A week before school begins, the Chicago Teachers Union’s Latine caucus criticizes CPS on bilingual staffing levels and progress in ongoing contract negotiations.
Day: August 20, 2024
Several hundred people view 75 cars at La Grange Park Police Department’s second annual car show
The La Grange Park Police Department put on its 2nd Annual Car Show on August 14, drawing 75 cars and several hundred visitors to Memorial Park.
August’s supermoon is the first of four lunar spectacles
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Monday’s supermoon is the first of four this year.
Clarendon Hills Centennial celebration featuring free Sister Hazel concert on Sept. 8
Sister Hazel, a band founded in 1993 and originating in Gainesville, Florida, will bring its brand of music, with elements folk rock, pop, classic rock and Southern rock to Clarendon Hills Sept. 8 for the village’s largest event this year in celebration of its Centennial.
Demonstrators arrested near DNC site make first court appearances
A Cook County judge on Tuesday released two people from custody after they were arrested in connection with the breach of a security fence Monday afternoon near the Democratic National Convention site.
Police seeking info on unidentified dead man found on Main Street in Carpentersville
The body of a dead man whose identity is unknown was found early Tuesday morning along Main Street, east of Route 31, Carpentersville police said.
Chicago Cubs release reliever Héctor Neris and reportedly call up right-hander Jack Neely
The Chicago Cubs released veteran reliever Héctor Neris and called up right-hander Jack Neely, who they acquired at the deadline.
Leo the dog eases first day jitters as students return to school in Orland Hills
Students at Bernardin Catholic School in Orland Hills were welcomed back to class by Leo, of the Orland Park Police therapy dog.
Stephen Colbert broadcasts from Chicago’s Auditorium Theatre for DNC, a late ‘Late Show’ of very local love
Colbert kicked off a week of live DNC episodes of “Late Show,” starting Monday with guests Hillary Rodham Clinton and Julia Louis-Dreyfus.
Countdown to football: Ishmael George raises the bar for South Elgin, No. 5 in Aurora-Elgin preseason rankings
Ishmael George, who caught 46 passes for 908 yards and 20 TDs last year, wants to build upon a breakout season for the Storm.