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Charles W. Lyons, the longtime pastor of Armitage Baptist Church in Chicago, has resigned after confessing to what he called the sexual abuse of a relative when he was a teenager. He's pictured here in 2007, presiding over a gathering to memorialize a slain teen.

Pastor resigns from Logan Square church after confessing he sexually abused relative: ‘I own my sin’

November 7, 2019 at 6:38 p.m.

The longtime senior pastor of a Baptist church in Chicago has resigned after disclosing to the congregation that he sexually abused an underage female relative when he was a teenager....

Chicago Archdiocese reinstates South Side priest after finding insufficient evidence of sexual abuse allegation

November 4, 2019 at 2:42 p.m.

The Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago is returning a South Side priest to ministry after an internal investigation found insufficient evidence to corroborate a report of sexual abuse alleged to have...

An open courtyard at the Cook County Temporary Juvenile Center.

A progressive measure intended to keep preteens out of Cook County jails was effectively struck down by an appellate court

November 4, 2019 at 5:01 p.m.

A Cook County ordinance that would keep children under 13 from being jailed cannot be enforced because an appeals court recently ruled the measure conflicts with state law. Passed in...

Lianna Rosa, center, sits with her 7-year-old niece Mayalee Canales and her 12-year-old son Julian Rodriguez in her home on Oct. 30, 2019, in Chicago.

Have CPS parents changed their minds about the teachers strike? We asked.

October 31, 2019 at 8:52 a.m.

With Chicago Public Schools still closed because of a citywide teachers strike, most parents can agree that students should return to the classroom as soon as possible. But exactly how...

Chicago Teachers Union members and supporters sit on the road in the 300 block of North Damen Avenue during a civil disobedience training outside the CTU Center on Oct. 24, 2019, in Chicago.

CPS strike updates: Chicago Teachers Union says negotiations getting to final issues, while CPS officials ‘hopeful’ a deal can be reached over weekend

October 25, 2019 at 9:02 p.m.

Negotiators for Chicago Public Schools and the Chicago Teachers Union headed back to the bargaining table Friday morning as classes were canceled for a seventh day amid optimism on both...

CPS cross-country runners lose chance to compete in postseason as teachers strike continues, but Simeon football team’s playoff hopes get a boost

October 25, 2019 at 7:43 p.m.

The continuing Chicago Public Schools teachers strike means cross-country runners will be unable to participate in postseason races that begin Saturday, a judge ruled, while three CPS football teams learned...

CPS parent Elizabeth Koszarek and her fifth grader, Jack, 10, arrive for classes at Prescott Magnet Cluster School in Lincoln Park on Oct. 11.

‘We’ll figure it out’: CPS parents scramble to find child care options amid strike and class cancellation

October 17, 2019 at 5:49 a.m.

Shani Blackwell can count on her mother to look after her 8-year-old son Thursday when Chicago Public Schools classes are canceled and teachers go on strike. But if a protracted...

Bob Zehr, 57, and his daughter Madeleine, 15, a Lane Tech sophomore, in their Chicago home. The varsity swimmer and her family worry about a strike's impact on sports.

We asked readers their views on a potential Chicago teachers strike. They had some thoughts.

October 17, 2019 at 9:55 a.m.

Update: The teachers strike is officially on. Read the latest news here. If Chicago leaders and its teachers union are at odds over a potential strike, the city's residents, it...

Terry Neary says he was abused by a priest in the 1970s in the rectory of St. Ethelreda Parish in Chicago.

A Catholic deacon who says he was abused by a priest wants the Chicago Archdiocese to publish names of deceased clergy who are accused

October 8, 2019 at 2:15 p.m.

The first time it happened, the priest offered Terry Neary a cookie. Neary, then an eighth grade student, was working an after-school job in the rectory of St. Ethelreda in...

Dawn Lawkowski-Keller, second from left, attorney with the Office of the Public Guardian, speaks to supporters of Grace Watanabe at the Daley Center in Chicago on June 26, 2019.

2 former nursing home workers charged with stealing life savings from resident with dementia

October 8, 2019 at 2:49 p.m.

Two former employees of a Lincoln Park nursing home were arrested last week, accused of stealing hundreds of thousands of dollars from a patient with dementia who lived at the...

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