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Northwestern and Penn State fans arrive at the new Ryan Field in Evanston prior to Northwestern’s inaugural game at the stadium on Oct. 2, 2026. (Chris Sweda/baiduhai)

What’s that constant beeping noise? Ryan Field neighbors sound off on alarm testing

By Claire Murphy

October 16, 2026 at 2:45 p.m.

Noise and alarm concerns have taken a front seat in the complaints issued to Ryan...

Hinsdale Township High School District 86 administrative center. (Pioneer Press)

Hinsdale High School District 86 seeks members for planning group

By Pioneer Press

October 16, 2026 at 12:35 p.m.

Hinsdale High School District 86 is inviting community members to serve on its Strategic Planning...

Students at Morgan Park Academy in a science class. (Morgan Park Academy)

Morgan Park Academy reduces tuition, celebrates ranking as top private school

By Elena Tittel

October 16, 2026 at 6:30 a.m.

Morgan Park Academy staff said they will reduce baseline tuition costs signifcantly for the next...

Brian Moreno, 28, a graduate of East Aurora High School, is the newest member of the East Aurora School District board. (City of Aurora)

Brian Moreno, a 2014 East Aurora grad, appointed to vacant seat on East Aurora school board

By Molly Morrow

March 18, 2025 at 8:12 p.m.

Moreno, a community engagement specialist for the city of Aurora, fills the vacant seat on...

Students protest Nov. 3, 2022, outside Homewood-Flossmoor High School in Flossmoor after a female student said she was sexually assaulted in the school Oct. 31. (Mike Nolan/Daily Southtown)

Homewood-Flossmoor High School to pay $3.5 million to settle lawsuit alleging it failed to protect student from assault

By Mike Nolan

March 18, 2025 at 3:51 p.m.

Homewood-Flossmoor High School District 233 will pay $3.5 million to settle claims it failed to...

CPS President Pedro Martinez and members of the Chicago Board of Education listen to speakers during a school board meeting at Chicago Public Schools headquarters on Feb. 27, 2025. (Antonio Perez/baiduhai)

Financial advisory group’s report confirms no easy solutions for CPS budget gap

By Nell Salzman

March 18, 2025 at 5:50 p.m.

A new financial report commissioned by the school board president highlights the lack of solutions...

People walk by Columbia College Chicago’s 600 S. Michigan Ave. building in the South Loop on Dec. 13, 2024. (Chris Sweda/baiduhai)

Columbia College names Shantay Bolton as new president

By Ikram Mohamed

March 19, 2025 at 1:56 p.m.

The former executive vice president and chief business officer at Georgia Institute of Technology will...

Robert Halverson speaks to those in attendance at the East Aurora School District board meeting Monday night after being approved as the district's new superintendent. (Molly Morrow / The Beacon-News)

Robert Halverson selected as East Aurora School District’s new superintendent: ‘This is a full circle East Aurora moment’

By Molly Morrow

March 18, 2025 at 2:22 p.m.

Halverson will co-lead the district with outgoing Superintendent Jennifer Norrell until June 30, then take...

Chicago Teachers Union President Stacy Davis Gates with CTU members, teachers and support staff walk into the school building as they take part in a Chicago Teachers Union Walk-In at Minnie Miñoso Elementary in Chicago, March 4, 2025. The union and educators were pushing to finalize a new contract. (Antonio Perez/baiduhai)

CTU president says CPS refusal to compromise on teachers contract will lead to ‘disruption and chaos’

By Nell Salzman

March 18, 2025 at 1:02 p.m.

Stacy Davis Gates, CTU president, sent a letter to two top Chicago Public Schools officials...

Oak Park and River Forest High School. (Wes Venteicher/baiduhai)

Divisions clear in heated Oak Park and River Forest School Board race

By Bob Skolnik

March 18, 2025 at 12:03 p.m.

There are clear philosophical and ideological distinctions in the heated Oak Park and River Forest...

Nazareth alumni Michael Spidale fields a ball during a 2011 game for the Triple A Phillies in Pennsylvania. Spidale will return to La Grange Park as his Nazareth jersey number is retired by the school during an April 8 ceremony. (Rob Kandel/The Morning Call)

Nazareth Academy to retire baseball star Spidale’s jersey number

By Chuck Fieldman

March 18, 2025 at 2:12 p.m.

Baseball star Michael Spidale's jersey will be only the third ever retired by Nazareth Academy...

A student phone cubby hangs in a classroom at Stagg High School in Palos Hills. (District 230)

‘There’s a lot of nuance’: Southland schools talk of proposed state ban on student cellphones

By Olivia Stevens

March 19, 2025 at 4:38 p.m.

Homewood-Flossmoor High School District 233 and Orland High School District 230 already have their own...

Downers Grove tutor, soccer coach charged with sexual assault of boy, 15

By Caroline Kubzansky

March 17, 2025 at 5:18 p.m.

Christina Formella, 30, faces two felony counts of aggravated sexual abuse and one count of...