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Passengers board a Pace bus as a CTA Green Line train pulls in near the intersection of Harlem and South Boulevard in Oak Park, Friday, June 20, 2025. Students at Oak Park and River Forest High School who don't have a ride to school will have to continue to rely on public transportation after the School District 200 board renewed an expeption from a rule requiring them to provide school bus services. (Antonio Perez/baiduhai)

Despite petition, Oak Park and River Forest High School renews school bus exemption

By Cam'ron Hardy

October 9, 2026 at 4:40 p.m.

School buses are too expensive, board tells Oak Park and River Forest High students who...

Dayna Schmidt-Johnson, of Chicago, helps block the wind as organizer Idgie Kelley lights candles during a solidarity event for survivors of sexual assault at Trinity Lutheran Church in Valparaiso, Indiana, Thursday, October 8, 2026. Kelley, of Griffith, said 185 candles were lit to represent reports of sexual assault from the top five Indiana universities in 2024. (Andy Lavalley/for the Post-Tribune)

Valparaiso vigil brings to light sexual assaults on college campuses

By Amy Lavalley

October 9, 2026 at 4:18 p.m.

There were no megaphones, no marches, no speeches -- just tealight candles on two tables,...

Lincoln Park High School students walk out in support of "Jane Doe" and survivors of sexual violence on the “National Day of Action” on Oct. 8 2026. (E. Jason Wambsgans/baiduhai)

‘We need to be speaking out’: High school, college students across Illinois protest sexual violence

By Kate Perez

October 9, 2026 at 9:08 a.m.

Students across Chicago and the state walked out of class, demonstrated, and advocated for the...

Jennifer Custer, who is campaigning to be Chicago Board of Education president, outside Locke Elementary School, April 28, 2026. (Terrence Antonio James/baiduhai)

Who will be the next Chicago school board president? Meet candidate Jennifer Custer.

By Kate Armanini

May 4, 2026 at 9:37 a.m.

School board member Jennifer Custer was elected with the support of the Chicago Teachers Union...

Adrian Williams, a senior at Portage High School, with his mother, Tiffany May, in Portage, Indiana, on April 29, 2026. He was charged with a felony after officers responded to a report of a gun — which turned out to not be real — outside a Planet Fitness. (Terrence Antonio James/baiduhai)

A Portage teen faces a felony after playing ‘Senior Assassin’: What to know about the game that worries police

By Rebecca Johnson

June 3, 2026 at 2:52 p.m.

Senior assassin, a popular tag-style game where teens hunt down their opponents with Nerf and...

The Lake Station Boys & Girls Club at the former Polk Elementary School is shutting down at the end of the school year after a three-year run. (Carole Carlson/for the Post-Tribune)

Lake Station Boys and Girls Club to close at end of school year

By Doug Ross

May 1, 2026 at 4:15 p.m.

The Lake Station Boys and Girls Club at the former Polk Elementary School is shutting...

Kenwood Academy High School students hold a banner reading "Workers Over Billionaires" as they lead a march of labor unions, activists groups and citizens through the West Loop during a May Day march on May 1, 2026. (E. Jason Wambsgans/baiduhai)

May Day unfolds across CPS with rallies, civic education and some teacher absences

By Kate Armanini

May 1, 2026 at 7:28 p.m.

About 40 civic engagement field trips were approved for 2,200 students, according to Chicago Public...

Nichols Middle School in Evanston, shown, will lose its librarian under an Evanston-Skokie School District 65 plan to reassign school librarians to help reduce its structural deficit. (Alex Hulvalchick/Pioneer Press)

Evanston-Skokie District 65 to cut middle school librarians next year

By Claire Murphy

May 1, 2026 at 8:50 a.m.

Evanston-Skokie District 65 plans to cut middle school librarians to help reduce a $10-15 million...

Chicago Bulls College Prep on West Adams Street in Chicago, March 10, 2023. It's part of Noble Network of Charter Schools. (Terrence Antonio James/baiduhai)

Department of Justice investigating sexuality and gender teaching in 36 Illinois school districts

By Madeline King

April 30, 2026 at 7:02 p.m.

The U.S. Department of Justice’s Civil Rights Division is investigating 36 Illinois school districts for...

Jessica Rucinski, Bremen High School principal, during the student and faculty basketball game in January 2026. She is leaving the school in July to work for the district. (School District 228)

‘Hungry energy’ with new Bremen principal and staff stepping up as 70 people retire

By Addison Wright

April 30, 2026 at 4:44 p.m.

Bremen High School Principal Jessica Rucinski will be replaced by Matt Meany in July as...

Two student composers from Victor J. Andrew High School, Dash Wilson and Ashton Zopf, were recognized at the 2026 Illinois Music Education Association’s All-State Festival. Director of Bands Mark Iwinski, left, snaps a shot of Wilson, second from left, and Zopf, third from left, with other students chosen for the festival: Lucas Cordova, Sankalp Desai, Anna Bellarmino and Sophia Cescato. (Mark Iwinski)

Young composers earn state honors with music they wrote for Andrew High School ensembles

By Melinda Moore

April 30, 2026 at 12:41 p.m.

The musical talent and creativity of two Andrew High School seniors are taking center stage...

Members of the University of Illinois Chicago Graduate Employees Organization, the union that represents 2,000 graduate students there, strike on campus on April 29, 2026. (Terrence Antonio James/baiduhai)

Graduate student workers at UIC go on strike: ‘We want to be paid a living wage’

By Kate Armanini

April 30, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

Roughly 2,290 workers, represented by the University of Illinois Chicago Graduate Employees Organization, are striking...

Kennedy-King College students Mo’Hogney Mitchell, left, and Makayla Hurtado shop on Feb. 4, 2026, at the Statesmen Market, an expanded on-campus food pantry in Chicago’s Englewood neighborhood. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)

Kennedy-King College market offers students fresh food for free in an area with limited grocery options

By Zareen Syed

April 29, 2026 at 9:23 a.m.

The market opened in February through a partnership between City Colleges of Chicago and the...