Chicago Public Schools leaders announced drastic plans Wednesday to close the districts massive deficit, including laying off 760 teachers, 801 teacher aides and 162 central office and citywide staff.The district also plans to freeze spending midyear and furlough staff for five days that students were not supposed to be in attendance, such as those that ...

PHILADELPHIA Its just the first inning in this years collective-bargaining negotiations for a new basic agreement. The current five-year deal expires on Dec. 1.But if one listens to the principals at this point, there seems to be little wiggle room on the main contention of the talks a salary cap. Both sides are immovable. The result will certainly be an ...

La Agencia Federal de Pequeos Negocios planea establecer Centros de Alcance para Prstamos por Desastre para las personas afectadas por las tres rondas de tormentas que devastaron el rea de Chicago el mes pasado.Los centros abrirn este mircoles y estarn disponibles hasta el 30 de julio. Habr representantes disponibles para responder preguntas sobre el ...

The Sky have a target on their backs from one of the leagues most promising rookies.Storm guard Flaujae Johnson scored 25 points on 11-for-17 shooting, with 6 rebounds, 4 assists and 3 steals, in Wednesdays 95-90 loss to the Sky. She made clear the matchup carried extra meaning.I used a chip, Johnson said. Chicago, they passed on me in the draft. As a ...

Former Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot was critiqued during a lengthy confirmation hearing for acting Attorney General Todd Blanche on Wednesday for signing onto a letter that urged the U.S. Senate to reject his confirmation   a proceeding that saw no references to the credibility crisis happening under Chicago U.S. Attorney Andrew Boutros' watch.U.S. Sen. ...

Magnolia Bakerys Chicago location had its license suspended following a failed health inspection on Monday, according to the citys data portal.Inspectors found live and dead cockroaches and multiple other violations inside the bakery on the first floor of the Block 37 shopping mall in the Loop at 108 N. State St. After the inspection, the bakery was ...

Noah Kahan may go down in history as the only person to get a call from God at Wrigley Field.As a dial tone rang, the singer picked up the receiver handed to him on stage and got a very important message from on high. God wanted to congratulate Kahan for getting a hole-in-one on the golf course on Monday (true story) and to say he loved him the most out of ...

Two 15-year-old girls riding an e-bike were injured, one critically, during a crash Tuesday night in suburban Libertyville. Around 9:10 p.m., a man driving a gray Chevrolet Blazer had a green light as he drove north past the intersection of Milwaukee Avenue and Winchester Road when he hit an electronic bike that was crossing Milwaukee Avenue just north of ...

Two of Chicagos most pivotal but challenging undeveloped sites Foundry Park on the North Side and the vacant South Loop parcel known as the 78 moved forward in a big way Wednesday before the City Council adjourned for a summer recess.Mayor Brandon Johnson introduced a $201.6 million tax increment financing subsidy for JDL Development's scaled back vision ...

The James Beard Foundation has launched a nationwide search for the future destination of the James Beard Awards, leaving Chicagos role as the host city in question.The foundation announced Wednesday that it will allow U.S. cities to compete to present the prestigious culinary ceremony from 2029 to 2033. The process begins with a "request for information" ...

The Bears have kept training camp almost entirely at Halas Hall the past several years, but they're branching out with a new idea next month.The team announced Wednesday it will hold an open practice at nearby Stevenson High School on Aug. 10, the week leading up to their preseason opener at home against the Browns.The Bears don't have a practice scheduled ...

When youre a guest on board a superyacht, its okay to be difficult you or a dear friend is paying for the privilege but please dont tell the chef working below deck in a scorching, cramped galley: Im sorry, my dog eats food like this.Or, if youve been guzzling Champagne like its water, dont ignore the captains orders and leap overboard without a life ...

Good morning, Chicago. Below: Nearly six months after Mayor Brandon Johnson ordered Chicago police to investigate alleged abuses by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, its unclear what the decree has accomplished or what needs to be done to enforce it.  Plus: Reports of sexual assault persist at Country Thunder music festival, a "first of its ...

Charges were pending for one of four people who burst into a business and stole an SUV, leading to a multi-vehicle crash that injured four people late Tuesday in Rogers Park. Around 11:20 p.m., four individuals entered a business from the back in the 6800 block of North Clark Street and drove off with a red SUV, Chicago police said. Before smashing into the ...

For more than 20 years, millions have been able to step inside Mood Fabrics just by turning on their TV thanks to its presence on the reality fashion competition "Project Runway," which premiered on Bravo TV. Now, Chicago fabric lovers will get the chance to experience what the company calls the worlds most famous fabric store. Mood plans to open a Loop ...

The 2024 Country Thunder music festival on the Illinois-Wisconsin border featured, among many others, country stars Eric Church and Lainey Wilson. Two young women who were friends from work decided to attend the annual summer event and stay overnight at a campsite on the grounds.But what should have been a weekend of fun, soaking up live country music ...

In its 51st season, the Oak Park Festival Theatre stages two outdoor plays in rotating repertory for the first time. But the programming choices couldnt be more famous or opposite in tone: Hamlet and The Importance of Being Earnest.In two creditable, engaging classic productions one appropriately moving, the other appropriately funny the works come off as ...

For a century, there's only one place in Chicago that can make you feel like youre in a Moorish castle courtyard during a rock concert.Its where you can watch shows from fancy alcoves, marvel at a star-studded ceiling and feel the excitement of the ground moving (for better or worse) as 5,000 people jump to the same beat. Its also where you might have seen ...

DEAR ABBY: How can I tell if my husband loves me? We have been married 41 years, and during our entire marriage he's been cheating on me with other women. He takes good care of me and is always there for me and our family. We hardly have sex. I try to give him a romantic kiss, but he only gives me a peck.I have suggested that we go on date nights and go out ...

The Midwest is Americas food basket, but few realize its also a prime refuge for bees. Each summer, beekeepers truck more than a million commercial honey bees to the region about a third of all colonies in the U.S. drawn by one of the richest flowering landscapes in the country. Now that oasis is under threat and since bees pollinate a third of every ...

The launch of the Illinois Department of Early Childhood presents a significant opportunity to address one of the state's most persistent challenges childcare deserts.As the Sun-Times recently reported, families seeking childcare, preschool and other early childhood services have often been required to navigate multiple agencies and programs. By bringing ...

On a sunny summer afternoon, the rotunda at the Griffin Museum of Science and Industry was filled with excited kids ready to participate in a science experiment. Small hands shot up whenever MSI staff asked a question and there were no iPads in sight. Children participating in innovative experiments and not being passive viewers aligns with the original ...

In 2016, singer-songwriter Lucy Dacus made her debut at Lollapalooza, in Grant Park. Then just 21, she was an early, first-day act on the BMI Stage, one of the festivals smallest a slot that has become dubbed the Lady Gaga slot, after the pop icon performed there the year before her breakthrough album The Fame.I was super nervous, Dacus recounted in a ...

Moon Alert Avoid shopping (except food and gas) and important decisions after 5 p.m. The moon is in Leo.Aries (March 21-April 19) A dynamic day .HoroscopeStarbox { background: #f8f8f8; display: flex; align-items: center; } ...

PHILADELPHIA White Sox slugger Munetaka Murakami was asked to mimic the sound of a home run coming off his bat.Without hesitation and without waiting for an English-to-Japanese translation he said simply: Bang!Sox third baseman Miguel Vargas provided a big bang for the American League in the eighthinning of its 4-0 victory Tuesday against the National ...