Chicago area school official says her questions about spending got her suspended
A Dolton school district official claimed in a federal lawsuit she was put on unpaid leave after raising concerns over the use of $13 million in federal funds.
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A Dolton school district official claimed in a federal lawsuit she was put on unpaid leave after raising concerns over the use of $13 million in federal funds.
The Dolton school official said she was suspended after asking about what happened with $13 million in federal school relief funds.
This year's freshmen class is the biggest in the history of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
The Universities of Wisconsin regents have approved asking Gov. Tony Evers for an additional $855 million in the next two-year state budget.
Electricians, carpenters, plumbers, and many more hard-working Americans are members of trade unions. CBS News Chicago found a nonprofit organization that connects minority candidates with the jobs of their dreams, including one young man who said it helped him find his life's calling.
The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is offering financial incentives for returning students to cancel their housing contracts less than a month before classes begin to make room for freshman students.
The Chicago Teachers Union opposed the budget plan, warning of the impact of spending cuts imposed to eliminate a $500 million deficit.
They're beautiful and intriguing, but perhaps many don't know a lot about butterflies. CBS News Chicago's Mugo Odigwe spent some time at The Butterfly House at Navy Pier to get an up close and personal look at some winged wonders.
When the police tactical vehicle rolled out, supervisors weren't answering a call. Instead, they were taking questions.
Some Naperville, Illinois, teenagers signed up for a very different kind of summer program involving bloodhounds and tactical vehicles.
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee Chancellor Mark Mone took pointed criticism from Jewish groups in May after he reached a deal to end a pro-Palestinian campus protest. The dayslong demonstration was part of a nationwide protest on college campuses against Israel's war in Gaza.
A new lawsuit accused Northwestern University's Law School of discriminating against white men.
Ann Lurie, the prolific philanthropist whose donations benefitted medical treatment and research in Chicago and around the world, has died at the age of 79 on Monday from complications from a recent illness.
Public schools in Wisconsin are turning to indoor gardens to get fresh produce to their cafeteria tables.
Queer Botany: flowers and their connection to the LGBTQ+ community kicked off the field museum's Pride celebrations on Friday. Lead conservation ecologist Aster Hasle led the discussion, covering topics from the cultural significance of flowers to an overlap of terminology used by botanists and the LGBTQ+ community.
Congress passed over $1 trillion for infrastructure in 2021, but many aging schools are still waiting for funding.
A conservative University of Wisconsin regent has resigned, clearing the way for his successor named by Democratic Gov. Tony Evers to take his spot.
Chris Pitlik, or Mr. P, is retiring after a storied career as the band director at Shepard High School in Palos Heights.
The Scripps National Spelling Bee had its toughest day of competition with the quarterfinal and semifinal rounds.
Illinois House lawmakers approved the fiscal year 2025 spending plan, which is said to be the largest in the state's history. The $53 billion budget was approved with a 65 to 45 vote in the early morning hours after the state Senate passed it on over the weekend. The more than 3,000-page spending plan now heads to Gov. JB Pritzker's desk for his signature.
The NCAA and five major college sports conferences have agreed to settle antitrust allegations for nearly $2.8 billion over the next 10 years.
Northwestern University President Michael Schill spent hours testifying before Congress on Thursday, at a hearing about anti-Semitism on college campuses, and defended the school's negotiated end to a student protest encampment last month.
Northwestern University President Michael Schill spent hours testifying before Congress on Thursday, at a hearing about anti-Semitism on college campuses, and defended the school's negotiated end to a student protest encampment last month.
Chicago native DeAngelo Fletcher, the 2024 valedictorian at Morehouse College in Atlanta, called for a cease-fire in the war in Gaza during Sunday's graduation ceremony with President Biden sitting just feet away.
Thursday was Mental Health Action Day and CBS is partnering with MTV to provide grants to local nonprofits that give people the tools to improve their own mental health. In Chicago, the recipient of the grant is Gabriel's Light, an organization that works to prevent youth suicide through education and kindness campaigns.
