District 9a neighborhoods: Auburn Gresham, West Englewood, Englewood, New City, Ashburn, Washington Heights Voters in this South Side district will have a new representative with a familiar last name on Chicagos school board because the current member, who was appointed by the mayor, was removed from the ballot in July.Brittany Bailey Preston, the wife ...

A group of at least four burglars carried out nearly 30 thefts throughout October, according to Chicago police. In each of the 29 thefts, the burglars used rocks and sledgehammers to shatter storefront windows and took cash registers from inside before fleeing in stolen vehicles, police said. Businesses in Beverly and Lincoln Park were the hardest hit, with ...

The American birthrate has fallen to historic lows, and Bailey Swilley isn't helping any. Which is ironic."I love babies," said the Brooklyn-based comedian/storyteller,. "That's the thing. I love babies. I like kids."Fair enough. I love bread, yet don't want to be a baker."I don't see myself as a parent," she said. "I don't see myself in that role."She was ...

A West Side man was charged with battering a firefighter who moments later bashed him with a blunt object Sunday morning during a confrontation in Greater Grand Crossing on the South Side. Lamar Brown, 32, was charged with aggravated battery and aggravated assault of a firefighter, Chicago police said. He was also wanted on eight warrants. Brown allegedly ...

SEATTLE Halfway across the country Monday night, Ayo Dosunmu was telling Timberwolves reporters that he liked to drive to the basket the way a running back would carry the ball. The Chicago-born Dosunmu, a former Bulls guard and a lifelong Bears fan, was asked if he tried to mimic the Bears DAndre Swift.No, he joked hes more like former Vikings running ...

DEAR ABBY: My sister-in-law lives across the country. For years, we shipped each other's children Christmas gifts. A few years ago, she went through a difficult divorce and has since stopped sending gifts. While we didn't discuss it, I figured it was a financial strain, which is understandable.My issue is that we continued to send her children gifts but ...

When Chicagoans head to the polls Tuesday, theyll be making history as they elect all 21 members of the citys school board for the first time.The showdown for the school board is the marquee race on the ballot, with Gov. JB Pritzker expected to win a third term and Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton favored to secure retiring U.S. Sen. Dick Durbins seat.Many are ...

The possibility of bringing back star defensive end Khalil Mack is intriguing for the Bears heading toward the Nov. 10 trade deadline, but the Chargers havent shown an inclination to unload him despite their 0-7 start.When asked Monday whether Mack got any say in whether the team would trade him to a contender or keep him, coach Jim Harbaugh shot down the ...

When I was a boy, Martin Luther King Jr. was in our history books. Dolores Huerta was in the fields of our county.She and the United Farm Workers were organizing the people who picked our food. Our family stood with them. I cannot remember eating grapes or strawberries for much of my childhood. Boycotts were how we helped the farmworkers fight for fair ...

The body of a man who had been beaten and burned was found early Tuesday outside a Volkswagen dealership in Portage Park on the Northwest Side. A resident of a home nearby saw the fire and called 911 and officers found his body outside City Volkswagen, 5330 W. Irving Park Rd., about 12:10 a.m., according to police and sources. The unidentified man, who ...

District 10a neighborhoods: South Shore, Woodlawn, Greater Grand Crossing, Hyde Park, Kenwood, South Chicago, Douglas, Oakland When Che Rhymefest Smith won a seat on the school board two years ago, he proudly wore the moniker of an independent after triumphing over candidates with support from the Chicago Teachers Union and the political arm of the ...

District 9b neighborhoods: Roseland, West Pullman, Morgan Park, Beverly, Mount Greenwood, Washington Heights Two candidates a retired Chicago Public Schools psychologist currently on the school board and a former CPS mom and speech-language pathologist are running to represent the far South Side, an area with 46 public schools, most of which are ...

