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La exdirectora de una escuela de las Escuelas Públicas de Chicago (CPS) y actual integrante de la Junta de Educación, Jessica Biggs, se declaró vencedora el martes, superando a dos rivales tras una campaña encendida para convertirse en la primera presidenta electa de la Junta de Educación de Chicago.
Democrats’ nationwide blue tsunami swept through Springfield on Tuesday night, too, running up the state party's super majorities toward historic highs in the Illinois General Assembly.
The boyfriend of 21-year-old woman from Chicago who was killed during a shooting attack at a Hammond, Ind. Walmart, remains in custody Wednesday after being charged with her murder.
Successful MLB offenses have a tendency to lose their assistant hitting coaches.
Even before it was clear Democrats were on the verge of an historic victory Tuesday night, Antonio Caballero, of Bridgeport, had high hopes.
Brady Pettigrew’s social media accounts are full of famous and familiar basketball faces.
🔎 Below : Jessica Biggs wasn't endorsed by the Chicago Teachers Union yet prevailed in the race for Chicago School Board president, even as CTU-backed candidates won numerous board seats and other races remained too close to call.
Police are looking for the assailant who opened fire in traffic, shooting and killing a motorist in another car Tuesday night in Avondale on the Northwest Side.
Twenty years ago, I was forced to reckon with a secret I’d kept for more than three decades. That morning, I opened the newspaper to see my abuser named in a civil lawsuit for sexually abusing young boys years before.
In the last decade, I have led the Chicago Department of Water Management twice. When I returned in 2024 after leaving in 2020, I saw how much the work of this urban water utility had changed.
DEAR ABBY: I was sexually assaulted at work about 20 years ago. I went through an off-and-on cycle with that supervisor for almost a year. He used many different tactics: isolating me, befriending me, apologizing insincerely, stating that he was a pillar of the community and no one would believe it, and even telling…
It was March of 2025, and everything sucked. Finances had been tough for a few years for Chicago artist Phineas X. Jones, 53, and he was deeply troubled by the reelection of President Donald Trump. Even so, the times planted a seed for him. In spite of it all, Jones doodled some flowers and sunshine and happy little…
Seeing an August Wilson play on a small stage is always a unique experience. But the intimacy of City Lit Theatre, located on the second floor of an Edgewater church, makes the intensity of gritty drama “King Hedley II” feel especially immersive.
Caution! Avoid shopping (except food and gas) and important decisions all day today! The moon is in Virgo.
El día de las elecciones concluyó con las contiendas estatales de Illinois pareciendo destinadas a quedar donde han estado durante décadas: con una lista completa de demócratas asumiendo el mando.
A man was in critical condition after being stabbed in Washington Park Tuesday afternoon, according to Chicago police.
Voters across America — and Illinois — sent a loud and clear message to President Donald Trump on Election Night as Democrats flipped seats across the country in a referendum on the president’s aggressive immigration policies, the war in Iran and the economy.
Despite being massively outspent, candidates backed by the Chicago Teachers Union won seven of 21 school board seats and were leading in three more — likely enough to throw up formidable opposition to classroom cuts, school closures and other measures that they see as contrary to their progressive agenda.
Election Day in Chicago did not go completely smoothly for some voters at multiple polling sites on Tuesday.
El enérgico mensaje de Juliana Stratton contra el presidente Trump la ayudó a conseguir una contundente victoria sobre el republicano Don Tracy por el escaño abierto en el Senado para reemplazar al senador Dick Durbin.
The West Loop-based maker of Sour Patch Kids said a rival candy brand is copying its popular kid-shaped gummy candy and signature packaging, according to a lawsuit filed Monday in the Northern District of Illinois.
It's been a confusing college football season so far. Nobody felt that more deeply than the College Football Playoff selection committee, which raised eyebrows galore in its first attempt of the season to make sense of it all.
SEATTLE — Videos of Black Hawk helicopters flying over Lumen Field on Monday before the Bears ’ game against the Seahawks caused alarm because of what looked like a close call between the aircraft and stadium fireworks, but a representative from the U.S. Army said there was no issue during the flyover.
