Fenger kids tell why they fight
His left eye still swollen shut, Vashion Bullock doesn't deny fighting in the massive brawl that killed a Fenger High School student two weeks ago. He's watched the grainy fight...
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Teen’s skull fractured in beating
A 14-year-old boy severely beaten in Chicago's Edgewater neighborhood was able to talk to detectives Thursday after undergoing surgery for a fractured skull, police said. The boy, a freshman at...
Chicago flunks when it comes to special ed
For two years, Sandra Bollacker told school officials something was wrong with her son. Unlike his peers, he struggled to write and could barely hold a pencil. It was only...
Federal investigation targets Chicago Public Schools
Federal authorities have launched an investigation into the admissions practices at Chicago's selective enrollment schools, the Chicago Tribune has learned. Federal officials recently served a grand jury subpoena on Chicago...
Internal probe at city schools
Chicago Public Schools officials launched an investigation Wednesday into how students are admitted into the district's vaunted and highly competitive selective enrollment schools. School officials declined to publicly discuss the...
Homicides down 13%
The number of homicides in Chicago decreased nearly 13 percent through June and the city saw a greater than 10 percent drop in overall crime compared to the same period...
Excellence at head of class
They call her the "Queen of the Round Table," though the impact Gloria Moyer has on her students' lives reaches far beyond the small brown table where she teaches visually...
Illinois flu cases jump to 225
The number of confirmed cases of swine flu in Illinois soared to 225 on Wednesday -- including a first at Cook County Jail -- but state health officials assured that...
State suspects it’s here
State public health officials were tracking nine suspected cases of swine flu in Illinois on Wednesday as the World Health Organization raised its alert status to Level 5, a step...
Delinquent borrowers get break
Cook County Circuit Court is delaying foreclosure actions against some homeowners as it tries to work through a growing backlog of cases. Chancery Division Presiding Judge Dorothy Kirie Kinnaird notified...