Research by Harvard and Stanford universities found Chicago’s 3rd- to 8th-grade students outpaced most similar districts in reading growth from 2019 to 2023, while Illinois was one of only three states whose reading achievement now exceeds 2019 levels.
Chicago residents can support monarch populations by planting milkweed and reducing pesticide use, experts say.
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The Bears have vowed to keep Johnson around. They’ll be able to, starting Tuesday.
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Disability advocates say businesses like Alvin Green’s develop because there isn’t a reliable system of helping people with special needs to find and keep jobs.
The woman was beaten and robbed by two male suspects, according to Chicago police.
When you have few or no choices on your primary election ballot in a few weeks, blame gerrymandering. When the violence in our cities escalates and the response remains utterly inadequate, blame gerrymandering.
The 40-year-old man was inside the store in the 6300 block of South Ashland Avenue when a person approached him, pulled out a gun and shot him, hitting him in the head, police said.
A 70-year-old man was found unresponsive in a building in the 600 block of East 89th Place at about 6 p.m., police said. He was declared dead at the scene.
Northwestern led by seven entering a wild final minute in which the teams combined for 21 points.
Tomica Goodwyn, 50, was found unresponsive with multiple stab wounds in a home in the 8100 block of South Cornell Avenue on Friday, police said. Her death has been ruled a homicide. A man was found with a gunshot wound. His death has been ruled a suicide.
Counsell spent the previous nine seasons at the helm for the Brewers.
Toussaint prefers starting but would accept a bullpen role.
Curie returns to No. 1, Bolingbrook rises and Niles North joins the rankings.
His improvement has left his wife Misty optimistic that the former Bears star, who has ALS, can leave a New Lenox hospital Tuesday with IV antibiotics.
The woman, whose age wasn’t immediately known, was found unresponsive outside about 9 a.m. in the 8200 block of South Vernon Avenue, Chicago police said.
Just before 1:50 a.m., officers responding to calls of a person stabbed in the 2200 block of West Walnut Street found four people stabbed, Chicago police said.
Around 6:30 p.m., Damian Gomez, 19, was arguing with someone in the 1900 block of West Hastings Street when he was shot in the chest and shoulder, Chicago police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office said.
A report of watching a lakefront gar, a photo of a half-rack buck in the south suburbs and reasons for hunting shed antlers are among the notes from around Chicago outdoors and beyond.
It was he first such him-vs.-her event of its kind at the NBA’s weekend showcase
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Marcus Domask added 19 to give him over 2,000 in his career
Korchinski didn’t play the final 11 minutes of the second period Saturday after an “ill-advised” pinch, but coach Luke Richardson thought the rookie defenseman responded with a better third period.
Connor Bedard, Jason Dickinson and Petr Mrazek are collectively responsible for most of the Hawks’ fleeting success this season, and they each contributed to a 3-2 victory Saturday that snapped an eight-game skid.
The Cubs upgraded their roster in several areas this offseason, but questions about the offense remain.
Vance set aside his acting chops on Saturday to talk about his mental health and most recent written work, “The Invisible Ache: Black Men Identifying Their Pain and Reclaiming Their Power,” in which he details his own struggles.
The more than 40-year-old parade — which kicked off at the corner of West Argyle Street and North Winthrop Avenue — was just part of the slew of celebrations set for the area Saturday, which included performances at various local businesses and activities for kids.