Diana Wallace

People celebrate in Chicago's Andersonville neighborhood after former vice president and Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden was announced as the winner.

Jubilation, disappointment, wariness and hope: Chicagoans react to Joe Biden’s presumptive victory over President Donald Trump

July 5, 2022 at 2:23 p.m.

At his home in suburban Wood Dale — about 25 miles and a world away from the jubilant pro-Biden revelers who would soon flood the streets of downtown Chicago —...

Chicago Teachers Union members march during last October's strike. The union is now suing Chicago Public Schools and the U,S, Department of Education over their handling of special education during the pandemic.

Chicago Teachers Union’s lawsuit against CPS and Betsy DeVos ‘is not about helping students,’ district counters. Education secretary says CTU is ‘posturing.’

July 5, 2022 at 2:23 p.m.

The Chicago Teachers Union's legal action against President Donald Trump's education chief and Chicago Public Schools over special education during the coronavirus pandemic escalated into mutual scolding and finger-pointing Wednesday....

Illinois school resource officer charged with sexual assault and child pornography after ‘suspected inappropriate relationship’ with student, police say

July 5, 2022 at 2:24 p.m.

A school resource officer from Illinois has been arrested and charged with criminal sexual assault and possession of child pornography, Illinois State Police announced. The investigation into Officer Kirk DeGreve...

Murder charge against eye doctor in girlfriend’s stabbing in Schaumburg prompts police to renew look at crash that killed his wife in 2011

July 5, 2022 at 2:24 p.m.

The suburban eye doctor charged with murder in his girlfriend's stabbing death has been ordered to be held without bond because a judge said the "presumption of his guilt is...

Chicago Teachers Union members and supporters sit on the road in the 300 block of North Damen Avenue during a civil disobedience training outside the CTU Center on Oct. 24, 2019, in Chicago.

The CPS teachers strike is finally over. Now what?

July 5, 2022 at 2:24 p.m.

About 300,000 young people in Chicago headed back to school Friday morning after a prolonged strike whose end was nearly scuttled by an 11th-hour hang-up over the 11 missed days...

As community advocate Helen Thomas talks to a television reporter, representatives of the Chicago Teachers Union hold up signs and shout slogans after holding a press conference on Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2019, outside Simeon Career Academy in Chicago to protest against class sizes they say are too large.

Mayor says teachers holding up contract talks over affordable housing. Union replies: ‘We have nearly 17,000 homeless students.’

July 5, 2022 at 2:24 p.m.

Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot has raised another issue that she said is holding up an agreement with the teachers union: affordable housing. In a statement late Tuesday — nine days...

A health care worker prepares syringes, including a vaccine for measles, mumps and rubella (MMR).

Measles case confirmed in Cook County; here’s a list of places others might have been exposed

May 23, 2019 at 6:54 a.m.

A case of measles has been confirmed in Chicago’s northern suburbs, and health officials are putting out a warning to others who might have been exposed. The Cook County Department...

Rollover crash caught on dashcam leads to DUI charge: Lake Zurich police

February 7, 2019 at 3:22 a.m.

A fiery rollover crash that was caught on a Lake Zurich police dashcam led to multiple citations against the 21-year-old driver, who escaped serious injury though police said he wasn’t...

James MacDonald, center, senior pastor of Harvest Bible Chapel, and his wife, Kathy, right, greet church members following services in December 2013 in Rolling Meadows. MacDonald has been the popular face of Harvest for decades.

James MacDonald, Harvest Bible Chapel’s founder and senior pastor, takes indefinite leave, cites actions ‘that can only be called sin’

January 18, 2019 at 2:32 a.m.

Harvest Bible Chapel Senior Pastor James MacDonald, who founded the church in the 1980s and built it into one of the largest evangelical communities in the Chicago area, has announced...

Lovely Varughese and Mathew Varughese visit the grave of their son Pravin on July 14, 2017.

‘He can now rest in peace’: Mother of SIU murder victim says son’s ‘day finally came’ after guilty verdict reached

May 9, 2019 at 6:13 p.m.

When Southern Illinois University student Pravin Varughese was found dead in the woods in 2014 after being missing for five days, authorities in Carbondale initially chalked it up to a...

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