Mayor Lori Lightfoot Celebrates Opening Of New Hancock College Prep High School
"This celebration serves as an important investment in the long-term success and bright futures of our students from the Southwest Side," Lightfoot said.
"This celebration serves as an important investment in the long-term success and bright futures of our students from the Southwest Side," Lightfoot said.
Thousands of Chicago Public School students return to school next week amid a new statewide COVID safety requirement.
"Last year we had six feet, this year they're refusing to even say they'll enforce three feet."
New windows installed on the second floor of the school gym at Sullivan High School earlier this summer didn't open, making the space nothing short of a sauna.
"It's for the safety of all involved, particularly members of the public who are interacting with city employees on a daily basis," Lightfoot said Monday afternoon.
If kids want to participate in extra-curricular activities, like sports, CPS is requiring all student athletes to either be vaccinated or take weekly COVID tests.
In just more than a week, students return to Sullivan High School in Rogers Park, and they will see $25 million in much-needed repairs and upgrades.
CTU leaders said there are still lots of issues that need to be resolved with the the Chicago Public Schools as students prepare to return to classrooms full-time on Aug. 30.
'We need these people now. These kids, they need to get to school now," said Cindy Sosnowski, the contract manager at Illinois Central School Bus.
The first day of classes is just around the corner for Chicago Public Schools students, and on Sunday, a local branch of an international nonprofit lent a hand to get kids ready.
Employees without an approved medical or religious exemption who are not fully vaccinated by Oct. 15 will be ineligible to work until they are fully vaccinated and provide confirmation of vaccination to CPS.
Chicago Public Schools will offer testing all students and staff weekly for COVID-19 this school year, the system announced Friday afternoon.
Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker on Thursday signed legislation creating an elected school board for the Chicago Public Schools.
The Chicago School Board will be talking about the budget proposal in its meeting on Wednesday, and teachers will be picketing.
The Chicago Public Schools announced Thursday that it will be requiring masks indoors for everyone when the 2021-22 school year begins on Aug. 30.
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The Chicago Public Schools said its new 2022 budget proposal sends resources to the schools and students who need them most.
The district's budget proposal dedicates more than $1 billion in federal emergency relief funding to support a return to full-time in-person classes in the fall.
The three school-based vaccination sites are open weekly for CPS students and their families, ages 12 and up.
"We will continue just to work with local health officials and with CPS to determine the right course of action."
The nation's third-largest school district plans to offer five days a week of in-person instruction and says the goal is to vaccinate as many students as possible.
"They just told me, someone watched the video, from CPS and they called the DCFS hotline."
Chicago Public Schools Chief Executive Officer Dr. Janice Jackson issued a farewell message Wednesday as she steps down from her role at the end of the day.
"I can't understand why someone like me, who works extremely hard during the most difficult time for any educator, that there's no enough money to save my position."
Mayor Lori Lightfoot just promised to crack down on city employees and what they display on their personal platforms.
The 17-year-old was shot multiple times and was pronounced dead at a local hospital.
Monday will be the hottest day of the week, with highs in the lower 80s.
"Pay attention in the red flags, because there's always red flags," said Enidt Martinez.
This is part of a massive recall that includes nearly 12 million pounds of ready-to-eat meat and chicken.
Visitation for Starks is set for Tuesday, followed by a funeral service on Wednesday.
Democratic U.S. Sen. Tammy Baldwin and Republican challenger Eric Hovde repeatedly accused each other of lying during an often testy and confrontational debate.
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Voters in the 9th Precinct of the 47th Ward in Chicago are being asked if a liquor ban in place for 117 years should continue.
O'Neill Burke said her agenda focuses on getting guns off the street and addressing the root causes of crime.
The judge overseeing President Donald Trump's 2020 election interference case released more evidence collected by special counsel Jack Smith on Friday.
This is part of a massive recall that includes nearly 12 million pounds of ready-to-eat meat and chicken.
The study said the unique difficulty finding a place in suburban Chicago was the result of a number of factors, including the growth of hip suburbs, big businesses relocating to the area, and high occupancy rates and slow construction.
Experts raised concerns about people in already underserved communities losing easy access to drug stores.
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A federal judge in Georgia made a ruling that would allow for the Biden administration's sweeping relief that affects tens of millions of American borrowers.
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The Indiana Court of Appeals has reinstated a lawsuit filed by the state accusing TikTok of deceiving its users about the video-sharing platform's level of inappropriate content for children and the security of its consumers' personal information.
Magnicity is still mum on what exactly it has in mind for the space, though 360 CHICAGO earlier said a restaurant will not be back.
Jeep is recalling more than 194,000 plug-in hybrid SUVs worldwide because they can catch fire with the ignition turned off.
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Just before 9 p.m., police said a 17-year-old boy and 14-year-old girl were walking, near 56th Street and Maplewood Avenue, when they were shot at by two suspects who ran from the scene.
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Flames broke out just before noon this past Thursday at the Target at 7000 Mannheim Rd. next to the Allstate Arena.
All the victims were taken to Stroger Hospital of Cook County, police said.
A police source said a pursuit was underway before the boys – ages 14 and 15 – crashed their car into the front of a store near 75th and Vincennes just after midnight.
"Pay attention in the red flags, because there's always red flags," said Enidt Martinez.
No one was injured in the shooting, and the off-duty Chicago police officer did not return fire.
The 17-year-old was shot multiple times and was pronounced dead at a local hospital.
"Pay attention in the red flags, because there's always red flags," said Enidt Martinez.
O'Neill Burke said her agenda focuses on getting guns off the street and addressing the root causes of crime.
After learning someone tried to kill him when he was just hours old, he used DNA testing kits hoping to get offenders arrested.
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Experts raised concerns about people in already underserved communities losing easy access to drug stores.
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The male driver was cited for distracted driving.
All the victims were taken to Stroger Hospital of Cook County, police said.
In one incident, the suspects forced a victim into a car and drove them to an ATM, forcing the victim to take out cash.
The three suspects approached the victim on board a train at the 47th Street station, displayed a knife, maced the victim, and tried to take their belongings.
No one was injured in the shooting, and the off-duty Chicago police officer did not return fire.