CPS to honor school crossing guards
Four of them will be named Crossing Guards of the Year.
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Four of them will be named Crossing Guards of the Year.
The food will be available Tuesdays and Thursdays.
The giant doll is touring the city as part of "Mexico in Chicago" Week.
"I was blessed that I had mentors that stepped up in my life to help guide me."
The conversation started more than a decade ago, but it was legislation that got the ball rolling in 2021.
The conversation started more than a decade ago, but it was legislation that got the ball rolling in 2021.
CPS parents can now take a brief survey to give the district feedback on their child's school.
It asks about teacher and staff performance - as well as school safety.
The students will also get the option of a paid internship with Amazon between their freshman and sophomore years of college.
Vallas has also been vilified by the Chicago Teachers Union - which is backing his opponent, Brandon Johnson. The CTU's contract is up next year.
CBS 2 Political Investigator Dana Kozlov sat down with mayoral finalist Paul Vallas for one last time before the election. Vallas indicated closing public schools – in their current form – may be on the table.
Chicago Board of Education meetings can last to five or six hours. Soaking up every minute is an eager 16-year-old named Emmanuel Ofosuhene.
A Chicago Public Schools teacher is facing multiple charges after a confrontation with police outside the home of Mayor Lori Lightfoot last week.
Garrett McLinn, 36, a teacher at Taft High School, is charged with two felony counts of stalking, and six misdemeanor counts including disorderly conduct and resisting arrest.
CPS said Abdul Muhammad was removed after "an investigation that substantiated findings against" him.
CBS 2's Jermont Terry spent Wednesday trying to get answers.
The side door to Jones College Prep is broken and stays half open. So to secure things, school leaders decided to put a chain and padlock on the door. CBS 2's Jermont Terry reports.
Students and officers will play together, and each team will have one student coach and one officer coach.
As the wheelchair lift is moving, the bus aide walks over, points to the boy, and says: "He can't play. He going to sit right there and be tied up like a slave."
A bus attendant tried to restrain 9-year-old MaCaulay Frye, who has autism, in what the boy’s lawyers say might have involved tying his hands together. CBS 2's Suzanne Le Mignot reports.
The lawsuit claims the teacher mentally and physically abused the students with special needs in her Whistler Elementary School classroom.
The senator said the federal funding will go toward trauma-informed care and additional mental health personnel in public schools through the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act passed by Congress last year.
It includes 40 teams of high schoolers some from CPS schools.
Today students from all over the world are headed here to Chicago for the Midwest Regional FIRST Illinois Robotics competition.
U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin will announce more than $14 million in federal funding for local schools.
Last-place Loyola Chicago came in shooting just 31% on 3s, but kept it close by outscoring the nation's top 3-point shooting team by nine from behind the arc.
The burglaries took place between 2:30 a.m. and 4:30 a.m. in the Kenwood, South Shore, Washington Heights, Beverly, Archer Heights, and West Elsdon neighborhoods, police say.
The organization raised about $20 million for renovating its three main locations, including its flagship facility in Little Village.
DNA experts have solved the mystery of an Illinois man who went missing nearly 50 years ago.
With the war in Iran taking center stage in the Middle East, one Chicagoan is trying to make her way out of Israel right and she's more than five months pregnant.
Several Republicans on the Oversight panel joined with Democrats in supporting the motion to subpoena Attorney General Pam Bondi.
Former presidents Bill Clinton, Barack Obama and Joe Biden are among the big names who will be in Chicago Friday for Rev. Jesse Jackson's funeral.
In Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's second news briefing since the start of the Iran war, Hegseth said the U.S. had sunk an enemy ship by a torpedo for the first time since World War II.
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem faced friendly Republicans and critical Democrats on the House Judiciary Committee, where she testified about the administration's immigration agenda.
The measure, which would have blocked President Trump from continuing military force against Iran, fell short of the simple majority needed to advance.
Drivers in the Chicago area can expect to start paying more at the pump this week, as oil prices have spiked amid the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran.
Palatine, Illinois-based Weber has issued a recall of more than 3.2 million metal wire bristle grill brushes because you could ingest the bristles.
This is after Mayor Brandon Johnson vetoed an ordinance that would have banned most hemp-derived products this weekend.
This week marks Identity Theft Awareness Week, and Illinois Comptroller Susana Mendoza emphasized some safety tips Monday for avoiding and dealing with identity theft.
A controversial data center in Naperville, Illinois, could be the cause to pack a city council meeting there on Tuesday night.
When a doctor was told there was no cure for his daughter's condition, he was motivated to transform not only her health, but the lives of thousands of others.
Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children's Hospital announced this week that it is planning to open a new pediatric hospital in the west Chicago suburb of Downers Grove.
It has been nearly six years since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, and one of the many questions doctors are still working to answer concerns the long-term effects.
Leaders from Cook County, the Illinois Department of Human Services, and the Greater Chicago Food Depository denounced changes to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program on Wednesday.
The University of Chicago Medicine Comprehensive Cancer Center has received a grant from The Ralph Lauren Corporate Foundation for a new cancer center.
A new development at the southeast corner of Chicago's East Lakeview community would clear away a medical office building and replace it with a residential high-rise.
The City of Aurora, Illinois, is seeking input from residents about data center development.
Not one, but two hotels are now planned or proposed for Chicago's Northalsted LGBTQ+ nightlife district.
After the Double Door closed in Wicker Park, there was reassurance that the Double Door would return, at a new location in the city's Uptown neighborhood. Now that is not happening anymore.
Barnes & Noble was set to reopen in Skokie on Wednesday, just weeks after it closed.
Actor and filmmaker Bruce Campbell told fans that he is in treatment for cancer and will cancel some upcoming public appearances.
Singer-songwriter Neil Sedaka, known for his hits like "Laughter in the Rain," "Breaking Up is Hard to Do" and "Calendar Girl," has died.
A 19th-century George Méliès film, thought to be long lost, has been found among a box of brittle movie reels that a Michigan donor brought to the Library of Congress, officials said.
Streaming giant Netflix declined to match Paramount Skydance's $31 per share offer for Warner Bros. Discovery.
After the Double Door closed in Wicker Park, there was reassurance that the Double Door would return, at a new location in the city's Uptown neighborhood. Now that is not happening anymore.
In each incident, about four suspects wearing black ski masks, gloves, and dark clothing entered the business after breaking a glass front door/window, according to Chicago police.
The annual list by the nonprofit Preservation Chicago includes the bridges and tender houses along the Chicago River.
The organization said that it is planning major renovations for its North Lawndale and Albany Park locations.
Rain showers and areas of fog return to the Chicago area Wednesday evening, beginning a stretch of unsettled and increasingly spring-like weather.
Two Chicago pastors are set to lead Friday's funeral for Rev. Jesse Jackson, a task they take on with pride and joy, while former presidents Bill Clinton, Barack Obama and Joe Biden will be in attendance.
One Chicagoan is trying to make her way out of Israel as the war with Iran intensifies, and she's more than five months pregnant.
President Trump has said the war with Iran could "take four weeks or less," but one expert who studies these events at the University of Chicago believes it will be a long, protracted conflict.
The burglaries took place between 2:30 a.m. and 4:30 a.m. in the Kenwood, South Shore, Washington Heights, Beverly, Archer Heights, and West Elsdon neighborhoods, police say.
A proposed Illinois law hopes to create more oversight on private companies to protect consumers from skyrocketing utility prices.
The organization raised about $20 million for renovating its three main locations, including its flagship facility in Little Village.
A proposed Illinois law hopes to create more oversight on private companies to protect consumers from skyrocketing utility prices.
The three women said they are working to make their way back home, but without any help from the U.S. State Department.
If you feel like you're drowning in a sea of text alerts and desperate email pleas for "just $5" this election season, you are far from alone.
A north suburban school bus driver became a victim of sophisticated scammers who are targeting more people and more vulnerable populations to make more money.
Both couples are still actively fighting for their kids, knowing it will be a long and complicated road.
Last-place Loyola Chicago came in shooting just 31% on 3s, but kept it close by outscoring the nation's top 3-point shooting team by nine from behind the arc.
Holtz coached Notre Dame from 1986 to 1996, winning 100 games with the school, including a 12-0 national title-winning season in 1988.
Illinois is a win away from a triple-bye and berth in the quarterfinals next week in the Big Ten Tournament.
The Bulls got back to losing after stopping an 11-game skid with a lopsided win over Milwaukee on Sunday.
DePaul is also coming off three straight Big East road wins for the first time.
Two women are dead in Zelienople, Pennsylvania, and a man is dead in Hillside, Illinois, after an apparent murder-suicide, police said.
Chicago police on Wednesday warned of a string of charity scam incidents in the on the Near West and South sides in recent weeks.
Burglars stole an ATM from a bar in Chicago's Little Village neighborhood early Wednesday morning.
Burglars made off with thousands of dollars early Wednesday after breaking into a pizzeria on Chicago's Southwest Side.
The jury has found Colin Gray, the man whose teenage son is accused of killing two students and two teachers in a shooting at Georgia's Apalachee High School, guilty of second-degree murder and all other charges.
