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It’s a new era in education, one where finding and retaining qualified teachers is a challenge, and numerous school districts are strugglin...

A birthday celebration for a close friend brought Robert Engelhardt and his family in the Dominican Republic has turned into a nightmare af...

The game of chess can be intimidating, but not for 14-year-old Marco Baldwin, who lives in Humboldt Park. “I think what got me hooked o...

Football players at Northwestern University addressed the media for the first time since a hazing investigation rocked the program, leading...

A gunman fired at Chicago police from inside a home in Austin on the West Side Wednesday morning.No injuries were reported but the pers...

Northwestern University football players are expected to speak for the first time following practice Wednesday amid fallout from a recent h...

Eight people were robbed at gunpoint early Wednesday at a fast food restaurant in Brighton Park on the Southwest Side.Three male suspec...

A 17-year-old girl is in a medically-induced coma, her family said, after she was struck by a hit-and-run driver in Chicago’s West Town nei...

A food delivery driver was shot during an attempted robbery Tuesday night in Ashburn on the Southwest Side.Just before 9 p.m., a man wi...

Ahead of the 2023-24 school year, NBC Chicago is taking a look at which high schools were ranked as the nation’s finest.According to U....

Wilmette board members voted to unanimously oppose zoning changes proposed by neighboring Evanston that would allow concerts at a renovated...

A rally led by the Illinois Association of Letter Carriers was held on Chicago’s South Side Tuesday night to support postal workers amid se...

A Rogers Park man tells NBC Chicago he has been fighting a losing battle, as an unknown individual drives around with his stolen plate, rac...

Ahead of trial defense attorneys fought unsuccessfully to suppress information about Mapes’ immunity and 2019 meeting with FBI agentsOp...

“Periodical” cicada broods only emerge every 13 and 17 years in the United States, and Illinois residents should know that next year will s...

The spotted lanternfly might capture your gaze with its unique wings, but don’t let its dazzling beauty fool you. The bug landed a spot...

The United States Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service has issued a public health alert after potentially-contami...

A 35-year-old Indiana mother died of water toxicity after drinking too much water during a recent vacation, her family said. The family...

The Mega Millions jackpot has soared to a record $1.55 billion – the largest Mega Millions jackpot in the game’s history and the third larg...

Two Chicago firefighters were taken to area hospitals after a large house fire in the city’s Humboldt Park neighborhood on Tuesday morning....

A Chicago high school was named among the five best high schools in the country by U.S News & World Report. With the new school year ab...

A man who police say shot and killed a 9-year-old girl in Chicago’s Portage Park neighborhood before being shot himself as her father tackl...

Five armed robberies occurred minutes apart early Tuesday in the East Village, Logan Square and Wicker Park neighborhoods.The first rob...

A young White Sox fan battling cancer had an incredibly exciting experience at Guaranteed Rate Field just a few weeks after doctors reveale...

Just hours after murder charges were announced in the fatal shooting of a young Chicago girl, neighbors on the city’s Northwest Side came t...