Chicago Public Schools Cancels Thursday Classes
Chicago Public Schools canceled classes and after-school activities for Thursday, Jan. 31 due to extreme temperatures.
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Chicago Public Schools canceled classes and after-school activities for Thursday, Jan. 31 due to extreme temperatures.
Chicago Public schools has cancels classes for Wednesday due to extreme cold, according to a release from CPS.
With the countdown on to perhaps Chicago's coldest temperatures in decades Mayor Rahm Emanuel said preparations have been under way for days.
Simply put, the school, they insist, is falling apart. And pleas to the Chicago Board of Education, they said, are not adequately answered.
Brown said she used to see Safe Passage workers in the area in the past, but did not see any on the day she was attacked.
Critics point out Chico's law firm during those years became the biggest lobbyist at City Hall growing from 18 clients to almost 200.
A sensitive email from a North Side principal to parents addressing a recess monitor's sex abuse allegations has accidentally landed in the email inboxes of young students at the school where an after-school worker allegedly touched a young girl.
Since the program launched in 2015, more than 6,000 students have been named STAR Scholars.
The inspector general for the Chicago Public Schools is taking the district to task in a 50-page report filled with hundreds of allegations of misconduct, waste, and fraud.
Austan Goolsbee is a professor at the University of Chicago. Mayor Rahm Emanuel announced his appointment to the school board Friday. Goolsbee says the Chicago school system is one of the city's "crown jewels."
The strike, which started Tuesday, is officially over meaning that 500 school employees at 15 Acero charter schools will be back to work.
Chicago (CBS) -- The Chicago Teachers Union says they have reached a tentative agreement with UNO/Acero Charter Schools' management, potentially ending the nation's first ever charter school strike.
Parents and students want their voices heard over a decision to convert a South Loop elementary school into a high school.
Chicago Public Schools announced Wednesday that eight additional schools will offer Dual Language programming in the 2019-2020 school year.
Dangerously cold temperatures are moving in, and students at 20 Chicago Public Schools are still waiting to hear if their schools will have power restored in time for the start of the school day on Tuesday.
Twenty Chicago Public Schools lost power Monday and the school community is concerned about the lack of warning.
The Chicago Public Schools will be open Monday, according to CEO Janice Jackson.
Christopher Thomas, 39, appeared in court Wednesday afternoon.
Drug deals every step of the way. How could this happen on a street that's always under the watchful eye of Chicago police? On a street designated as a Safe Passage for Chicago school kids?
A Jewish student at Oscar Mayer Magnet School found a Nazi swastika marked on their locker this week, along with "other derogatory symbols," and school officials said it was just the latest in a string of troubling acts of bullying and cultural insensitivity.
A parent is outraged and wants answers from Chicago Public Schools officials after her 7-year old daughter--who has down syndrome-- escaped her school in Chicago's Bronzeville neighborhood Monday afternoon and walked into a stranger's home.
Kristi Sims, 28, has been charged with one count of aggravated computer tampering, and four counts of identity theft.
When Chicago Public Schools fired an employee recently, she left her job with more than just her final paycheck.
Plans to expand a Chicago Public School in the Lincoln Square neighborhood have hit a roadblock after some neighbors are fighting to keep a piece of the community threatened by the project at Waters School.
Chance the Rapper surprised Chicago rideshare customers as he took a spin around the city as a Lyft driver.
Kwame Koranteng, 31, of Willowbrook, appeared in court on Saturday morning, charged with attempting to sexually assault multiple women in Downers Grove, Hinsdale, and Darien.
The pair was arrested as officers were conducting a targeted special operation in response to recent overnight burglaries at local businesses.
The ages of the victims range from 15 to 55, according to Chicago police.
Michigan was up 21-9 when the Wildcats' Preston Stone plowed in from the 1 two minutes into the fourth quarter.
Firefighters arrived and found a barn about 30 by 45 feet fully engulfed and already collapsing, fire officials said.
Thousands of pages of Epstein documents released by the House Oversight Committee include emails and texts with close contacts that often touched on President Trump.
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem announced that TSA agents with "exemplary service" during the government shutdown will receive a $10,000 bonus check.
A group of transgender members of the U.S. Air Force and Space Force forced to leave active duty under the Trump administration's policies say their benefits were revoked in a rare move.
The City of Chicago is suing the Justice Department over restrictions on community policing hiring that the Johnson administration says are illegal. The city of St. Paul, Minnesota is also joining the federal lawsuit.
Members of the House from Illinois voted along party lines on the government funding package to end the shutdown.
The U.S. stopped minting pennies this week, and some groups have issued a warning about the headaches that can create for some businesses and consumers.
Why is one school in the west Chicago suburb of Lisle paying a water bill three times higher than another? The answer has to do with a private utility company.
The Food and Drug Administration is warning about additional cookware brands that could be leaching lead into your food.
Walgreens said it will close its office space in Chicago's Old Post Office building.
Insurance companies are increasingly using drones and aerial surveillance to snap photos of home, then reviewed by AI, to inform underwriting. That can cause mistakes, like the one that affected a homeowner in Kane County, Illinois.
