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Ald. Jeanette Taylor, 20th, speaks June 16, 2020, as Ald. Roderick Sawyer, 6th, left, looks on outside City Hall in Chicago regarding an ordinance to end an agreement between the Chicago Police Department and Chicago Public Schools.

More Chicago high schools vote to remove school police, a year after George Floyd’s murder intensified calls to oust CPD from CPS

July 13, 2021 at 5:00 a.m.

Jones College Prep is one of a few Chicago high schools that have opted not to have police officers stationed on campus in the fall. More than 50 Chicago schools...

Rod Moyer says goodbye to his daughter, Ra'Nhi, 6, a kindergartener, outside Saucedo Scholastic Academy on March 1, 2021, as Chicago Public Schools opened to tens of thousands of kindergarten through fifth graders.

As Illinois eases COVID-19 school rules, teachers unions stress the need for unvaccinated kids to keep wearing masks

July 9, 2021 at 6:05 p.m.

Illinois is adopting new guidance from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention that says vaccinated teachers and students don't need to wear masks inside school buildings, officials announced...

Chicago Public Schools employee Mary Caffero, left, a math teacher at Stagg Elementary, receives a COVID-19 vaccine in March at Chicago Vocational Career Academy, which is now being converted for student use.

3 Chicago schools will be standing COVID-19 vaccine sites as city aims to reach more students and families

July 7, 2021 at 3:57 p.m.

Chicago Public Schools students and family members who want to get vaccinated against COVID-19 can visit three schools that will be converted into standing vaccination sites starting next week, the...

Students enter South Loop Elementary School on June 22, 2021, the last day of the CPS school year. Far fewer than half of all CPS students returned for any in-person classes last year.

As schools prep for full reopening, Chicago Teachers Union wants a student vaccine goal met by October

July 6, 2021 at 4:58 p.m.

With Chicago Public Schools set to fully reopen in the fall, the Chicago Teachers Union is calling for 80% of students 12 and older to be vaccinated against COVID-19 by...

Children from kindergarten to fifth grade arrive for their first day of in-person learning March 1, 2021, at Sutherland Elementary School in Chicago.

Illinois schools lagged behind most other states in access to in-person learning during pandemic, report says

June 29, 2021 at 6:06 p.m.

New data shows about 10% of Illinois students had access to full-time in-person learning from September 2020 to April 2021, with this access higher for white students compared with students...

‘Dateline’ highlights mother’s 5-year search for answers about her son’s Chicago killing

June 24, 2021 at 10:12 a.m.

A Cicero woman's mission to find out who fatally shot her 22-year-old son on the Northwest Side of Chicago in March 2016 is the subject of Friday's episode of "Dateline."...

The building at 1846 N. Damen Ave. was featured on Season 2 of "Windy City Rehab." The city said it found violations during renovation of this building and other "Windy City Rehab" properties, and work was stopped here. The city pursued civil action against the show's team, which did not end up renovating the building. It was sold in February 2021.

Catch up on all of the news, drama surrounding ‘Windy City Rehab’

June 24, 2021 at 8:40 a.m.

Here's a look at the issues that have plagued the HGTV series "Windy City Rehab," which follows Alison Victoria Gramenos and her team as they renovate and flip Chicago homes,...

Feud between ‘Windy City Rehab’ pair continues as judge delays decision

June 23, 2021 at 6:31 p.m.

Feuding "Windy City Rehab" teammates Alison Victoria Gramenos and Donovan Eckhardt seemed to agree they need an outsider to oversee the end of their business relationship — but that brief...

A 24-year-old woman was killed in Oak Park in 1984. A new TV special calls on someone to solve the homicide.

June 21, 2021 at 6:47 p.m.

The search for the person who killed 24-year-old Kathleen Lombardo on a sweltering Oak Park night in 1984 is the subject of a new court battle and an HBO special...

Isaac Brock of Modest Mouse performs with his band at Lollapalooza at Grant Park in Chicago on Aug. 5, 2007.

Lollapalooza organizers announce 2021 official Chicago after shows

June 15, 2021 at 11:42 a.m.

Lollapalooza organizers on Tuesday announced more than 50 official after shows across 14 Chicago venues as the city prepares for the return of Chicago's largest music festival. The after shows...

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