Report: CPS Preparing To Resume Winter Sports In November
Chicago Public Schools announced a plan to resume winter sports next month.
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Chicago Public Schools announced a plan to resume winter sports next month.
Chicago police received a horrific call Thursday afternoon of a 7-year-old girl observed performing a sexual act on a man live on an online learning session.
CPS said schools will begin second quarter with learning at home with the goal of reopening schools to specified programs.
"The arbitrator, in effect, found that CPS schools are not currently safe from infection by COVID-19," Chicago Teachers Union general counsel Robert Bloch said.
Another union goal is giving more CPS students safe access to school psychologists and other clinicians.
Demand for childcare is skyrocketing across the city as working parents struggle with remote schooling.
Soto admitted to lying to federal investigators about whether he gave confidential inside information to a lobbyist working for a company seeking a custodial contract worth more than $1 billion.
Chicago Public Schools today announced that 84.2% of students at district schools attended remote learning classes on the first day of school on Tuesday, a decline from past years.
As the first week of classes for Chicago Public Schools winds down, parents continue to reach out to the CBS 2 Morning Insiders.
"You need a parent or guardian present to navigate these kids through this process."
Those workers said not everyone at CPS is wearing masks or practicing safe social distancing.
The start to this school year is anything but traditional. It's all remote for more than 300,000 CPS students.
"The goal is to make sure that this is a successful year despite some of the challenges that we face in remote learning. There's a lot of excitement and I have no doubt that this is going to be a fantastic year."
Starting Tuesday, Chicago Public Schools families can pick up free meals at more than 450 sites.
The school year starts Tuesday for the Chicago Public Schools with all-remote learning.
It's back to school time for kids all across Chicago, as Tuesday marks the first day of classes for Chicago Public Schools and several charter schools – though not in the way any of us are used to.
With the start of a new and much different school year at Chicago Public Schools just around the corner, hundreds of high school students picked up new computers on Saturday.
"There is no ideal solution. We're in a pandemic."
"This is incredibly great news, especially when you consider the challenges that all of us faced over the course of this last year, particularly our students," Lightfoot said.
"It's been an absolute blessing because that was our biggest concern was how we're going to pull this whole thing off."
"At the end of the day, I'm a mom. I want to do what's best for me. I want to do what's best for my career," said UIC grad student Andrea Newberry.
Pedro Soto, chief of staff to CPS chief executive officer Janice Jackson, has been charged with one count of lying to the FBI during an interview in December 2019.
The board will vote on a modified contract with police. If approved CPS would pay no more than $12 million in a new agreement.
Just two weeks before Chicago Public Schools begin remote learning both union and CPS insiders say there are still many unresolved issues about how virtual learning will actually work.
Big changes could be in store for the program that oversees police officers in Chicago Public Schools.
A lone politician and a single parent joined forces to take on one of the most powerful agencies in Illinois: the Department of Children and Family Services. The pair is publicly questioning the use of interns to investigate cases of child abuse and neglect.
Parents, classmates, and staff attended the watch party and put their phones to work to vote for the Leo choir to win the $1 million prize.
The wild-card leading Cubs lost their fifth in a row after dropping all four games at Cincinnati.
The Yankees rallied to beat the White Sox 3-2 Tuesday night, securing their eighth playoff appearance in nine seasons.
Chicago police said the teen was identified as one of the suspects who shot and killed a 35-year-old man during an armed robbery on July 31.
Ryan Routh was found guilty of all five charges, which included attempted assassination of a major presidential candidate and assaulting a federal officer.
Governor JB Pritzker issued an executive order instructing state agencies to find up to 4% of their budget that can be cut next year as a result of President Trump's budget bill.
A Republican manufacturer running for governor in Wisconsin as a conservative supporter of "family values" and President Donald Trump followed numerous sexually explicit accounts online, including a nonbinary pornography performer.
President Trump addressed the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday, the 80th anniversary of the world body.
The Trump administration announced it believes acetaminophen is linked to autism risk, but the maker of Tylenol and medical experts have strongly pushed back on the claims.
Marilyn Hagerty, the North Dakota newspaper columnist whose earnest review of her local Olive Garden became a social media sensation, has died.
Some municipalities have decided to keep the tax in place at the municipal level, on the grounds that they need the revenue.
Some local gas stations as of Tuesday afternoon were posting prices of $4 per gallon for regular unleaded, and more than $5 for premium.
Many drivers are as frustrated with the unexplained spike in their auto insurance as they are with congestion on the roads.
The Arlington Heights Village Board on Monday night approved a new 5% streaming tax.
The treatment involved a patient with uveal melanoma — a rare cancer of the eye — that had spread to the patient's liver.
