Suburban Teacher Who Taught Creationism Keeps His Job
Despite some calls for a Libertyville High School science teacher to be fired for teaching creationism in a biology class, the Community High School District 128 board has decided to keep him on.
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Despite some calls for a Libertyville High School science teacher to be fired for teaching creationism in a biology class, the Community High School District 128 board has decided to keep him on.
A foreign language teacher at New Trier High School on the North Shore is out of the classroom and under investigation. But no one is saying why.
Murders were up by 18.2 percent, while sexual assaults and car thefts also saw uptick for the first two months of the year in Chicago compared to the same period last year.
Early voting begins this coming Monday for aldermanic run-off elections in 14 Chicago wards.
In Springfield Wednesday, the law was doing it's best to lobby for pre-school funding.
A documentary-maker for a Chicago-based film production company says he was attacked in Iowa while making a film about the treatment of Arabs in the United States.
Police have arrested a South Side man, on charges that he sexually assaulted a 93-year-old woman.
Police are asking for the public's help locating three Chicago residents who went missing and may be heading to Mexico.
Indiana State Police say it was apparently road rage that led to shots being fired into a car on Interstate 80 last night.
Chicago's cyclists could soon get a stylish new way to get to Navy Pier.
Cook County Circuit Court Clerk Dorothy Brown has been forced to hand out pink slips, as she seeks to meet demands to cut her office's budget.
A man, who police said was drunk while driving his snowmobile, was rescued after his snowmobile sank through the icy waters of the Fox River.
D-Day has arrived for the Chicago parents who want their children to attend charter schools.
The City of Chicago has struck a deal that could open O'Hare to Virgin America and other new airlines.
A new investigation has found yet another way that Illinois taxpayers are being cheated.
Proposals for a mosque near Willowbrook remain up in the air. The DuPage County Board Tuesday sent the mosque proposal back to committee for further discussion.
A Chicago area blood bank says it has an urgent need for blood donors because of the blizzard this week.
Cook County Chief Judge Timothy Evans has skipped some prominent politicos in making an appointment to the county Board of Tax Review.
A tight budget didn't stop the Chicago Public Schools from making charitable donations with taxpayer money.
Dinner is joining breakfast and lunch on Chicago school menus lately.
A homeless man is asking a court to put his name on the Chicago election ballot.
Mayor Richard M. Daley's nephew reportedly wants to cash in on the coming video gambling market in bars and clubs across Illinois.
An Illinois law requiring a daily moment of silence in public schools may be set to make a comeback after being blocked for two years.
A crackdown on allowing student athletes with concussions to go on playing sports is expected to get the green light at a City Council meeting today.
The father of the murdered 10-year-old Jeanine Nicarico of Naperville says he believes a repeal of the death penalty in Illinois would be wrong.
