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Fewer potholes in Chicago, another upside of mild winter

May 25, 2019 at 1:01 p.m.

Unseasonably warm temperatures sent Chicago area residents flocking to parks, zoos and other outdoor areas to enjoy Friday's sunshine. But heavy winds later in the day forced people back inside...

Carol Woods, 89, announced earlier this year that she would retire from substitute teaching after spending 29 years filling in for language teachers at Glenbard High School District 87.

Substitute language teacher retires at 89

May 22, 2019 at 12:35 a.m.

Students and teachers at Glenbard East High School cite various reasons why Carol Woods was such a beloved foreign language substitute teacher. She enthusiastically shared stories of her travels to...

Ceronda Burton sits with her children, from left, Charles McCall III, Cianna McCall and Celicia Burton, along with her friend's daughter, Raven Smith. The group tried on donated boots at the Salvation Army Evangeline Booth Lodge, which were donated to homeless families by Toyota Motor North America.

As temperatures drop, kids get new boots at North Side homeless shelter

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

Ceronda Burton repeatedly tried to slip her 5-month-old son's right foot into a brand-new red and yellow snow boot Saturday at a Margate Park homeless shelter near Uptown. Once the...

Commuters ride the CTA Blue Line toward Forest Park on Feb. 12, 2016. Ridership has reached record numbers on CTA trains, according to the transit agency.

Record number of riders take ‘L,’ but bus use slips in 2015, CTA says

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

The Chicago Transit Authority has announced a record number of rail passengers during 2015, at more than 241 million riders. But while rail ridership broke the 2014 record with 3.5...

A crowd at the University of Chicago listens to an announcement Feb. 11, 2016, on efforts to detect gravitational waves, or ripples in the fabric of space-time.

Chicago scientists part of team that confirmed Einstein’s theory

June 11, 2018 at 6:13 a.m.

Hundreds of physicists and students sat still in a University of Chicago auditorium Thursday, their eyes wide and necks craned forward, anxious to hear the recorded sound of two black...

Heather Mack and Tommy Schaefer are handcuffed together as they arrive Jan. 14, 2014, at Denpasar District Court for the first day of their trials in Bali, Indonesia.

Boyfriend in Bali murder wants baby’s health to remain private, lawyers say

June 11, 2018 at 5:34 a.m.

The boyfriend of Heather Mack, the Chicago woman convicted of helping kill her mother during an exotic Bali vacation, wants to bar the court from receiving regular updates on the...

A proposed $16 million Tax Increment Financing (TIF) subsidy for construction of a high-end residential development at the former, vacant Maryville Academy site on Montrose and Clarendon avenues, pictured here, sparked a protest of about 50 people outside Mayor Rahm Emanuel's home on Feb. 6, 2016.

Marchers protest proposed use of tax subsidies for Uptown condos

May 22, 2019 at 9:21 p.m.

Leading a crowd of more than 50 Uptown neighbors marching to Mayor Rahm Emanuel's Ravenswood home Saturday was 3-year-old Elizabeth Burgoa. She toddled alongside her father for nearly two miles,...

City Colleges of Chicago Chancellor Cheryl Hyman talks with board Chairman Charles Middleton during a board meeting Feb. 4, 2016, in which the faculty declared a vote of no confidence in her.

City Colleges’ faculty votes no confidence in chancellor

June 11, 2018 at 3:25 a.m.

The City Colleges of Chicago faculty council Thursday announced a vote of no confidence in the chancellor's leadership, citing uneasiness with steps administrators have taken to "reinvent" the state's largest...

Students walk in front of the University of Chicago's International House on Jan. 26, 2016. The university is opening the dorm to all undergraduate students, not just foreign students, in August.

Residents at U. of C. International House fear changes may compromise traditions

June 11, 2018 at 7:04 a.m.

John D. Rockefeller Jr., who founded the University of Chicago's International House in the 1930s, intended the stone Gothic estate at the heart of campus to foster cultural exchange among...

Sex offender entered West Side high school wearing only socks, prosecutors say

May 22, 2019 at 9:19 p.m.

A convicted Roscoe Village sex offender faces charges of entering a school zone and indecent exposure after prosecutors say he walked into a West Side high school wearing only his...

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