Elyssa Cherney

Police investigate the scene where four people were shot in a parking lot in the 6700 block of South Stony Island Avenue on May 30, 2021, in Chicago.

Memorial Day violence: Man fatally shot on West Side, 4 teens shot outside sub shop

June 2, 2021 at 2:52 p.m.

A 40-year-old man was killed while driving on the West Side Monday evening, the third homicide over Memorial Day weekend in Chicago. The man was headed north along the 700...

2 men dead, at least 10 wounded so far during Memorial Day holiday weekend, police say

May 30, 2021 at 6:20 p.m.

Two men were killed and at least 10 others were wounded, including a 12-year-old boy who was grazed by gunfire in a drive-by shooting, at the outset of the Memorial...

Signs lie on the ground for participants to hold during a rally and march to protest the hiring of Mike Polisky as Northwestern's athletic director on May 7.

Northwestern community keeps pressure on after athletic director Mike Polisky resigns over cheerleading scandal: ‘This is only just the beginning’

May 24, 2021 at 2:45 p.m.

Antoinette White, a cheerleader at Northwestern University, felt dejected as she and a teammate walked out of Mike Polisky's office after a tense meeting in early 2019. White and her...

Claire Noland prepares to teach a swim class at The Centre of Elgin recreation center. Noland, 19, is scheduled to start college this fall in a study abroad program in Italy but is making contingency plans in case that pandemic restrictions prohibit her trip.

When COVID-19 hit, study abroad students scrambled to get home. Will those programs resume this year? Some schools say there’s still too much uncertainty.

May 24, 2021 at 3:36 p.m.

After delaying the start of college, partly because of the coronavirus pandemic, 19-year-old Claire Noland is certain she'll begin school this fall. She just doesn't know in which country. Noland,...

State removes youths from Aurora residential facility after ‘troubling’ report cites improper treatment, use of physical restraints and minors frequently running away

May 15, 2021 at 12:32 a.m.

The state is removing students and young adults from an Aurora residential treatment facility after an external investigation found the staff routinely pushed children, failed to provide proper supervision and...

Students, faculty and others gather outside the home of Northwestern President Morton Schapiro to hear speakers during a rally to protest the hiring of Mike Polisky as the university's new athletic director on May 7, 2021, in Evanston.

Mike Polisky resigns as Northwestern athletic director after continued criticism of his hiring: ‘I do not want to be a distraction’

May 13, 2021 at 3:23 p.m.

Mike Polisky stepped down Wednesday from his newly appointed role as Northwestern athletic director as criticism continued to mount against his hiring. Polisky was promoted from his deputy athletic director...

Medical technologist Joyce Chen prepares samples for the saliva-based COVID-19 test at the Molecular Pathology Laboratory at University of Illinois Hospital in Chicago on Dec. 11, 2020.

Illinois invests big in COVID-19 tests for schools, even as vaccines expand to younger kids

May 13, 2021 at 12:19 a.m.

A day before 12-to-15-year-olds can receive COVID-19 vaccines — a potential breakthrough for adolescents — public health officials on Wednesday announced a $225 million plan to subsidize the use of...

Letter supporting Northwestern’s hiring of athletic director Mike Polisky is signed by more than 140 alumni, donors and student-athletes

May 12, 2021 at 10:22 p.m.

More than 140 people connected to Northwestern signed a letter addressed to the university board of trustees in support of new athletic director Mike Polisky, whose hiring has been the...

Fell Hall on the Illinois State University campus in Normal.

Proposal to drop entrance exam requirements at public universities advances in Illinois legislature

May 7, 2021 at 8:45 p.m.

Big changes could be coming to admissions at public universities in Illinois after two expansive bills cleared the state Senate Higher Education Committee in recent days. The two pieces of...

Students and staff at the Joliet Junior College campus in Joliet in 2016. Spring enrollment is down 14% this year, according to Robert Morris, dean of enrollment management.

More bad news for higher education: Illinois community college enrollment plummets as COVID-19 sidelines would-be students

May 5, 2021 at 10:02 p.m.

Enrollment declines at Illinois colleges and universities continue to outpace other states, with community colleges shouldering the brunt of the losses, as the coronavirus pandemic looms over another school year,...

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