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A Chicago Public Schools student accused the Board of Education in a lawsuit filed Tuesday of failing to run a “thorough” background check on a security guard who had been arrested several times and ...

CHICAGO — The Chicago Public School district is still working to address a $734 million deficit by the end of the month. On Tuesday, there is scheduled to be two public budget hearings. Last week, CPS ...

A former Chicago Public Schools dean has been sentenced to 22 years in prison, after he was convicted of repeatedly sexually assaulting a Little Village Lawndale High School student. Last month, a ...

Monday marked the first day of school for around 300,000 Chicago Public Schools students, but budget issues are a big focus for administrators. The school district is facing a huge deficit, and on ...

At the end of Zoe Fernandez’s first day of kindergarten, her teacher reported the 5-year-old had a great day and looked happy as she got on the yellow school bus. But when the slight girl, who is ...

Jaws 50th in IMAX dominates as Summer 2025 flops pile up: The Fantastic Four, Honey Don’t, Eden, Splitsville, and more bomb at the box office.

A 45-year-old man has been arrested following a robbery at the TD Bank located at 61 Ninth St E on Wednesday, September 3, ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Despite division among CPS school board members over a balanced budget, Mayor Brandon Johnson said Wednesday he is confident the budget will pass, even though many of his supporters ...

The Chicago Public Schools budget has been a contentious issue for months, and it is now coming down to the end — with the Chicago Board of Education required to pass a spending plan by the end of the ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- The deadline for a CPS budget is approaching and teachers held a rally Thursday after a comment by Governor JB Pritzker about funding. Chicago Teachers Union members are calling out ...

Hasham Abedi, the brother of the Manchester Arena bomber, has been charged with five offences after four prison officers were injured at a maximum security prison ...