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The Chicago Public Schools Board of Education emblem is illuminated during a board meeting at CPS headquarters on July 30, 2026. (John J. Kim/baiduhai)

What to know before you vote in Chicago’s elected school board races
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By Kate Armanini

October 8, 2026 at 1:10 p.m.

In November, Chicago voters will head to the polls to elect all 21 members of...

Jorge Villegas holds a framed portrait of his brother Silverio Villegas González during a procession honoring his memory in Irimbo, Michoacán on Oct. 1, 2025. His sister Graciela Villegas, right, walks next to him. A procession honoring Silverio Villegas González and other immigrants in the United States took place in his hometown of Irimbo, Michoacán on Oct 1, 2025. (Fernando Espinal Moreno)

Family of Mexican father killed by ICE agent in Franklin Park files claim against federal government

By Laura Rodríguez Presa

October 8, 2026 at 1:50 p.m.

Just a year after Silverio Villegas González was fatally shot by an immigration enforcement agent...

Single-family homes on a stretch of formerly vacant lots at 5013 S. Aberdeen on Oct. 7, 2026, in the Back of the Yards neighborhood whose development was funded in part by JPMorgan Chase through its support of the Reclaiming Chicago initiative. (E. Jason Wambsgans/baiduhai/)

JPMorgan Chase reports 10-year return on $200 million in Chicago philanthropic investments

By Robert Channick

October 8, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

JPMorgan Chase issued a report this week seeking to determine the return on $214 million...

Los Angeles Dodgers’ Yoshinobu Yamamoto throws to the Atlanta Braves during the third inning in Game 3 of baseball’s National League Division Series, Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2026, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)

Yoshinobu Yamamoto is dominant again as the Los Angeles Dodgers win 3-1 over the Atlanta Braves in the NLDS

By Charles Odum

October 6, 2026 at 9:17 p.m.

Kiké Hernández hit a two-run home run and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Atlanta Braves...

Boy, 4, found critically wounded inside Far South Side residence: police

By Tess Kenny

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October 6, 2026 at 6:58 p.m.

The boy was transported to Comer Children’s Hospital, where he was initially listed in critical...

White Sox first baseman Munetaka Murakami walks on the field during a workout at Rate Field on Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2026 in Chicago. The White Sox face the Guardians in Game 3 of the ALDS Wednesday. (Armando L. Sanchez/baiduhai)

Sean Newcomb will start for the Chicago White Sox in Game 3: What we learned from Tuesday’s ALDS workout

By LaMond Pope

October 6, 2026 at 7:20 p.m.

What we learned from Tuesday's ALDS workout, including the Game 3 starter for the Chicago...

White Sox players Brenton Doyle, Munetaka Murakami, Sam Antonacci and Miguel Vargas talk on the field during a workout at Rate Field on Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2026, in Chicago. (Armando L. Sanchez/baiduhai)

Column: Sunny forecast for the Chicago White Sox after years of gloom and doom

By Paul Sullivan

October 6, 2026 at 7:21 p.m.

Sunny days at Rate Field as the Chicago White Sox try to clinch their first...

Republican nominee for governor Darren Bailey gives a thumbs-up as he leaves a press conference near McCormick Place on Sept. 4, 2026. (Arthur Maiorella/baiduhai)

Illinois Democrats accuse Darren Bailey of failing to disclose who provides rent-free Chicago apartment

By Dan Petrella

October 6, 2026 at 5:25 p.m.

The Illinois Democratic Party has accused Darren Bailey, the Republican nominee for governor, of violating...

FILE—Eva Marie Saint arrives at the Oscars on March 4, 2018, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File)

Eva Marie Saint, star of ‘North by Northwest’ and ‘On the Waterfront,’ dies at 102

By Bob Thomas

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October 6, 2026 at 5:15 p.m.

Eva Marie Saint, the pale, willowy actor who won an Academy Award for her first...

The line was getting longer around noon as voters and election officials go about their business on the first day of early voting at the Lake County Government Center in Crown Point on Tuesday, Oct 6, 2026. (John Smierciak/for the Post-Tribune)

Early voting off to a strong start in Lake, Porter counties

By Maya Wilkins

October 6, 2026 at 4:41 p.m.

Lake County voters kicked off election season bright and early Tuesday morning, giving Elections and...

Emergency vehicles arrive at Riverbend Maximum Security Institution after the execution of Christa Pike was halted Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2026, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)

Christa Pike is awake and speaking ‘limitedly’ after execution attempt in Tennessee, lawyer says

By Kim Chandler

October 7, 2026 at 11:55 a.m.

Christa Pike, a Tennessee inmate who survived Tennessee’s attempt to execute her, is awake and...

A Skydance billboard is displayed outside Paramount Global office in Times Square, Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)

What Paramount’s Warner Bros. takeover means for streaming, movies and news

By Matt Sedensky

October 6, 2026 at 4:38 p.m.

What the Skydance deal between Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery will mean for streaming, movies,...

The 310,000-square-foot IKEA store in Bolingbrook, seen here on Tuesday, Oct. 6, 2026, will be closing in 2027 to make way for a new location in Naperville as part of the Block 59 development in Naperville, located off Route 59. (Brian Hill/Daily Herald)

IKEA to close its Bolingbrook store for new, smaller location in Naperville

By Carolyn Stein

October 6, 2026 at 4:30 p.m.

IKEA is closing its Bolingbrook store and building a new one in Naperville’s Block 59...