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Chicago police investigation of fatal DEA shooting of suburban man yields new details, but key questions remain

November 6, 2019 at 5:06 p.m.

A Chicago police investigation failed to establish definitively the circumstances in which a U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration agent shot and killed an alleged drug dealer last year, according to documents...

Area cross-country boys teams participate in the state sectionals race at Lake Park East High School in Roselle on Nov. 2, 2019.

IHSA files legal appeal that could force CPS cross-country runners to miss this weekend’s state finals

November 5, 2019 at 3:49 p.m.

Hours after saying Chicago Public Schools runners "earned their places" at the state finals after a judicial intervention allowed them to run in qualifying races, the Illinois High School Association...

Mother of Great Lakes recruit who died during boot camp run seeks second autopsy, saying Navy has offered few answers on sickle cell-related death

November 5, 2019 at 12:00 a.m.

The mother of a Navy recruit who died after a boot camp run at the Great Lakes base earlier this year said she will seek a second autopsy after a...

Cross-country runners at Jones College Prep, who are seeking an emergency injunction allowing them to compete at regionals during the Chicago Teachers Union strike, speak to the media before their hearing at the Daley Center courthouse in the Loop on Oct. 25, 2019.

Judge, ‘tired of adults determining whether a child gets to have a childhood,’ overrules IHSA, says CPS runners can compete in cross-country sectionals

November 1, 2019 at 9:38 p.m.

In a last-minute reversal of fortune, a Cook County judge allowed Chicago Public Schools cross-country runners whose season appeared doomed by the teachers strike to compete in Saturday's state sectional...

Simeon Career Academy football players and supporters gather outside the mayor's office Oct. 25, 2019, in hopes of influencing Mayor Lori Lightfoot to end the teachers strike so they can resume playing in time for playoffs and to support their teachers.

‘I know they’re ecstatic’ — CPS football teams receive permission to practice for state playoffs, even with teachers strike still on

October 30, 2019 at 7:30 p.m.

The 19 Chicago Public Schools football teams that qualified for the postseason received permission to practice Wednesday even as the teachers strike continues, CPS officials said. The Illinois High School...

Eric Cyiza, a refugee from Rwanda, smiles on Oct. 14, 2019, during soccer practice at Evanston Township High School.

From refugee camps to state playoffs, international players add skill, toughness to Evanston High School soccer

October 29, 2019 at 5:55 a.m.

Dominique Bahombwa was born in a Tanzanian refugee camp 18 years ago after his parents fled war in the Democratic Republic of the Congo. The camp wasn't exactly rich with...

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...

Students from Chicago's Jones College Prep run through Grant Park last year. Fourteen current Jones cross-country runners are suing to be allowed to compete during the CPS teachers strike.

CPS student-athletes file lawsuit seeking temporary restraining order to allow them to compete in playoffs during teachers strike

October 24, 2019 at 8:48 p.m.

A group of Chicago Public Schools cross-country runners has sued the Illinois High School Association and the school district, hoping to circumvent a policy that prevents student-athletes from competing in...

Beth Bentley's sons Cooper Bentley, then 11, and Jeremy Velmont, then 22, and her husband, Scott, stand outside their Woodstock home on Feb. 19, 2011.

Nine years ago, Woodstock woman Beth Bentley went missing. On Tuesday, police said human remains found in southern Illinois were hers.

October 23, 2019 at 7:08 a.m.

Benedetta "Beth" Bentley disappeared nine years ago after a mysterious weekend getaway, a cold case that warmed only slightly in late 2017 when human remains were found in a rural...

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