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The Dirksen U.S. Courthouse in Chicago on Sept. 5, 2025. (Antonio Perez/baiduhai)

All defendants in former D65 Superintendent Horton case have pleaded guilty, averting trial

By Claire Murphy

October 15, 2026 at 10:15 a.m.

Remaining defendants Alfonzo Lewis and Antonio Ross pleaded guilty to fraud charges in federal court,...

People walk across the Main Quad on the University of Chicago campus on Oct. 14, 2026. (Arthur Maiorella/baiduhai)

‘We were extremely careful that night,’ says witness to alleged sexual assault at fraternity party near U. of C.

By Lila Hempel-Edgers

October 14, 2026 at 8:50 p.m.

As the sexual assault allegation makes national news, a witness recounted the precautions she and...

A demonstrator holds a sign reading “WE ARE JANE DOE” during a protest against Cornell University’s handling of the 2024 fraternity-house gang rape allegations at the campus, Monday, Oct. 5, 2026, in Ithaca, N.Y. (AP Photo/Adrian Kraus)

A gang rape allegation at Cornell highlights how Title IX guides campus sex assault cases

By Heather Hollingsworth

October 14, 2026 at 7:54 p.m.

The focus on Title IX, which prohibits sexual discrimination in education, comes after a woman...

The Harvard University campus after the school’s 374th commencement, in Cambridge on May 29, 2025. A federal judge in Boston said that she would block President Donald Trump’s effort to prevent Harvard from enrolling international students. (Sophie Park/The New York Times)

Trump moves to block US entry for foreigners planning to study at Harvard University

By Collin Binkley

June 4, 2025 at 7:52 p.m.

President Donald Trump is moving to block nearly all foreign students from entering the country...

ECIER Board Member Olivia Ligon, right, adorns ECIER Scholar Braylen Chafen with a medal during the ECIER Foundation Scholarbration Awards Dinner May 29 at the Center for Visual and Performing Arts in Munster. (Michelle L. Quinn/Post-Tribune)

Event challenges students to come up with ideas that innovate

By Michelle L. Quinn

June 4, 2025 at 3:15 p.m.

Maintaining space vehicles is an expensive endeavor in the best of times, especially the Mars...

Chicago Teachers Union President Stacy Davis Gates announces that CTU members overwhelmingly voted to approve a contract with Chicago Public Schools at CTU headquarters on April 14, 2025. (Antonio Perez/baiduhai)

CTU threatens to sue over proposed CPS budget cuts

By Nell Salzman

June 4, 2025 at 1:36 p.m.

The Chicago Teachers Union is threatening to sue the Chicago Board of Education over budget...

A child plays with toys at the Children's Museum in Oak Lawn, which has teamed with other area organizations to develop an online resource center for parents of children up to age 5. (Children's Museum in Oak Lawn)

Children’s Museum in Oak Lawn teams up for new birth to 5 resource hub

By Janice Neumann

June 3, 2025 at 2:19 p.m.

The Children's Museum in Oak Lawn has long been a resource for area parents looking...

Oak Park and River Forest High School students, from left, Teagan O’Carroll, Michayla Marks, Cheslynn Ash and Symone Archie McWhorter, are presented with a $4,000 check symbolizing the $1,000 scholarships each will receive after their Orbit business won the school's "Shark Tank" style competition. (Bob Skolnik/Pioneer Press)

‘Business isn’t just for boys’: All-girl team wins Oak Park and River Forest High ‘Shark Tank’ for third straight year

By Bob Skolnik

June 3, 2025 at 10:59 a.m.

Teagan O’Carroll, 18, has worked for two years as a coordinator at the James Anthony...

Construction continues June 2, 2025, on a fieldhouse at Oak Lawn High School that will centralize athletic activities on the south side of the campus. (Olivia Stevens/Daily Southtown)

Construction continues on Oak Lawn High School’s $40 million fieldhouse

By Olivia Stevens

June 2, 2025 at 4:08 p.m.

Oak Lawn High School District 229 leaders say they are on target to complete the...

The lions at Purdue University Northwest were fitted with caps for commencement , on Saturday, May 10, 2025, in Hammond. (Vincent D. Johnson / for the Post-Tribune)

Purdue and IU trustees voting on tuition freezes; Gov. Mike Braun names new IU trustees

By Carole Carlson

June 3, 2025 at 1:10 a.m.

The Purdue University Board of Trustees will vote on a proposal Friday in West Lafayette...

Student Sileir Carpenter, 9, smiles after answering a question during a Northwest Summer Learning Lab event in partnership with the Urban League of NWI at HOME Mentoring and Tutoring in Gary on Monday, June 24, 2024. (Kyle Telechan/for the Post-Tribune)

NWI Summer Learning Labs ready for second year of diminishing learning loss

By Carole Carlson

June 2, 2025 at 2:01 p.m.

Bolstered by last year’s success, the Northwest Indiana Summer Reading Labs state-funded program aimed at...

Right, in front, third from left, is Shreeya Gandhi of South Barrington before Barrington High School graduation at Willow Creek Community Church in South Barrington on May 30, 2025. (Karie Angell Luc/Pioneer Press)

Barrington High School Class of 2025 celebrated: ‘Never stop climbing that mountain’

By Karie Angell Luc

June 3, 2025 at 10:24 a.m.

The 672 graduates of the Barrington School High School Class of 2025 were celebrated at...

Outgoing Ivy Tech Community College president Sue Ellspermann speaks during the school's graduation ceremony in Merrillville on Thursday, May 8, 2025. (Kyle Telechan/for the Post-Tribune)

State budget crunch leads to 202 Ivy Tech layoffs

By Carole Carlson

May 30, 2025 at 10:18 p.m.

State cutbacks and state-frozen tuition rates led to the layoffs of 202 Ivy Tech Community College employees, President...