District 8b neighborhoods: New City, Chicago Lawn, Gage Park, McKinley Park, Bridgeport, the Loop, Brighton Park, West Lawn, Near South Side, Armour SquareJuan Ignacio Gonzlez, a veteran Chicago Police detective and local coffee shop owner, is running against college student Alexander Angeles to represent District 8b, a long, narrow swath that stretches ...

District 8a neighborhoods: Ashburn, Garfield Ridge, Clearing, West Lawn, Chicago Lawn, West ElsdonWith full campaign coffers and support from deep-pocketed groups that support school choice, incumbent school board member Angel Gutierrez is guaranteed to keep his seat after nobody filed paperwork to run against him. Gutierrez, a nonprofit leader and Garfield ...

District 7b neighborhoods: Brighton Park, Lower West Side, Archer Heights, Bridgeport, Gage Park, West Elsdon, Armour Square, McKinley ParkTwo Latinas with backgrounds in public service are vying to represent a slice of the Southwest Side that has one of the highest shares of schools in Chicago Public Schools with the states top two performance ...

District 7a neighborhoods: South Lawndale, Near West Side, Lower West Side, Garfield Ridge, Archer HeightsIn this majority-Latino district, a longtime pastor and activist who fought overcrowded schools in Pilsen and was appointed to the school board by the mayor in 2024, is facing a younger challenger and Chicago Public Schools graduate who worked for a ...

District 6b neighborhoods: Greater Grand Crossing, Grand Boulevard, Washington Park, Near South Side, the Loop, Douglas, Woodlawn, Englewood, Fuller Park, Hyde ParkMichael Neal, a South Side native and longtime pastor, is facing off against Brittany Kimble, a lawyer and Chicago Public mom, to represent a district that stretches from the wealthy Lakeshore ...

District 6a neighborhoods: Near North Side, West TownThis race pits a former lobbyist who leads a statewide advocacy organization with an incumbent advantage against two challengers a special education classroom assistant backed by pro-school choice and anti-CTU groups and another who is an education researcher and consultant whose campaign is operating ...

District 10b neighborhoods: South Deering, Hegewisch, Riverdale, East Side, Chatham, South Chicago, Pullman, Calumet Heights, Avalon Park, Burnside, South Shore At first glance, the candidates vying to represent Chicagos Southeast Side seem like two moms and a dad with grown children who went through Chicago Public Schools and now want to make it better ...

In the new play Adirondack Chair Circle, a small group of well-off women meet regularly in one of their suburban backyards, always over a gorgeously crafted charcuterie platter, to plot strategy. Their goal: to get books they consider dangerous, morally repugnant or just age-inappropriate removed from local school libraries. ...

Tuesdays monumental midterm elections will help determine control of Congress and serve as a litmus test of President Donald Trumps far-reaching second term.The results also will help determine the trajectory of his final two years in office, with Democrats potentially regaining the ability to block or at least stall the presidents agenda.And voters in ...

Illinois statewide offices could end up Tuesday where they have been for decades with a full slate of Democrats taking the reins.The state hasnt seen a Republican as secretary of state in nearly 30 years, as attorney general in more than 20 years or as comptroller for at least a decade.A win by Alexi Giannoulias, however, would come with the complication ...

Republicans are not expected to make a dent in Democrats' supermajority in the Illinois General Assembly, but a multi-million-dollar suburban legislative race has turned into a fiery, closely watched contest in the lead-up to Election Day Tuesday. In that race, state Rep. Nabeela Syed, a Democrat from Inverness, is challenging incumbent Republican Darby ...

A far southwest suburban legislative race could provide an indicator of just how much Springfields latest sexual harassment scandal is impacting Democrats who hold supermajorities in the Illinois General Assembly and whether Speaker Emanuel Chris Welch has become a political liability for the party.The race for the 97th District House seat wouldve been ...

There has been no shortage of controversy in the 4th Congressional District, where U.S. Rep. Jesus Chuy Garcas last-minute decision to drop out of the primary race led him to helping his chief of staff quickly take his spot on the primary ballot.Since then, Patty Garca no relation to the congressman fended off two independent candidates who railed on what ...