CPS lays off 161, eliminates 209 positions to plug budget hole
In a cost-cutting move to plug a $734 million shortfall, Chicago Public Schools officials on Friday said they laid off dozens of workers in its central office and citywide staff.
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‘Special’ longtime editor of The Austin Voice among 4 killed in suspicious West Side fire
A fourth person has died after a suspicious fire erupted at an apartment building in the Austin neighborhood Thursday morning, the Chicago Fire Department announced Friday.
Man being questioned in Thursday shooting of teens in Douglass Park
Chicago police were questioning a man who allegedly said he was defending himself in connection with the shooting of two teen boys in Douglass Park.
3 dead in Austin apartment building fire; ATF investigating as possible arson
Two juveniles and one adult were pronounced dead after an extra alarm fire broke out at an apartment building in the Austin neighborhood.
3 men shot in Ogden Park in Englewood, police say
Three people were seriously injured Wednesday evening in a shooting near Ogden Park in the Englewood neighborhood, Chicago police said.
Boy, 15, wounded in Woodlawn shooting, police say
A boy, 15, was in fair condition after he was shot in the left knee Wednesday night in the Woodlawn neighborhood on the city’s South Side, police said.
Cops: Homicide investigation after 72-year-old man found dead in bathtub on South Side
Police have opened a homicide investigation after a 72-year-old man was found dead Wednesday afternoon inside a bathtub in the Avalon Park neighborhood on the city's South Side, authorities said.
DuPage to establish community land bank, trust to incentivize more affordable housing
DuPage County is taking a new approach to incentivizing low-cost development, including the creation of a land bank.
Chicago activists, wary about Trump’s Israel-Iran ceasefire announcement, to keep protesting
Many condemned U.S. military aid to Israel, supporting its war in Iran and also in Gaza, which has lasted nearly two years.
Family of woman killed during Chicago police chase files lawsuit against city
The mother of a woman killed during Chicago police chase last fall has filed a lawsuit against the city and its officers.