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CPS officials have floated a hybrid plan for the fall reopening but many parents are leery.

‘We have to learn how to live with COVID,’ Chicago schools chief says, but parents remain leery about fall reopening plan

July 27, 2020 at 11:50 p.m.

Hundreds of messages from parents and educators flooded in as soon as the Chicago Public Schools' first fall reopening feedback meeting Monday opened up to the audience for questions —...

Man hit and killed by Red Line train in Englewood

July 27, 2020 at 1:20 p.m.

An unidentified man was struck and killed by an oncoming CTA Red Line train after falling off the platform in the Englewood neighborhood early Monday, police said. The man, whose...

Loyola University officials said employee and student feedback was a factor in a move to more remote learning.

‘I see a disaster in the making.’ Professors slam reopening plans at Illinois colleges amid COVID-19 crisis, prompting some schools to reverse course.

July 27, 2020 at 5:31 p.m.

Illinois State University's first attempt to articulate its vision for reopening amid the coronavirus pandemic this fall didn't sit well with everyone. The plan, dubbed "Redbirds Return" after the central...

6 shot, 2 fatally, in overnight West Pullman attack

July 24, 2020 at 4:11 p.m.

Two people were fatally shot and another four wounded in a drive-by shooting in the West Pullman neighborhood late Thursday, police said. The group was standing on the sidewalk when...

Illinois bar exam board reverses course, will move to remote test this year after appeals by law school graduates, faculty

July 23, 2020 at 6:45 p.m.

The Illinois bar exam, which was to take place in person in September, has been canceled and will be replaced with a remote version in October "due to continuing public...

Evanston police investigate a fatal shooting near the CTA Howard Street station.

Man shot to death near CTA Howard Street station in Evanston, 2nd man wounded

July 23, 2020 at 4:00 p.m.

A man was shot to death and another man wounded in an attack in Evanston near the Howard Street CTA station early Thursday, police said. The person was shot in...

Jamie Vogl took the Medical College Admission Test in Chicago this spring. Some prospective medical students want the test moved online during the COVID-19 pandemic. "It certainly just puts another level of stress of people and can become an extra burden," Vogl said.

Students push back against in-person bar and medical school exams amid coronavirus fears: ‘We’re forced to choose between our livelihoods and our lives’

July 22, 2020 at 3:30 p.m.

Designed to measure fitness, character and competence, the bar exam is a grueling 12-hour test typically administered over a two-day period to thousands of recent law school graduates. But with...

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