The person who died was a suburban Cook County resident in their 60s.
The department said the patient was a 4-year-old child who was not vaccinated.
Colon cancer is the leading cause of cancer death in men under 50 and the second leading cause in women of the same age, according to the American Cancer Society.
Illinois Governor JB Pritzker signed an executive order last week to protect state residents' access to COVID and other vaccines in the fall respiratory virus season.
On Saturday, Sept. 27, the Goodman will host an ice cream social with ice cream from Rainbow Cone, accompanied by stories from the owners of three of Chicago's most beloved businesses
The funding was made possible through the second round of the National Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Program.
Chicago-based sandwich maker Potbelly is being acquired by the gas station and convenience store chain RaceTrac for $566 million.
The other two American Science & Surplus stores, in the west Chicago suburb of Geneva and in Milwaukee, may stay open as employee-owned and operated businesses.
The private equity firm Sycamore Partners has completed its acquisition of Walgreens, ending the drugstore chain's run as a publicly traded company.
News of Carroll's death was shared on social media early Monday by multiple friends and collaborators.
"Jimmy Kimmel Live!" had been preempted on Wednesday following comments Kimmel made on the show in response to the shooting death of conservative activist Charlie Kirk.
Clad in black leather, Stamos joined founding Beach Boys member Mike Love, 60-year group veteran Bruce Johnston, and the touring band that now plays with them.
Jon Stewart, Stephen Colbert and Jimmy Fallon opened their late-night shows using a mix of humor, song and expressions of solidarity with suspended ABC host Jimmy Kimmel.
In a statement issued Wednesday, ABC said Kimmel's show would be "preempted indefinitely. There was no word on if or when the show may return.
While the actual number of infections are still relatively low, rates spiked nearly 70% from 2019 to 2023.
Prices are going up for each package beginning on Oct. 21.
This is the time of year where higher mold counts are typically seen because heat hangs on from summer as trees start to decay. Experts said Tuesday has the highest recorded mold count since 2014.
While the actual number of infections are still relatively low, rates spiked nearly 70% from 2019 to 2023.
Moore is competing this season, and he knows how to politic. He's the communications director for Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky who said he has heart, hustle and strategy.
Chicago fast food stalwart Portillo's announced Tuesday its CEO has resigned, effective immediately.
A lone politician and a single parent joined forces to take on one of the most powerful agencies in Illinois: the Department of Children and Family Services. The pair is publicly questioning the use of interns to investigate cases of child abuse and neglect.
Waukegan police are looking for the hit-and-run driver that struck and killed a pregnant woman over the weekend.
Parents, classmates, and staff attended the watch party and put their phones to work to vote for the Leo choir to win the $1 million prize.
The United Center abruptly announced they've canceled the NBA YoungBoy concert originally scheduled for Wednesday and will issue refunds.
Chicago's violent crime is down double-digit percentage points so far in 2025 compared to 2024, according to a CBS News analysis of Chicago Police Department data.
Village of Lisle moves to find alternatives to high water bills for homeowners who get water from a private company
Ald. Vasquez said it's the first time he's seen such an act, but is open to speaking to whoever left the dead rat and note about immigrants, calling them both vermin.
What do barbecued monkey, ostrich eggs, and whale meat sausage have in common? They've all recently been seized by U.S. Customs and Border Protection specialists at O'Hare Airport.
West Garfield Park residents are excited to learn that a new EV charging station is coming to their area at the end of the month.
The wild-card leading Cubs lost their fifth in a row after dropping all four games at Cincinnati.
The Yankees rallied to beat the White Sox 3-2 Tuesday night, securing their eighth playoff appearance in nine seasons.
The 23-year-old Shaw explained his friendship with Kirk and the devastating impact of his murder earlier this month.
Chicago made it close in the seventh when Miguel Vargas and Andrew Benintendi drew bases-loaded walks from reliever Mason Miller.
The Cubs had runners on first and second with two outs in the ninth against Tony Santillan, who struck out Pete Crow-Armstrong for his 7th save of the season.
A Chicago man has been sentenced to more than seven years in federal prison for robbing a United States Postal Service mail carrier at gunpoint.
Ryan Routh was found guilty of all five charges, which included attempted assassination of a major presidential candidate and assaulting a federal officer.
Andre Lewis, 57, was arrested at 2:23 p.m. Sunday in the 6900 block of South Damen Avenue, Chicago police said.
Police said the robbery happened early Saturday, Aug. 30, in the 900 block of West Lake Street in the Fulton Market District. The Morgan Street Green and Pink Line stop is located at that address.
Chicago's violent crime is down double-digit percentage points so far in 2025 compared to 2024, according to a CBS News analysis of Chicago Police Department data.
