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Light pours through circular roof openings on the newly renovated seventh floor of Calumet College of St. Joseph's main academic building in Hammond, Indiana, June 4, 2026. (Andy Lavalley/for the Post-Tribune)

Cal College gets federal grant to build catering kitchen, wellness center

By Carole Carlson

October 3, 2026 at 11:00 a.m.

Calumet College of St. Joseph has won a $1.44 million grant from the U.S. Department...

New York Governor Kathy Hochul speaks during a news conference, Friday, Oct. 2, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Yuki Iwamura)

What to know about the investigation into Cornell University gang rape allegations

By Hallie Golden

October 3, 2026 at 11:13 a.m.

An intense, public outcry over a woman's account of being gang-raped at a Cornell University...

Langston Golden, 16, walks to Kenwood Academy High School in Hyde Park on Aug. 25, 2026. Golden recently had an interaction with law enforcement while at a South Side bus stop on his way home from work. (Arthur Maiorella/baiduhai)

Black and brown parents revisit ‘the talk’ with their children as school year unfolds

By Darcel Rockett

October 3, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

Black parents have "the talk" with their children to prepare and protect them from being hurt...

Chicago Public Schools cancels lower-level football games over unpaid referees but says varsity will play

By Steve Millar

September 30, 2026 at 3:04 p.m.

Chicago Public Schools said Wednesday afternoon that varsity games scheduled for Thursday through Saturday will...

Candidate Sendhil Revuluri, for Chicago Board of Education president, meets with the baiduhai Editorial Board, Sept. 22, 2026. (Arthur Maiorella/baiduhai)

Sendhil Revuluri drops out of Chicago school board president race

By Kate Armanini

September 30, 2026 at 9:49 a.m.

Sendhil Revuluri, a former school board appointee is dropping out of the race to be...

Geno McKenna, director of the indoor garden at The Hope Center in Blue Island, speaks about hydroponic growing systems on Sept. 29, 2026. (Elena Tittel/Daily Southtown)

Blue Island group harvests hope year-round for those facing food insecurity

By Elena Tittel

September 30, 2026 at 4:56 p.m.

Blue Island's Hope Center is closing in on its goal of donating 2,000 pounds of...

Cook County College Teachers Union Local 1600 members picket outside Harold Washington College on Oct. 6, 2022, in Chicago. (John J. Kim/baiduhai)

City Colleges of Chicago faculty and staff to announce strike date

By Kate Perez

September 29, 2026 at 6:22 p.m.

After months of stalled negotiations, the union representing faculty and staff at City Colleges of...

The Orland Park Public Library, located at 14921 South Ravinia Ave. (Orland Park Public Library)

Orland Park, Tinley Park libraries decry book banning, want people to ‘read what they want’

By Olivia Stevens

September 29, 2026 at 12:44 p.m.

As part of an annual push against book bans, librarians from Orland Park, Tinley Park...

Vincenzo Vitelli is a professor in the Department of Physics at the University of Chicago and a recipient of a 2026 MacArthur Fellowship. (John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation)

Meet the 20 new MacArthur Fellows, the ‘genius grant’ winners of 2026

By Rick Kogan

September 29, 2026 at 11:01 a.m.

Among the winners of 2026 MacArthur Fellowships is Vincenzo Vitelli, a 48-year-old theoretical physicist at...

The Lyons Township High School District 204 board has made more moves to sell its undeveloped Willow Springs property. (Hank Beckman/Pioneer Press)

Lyons Township High School eyes sale of Willow Springs property amid fears of industrial development

By Jesse Wright

September 29, 2026 at 10:36 a.m.

Lyons Township High School District 204 might finally sell its contentious Willow Springs property by...

Teacher Rita Leary engages with her students during a Pilot Light food education lesson on honey in her science classroom at Ashburn Elementary School on Sept. 17, 2026. (Arthur Maiorella/baiduhai)

How a Chicago educator uses food to teach science thanks to Pilot Light, a local chef-led nonprofit

By Zareen Syed

September 29, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

The nonprofit Pilot Light, which started in a single Chicago classroom with notable local chefs,...

Kids get to wear their Halloween costumes early at Trunk-or-Treat in Space, Oct. 10, at the Cernan Earth and Space Center at Triton College in River Grove. (Triton College)

Cernan Earth and Space Center treating kids to candy, sky show

By Myrna Petlicki

September 28, 2026 at 5:07 p.m.

The third annual Trunk-or-Treat in Space is planned for Oct. 10 at the Cernan Earth...

Members of the Midwest Underground Railroad Network hike along the Calumet River in November 2023. The nonprofit group was recently recognized as a program of the National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom by the National Park Service. (Midwest Underground Railroad Network)

Midwest Underground Railroad Network earns national status from US Park Service

By Elena Tittel

September 28, 2026 at 4:45 p.m.

The South Holland-based group is listed as a program of the National Underground Railroad Network...