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The Rev. Brian E. Konkol, Ph.D., looks over the audience at Valparaiso University’s Chapel of the Resurrection shortly after being inaugurated as the 20th president during ceremonies in Valparaiso, Indiana, Friday, September 25, 2026. The event drew students, staff, alumni and Konkol’s former coworkers from across the United States. (Andy Lavalley/for the Post-Tribune)

‘The world needs more Valpo grads’: VU’s 20th president stresses building character, servant leaders

By Doug Ross

September 26, 2026 at 10:50 a.m.

The Rev. Brian Konkol, sworn in Friday as Valparaiso University’s 20th president, stressed the need...

In this March 7, 2017, file photo, rowers paddle along the Charles River past the Harvard College campus in Cambridge, Mass. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)

Bradshaw: Colleges are starting to apply to students

By Gerald Bradshaw

September 26, 2026 at 9:00 a.m.

Across much of the country, the balance of power is moving in the other direction....

Indiana Attorney General Todd Rokita talks at a press conference at DriveCo CDL Learning Center in Gary on Thursday, July 30, 2026. (Maya Wilkins/Post-Tribune)

Indiana AG sues IHSAA over race provision

By Carole Carlson

September 25, 2026 at 1:58 p.m.

The state is suing the Indiana High School Athletic Association and seeking the removal of...

Teresa Torres, executive director of Everybody Counts Inc, tests out the wheelchair loading ramp on a new Gary Public Transportation Corp. Access219 vehicle with help from GPTC deputy general manager of operation Taron Cain on Wednesday, May 4, 2022. (Kyle Telechan for the Post-Tribune)

NWI survey aims to create report card for disabled and senior citizens

By Alexandra Kukulka

July 29, 2026 at 4:02 p.m.

Everybody Counts will be launching a survey and community forums to create a Northwest Indiana...

Dana Berlin, facing camera, senior director of talent management for Milwaukee Public Schools, talks to Andrew Merklinghaus during an MPS job fair at the Hotel Zachary in Chicago on July 29, 2026. (Terrence Antonio James/baiduhai)

Milwaukee makes a bid for laid-off Chicago Public Schools teachers

By Kate Armanini

July 29, 2026 at 7:08 p.m.

Milwaukee Public Schools is hosting a hiring fair in Lakeview this week targeting laid-off Chicago...

A person bikes by Deering Library on the Northwestern University campus Monday, March 31, 2025, in Evanston. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)

Evanston Council quells referendum on making Northwestern University pay tax equivalents

By Claire Murphy

July 28, 2026 at 6:49 p.m.

The question would have asked Evanston voters if tax-exempt nonprofits should pay when using their...

Brenda Lee Anderson, running for the Chicago Board of Education in District 6A, listens in the hallway as several school board candidates whose ballot petitions were challenged are heard by the Chicago Board of Elections on July 28, 2026. (Antonio Perez/baiduhai)

‘This is exhausting’: Chicago school board race objections leave 5 seats uncontested

By Kate Perez

July 28, 2026 at 4:55 p.m.

Five CPS school board races will go uncontested in November's election after the objections process...

Gov. JB Pritzker signs Illinois Senate Bill 2427 banning cellphones in schools from bell-to-bell at Elgin High School on July 28, 2026. (Rick West/Daily Herald)

Illinois cellphone ban signed by Gov. JB Pritzker with ‘bell-to-bell’ law affecting public and charter schools

By Olivia Olander

July 28, 2026 at 3:57 p.m.

Illinois public and charter school students will be barred from using cellphones during the school...

Volunteers carry chairs down stairs to classrooms as they gather at Andrean to help move furniture into the building on Tuesday, July 28, 2026. (Kyle Telechan/for the Post-Tribune)

Andrean on the rebound as volunteers join restoration effort after tornado

By Carole Carlson

July 28, 2026 at 3:15 p.m.

More than 100 Andrean students, staff members and adult volunteers hoisted classroom furniture into the...

Lockport Township High School District 205 Superintendent Robert McBride speaks at a community meeting May 26, 2026, at Lockport Township High School. (Evy Lewis/Daily Southtown)

Lockport Township High School to transition all grades to eight period schedule, expand staff

By Evy Lewis

July 28, 2026 at 2:56 p.m.

Lockport Township High School Superintendent Robert McBride it will allow students to access more academic...

Chicago Public Schools CEO Macquline King attends a Chicago Board of Education meeting on July 20, 2026, on the CPS budget proposed for the 2027 fiscal year. (Terrence Antonio James/baiduhai)

Chicago Public Schools ups tax increment financing dollars in budget by $85 million to avoid furloughs

By Kate Armanini

July 28, 2026 at 4:23 p.m.

Chicago Public Schools leaders have upped the district’s projected tax increment financing surplus revenue by...

Former Niles North High School teacher Thomas Neal was charged in federal court in June on allegations he transported child pornography aboard a flight from Mexico to Chicago, according to the U.S. attorney’s office for the Northern District of Illinois.

Niles Township D219 in Skokie addresses ‘heinous’ federal child porn charges against ex- teacher

By Claire Murphy

July 28, 2026 at 9:00 a.m.

An “anonymous report” flagging Niles North teacher was brought to Skokie police three years before...

Preschoolers receive their donated meals from the Greater Chicago Food Depository at Holy Family School in Chicago, July 27, 2026. (Antonio Perez/baiduhai)

Summer meal program keeps kids fed as grocery costs rise

By Evgenia Anastasakos

July 28, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

As skyrocketing grocery costs and SNAP rollbacks strain families’ budgets, the Greater Chicago Food Depository...