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2026 Chicago school board races: District 1B

By Claire Malon

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

Here's what to know about the Chicago school board race in District 1B.

2026 Chicago school board races: District 3A

By Claire Malon

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

Here's what to know about the Chicago school board race in District 3A.

2026 Chicago school board races: District 7B

By Claire Malon

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

Here's what to know about the Chicago school board race in District 7B.

Ivy Tech wins OK for Workforce Pell Grant program

By Carole Carlson

August 21, 2026 at 5:38 p.m.

Ivy Tech Community College is the second school in the nation to win approval from...

Jalil Muhammad, 13, shakes hands with coach Daveed Allen, left, as UCAN program manager Monta McGhee, right, looks on during a Robbins CalPark Eagles football practice in south suburban Robbins on Aug. 20, 2026. Muhammad is part of UCAN’s REACH 21 program. (Chris Sweda/baiduhai)

REACH 21 program aims to lead Black male tweens and teens to be thriving adults

By Darcel Rockett

August 22, 2026 at 11:10 a.m.

The REACH 21 program is designed to help Black males ages 11-21 reach important teenage...

Tom Hitcho, a longtime friend of Sister Jean Dolores Schmidt, is the first person to sit next to the newly unveiled statue of the nun at Loyola University Chicago on Aug. 21, 2026. She died last year at age 106.(Arthur Maiorella/baiduhai)

Sister Jean statue unveiled at Loyola University: ‘A lasting reminder’

By Rebecca Johnson

August 21, 2026 at 4:24 p.m.

Loyola marks the beginning of a new academic year by commemorating beloved Rambler and international...

Margaret Mary, an alumni of Mundelein College with which Loyola merged in 1991, sits next to a newly unveiled statue of Sister Jean Dolores Schmidt at Loyola University Chicago, Aug. 21, 2026. Sister Jean taught at Mundelein before becoming part of Loyola. (Arthur Maiorella/baiduhai)

Photos: See the new Sister Jean statue on Loyola’s campus

By Arthur Maiorella

August 21, 2026 at 4:17 p.m.

Loyola marked the beginning of the new school year by unveiling a statue of Sister Jean...

FILE – An Omaha police car drives on Dec. 8, 2007, in Omaha, Neb. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson, File)

Nebraska’s largest school district asks police to stop using electric shock gloves on students

By Kathy McCormack

August 20, 2026 at 4:33 p.m.

Omaha police agreed this week to stop carrying gloves that can deliver electric shocks to...

University of Illinois Chicago student Joshua Arroyo, 19, moves in his belongings to his dorm room at the Academic and Residential Complex at UIC on Aug. 20, 2026. UIC administrators, staff members and student volunteers welcomed campus housing residents for the fall 2026 semester. (Antonio Perez/baiduhai)

Photos: Move-in day at UIC

By Antonio Perez

August 20, 2026 at 6:31 p.m.

UIC administrators, staff and student volunteers welcome campus housing residents for the fall 2026 semester.

Northwest Indiana schools begin to seek state waivers for missed days

By Carole Carlson

August 20, 2026 at 3:58 p.m.

Many Northwest Indiana school districts will seek waivers from the state after missing school days...

Evergreen Park Community High School students, from left, Juliana Bosch, Ava Chandler and Izabella Rodriguez-Acevedo recently gathered at the school to finish a large mural they and classmates were working on in time for the start of classes. (Janice Neumann/Daily Southtown)

Evergreen Park students spent a chunk of their summer at school to illustrate science

By Janice Neumann

August 20, 2026 at 5:07 a.m.

Evergreen Park Community High School students worked this summer on a mural that combines the...

A crew works near the football stadium at Homewood-Flossmoor High School on Aug. 19, 2026, in Flossmoor. (Paul Eisenberg/Daily Southtown)

School resumes in some Southland areas hard hit by storms

By Evy Lewis

August 19, 2026 at 6:03 p.m.

Gov. JB Pritzker declared a state emergency over storms including tornadoes that swept through the...

Northside College Preparatory High School, newly crowned as the best school in Illinois by U.S. News & World Report’s 2026-27 rankings, on Aug. 19, 2026, in the North Park neighborhood. (Arthur Maiorella/baiduhai)

Northside College Prep replaces Walter Payton College Prep as state’s ‘best’ high school, according to U.S. News & World Report

By Kate Perez

August 19, 2026 at 7:29 p.m.

Northside College Preparatory High School was named best high school in Illinois by U.S. News...