tie U.S. aid for Ukraine to investigations of his political opponents.

Trump impeachment hearing: 6 takeaways from a day of testimony, questions and bickering on Capitol Hill

November 14, 2019 at 7:44 a.m.

The public-facing portion of the House of Representatives' impeachment investigation of President Donald Trump kicked off on Wednesday. William Taylor, the top U.S. diplomat in Ukraine, and George Kent, a...

Security measures are put into place at Trump Tower in advance of President Donald Trump arriving to the building for a fundraiser on Oct. 28, 2019.

Trump made his first visit to Chicago as president. Here is what happened.

March 11, 2024 at 2:07 p.m.

President Donald Trump made his first visit to Chicago as the nation's chief executive. He spoke at the annual gathering of the International Association of Chiefs of Police at McCormick...

Taxi passenger, 33, killed after crash with Mustang in the Loop; 4 others in good condition, cops say

October 28, 2019 at 5:45 a.m.

A passenger in a taxi was killed in a collision between his cab and a Ford Mustang in the Loop on Thursday night, according to the Chicago Police Department. According...

Theater on the Lake at Lake Shore Drive and Fullerton Avenue in Lincoln Park in 2016.

Groups exchange gunfire near Theater on the Lake in Lincoln Park, sending 7 to hospitals: police

July 20, 2019 at 2:18 p.m.

Seven people were left with injuries after two groups exchanged gunfire outside Theater on the Lake in the Lincoln Park neighborhood early Saturday morning. According to Chicago police, a "group...

A thin layer of ice covers the East Lagoon in Jackson Park in December of 2017. A thawing Jackson Park lagoon in March and April of 1893 would prove too inhospitable to one alligator at the World's Fair.

The Humboldt alligator is all the rage, but the 1893 World’s Fair gators in Jackson Park are the original creatures from the Chicago lagoon

July 11, 2019 at 9:00 p.m.

"Chance the Snapper" may be the latest alligator to transfix Chicagoans on a park lagoon, but he (or she) is not the first. Flashback to the spring of 1893: The...

All Stories