Like my recipes for Kimchi Bolognese and Kimchi Mac and Beef, this dish from my cookbook “Hand Taste: Cook Like a Korean Grandmother” is part of my Korean Italian American repertoire.
Russian rookie Roman Kantserov felt tired as he walked into the Blackhawks ’ locker room Monday morning.
The Bills released former Bears cornerback C.J. Gardner-Johnson on Tuesday after he served a one-game suspension for spitting toward Raiders tight end Brock Bowers.
SEATTLE — Quarterback Caleb Williams reveled in what felt like the most impactful victory of the Ben Johnson coaching era Monday night by looking into a swath of Bears fans at Lumen Field screaming his name.
SEATTLE — Bears players couldn’t stop talking about defensive tackle Jeffery Simmons after his dominant debut Monday night in their 34-17 win over the Seahawks .
Months after immigration enforcement upended her neighborhood, Little Village resident Alex Cortez said the experience of Operation Midway Blitz motivated her to vote Tuesday.
A 26-year-old man shot in the Humboldt Park neighborhood has died, officials announced Tuesday.
PHILADELPHIA — Bulls forward Matas Buzelis was doing a lot of fighting late Monday.
A 21-year-old woman from Chicago was killed during a shooting attack Monday at a Hammond, Ind. Walmart, officials announced Tuesday.
Until now, the dispute between public and private schools over competitive balance played out in press conferences and postgame interviews. Mount Carmel football coach Jordan Lynch and Batavia football coach Dennis Piron both regularly offered juicy quotes that presented their sides of the issue .
Parking attendants formed picket lines Tuesday at O'Hare Airport, McCormick Place and the Hyatt Regency as their union accused parking operators of bargaining in bad faith.
A multimillion-dollar contract with Appriss Insights LLC, which runs the state’s crime victim notification system, contains a provision that allows the company to share jail data with third parties, including Immigration and Customs Enforcement, immigrant advocates say.
Only one of them guided the Cubs to a World Series championship, but a trio of recent North Side skippers could find themselves in the Hall of Fame next summer.
Jalen Brunson could’ve been a Bull. Not that he should’ve been a Bull. The Mavericks drafted Brunson with the third pick of the second round in 2018. But the Bulls had two first-round picks that year, and they chose Wendell Carter Jr. at No. 7 and Chandler Hutchinson at No. 22.
The Cubs’ front office has lost another key member. Not long after assistant general manager Jared Banner left to become the Orioles’ new GM, player-development director Jason Kanzler was hired away as the Mariners’ new manager Tuesday.
District 9a neighborhoods: Auburn Gresham, West Englewood, Englewood, New City, Ashburn, Washington Heights
Federal prosecutors in Chicago have accused 33 known defendants of nonimmigration crimes tied to Operation Midway Blitz. Many were accused of assaulting or resisting federal agents or officers.
The American birth rate has fallen to historic lows, and Bailey Swilley isn't helping any. Which is ironic.
A group of at least four burglars carried out nearly 30 thefts throughout October, according to Chicago police.
A West Side man with PCP in his system allegedly punched a firefighter who moments later bashed him with a metal bar Sunday morning during a confrontation in Greater Grand Crossing on the South Side.
SEATTLE — Halfway across the country Monday, Timberwolves guard Ayo Dosunmu was telling reporters in Minneapolis that he likes to drive to the basket the way a running back carries the ball. The former Bull, a lifelong Bears fan who was born in Chicago, then was asked if he ever tried to mimic the Bears ’ D’Andre…
Police are trying to find out who set a man on fire and beat him in a homicide early Tuesday outside a Volkswagen dealership in Portage Park on the Northwest Side.
DEAR ABBY: My sister-in-law lives across the country. For years, we shipped each other's children Christmas gifts. A few years ago, she went through a difficult divorce and has since stopped sending gifts. While we didn't discuss it, I figured it was a financial strain, which is understandable.
Chicagoans made history Tuesday as they cast their ballots for all 21 members of the city’s school board for the first time.
The possibility of bringing back star defensive end Khalil Mack is intriguing for the Bears heading toward the Nov. 10 trade deadline, but the Chargers haven’t shown an inclination to unload him despite their 0-7 start.