Jacob Gonzalez hit his first major league home run, Colson Montgomery also went deep and the Chicago White Sox defeated the Philadelphia Phillies 6-3.
Leroy Sané scored a tiebreaking goal in the 57th minute, giving Germany a 2-1 win over the United States in a friendly and a nine-game winning streak heading into the World Cup.
Michael Busch singled to right in the 10th inning, allowing automatic runner Dansby Swanson to advance from second and score on an error, and the Chicago Cubs edged the San Francisco Giants 3-2.
Three people were injured when a car crashed into a Chipotle restaurant on Saturday afternoon in the West Elsdon neighborhood on the Southwest Side of Chicago.
Chicago police are looking for a group that broke into at least 10 work vans across the city this week.
Attorneys for the now-cleared "Broadview Six" defendants are seeking any possible evidence of pressure from White House officials on the U.S. attorney's office in Chicago to secure an indictment against the group.
In a surprise move, Gov. JB Pritzker announced Friday that he is putting a pause on all new state tax incentives for data centers and calling on lawmakers to pass new data center reforms during the fall veto session.
CBS News obtained a brief voice memo from Iranian American journalist Reza Valizadeh, who is being detained in Iran's Evin Prison and is pleading for help for him and other American captives.
New legislation in Illinois means new rules for electric bikes, scooters, and similar devices. Supporters of the legislation said the goal is to prevent injuries and fatalities, but some e-bike riders question the additional cost that would be involved.
Senate Republicans passed funding for the Department of Homeland Security's immigration enforcement agencies following a "vote-a-rama." The measure didn't ban the administration's "anti-weaponization" fund.
An Illinois law banning "swipe fees" on taxes and tips — already delayed twice by lawmakers — appears to be on life support after a federal judge that once permitted it issued a permanent injunction against it this week.
A new study from the Cook County Treasurer's office underlines growing concerns about the impact the Illinois megaprojects bill could have on the county's property tax base and overall fiscal health.
As thousands of Chicagoans wrap up road trips over the Memorial Day holiday weekend, gas prices in the city have reached the highest levels seen in four years.
Consumer and environmental advocates said Monday that they found overcharges buried in the most recent rate-hike request by Nicor.
One week away from Memorial Day weekend and the unofficial start of the summer travel season, with gas prices remaining high, negotiations were set to resume Monday at the largest oil refinery in the Midwest.
Dr. Peter Stafford was working with a missionary group in the Congo when he came down with the virus last month.
While 330 Ebola infections are confirmed in central Africa and huge challenges remain, hundreds more suspected cases "have been cleared out," the WHO says.
June is World Infertility Awareness Month, and Northwestern Medicine on Monday shared the story of a woman who is celebrating the birth of her second child after a tumor disrupted her fertility.
The Centennial Park Aquatic Center in the southwest Chicago suburb of Orland Park has been closed to the public after two recent cases of E. coli infection.
Menopause can feel like a major turning point for millions of women, with symptoms like fatigue, weight gain, and brain fog can make women feel like their bodies aren't their own.
Walgreens is set to close in Chicago's Chatham neighborhood on Thursday, and there's growing concern about where families will get their medications.
The owners of Gene & Georgetti steakhouse are suing a concessions operator over their expansion at Midway International Airport.
DraftKings announced Monday that it is closing its sportsbook operation at Wrigley Field after only about two years.
After more than 80 years, there will be no Ann Sather restaurant location in the 900 block of West Belmont Avenue in Chicago's Lakeview community, effective in June.
Flight attendants at Chicago-based United Airlines have approved a new labor contract, marking their first pay increases in six years.
Anthony Head played librarian and mentor Rupert Giles in "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" and recently appeared in "Ted Lasso."
Chicago Bears quarterback Caleb Williams is on the cover of Madden NFL 27, the first Bear ever to grace the primary cover of the massively popular video game.
Peabo Bryson, a two-time Grammy-winning singer and songwriter known for Disney movie hits "Beauty and the Beast" and "A Whole New World," has died at age 75.
