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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...

St. Laurence High School President Joseph Martinez, from left, sophomore Henry Flanagan and vice president of enrollment and communications Mike Madera Sept. 16, 2026. (Elena Tittel/Daily Southtown)

Groundbreaking for field house is latest expansion at St. Laurence High School in Burbank

By Elena Tittel

September 21, 2026 at 5:12 a.m.

St. Laurence High School in Burbank broke ground on a 34,000-square-foot field house as part...

Business briefs: Hard Rock donation supports Oct. 3 suicide prevention walk

By Christin Lazerus

September 20, 2026 at 12:00 p.m.

News and events around the area

Toni Preckwinkle, Cook County Board president, listens to speakers at a press conference Sept. 8, 2026, in Chicago. Preckwinkle’s office awarded stopgap loans to 32 villages, library and school districts worth $191 million in an effort to dull the impact of this fall’s property tax delay. (Stacey Wescott/baiduhai)

Cook County awards $191 million in loans to bridge property tax payout gap

By A.D. Quig

September 20, 2026 at 10:51 a.m.

Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle’s office awarded stopgap loans to 32 villages, library and...

Pictured is the Lincoln Elementary basement in East Chicago. School Board member Pattie Jo Gibson said she took the photo on Aug. 31, after the Aug. 11 storm. (Pattie Jo Gibson/provided)

HVAC issues, flooding keep East Chicago school closed

By Carole Carlson

September 19, 2026 at 1:53 p.m.

The timeline for students to return to storm-damaged Lincoln Elementary is mid-to-late October, School City...

Parents and community members from Evanston/Skokie School District 65 react to the December 2025 Board of Education impasse vote resulting in no school closures at the end of the 2025-26 school year. On Sept. 14, 2026, district administrators recommended cutting $20 million and closing two schools. (Richard Requena/Pioneer Press)

Evanston District 65 proposes cutting $20 million, closing two schools to end budget crisis

By Claire Murphy

September 19, 2026 at 8:05 a.m.

Interim Evanston-Skokie D65 Supt. Witherspoon told the Board Sept. 14 a dramatic change is needed...

Students walk through the sky bridge to an assembly in the gym at Cristo Rey Jesuit High School in Pilsen on Sept. 15, 2026. Students are dressed as required in business casual to reflect the lives they’re training to lead. (Eileen T. Meslar/baiduhai)

‘The spirit is still the same’: Cristo Rey Jesuit High School hits 30 years, offers work-study education

By Kate Perez

September 19, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

The college preparatory school is centered around work-study education, which gives students professional work experience...

Superintendent Scott Tingley, center, attends the Lincoln-Way High School District 210 board meeting Thursday in New Lenox. School board members voted unanimously to allow six students who engaged in racist taunting of Homewood-Flossmoor High School community members during a football game Sept. 4 to voluntarily withdraw from the district. (Armando L. Sanchez/baiduhai)

Students involved in racist taunting voluntarily withdraw from Lincoln-Way District 210

By Olivia Stevens

September 18, 2026 at 3:26 p.m.

Lincoln-Way District 210 board members will allow students who engaged in racist taunting Sept. 4...

Moraine Valley Community College studio art professor Tyler Hewitt displays some of his artwork that will be on display in an exhibition from Sept. 23- Oct. 25 at the Robert F. DeCaprio Art Gallery. The exhibit, "Ulterior Motives," celebrates his upcoming retirement and his body of work while a teacher there over the past 28 years. (Janice Neumann/Daily Southtown)

Longtime Moraine Valley art professor puts a decade of work on display ahead of his retirement

By Janice Neumann

September 18, 2026 at 3:20 p.m.

Tyler Hewitt, a longtime art professor at Moraine Valley Community College, is planning to retire,...

Hinsdale-Clarendon Hills District 181’s offices at 133 Ogden Ave. in Hinsdale. (District 181)

Hinsdale-Clarendon Hills District 181 OKs new deal with support staff

By Chuck Fieldman

September 17, 2026 at 5:08 p.m.

Hinsdale-Clarendon Hills Elementary District 181 has approved a new four-year contract for support staff that...

Two injured in Gary school bus collision with SUV

By Carole Carlson

September 18, 2026 at 1:46 p.m.

A Gary student and a bus driver suffered injuries Wednesday morning following a crash with...