When I was a boy, Martin Luther King Jr. was in our history books. Dolores Huerta was in the fields of our county.
District 10a neighborhoods: South Shore, Woodlawn, Greater Grand Crossing, Hyde Park, Kenwood, South Chicago, Douglas, Oakland
District 9b neighborhoods: Roseland, West Pullman, Morgan Park, Beverly, Mount Greenwood, Washington Heights
District 8b neighborhoods: New City, Chicago Lawn, Gage Park, McKinley Park, Bridgeport, the Loop, Brighton Park, West Lawn, Near South Side, Armour Square
District 8a neighborhoods: Ashburn, Garfield Ridge, Clearing, West Lawn, Chicago Lawn, West Elsdon
District 7b neighborhoods: Brighton Park, Lower West Side, Archer Heights, Bridgeport, Gage Park, West Elsdon, Armour Square, McKinley Park
District 7a neighborhoods: South Lawndale, Near West Side, Lower West Side, Garfield Ridge, Archer Heights
District 6b neighborhoods: Greater Grand Crossing, Grand Boulevard, Washington Park, Near South Side, the Loop, Douglas, Woodlawn, Englewood, Fuller Park, Hyde Park
District 6a neighborhoods: Near North Side, West Town The candidate supported by a billionaire-backed political group and charter proponents had a narrow lead over two progressives as of early Wednesday, but the race was too close to call.
Tuesday’s monumental midterm elections will help determine control of Congress and serve as a litmus test of President Donald Trump’s far-reaching second term.
District 10b neighborhoods: South Deering, Hegewisch, Riverdale, East Side, Chatham, South Chicago, Pullman, Calumet Heights, Avalon Park, Burnside, South Shore
In the new play “Adirondack Chair Circle,” a small group of well-off women meet regularly in one of their suburban backyards, always over a gorgeously crafted charcuterie platter, to plot strategy. Their goal: to get books they consider dangerous, morally repugnant or just age-inappropriate removed from local school…
Former CPS principal and current school board member Jessica Biggs declared victory Tuesday, beating out two opponents after a heated campaign to become the first-ever elected president of the Chicago School Board. She won 49% of the vote, with 94% of the precincts reporting, according to results from the Associated…
District 5b neighborhoods: North Lawndale, Near West Side, East Garfield Park, West Garfield Park, West Town
District 5a neighborhoods: Austin, Humboldt Park, West Town, Montclare Realtor LaPamela Williams unseated longtime education activist Aaron “Jitu” Brown to win a spot on the school board representing the West Side’s District 5a.
District 4b neighborhoods: Lincoln Park, North Center, Lake View, Logan Square As the lone school board candidate in her North Side area, incumbent Ellen Rosenfeld easily won another term representing District 4b, according to Associated Press election results.
District 4a neighborhoods: Lakeview, Uptown, North Center, Edgewater Longtime Uptown teacher and incumbent board member Karen Zaccor has won a closely watched three-way race to represent a chunk of the North Side.
District 3a neighborhoods: Avondale, Irving Park, Logan Square, Belmont Cragin, Hermosa, Albany Park
District 3b neighborhoods: Humboldt Park, Logan Square, Belmont Cragin, West Town, Hermosa
District 2b neighborhoods: Lincoln Square, Edgewater, Albany Park, Uptown, North Park
District 2a neighborhoods: West Ridge, Rogers Park, North Park Incumbent Ebony DeBerry has retained her Far North Side seat on Chicago’s school board, convincingly beating out attorney Hector Morales .
District 1b neighborhoods: Portage Park, Dunning, Irving Park, Belmont Cragin, North Park, Montclare, Albany Park
District 1a neighborhoods: O’Hare, Norwood Park, Forest Glen, Jefferson Park, Dunning, Edison Park
Election Day wrapped up with Illinois’ statewide races looking like where they have been for decades — with a full slate of Democrats taking the reins.
Nabeela Syed defeated incumbent Darby Hills for the northwest suburban Illinois Senate 26th District seat in one of the most expensive General Assembly races ever as Democrats looked to pad their supermajority in Springfield.