You may never have heard about it, but before Bob Dylan got to Manhattan and blazed his trail to fame, he spent about a month on and around the University of Chicago campus.
Joe Negri, known to many as Handyman Negri on "Mr. Rogers' Neighborhood," has died at the age of 99, just days shy of his 100th birthday.
Meteorologist Mary Kay Kleist has the latest First Alert Weather forecast.
Pope Leo XIV is in Spain for a weeklong visit. He was greeted by Spain's queen and king as he landed in Madrid. It's the first time a pope has visited Spain in 15 years.
This weekend marks the 82nd anniversary of the D Day invasion. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth traveled to France to mark the occasion. This comes as President Trump says the war with Iran is going well amidst a weekend of more attacks in the Middle East.
Chicago police are looking for a group that broke into at least 10 work vans across the city this week.
A man from south suburban Crete has been charged with sexually assaulting an 8-year-old boy in the restroom of a store in the Portage Park neighborhood on the Northwest Side of Chicago.
Police officers shot and killed a man at a restaurant and bar early Saturday in northwest suburban Carpentersville, after the man had shot two people inside.
Summer festivals are happening across Chicago this weekend focusing on art, music and food.
The Chicago Bears made their biggest step yet toward moving to Indiana, after the team's board of directors voted Thursday to build a stadium in Hammond, although it's still not a done deal yet.
A Chicago Department of Transportation employee was struck and killed by a vehicle on Friday afternoon in the Bridgeport neighborhood.
Leroy Sané scored a tiebreaking goal in the 57th minute, giving Germany a 2-1 win over the United States in a friendly and a nine-game winning streak heading into the World Cup.
The Obama Presidential Center has been built with sustainability literally in its foundation. But its infrastructure for clean energy, environmentalism and climate change resiliency will also help the communities around it on Chicago's South Side.
A driver in Carol Stream says a band of hungry squirrels caused nearly $30,000 in damage to three different luxury vehicles because of plant-based parts they view as a tasty snack.
Legislation protecting Illinois customers receiving professional massages from sexual assaults and harassment is now on its way to Gov. JB Pritzker for his signature.
Could banning cell phones make Illinois classrooms better places to learn? State lawmakers are betting on it, sending a bill to Gov. JB Pritzker's desk to do exactly that.
Feel Free, a kratom drink, is easy to buy and increasingly popular, even as doctors and medical experts grow more concerned about its health impacts, addiction rates and deaths.
Jacob Gonzalez hit his first major league home run, Colson Montgomery also went deep and the Chicago White Sox defeated the Philadelphia Phillies 6-3.
Leroy Sané scored a tiebreaking goal in the 57th minute, giving Germany a 2-1 win over the United States in a friendly and a nine-game winning streak heading into the World Cup.
Michael Busch singled to right in the 10th inning, allowing automatic runner Dansby Swanson to advance from second and score on an error, and the Chicago Cubs edged the San Francisco Giants 3-2.
Brandon Marsh hit his first homer off a left-handed starter in nearly four years as the Phillies defeated the White Sox Friday night.
Matt Chapman hit his fourth career grand slam in the fourth inning and added a three-run shot to cap San Francisco's seven-run sixth inning and the Giants pounded the slumping Chicago Cubs 18-3.
Two men were killed, including a beloved Chicago chef, and five others were injured in a mass shooting in the Back of the Yards neighborhood early Friday.
A man was ordered detained Thursday in a crash that killed an Illinois Tollway on the Tri-State Tollway last weekend.
Michael Gledhill, 44, was arrested on suspicion of murder after he turned himself in following the fatal stabbing of Handy, the LAPD said.
Students at Tilden High School in Chicago's Back of the Yards neighborhood took part in a peace walk Thursday morning to remember one of their own who was killed in a drive-by shooting.
A man suffered cuts to his neck and body during a fight on board a CTA Blue Line train on Wednesday evening in the Loop.
