Spouse’s love, mom’s pride remembered
Parishioners called Rev. Jeannette DeFriest throughout the day Tuesday struggling with the same question: Don't all these good deeds mean anything? Their question reflected the pain they felt at the...
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Victim, judge `very close’
Joan and Michael Lefkow have been part of the Chicago legal community for more than three decades and, according to one close friend, lived a storybook life. Very much in...
Victim, judge `very close’
Joan and Michael Lefkow have been part of the Chicago legal community for more than three decades and, according to one close friend, lived a storybook life. Very much in...
Parents move to keep school open
Parents have filed restraining orders in federal court in Chicago to stop one public school closing approved by the Board of Education on Wednesday and the phasing out of a...
Loop high-rise fire injures 25
A fierce and stubborn blaze on the 29th floor of the LaSalle National Bank building sent dozens of panicked employees rushing through thick gray smoke and into stairwells Monday night,...
Loop high-rise fire injures 25
A fierce and stubborn blaze on the 29th floor of the LaSalle National Bank building sent dozens of panicked employees rushing through thick gray smoke and into stairwells Monday night,...
Loop high-rise fire injures 25
A fierce and stubborn blaze on the 29th floor of the LaSalle National Bank building sent dozens of panicked employees rushing through thick gray smoke and into stairwells Monday night,...
130 more schools put on probation
Chicago school officials put 212 schools on probation this year, almost three times the number slapped with the designation last year. But the dramatic increase says more about changes in...
Latino students often trapped in lagging schools
Most of the children in Room 208 in Lloyd Elementary School had just arrived from Mexico's ranchos and pueblos. They had little to no knowledge of English, and some were...
Teens get jump-start on career path
Kimora Walker, 17, can now say she's had a taste of what it's like to be a doctor--her dream profession. On Tuesday, she spent the morning in a briefing with...