BISHOP VOWS TO FIGHT RACISM IN HIS SCHOOLS
Friday evening, Wanda McMurray watched her 13-year-old son get on his bicycle to go play basketball with two friends in a neighborhood park. On Monday, McMurray said that her son,...
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BUS DRIVERS WORK AS TALKS CONTINUE
Bus service continues Monday for more than a dozen south suburban school districts although bus drivers still haven't reached a contract agreement, a top school official said Sunday. "They're still...
WOMAN IS KILLED AFTER HER CAR GOES INTO DITCH, ROLLS OVER ON I-80
A 43-year-old Morris woman died early Sunday after a rollover accident on Interstate Highway 80 just east of Ashley Road in Morris, the Illinois State Police said. Donna Love, of...
PULASKI DAY IS PART OF A RARE BREED
More than a decade after admirers of Casimir Pulaski managed to get a state holiday declared to honor the Polish war hero, the day still generates controversy and a good...
DESPITE PROTESTS, CITY OKS TOUGH PAWNSHOP LAW
Sure, there's a neon sign on the door, tired wood paneling on the walls and cheesy pinkish carpeting blanketing the floors. But that doesn't mean the Uptown City Pawners and...
EMOTIONS CHURNING OVER FLOODS FROM FRIDAY’S DOWNPOUR
Local rivers have all but digested the record mouthful of rain they were force-fed last week. The National Weather Service said Sunday that the Des Plaines and Fox Rivers in...
FIRST LADY’S WISH IS TO HELP WOMEN, CHILDREN OVERCOME
First Lady Hillary Rodham Clinton became the ever patient and poised kindergarten teacher Tuesday morning for a visit to a Southwest Side elementary school, during which she highlighted her husband's...
COLD AND WIND CHILL CITY, SHUT MOST SCHOOLS
The Chicago area braced against an arctic blast that was expected to deliver sub-zero temperatures and dangerous wind chills by the end of the day Thursday, shuttering most area schools...
MIX SUN, SALT AND COLD: RECIPE FOR SLOW TRIP TO WORK
If you missed that very important 9 a.m. meeting on Tuesday, feel free to clip this article and hand it to the boss. Late to class? Consider this a note...
2 LAWSUITS ALLEGE ABUSE BY CHA POLICE
Alleging a pattern of abuses by Chicago Housing Authority police that included sexual assaults and robbery, some CHA residents called Wednesday for a U.S. Justice Department investigation of the charges....