13+ hour, 15+ min ago   (536+ words) Chicago Christian Schools has already begun using parts of Trinity Christian College’s former 60-acre campus, after purchasing the Palos Heights property last month. Superintendent Mark Hamstra announced in June Chicago Christian Educational Opportunity LLC, a small group of investors “united…...

1+ day, 14+ hour ago   (657+ words) I’d like to invite members of the editorial board to visit River Forest to see for themselves why residents are enormously concerned with the prospect of the O’Hare Flyer. Sit in the home or backyard of one of the more…...

1+ day, 17+ hour ago   (495+ words) Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul wants to have it both ways with two legal arrangements his office struck last week with Nicor Gas, the largest natural gas utility in Illinois, serving most of suburban Chicagoland. Nicor doesn’t directly employ the…...

1+ day, 9+ hour ago   (750+ words) The Aurora electoral board said it plans to reach a final decision Monday on whether two referendum questions aiming to allow for the recall of a sitting mayor and at-large aldermen can appear on the November ballot in Aurora. County…...

8+ hour, 53+ min ago   (1252+ words) CHAMPAIGN — Illinois went into its game against Duke on Saturday at Gies Memorial Stadium with questions about its tackling. Nate Sheppard exacerbated the issue. The Duke running back slipped through the grasps of many Illini defenders on the way to…...

18+ hour, 52+ min ago   (714+ words) Despite the Chicago Bears turning their attention to northwest Indiana, Arlington Heights officials have re-upped with their lobbyists who are still trying to secure the team’s relocation to the northwest suburbs. The village’s new $5,000-a-month agreement with Mac Strategies Group…...

1+ day, 13+ hour ago   (523+ words) Mayor Brandon Johnson hired activist and social media influencer Rachel Cohen as his administration’s communication director, he announced Friday. The move signals Johnson will up his effort to reach Chicagoans on platforms such as Instagram and TikTok with his progressive…...

2+ day, 10+ hour ago   (535+ words) The Chicago Board of Education withdrew a proposal Thursday that would have allocated millions of dollars to save the conservatory model at the Chicago Arts High School, capping months of back-and-forth between board members, families and district leaders. The resolution…...

2+ day, 10+ hour ago   (29+ words) The marquee of the Chicago Theatre is a dazzling icon of the city that has hosted film premieres, film festivals, fashion shows, vaudeville entertainment, concerts, musicals and even memorials....

2+ day, 14+ hour ago   (397+ words) The state’s Legislative Ethics Commission agreed Thursday to a Sept. 30 retirement date for Michael McCuskey as the legislature’s top ethics watchdog and said it plans to move quickly to appoint an acting legislative inspector general who could end up serving…...