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A view of the corner of 24th and State streets, the former site of Chicago's Ickes Homes public housing complex, shown in June.

A new high school is planned for the Near South Side on land once used for public housing. But it’s drawing criticism over location and need.

July 19, 2022 at 4:55 p.m.

The Chicago Housing Authority board voted Tuesday to move forward with plans to lease part of the site of the former Ickes Homes public housing complex to the Chicago Board...

Michael Scott Jr. speaks alongside Mayor Lori Lightfoot in 2019 when he was an alderman.

Lightfoot appoints ex-Ald. Michael Scott to Chicago Board of Education weeks after he resigned from City Council

July 15, 2022 at 5:19 p.m.

In a surprise move, Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot announced Friday that she has appointed former Ald. Michael Scott Jr. to the board that oversees Chicago Public Schools. The news comes...

Jennifer Baez, con su esposo, José García, afuera de su casa en Chicago el mes pasado. Báez y García tienen prohibido ingresar a la escuela de su hijo después de un conflicto con la directora sobre el niño que estaba siendo intimidado por otro estudiante.

CPS restringe el acceso de los padres a las escuelas de sus hijos. Pero no hay una política ni forma de apelar

July 14, 2022 at 7:57 p.m.

Jordan García, estudiante de Chicago, tuvo un año escolar especialmente difícil, dijo su madre. Jennifer Baez dijo que Jordan había sido abofeteado, empujado y burlado por un compañero de clase...

Jennifer Baez, with her husband, Jose Garcia, stands outside their Chicago house last month. Baez and Garcia were restricted from their son's school after a conflict with the principal over the boy being bullied by another student.

CPS has restricted parents’ access to their kids’ schools. But there’s no policy and no formal way to appeal.

July 14, 2022 at 7:58 p.m.

Chicago student Jordan Garcia had an especially tough school year, his mother said. Jennifer Baez said Jordan had been slapped, pushed and taunted by a classmate since the first week...

Stacey Portugal walks through the memorial for victims of the Highland Park Independence Day parade mass shooting with her son, Jacob Portugal, who lives in California, on Aug. 15, 2022.

Highland Park shooting victim Irina McCarthy, killed alongside her husband, laid to rest; mourners vow to carry on memory for couple’s orphaned son

July 12, 2022 at 5:48 p.m.

Mourners at the funeral service Tuesday for Irina McCarthy, who was killed in the Highland Park parade shooting along with her husband, Kevin, recalled she was a "wonderful mom" and...

First funerals held for Highland Park shooting victims: ‘We will never be the same, but we will carry him with us’

July 10, 2022 at 2:31 p.m.

Mourners began the heartbreaking task Friday of saying goodbye to victims of the Highland Park shooting, cherishing what made their loved ones special while decrying the sudden, senseless violence that...

La maestra de ciencias Andrea Czarkowski Ng acompañada con otros miembros del personal afuera de la secundaria Association House el 29 de junio de 2022, en Humboldt Park.

Secundaria alternativa de Humboldt Park que atiende a estudiantes en riesgo pierde la mitad de su personal

July 7, 2022 at 2:27 p.m.

Una secundaria alternativa en Humboldt Park que ha servido como "santuario" para cientos de jóvenes negros y latinos vulnerables está perdiendo casi la mitad de su pequeño personal docente debido...

Science teacher Andrea Czarkowski Ng stands with other staff members outside Association House High School on June 29, 2022, in Humboldt Park. Czarkowski Ng was one of the three teachers being let go at the alternative high school that offers a path to a better life for Black and Latino troubled teens.

Humboldt Park alternative high school serving at-risk students lost half its staff. Educators say it leaves a void.

July 7, 2022 at 4:27 p.m.

An alternative high school in Humboldt Park that has served as a "sanctuary" for hundreds of vulnerable Black and brown youth is losing nearly half of its small teaching staff...

Members of the community attend an interfaith service on July 10, 2022, at Glencoe Union Church after seven people were killed on July Fourth during a mass shooting in Highland Park.

Alleged shooter in Highland Park July 4th parade attack charged with 7 counts of murder in ‘premeditated and calculated attack’

July 6, 2022 at 11:07 a.m.

Prosecutors on Tuesday filed murder charges against the man suspected of firing upon crowds gathered for a Fourth of July parade in Highland Park on Monday morning, killing at least...

The baiduhai published an 85-word account of Irving's death on June 30, 1935. The newspaper misspelled Irving's last name and got other details wrong.

A Tribune reporter’s great-grandfather was poisoned in Chicago in 1935. She set out to learn if it was an accident — or murder.

July 3, 2022 at 9:37 a.m.

My great-grandfather, Irving, followed in his older brother's footsteps when he emigrated from Poland to Chicago a century ago. This was a crucial move for the brothers because three of...

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