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By Tatyana Turner From Chicago Tribune CHICAGO—One minute 8-year-old Melissa Ortega was walking with her mother through their Little Village community Saturday afternoon. The next, gunshots rang out, and mother ...

CHICAGO—A 14-year-old boy was fatally shot on Chicago's South Side just hours after another boy the same age ...

Chicago officials and leaders of the city's teachers' union have reached a deal that will see teachers return ...

Chicago officials canceled classes citywide on Jan. 10 as they failed to reach a new agreement with the ...

Chicago officials on Jan. 8 forcefully rejected a teachers union proposal that would make classes virtual for at ...

A group of Chicago parents this week sued the city's teachers union over its refusal to teach classes ...

Chicago canceled classes on Friday amid a standoff with the city's teachers union (CTU), which is refusing to ...

Chicago officials have canceled classes for the second consecutive day after the Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) declared that ...

Chicago school officials canceled classes Wednesday following a teachers union vote to shift back to virtual learning due ...

Chicago Public Schools (CPS) on Monday opened its classrooms for students returning from winter break, but members of ...

CHICAGO—The year of 2021 ended as one of the most violent on record in Chicago, as a rise ...

The Chicago Teachers Union (CTU) is polling its members on whether they would back a city-wide strike or ...

Trustees of the village of Orland Park, a municipality in Chicago's Cook County suburb, voted on Dec. 28 ...

OAK BROOK, Ill.—A shooting at a suburban Chicago mall full of Christmas shoppers left four people injured Thursday, ...

Two elected Democrats this week became the victims of carjacking in the space of 24 hours, officials have ...

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot announced that people will have to show proof of COVID-19 vaccination to enter restaurants, ...

At least four people are dead, and 24 others were injured in separate shootings across Chicago over the ...

The city of Chicago confirmed it will continue to pursue a lawsuit against actor Jussie Smollett, who was ...

At least nine people were killed and dozens were injured in separate shootings across Chicago over the past ...

The number of Chicago police officers on criminal misconduct charges increased significantly in 2021, according to records obtained ...

On a frigid Chicago night in January 2019, actor Jussie Smollett, a star on the TV drama "Empire," ...

At least 46 people were shot in Chicago over the Thanksgiving weekend, leading to four deaths, said officials ...

Around 40 people were shot, including two fatally, in Chicago during Thanksgiving weekend, according to police. Officials confirmed ...

CHICAGO—Government control over people’s lives has spread like fire since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to Scott ...

CHICAGO—Two shootings on a Chicago expressway early Thursday left one person dead and another wounded, the latest incidents ...

CHICAGO—An 18-year-old man was charged with murder in the shooting death of a Chinese student near the University ...

Chicago public schools canceled schools for "Vaccination Awareness Day" on Nov. 12 to increase vaccinations among children, leaving ...