News from around the Southland includes items from Metra’s Electric and Rock Island lines, Hickory Hills, Will County and ...

The interim CEO of Chicago Public Schools said the district's budget deficit is $734 million, more than $200 million more ...

Many of those cut are crossing guards. Another 209 open positions were eliminated in an effort to close a projected $734 ...

Davis Gates also said more needs to be done to persuade lawmakers in Springfield to provide CPS more money, arguing the state ...

The new figure, announced Thursday by the CEO, includes a $175 million pension payment that Mayor Brandon Johnson needs to ...

Chicago Public Schools must close a $734 million gap in its budget, Macquline King, the district’s newly appointed interim ...

Chicago Public Schools’ budget for the 2025-26 school year, normally released in June, is delayed until at least late July, ...

Summer is just getting started but back-to-school will be here before you know it. To help cut down costs for new college students volunteers gathered on Chicago’s South Side for a great ...

The Haunting of Agnes Gilfrey is a new gothic thriller written by Amy Conway and directed by Katie Slater.. Agnes Gilfrey (Sarah McArdlie) and James Laird (Manasa Tagica) are finally getting a ...

Northwestern University and the Ryan Foundation are transforming the new Ryan Field into a multi-purpose facility for local ...

Stacy Davis Gates, the President of the Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) has suggested that children belong to them while speaking at the City Club of Chicago. “Baldwin says the children are always ours.