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Actor Kevin Clark attends the gala screening for "School of Rock" during the 2003 Toronto International Film Festival in Toronto.

Kevin Clark, ‘School of Rock’ actor and drummer, killed riding bicycle in Avondale. ‘He was such a big-hearted, warm human.’

May 27, 2021 at 2:50 p.m.

Kevin Clark, who played drummer Freddy "Spazzy McGee" Jones in "School of Rock" and was still playing with a Chicago-area band, was being remembered Wednesday as being "big-hearted" by friends...

Roseland water pumping station down for short time Tuesday, second time this month

May 25, 2021 at 3:43 p.m.

For the second time this month, a 110-year-old South Side water pumping station experienced outages Tuesday morning that left thousands of people in the area without water, primarily in Beverly...

Man found in South Shore apartment had been dead for days, police say

May 25, 2021 at 1:15 p.m.

A man was found dead in his South Shore apartment Tuesday morning, Chicago police said. The 22-year-old was found at his apartment at 7616 South Shore Drive at 10:25 a.m.,...

As part of a new college action plan to address racial disparities in access, Chicago State University will house a Center for Education Equity that will reach across business, education and policy sectors to address the higher education equity gap.

Illinois colleges are losing Black students. Turning that around is key not just for equity but to ‘build jobs’ here, advocates say.

May 24, 2021 at 5:51 p.m.

With Black student enrollment at Illinois colleges and universities in a steep decline, a new coalition of educators, business executives, politicians and students have unveiled their proposals for closing the...

Angeliki Vassilatos, an 18-year-old senior at Whitney Young Magnet High School, is taking a gap year following graduation to work on a farm in Seattle. She'll be attending Gallaudet University, but not until fall 2022. She is deaf, so having to wear masks is an extreme barrier for communication.

Pandemic Gap Year 2.0: Another wave of students defer admissions and take an independent gap year instead

May 24, 2021 at 11:17 a.m.

Angeliki Vassilatos knew she wanted to go to a college with a program for people who are deaf or a significant population of deaf students. Deaf since age 9, the...

A northbound CTA train pulls out of the 47th Street Red Line station.

Nearly 90% of CTA train stations to undergo improvements in attempt to lure riders back

May 20, 2021 at 3:35 p.m.

Nearly all CTA "L" stations are slated to be freshened up this year as part of an effort to draw riders back after the pandemic slashed the transit agency's ridership....

Buckingham Fountain under construction in 1926. The fountain was dedicated at a grand ceremony in August 1927.

Orland Park resident will ‘flip the switch’ to restart Buckingham Fountain at Saturday event

May 20, 2021 at 5:39 p.m.

Buckingham Fountain will be turned on this weekend for the first time since 2019, according to the Chicago Park District. Saturday will mark the seventh "Switch on Summer" event, where...

Ten-year-old twins Samrya Cribbs, center, and Samya Cribbs look on as their father, Sonny, prepares them a cool beverage as the Brookfield family hangs out at 31st Street Beach in Chicago on June 5, 2021.

Chicago to see scattered showers Wednesday before summerlike temperatures for rest of week

May 19, 2021 at 12:12 p.m.

Summerlike temperatures are on the horizon for the end of the week and the weekend, but first, Wednesday brings the potential for scattered showers and a slight chance of thunderstorms,...

15-year-old shot while walking dog in Washington Park, police say. ‘Families didn’t have these children to be murdered or to be gunned down,’ activist says.

May 18, 2021 at 10:44 a.m.

A 15-year-old girl was taken to the hospital in critical condition after she was shot Monday afternoon while walking a dog in the Washington Park neighborhood, according to police. The...

Chicago temperatures to soar to mid-80s as rain may end spring’s record dry spell

May 17, 2021 at 6:01 p.m.

It will feel "a lot more like summer" in Chicago by the end of the week, with high temperatures forecast in the mid-80s starting Thursday as Chicago finally may get...

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