The Chicago Board of Education will finalize its 5-year strategic plan for the city’s more than 600 public schools.

Madigan’s attorneys cry foul over ‘unfair’ media coverage, ask judge for more leeway to question jury pool Attorneys for ex-Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan have compiled years ...

Good morning, Chicago. The Federal Reserve announced yesterday its first interest rate cut since the pandemic, a move real estate developers say could eventually help kick off the construction of new ...

18, 2024. (Chris Sweda/Chicago Tribune) The family of fallen Chicago police Officer Luis Huesca, who died in the line of duty on April 21, 2024, speak while attending the annual candlelight vigil to ...

The 136th edition of the fair was held from Wednesday through Sunday at the fairgrounds on the southern border of DeKalb ...

4, 2024, in Amboy, Illinois. (Armando L. Sanchez/Chicago Tribune) Every two weeks, Abby Hampton gets a delivery to her home in rural Amboy, a little more than 100 miles west of Chicago’s Loop.

The City Council Wednesday could again rebuke Mayor Brandon Johnson’s plan to rid Chicago of ShotSpotter, just days before ...

11, 2024, outside the Engine 42 fire station in Chicago. (Antonio Perez/Chicago Tribune) Battalion Chief Jake Jakubec rings the ceremonial bell as Chicago Fire Department and elected officials ...

Information about homicides is released daily by the city of Chicago. The release of homicide victims’ names is delayed by two weeks to allow time for the victims’ families to be notified of a ...

On the Far South Side, Steelworkers Park and the Calumet sewage plant are among the unexpected sites in the city that offer prime birdwatching during the fall migration.

Then he praised “the grace the people of Chicago have given” Bartley ... walked out of City Hall by police. She told the Tribune Monday that she has learned the police-removal policy had ...

The society’s 13 charter members, some whose names might not be familiar, were prominent members of Chicago’s business community and avid philanthropists: Though the Tribune reported lots of ...