14+ hour, 8+ min ago   (714+ words) Despite the Chicago Bears turning their attention to northwest Indiana, Arlington Heights officials have re-upped with their lobbyists who are still trying to secure the team’s relocation to the northwest suburbs. The village’s new $5,000-a-month agreement with Mac Strategies Group…...

2+ day, 6+ hour ago   (801+ words) The Chicago school board is weighing a resolution that would direct Chicago Public Schools to study how it could expand preschool and bilingual early learning opportunities. The proposal would launch a two-year review of the district’s preschool system, including staffing,…...

3+ day, 5+ hour ago   (365+ words) Fall enrollment rose and set records across several public university campuses in the state, including the University of Illinois Chicago and Chicago State University, according to preliminary data. The University of Illinois Chicago reported its highest enrollment numbers in school…...

5+ day, 8+ hour ago   (765+ words) Starting next year, Illinois will have new safeguards in place to prevent parents from being wrongly accused of child abuse or neglect when their children visit a doctor or hospital emergency room for unexplained injuries or ailments. Gov. JB Pritzker…...

5+ day, 16+ hour ago   (947+ words) Labor Day marks the unofficial yet traditional launch of the fall general election campaign, and for the major candidates it also means a shift in focus from downstate fairs, tours and rallies to the vote-rich Chicago area, where statewide races…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (265+ words) More than 28,000 students in Chicago Public Schools will continue to have free home internet access through an extension of a pandemic-era city program. Chicago Connected, launched in 2020, provides free broadband or hotspot services to low-income families. Roughly 60,000 CPS students have…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (276+ words) An extreme heat warning was issued for central, northern and southern Cook County for the third consecutive day as heats indices are expected to reach over 100 degrees, weather officials said. National Weather Service officials stated the warning continues Thursday morning…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (480+ words) How did the Chicago History Museum — an institution focused on the history of our city and the region — end up with an impressive array of clothing worn by our earliest presidents, including some who never stepped foot in Illinois? Unfortunately,…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (889+ words) HOUSTON — The Chicago White Sox were in a position to break through in the eighth inning Wednesday against the Houston Astros. Tristan Peters was on third and Drew Romo on first with no outs in a scoreless game. The Astros…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (31+ words) 1893: Chicago-born inventor Whitcomb L. Judson received a patent — one of his many — for his “Clasp locker or unlocker for shoes,” then displayed it at the city’s World’s Columbian Exposition. It......