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A CBS 2 inquiry sparked by an investigation into spending on suspended Chicago Public School employees led to some surprising statistics from Illinois' Department of Children and Family Services.
Chicago Public Schools administrators say they're working to get school buses arriving on time after a CBS 2 report on parents frustrated by delays and no-shows during the first week of school.
The excitement to catch the school bus is quickly becoming a nightmare for hundreds of Chicago Public Schools students.
Chicago Teachers Union delegates voted unanimously Wednesday to schedule a date for a strike authorization vote.
Hundreds of families in Englewood are celebrating the opening of a new $85 million high school, but to make way for that school, the neighborhood had to lose four others.
The Chicago Public Schools resume classes on Tuesday – following on the heels of a school year that saw an all-time low dropout rate, but also amid discord between the city and the Chicago Teachers Union.
The sex abuse scandal at Chicago Public Schools erupted last summer, revealing a least a decade of under-reporting or limited action by the district in cases of rape and sexual misconduct against students.
The Chicago Teachers Union has rejected an independent fact finder's contract recommendation, setting up a possible strike if they cannot reach a deal with the Chicago Public Schools.
Safe Passage workers help Chicago kids get to and from school safely.
There was hope Wednesday night because Jamari Black was going home – after the young Chicago Public Schools student was allegedly bullied into a suicide attempt.
A local charity is helping to ease the hardships some kids face as they prepare to head back to school.
The district is currently shelling out more than $200,000 a week to pay employees who have been placed on leave.
Mayor Lori Lightfoot and Chicago Public Schools chief executive officer Janice Jackson announced plans Tuesday for a series of investments in city schools intended to better meet student needs.
Jason Gil, 42, was charged with seven felony counts in February; including criminal sexual assault, solicitation of child pornography, aggravated criminal sexual abuse, possession of child pornography, solicitation to meet a child, and grooming.
"Just thinking the impact it could have made on someone reading those, and it's just left in the dumpster. It's very sad."
The CEO of Chicago Virtual Charter School is in deep trouble, and others could be too, amid investigation into questionable spending.
After lots of hard work, it's a double celebration for the Beckley family in Pullman, as twin sisters Naomi and Nannette were accepted to Ivy League universities.
Parents of elementary-aged special needs students who have been strangled, beaten and dragged at the hands of their teachers are speaking out about what they say is really going on in some Chicago Public Schools classrooms.
Officials say Chicago has received $300,000 in grant money to help expand apprenticeships for young people.
Mayor Lori Lightfoot has named former City Clerk Miguel del Valle to head up the Chicago Board of Education, and also has appointed six other new members of the school board.
Chicago Public Schools officials have started notifying hundreds of teachers and support staffers that they will be laid off at the end of the school year but that most of them will eventually be re-hired.
A seventh grader bullied so badly, she thought about suicide. Her mother said CPS isn't taking her cries for help seriously.
A middle school student at a Chicago Public School has been the target of bullying that has become so bad that she has started to think about taking her own life.
"I think this school is lacking diversity. I hope the plan they're putting in place will increase diversity."
All seven members of Chicago's Board of Education announced Wednesday that they would resign.
Chicago police are looking to identify two suspects, who they said robbed someone while riding a CTA Red Line train in the Englewood neighborhood on Sept. 6
A woman has been arrested after allegedly breaking into a private aviation hangar at Midway International Airport, stealing a shuttle bus, and driving it onto a taxiway before telling police she was just "testing security."
A teen is charged after another teen was shot in suburban Round Lake Beach, Illinois.
Bears quarterback Caleb Williams has been named the NFC Offensive Player of the Week, after his four-touchdown game against the Cowboys on Sunday.
Immigrant rights activists plan to sound the alarm after they say ICE agents arrested a person outside a homeless shelter on the North Side of Chicago.
A loyalist of Donald Trump who represents a broad swath of Wisconsin's rural north woods in Congress entered the governor's race in the battleground state Tuesday, shaking up the Republican primary.
Jimmy Kimmel returned to his late-night show just less than a week after network broadcaster ABC pulled "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" over remarks he made about the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk.
A malfunctioning escalator and teleprompter at the United Nations' headquarters drew President Trump's frustration.
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.
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.
Jimmy Kimmel returned to his late-night show just less than a week after network broadcaster ABC pulled "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" over remarks he made about the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk.
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.
The Broadway show — an interactive fantasy adventure — is now on tour and will be at the Broadway Playhouse at Water Tower Place through Sept. 28. Stars Diego Salinas and Jack Lepiarz join Marie Saavedra.
In a speech to the United Nations General Assembly on Wednesday, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the world is living through “the most destructive arms race in history,” and urged the U.N. to act now to help end Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Meteorologist Mary Kay Kleist has you 11 a.m. First Alert Weather forecast for Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2025.
Two people were killed and one person is in critical condition after a shooting at a Dallas ICE facility. The shooter is dead, and the FBI is investigating the incident as a targeted attack.
Police are speaking to a person of interest after a teen was shot outside a Jewel-Osco in Chicago's South Loop.
Police are speaking to a person of interest.
Two people were killed and one person is in critical condition after a shooting at a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) field office in Dallas, authorities said.
A woman has been arrested after allegedly breaking into a private aviation hangar at Midway International Airport, stealing a shuttle bus, and driving it onto a taxiway before telling police she was just "testing security."
Chicago police are looking to identify two suspects, who they said robbed someone while riding a CTA Red Line train in the Englewood neighborhood on Sept. 6
A teen is charged after another teen was shot in suburban Round Lake Beach, Illinois.
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.
Bears quarterback Caleb Williams has been named the NFC Offensive Player of the Week, after his four-touchdown game against the Cowboys on Sunday.
The Phoenix noted that Schmidt was not present as the Loyola Ramblers basketball team played in the NIT semifinals back in April.
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.
One person was killed and two people are in critical condition after a shooting at a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) field office in Dallas, authorities said.
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.
