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The Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity house on the campus of Northwestern University in Evanston in 2017.

Northwestern student speaks out after alleged drugging at fraternity house, university police still investigating

September 29, 2021 at 12:36 p.m.

One of several Northwestern students who were allegedly drugged without their consent at fraternity houses this fall said she has no desire to add her voice to the choir of...

A view of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity house on Feb. 7, 2017, on the campus of Northwestern University in Evanston.

Northwestern cancels fraternity activities, protesters call for abolishing ‘Greek life’ after reports of students being drugged at frat houses

September 27, 2021 at 7:19 p.m.

Protesters at Northwestern University are demanding that the school "abolish Greek life" after reports that students were allegedly drugged without their consent at fraternity houses this fall. The protests this...

Students from Eric Solorio Academy High School and Irene Hernandez Middle School for the Advancement of the Sciences arrive for the first day of classes on Aug. 30, 2021.

Childhood COVID-19 cases fall for second week, as experts say student quarantines, testing are curbing virus spread

September 27, 2021 at 9:36 a.m.

With the number of Illinois children testing positive for COVID-19 declining for a second week in a row, some experts said Friday that student quarantines, testing and masking, while frustrating...

Palatine High School student Emma Zach, outside the school in Palatine on Sept. 22, 2021, is being credited with rescuing a classmate who had a seizure in the pool during physical education class. Teacher assistant John Giuliano also helped in the rescue.

Palatine High School teen comes to aid of student having seizure during school swim lesson

September 23, 2021 at 6:10 p.m.

After Palatine High School junior Emma Zach noticed a typically irrepressible classmate was unusually quiet during a physical education swim lesson, she quickly realized the teen was having an epileptic...

Students get on a bus outside of Skinner West Elementary School in Chicago on Aug. 30, the first day of school. Thousands of other students were left without transportation when school started.

Amid ongoing school bus driver shortage, thousands of CPS students still without regular transportation to school

September 23, 2021 at 5:01 p.m.

Roughly 3,300 Chicago Public Schools students stranded by a steep shortage of bus drivers this fall has fueled a slate of alternate transportation options aimed at safely shuttling kids to...

Gregg Sibigtroth outside of his restaurant, Sib's Corner Grill in Genoa, on Sept. 8, 2021.

Mask debates are roiling communities across Illinois. But in Genoa, neighbors say people are kind and considerate, ‘most of the time.’

October 28, 2021 at 3:58 p.m.

In many ways, the golden cornfields, sleepy country roads and tidy Main Street in Genoa, Illinois, population 5,200, seem plucked from the pages of Thornton Wilder's "Our Town." A close-knit...

Chicago police monitor activity outside of Lake View High School in 2019. Lake View was among the campuses whose Local School Council voted this year to remove from school resource officers, according to CPS.

Despite reduction of cops in Chicago schools, Board of Ed votes to pay $11 million to Police Department for resource officers

September 22, 2021 at 5:32 p.m.

The Chicago Board of Education has voted to approve a one-year, $11 million agreement with the Chicago Police Department for the controversial school resource officer program. The deal, which passed...

Chicago Teachers Union members rally for COVID-19 safety outside Benito Juarez Community Academy in August.

CPS has tallied nearly 500 COVID-19 cases, still has no safety agreement with teachers union; Arwady calls number ‘very low’

September 22, 2021 at 5:29 p.m.

With COVID-19 cases and student quarantines rising in Chicago Public Schools, parents and teachers are continuing calls for faster contact tracing, more testing, improved safety protocols, increased transparency and broader...

More than 90% of CPS students showed up on the first day of school and the first full reopening since COVID-19 shutdown

September 22, 2021 at 4:24 p.m.

Chicago Public Schools on Wednesday touted only a slight decrease in student attendance rates on the first day of school, compared with the last time the new year began with...

Benet Academy in Lisle on Sept. 21, 2021.

Benet Academy reverses course, offers lacrosse coach job to woman in same-sex marriage. ‘Never … prouder to be a Redwing,’ she says.

September 21, 2021 at 5:58 p.m.

Benet Academy has reversed course and offered the head coaching job of the girls lacrosse team to Amanda Kammes, an alumna of the Lisle-based Catholic high school who had seen...

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