An appointed Democrat was elected to a full term representing the hotly contested far southwest suburban state House district that provided an early testing ground for how much Springfield’s latest sexual harassment scandal might impact super-majority Democrats in the Illinois General Assembly.
After months of swatting away criticism over her surprise candidacy for Illinois’ 4th Congressional District, Patty García claimed victory in the race to replace her former boss: U.S. Rep. Jesus “Chuy” García.
Juliana Stratton’s fiery anti-President Trump messaging helped to deliver a resounding victory over Republican Don Tracy in the open U.S. Senate seat to replace Sen. Dick Durbin.
Gov. JB Pritzker sailed to a rare third term as Illinois’ chief executive Tuesday with his second consecutive reelection victory over Republican challenger Darren Bailey, lining up the incumbent to become the longest-serving Democratic governor in state history.
SEATTLE — The Bears got everything they wanted from new defensive tackle Jeffery Simmons in his debut, and vice versa.
Patrick Finley and Jason Lieser break down the Bears' 34-17 win over the Super Bowl champions.
SEATTLE — Caleb Williams climbed into a chair on the "SportsCenter with Scott Van Pelt" on the turf at Lumen Field and looked into the fans left in the stands. They were mostly Bears fans — and they were going nuts after the team's 34-17 win Monday against the defending Super Bowl champions.
Avoid shopping (except food and gas) before 6:30 a.m. Chicago time today. The moon is in Virgo.
Rabbi Capers C. Funnye Jr. was the chief rabbi of Beth Shalom B’nai Zaken Ethiopian Hebrew Congregation on the Southwest Side, one of the largest black synagogues in America.
If you want to run with the big dogs, you go to Seattle, line up across from the defending Super Bowl champions and take your chances in front of a “Monday Night Football” audience.
Four people, including two police officers, were hospitalized after a Chicago police car collided with another car in Chicago Lawn Monday night, police said.
The Blackhawks let another opportunity to build on one of their best performances of the season slip away Monday.
Bears 34, Seahawks 17 . Eyes opened everywhere. Super Bowl thoughts rattling around the heads of Bears fans everywhere.
SEATTLE — The Bears are watching their plans click into place, and it’s beautiful.
CHAMPAIGN — Andrej Stojakovic and Stefan Vaaks each scored 20 points Monday night as No. 3 Illinois opened its season with a 120-45 win over Fairleigh Dickinson.
PHILADELPHIA — If someone would have told Tiago Splitter back in 2014 that in 12 years, he would no longer be competing against LeBron James, he would be coaching against him, his reply would have been a simple one.
SEATTLE — The Bears declared their Super Bowl intentions to the rest of the NFL last week. On Monday night, they backed them up.
SEATTLE — Bears quarterback Caleb Williams relented in his confrontation with the NFL over his cleats by wearing an all-black, logo-less pair Monday against the Seahawks.
PHILADELPHIA – Help is on the way … finally. And the Bulls could use it. Then again, who couldn’t use a 6-foot-11 athletic big who protects the basket and is an elite rim runner?
After averaging more than 20 wins across 25 seasons in stops at IC Catholic, Lisle and Marian Catholic, Dan Murray stepped away from coaching girls basketball last year.
The Blackhawks debuted their new green jerseys — a not-so-well-kept secret for the last several weeks — on Monday against the Avalanche.
A Quincy man accused of sending suspicious letters to members of Congress will remain in custody while awaiting trial after waiving his right to fight prosecutors' bid to keep him detained.
SEATTLE — The Bears have been talking Super Bowl ever since the end of last season, and things got a bit louder when they traded for star defensive tackle Jeffery Simmons last week.
Michael Wilbon is taking a break. The longtime ESPN commentator and co-host of the network's popular "Pardon the Interruption" talk show alongside good friend Tony Kornheiser announced Monday he is taking a leave of absence because of what he described as "multiple health issues."
In winning 84 games during the regular season, earning the franchise’s first playoff berth in five years and coming one win shy of playing for the American League pennant, the 2026 White Sox were a lot better than anyone expected.
SEATTLE — Bears cornerback Malik Muhammad, who has started four games this season, won’t play Monday night after he hurt his toe against the Patriots. He was ruled inactive an hour-and-a-half before kickoff.