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Kaili Norwood, left, and Mia Zepeda bring fresh hay for animals in the barn at the Chicago High School for Agricultural Sciences on Dec. 2.

Chicago’s last farm — now also a high school — celebrates 175 years: ‘An important thing to maintain’

December 9, 2021 at 1:34 p.m.

Some 40 years ago, the historian for the Mount Greenwood Chamber of Commerce led a movement to save Chicago's last farm. The Chicago Board of Education was considering selling the...

Claudette Bush stands besides a photo of her and late son, jonL Bush, in the backyard of her son's Chicago home Monday. The younger Bush, who died of COVID-19 last month, worked at Carnegie School in Woodlawn, which has reported 20 cases of COVID-19 in the past two weeks. Flowers from Bush's memorial this past weekend were placed in the family's backyard.

A CPS classroom aide has died of COVID-19. His co-workers at Carnegie School, where cases have spiked, want more safety protections.

December 6, 2021 at 5:25 p.m.

Longtime Chicago Public Schools employee jonL Bush had been working toward becoming a special education teacher before he died last month of coronavirus at the age of 44. "He's friendly....

Lyanise Ramos, 7, receives her COVID-19 vaccine during an inoculation event at the Chicago Teachers Union headquarters in November.

Unvaccinated students can test their way out of COVID-19 quarantine in new Chicago Public Schools pilot program

November 30, 2021 at 6:42 p.m.

A pilot program that would allow unvaccinated Chicago Public Schools students to test their way out of COVID-19 quarantine if they come in close contact with an infected person is...

Chicago Department of Public Health Commissioner Dr. Allison Arwady, left, talks with Illinois Department of Public Health Director Dr. Ngozi Ezike in May.

Illinois prepares for ‘likely’ arrival of omicron variant, but for now delta remains top COVID-19 concern

December 1, 2021 at 6:13 a.m.

Chicago's top public health official said Tuesday she's more concerned about the delta variant of the coronavirus than omicron, which has not yet been detected in the United States, because...

CPS substitute teacher removed after reports of inappropriate conduct in view of students; police investigating

November 24, 2021 at 3:30 p.m.

Chicago police said they are investigating a report of a substitute teacher touching himself inappropriately while in a classroom with children present at an Uptown area elementary school on Nov....

Chicago Public Schools headquarters before a Chicago Board of Education meeting on Aug. 28, 2019.

10 CPS staff members to be fired after alleged sex misconduct at Marine Leadership Academy: ‘A stunning betrayal of trust’

November 19, 2021 at 7:11 p.m.

Twelve employees at Marine Leadership Academy and a school volunteer either committed or covered up sexual misconduct that dates back five years, Chicago Public Schools officials announced Friday ahead of...

Chicago Public Schools CEO Pedro Martinez outlines COVID-19 response efforts during a news conference at City Hall on Sept. 30, 2021.

Chicago Public Schools cites progress in addressing ‘filthy buildings,’ vows more deep cleaning over Thanksgiving break

November 18, 2021 at 2:37 p.m.

Weeks before Chicago Public Schools reopened for full-time, in-person learning in August, facilities chief Clarence Carson repeatedly assured Chicago Board of Education members that buildings would be "clean and disinfected...

Jervin Roman, 9, gets nervous before he receives his COVID-19 vaccine from Veronica Flores, left, at the southwest vaccine clinic of Esperanza Health Centers on Nov. 3, 2021, in Chicago. His mom, Angela Lopez, and sister Anahi Morales, 11, tried to keep him calm as he received his shot.

Illinois sees uptick in youth COVID-19 cases, school outbreaks heading into Thanksgiving break

November 17, 2021 at 5:25 p.m.

An uptick in youth COVID-19 cases in Illinois in recent weeks is fueling school outbreaks and student quarantines, just days before the start of the Thanksgiving holiday break. In the...

The CTA Red Line Harrison station after the second day of Lollapalooza on July 30. One of the main areas for improvement Arwady stated was mask-wearing on the CTA. "The only time I was unhappy at any point was one of the nights on the 'L' when there were a lot of kids that were not following the rules," Arwady said.

Lollapalooza look back: Fest officials said they wouldn’t check vaccine cards closely; rigor of contact tracing questioned

November 12, 2021 at 8:33 a.m.

Shortly after the sun set on Lollapalooza 2021, after the Foo Fighters closed with "Everlong" and Young Thug wrapped his short performance, festival organizers announced they will return to Grant...

Jimmy de Castro, shown in 2013, is a former president and general manager of WGN Radio. He later worked at Entercom, now Audacy.

Women in Chicago radio call out ‘toxic and sexist’ culture in male-dominated industry

June 14, 2024 at 6:47 p.m.

First Kathy Hart disappeared from "Eric & Kathy," the morning radio show on WTMX-FM that bore her name for two decades. Then another co-host, Melissa McGurren, departed three years later,...

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