SHFT Behavioral Health is the first urgent care clinic in Chicago for young people in mental health crises — specializing in children as young as 10 and adults up to the age of 30.
Chicago's Lurie Children's Hospital this week launched a new advanced leukemia program.
The Pink and Pearl Campaign held at Rush University Medical Center is designed to push a powerful message: that early detection for breast and lung cancer saves lives.
Doctors at Northwestern Memorial Hospital are the first in Illinois to offer a new treatment for atrial fibrillation, a heart condition that often strikes firefighters.
Three prominent Chicago hospitals are joining forces in the fight against breast cancer, through new clinical trials involving two drugs.
The former landlord of the now-long-shuttered Rainforest Café in River North is now facing a $9.3 million foreclosure lawsuit.
A new owner said Tuesday that he plans to reopen the venerable Gale Street Inn restaurant in Chicago's Jefferson Park neighborhood.
The popular Unabridged Bookstore in Chicago's East Lakeview community celebrated 45 years in business this weekend.
Chicago's Latino-owned breweries combine their culture with craft beer for a unique take. This Hispanic Heritage Month, CBS News Chicago visited a couple of them.
The Central Area Plan 2045 seeks to transform and invest in the downtown area.
The Tony Award-winning favorite "Hamilton" is returning to Chicago for a limited engagement.
Sally Kirkland was best known for sharing the screen with Paul Newman and Robert Redford in "The Sting" and her Oscar-nominated title role in the 1987 movie "Anna."
Major renovations at Chicago's Auditorium Theatre are expected to wrap by the fall of 2027, according to published reports.
Kendrick Lamar, Lady Gaga and Bad Bunny are among the artists with the most Grammy nominations this year.
The Fighting Illini marching band recently took up the challenge of performing the music of Metallica.
The floodwaters swept into the main pediatric hospital in northern Gaza on Friday.
Madrid is the next stop on the National Football League's international tour.
He was removed from office this year after an attempt to impose martial law. Now, he's facing accusations of trying to provoke a crisis with the communist north.
It comes after President Trump was presented with "military options" for Venezuela in the coming days, including possible strikes inside the country. Venezuela's president urged Americans to say "no" to war.
The country's federal emergency agency says twenty fire crews were dispatched to the scene, which eventually engulfed five neighboring facilities.
Of more than 600 people detained by ICE whose arrests might have violated a court order, only 16 have alleged criminal histories, according to a government list.
Rev. Jesse Jackson remained under observation Friday night at Northwestern Memorial Hospital, after being admitted earlier this week to be monitored for a rare neurodegenerative condition.
Kwame Koranteng, 31, of Willowbrook, appeared in court on Saturday morning, charged with attempting to sexually assault multiple women in Downers Grove, Hinsdale, and Darien.
Nearly two dozen people were arrested and four officers were injured as protesters clashed with police outside the Broadview ICE facility Friday morning.
In south suburban Markham, the city and the park district are two separate entities. This week, the city filed a motion in court, insisting the park district answer questions about its finances or lack thereof.
A leaking roof didn't just damage a Homewood condo, it forced the owner out of his home. The HOA vowed to fix everything, but eight months later, the damage is still there and so is the frustration.
Why is one school in the west Chicago suburb of Lisle paying a water bill three times higher than another? The answer has to do with a private utility company.
A Chicago area couple logged into their retirement account only to find out it had been hacked, and a large chunk of their retirement savings was gone. The response from the online brokerage firm is only adding insult to injury.
The teacher detained by ICE agents at the Rayito del Sol daycare in North Center is believed to now be at the Broadview processing facility, and parents in the community now have serious safety concerns.
Lawyer Patrick Jaicomo said he expects a tidal wave of lawsuits nationwide against federal agents by U.S. citizens and non-citizens in communities impacted the most by federal agents over the last several months.
Michigan was up 21-9 when the Wildcats' Preston Stone plowed in from the 1 two minutes into the fourth quarter.
John Beam, a legendary football coach featured on Netflix's "Last Chance U" and the Laney College athletic director, has died, one day after being shot on the Oakland, California campus.
The Bears' beat-up defense continues to lead the NFL with 20 takeaways, but despite their penchant for forcing turnovers, there's cause for concern heading into Sunday's game in Minnesota.
WWE professional wrestling is returning to the United Center next year with its Elimination Chamber event.
Defenseman Simon Nemec scored his third goal of the game at 3:28 of the overtime to lift the New Jersey Devils to a 4-3 win over the Chicago Blackhawks.
A man has been charged in the shooting death of a 40-year-old man more than 20 years ago inside his apartment on the Near North Side of Chicago.
John Beam, a legendary football coach featured on Netflix's "Last Chance U" and the Laney College athletic director, has died, one day after being shot on the Oakland, California campus.
The FBI was asking for help Thursday in finding a man who robbed a bank in St. Charles, Illinois, west of Chicago this past weekend.
The City of Chicago is suing the Justice Department over restrictions on community policing hiring that the Johnson administration says are illegal. The city of St. Paul, Minnesota is also joining the federal lawsuit.
A Chicago man has been charged with murder in the death of his 2-month-old son in April.
