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Chicago school board president candidates Jessica Biggs, from left, Hilario Dominguez and Victor Henderson participate in a forum at the Copernicus Center in Chicago on Sept. 29, 2026. (Chris Sweda/baiduhai)

More than $12.8 million flows in Chicago school board races

By Kate Armanini

October 17, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

Millions of dollars are flowing into the races for Chicago’s first fully elected school board,...

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...

An Associated Press headline about the Trump administration's newest immigration policies is displayed on information screens at UIC Student Center East on Jan. 22, 2025. UIC faculty and staff are being instructed to contact campus police if federal immigration officials attempt to enter classrooms and student-populated buildings to inquire about citizenship or immigration status. (John J. Kim/baiduhai)

Chicago schools, churches and hospitals vow to protect migrants in US illegally after Trump lifts ban that limited immigration arrests in safe spaces

By Carolyn Stein

January 23, 2025 at 10:54 a.m.

A day after Donald Trump threw out policies that limited immigration arrests at sensitive locations,...

Former Valparaiso University President Mark Heckler passes a medal to newly inaugurated President Jose Padilla on Saturday, October 30, 2021. (Kyle Telechan for the Post-Tribune)

Valparaiso University President José Padilla announces end of year retirement

By Amy Lavalley

January 22, 2025 at 4:01 p.m.

Valparaiso University President José Padilla announced Wednesday that he will retire at the end of...

Michelle Etchason, District 230 Teachers Association President, addresses the School Board Oct. 24, 2024, at Stagg HIgh School in Palos Hills. (James C. Svehla / for the Daily Southtown)

Orland High School District 230, teachers union reach contract agreement after 9 months negotiating

By Olivia Stevens

January 22, 2025 at 4:18 p.m.

The Orland District 230 contract will increase costs 19.52% over three years including more compensation...

Blaire Flowers at the dining room as her children do their homework at their Austin neighborhood home on Jan. 20, 2025. (Chris Sweda/baiduhai)

Some parents fed up with CPS and CTU battles: ‘I feel like politics is taking over our children having the best education’

By Ikram Mohamed

January 22, 2025 at 11:20 a.m.

With Chicago Public Schools and Chicago Teachers Union still unable to settle on a contract,...

A sign that prohibits the entrance of ICE or Homeland Security is posted on a door at St. Paul and St. Andrew United Methodist Church in New York, Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2025. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

US throws out policies limiting arrests of migrants at sensitive locations like schools, churches

By Rebecca Santana

January 21, 2025 at 6:59 p.m.

Officers enforcing immigration laws will now be able to arrest migrants at sensitive locations like...

A small group plays hockey on the frozen lagoon in Chicago’s Humboldt Park on Jan. 20, 2025. (Chris Sweda/baiduhai)

Bitter cold prompts south and southwest suburban schools to teach remotely

By Mike Nolan

January 21, 2025 at 4:24 p.m.

Lockport High School was among the few schools to have in-person classes during Tuesday's frigid...

Parents watch a Little League baseball game July 1, 2019 at Keystone Park in River Forest. Youth sports advocates were among the opponents of a plan to allow Dominican University’s women’s softball team to use a field at the park for its home games. (Steve Schering/Pioneer Press)

Dominican University softball field deal in River Forest unlikely ‘anytime soon’

By Bob Skolnik

January 21, 2025 at 1:54 p.m.

The future of a proposed agreement for Dominican University’s women’s softball to use a field...

Sisters Fardos Saleh and Yosra Saleh got their faces painted Jan. 17, 2025, at the Oak Lawn Community High School Yemeni culture night. (Janice Neumann/for the Daily Southtown)

Students share their Yemeni culture at Oak Lawn Community High School

By Janice Neumann

May 1, 2025 at 1:50 p.m.

Yemeni students and their Arab friends shared history, dance, poetry, cooking and clothing at Oak...

A banner hanging inside Assembly Hall on the campus of Indiana University commemorates the Hoosier's 1976 mens basketball team, the last team to win the NCAA National Championship with an undefeated season. The arena is one of six sites in Indiana hosting this year's tournament — the first round games in the NCAA men's college basketball tournament, Friday, March 19, 2021, in Bloomington, Ind. (AP Photo/Doug McSchooler)

Indiana lays off 25 athletic department workers in preparation for revenue sharing

By Michael Marot

January 20, 2025 at 6:19 p.m.

Indiana University has laid off 25 athletic department employees as it prepares for revenue sharing...

A student walks with her mother on the Southwest Side of Chicago on Jan. 16, 2025. (Terrence Antonio James/baiduhai)

How will Donald Trump’s mass deportation promise affect my community and child in CPS schools?

By Nell Salzman

January 23, 2025 at 11:02 a.m.

Donald Trump’s promise for the largest deportation operation in United States history has sent a...