Round 3 of the 50 speed cameras tied to Mayor Brandon Johnson’s 2025 budget will soon start nailing motorists driving too ...

On the last day of school at Bret Harte Elementary, dozens of students celebrated the freedom of summer break by climbing on ...

School board general elections in Illinois are held on the first Tuesday in April every two years in odd-numbered years for all districts except for Chicago Public Schools and Peoria Public Schools.

An inbound Metra Union Pacific West train passes a milepost as it approaches the Elmhurst, Ill., station on May 31, 2025. State legislators failed to meet a May 31 deadline to address a major budget ...

“It’s our oldest school but it’s a school that celebrates inclusion, celebrates art,” Pedro Martinez, Chicago Public Schools CEO, said. “It’s a community that has changed over ...

That bill, instead, focuses on reforming the structure and governance of the Chicago area's mass transit system, and would replace the RTA with a new organization called the Northern Illinois ...

is among thousands of Black students from the Chicago area attending a four-year public university in Illinois. Burton said he knew the perils of driving as a Black driver. But, when he enrolled ...

there could be a 40% reduction in mass transit services in Chicago. Meanwhile, lawmakers have signed several bills that are stacking up on Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker's desk awaiting his signature ...

A truck explosion in an Illinois suburb has resulted in damage ... a village about 22 miles from Chicago, according to press releases from local fire and police officials. A video obtained by ...

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson says the Department of Justice's new investigation into whether the city hired people solely because of their race won't deter him from touting his administration's ...

public outrage was unlike anything the managers at McCormick had seen. Calls and emails poured in. The American Bird Conservancy took out a full-page ad in the Chicago Tribune with a headline ...