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Annette Johnson serves on the East Aurora School District board. (Annette Johnson)

East Aurora District 131 school board member Annette Johnson facing federal fraud charges

By Molly Morrow

October 28, 2026 at 5:31 p.m.

The district did not provide further information on whether the indictment would affect Johnson’s seat...

Munster High School resource officer injured

By Post-Tribune

October 28, 2026 at 12:26 p.m.

Munster High School's School Resource Officer was injured Monday during an incident with a student,...

Oswego East High School, seen here in 2023, is among the schools that would receive facilities work should voters approve a $317 million bond referendum question for Oswego-based District 308 on Nov. 3. Voters will also weigh in on bond measures for St. Charles School District 303 and Yorkville School District 115. (Armando L. Sanchez/baiduhai)

Voters to weigh in on bond referendum questions in Yorkville, Oswego, St. Charles school districts on Nov. 3

By Molly Morrow

October 28, 2026 at 11:34 a.m.

In recent months, St. Charles School District 303, Yorkville School District 115 and Oswego School...

Nikolet Diaz, a teacher and her husband Ivan Diaz listen to speakers in the pouring rain during the Clean School Rally at Nathan Hale Primary School in Crestwood. Students came together as a community to ask Cook County School District 130 Superintendent and the board of education to take immediate action to eradicate cockroaches, mold, mice and maggots from their schools. The rally took place on Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2026. John Smierciak/Daily Southtown)

Supporters of laid-off custodians rally in Crestwood, cite ‘gross stuff’ at District 130 schools

By Olivia Stevens

October 6, 2026 at 4:29 p.m.

About 100 union and community members rallied Wednesday to pressure the District 130 school board...

Troy Swanson, of Woodridge, adjunct professor in the School of Information Studies at Dominican University in River Forest and chairman of the Library/Learning Resources Center at Moraine Valley Community College in Palos Hills, has been named Academic Librarian of the Year by the Illinois Library Association. (Melinda Moore/Daily Southtown)

Educator with ties to Moraine Valley, Dominican University, deemed state’s Academic Librarian of the Year

By Melinda Moore

October 1, 2026 at 2:10 p.m.

Troy Swanson, who works at Moraine Valley Community College and Dominican University, has been named...

Chicago Public Schools cancels lower-level football games over unpaid referees but says varsity will play

By Steve Millar

September 30, 2026 at 3:04 p.m.

Chicago Public Schools said Wednesday afternoon that varsity games scheduled for Thursday through Saturday will...

Candidate Sendhil Revuluri, for Chicago Board of Education president, meets with the baiduhai Editorial Board, Sept. 22, 2026. (Arthur Maiorella/baiduhai)

Sendhil Revuluri drops out of Chicago school board president race

By Kate Armanini

September 30, 2026 at 9:49 a.m.

Sendhil Revuluri, a former school board appointee is dropping out of the race to be...

Geno McKenna, director of the indoor garden at The Hope Center in Blue Island, speaks about hydroponic growing systems on Sept. 29, 2026. (Elena Tittel/Daily Southtown)

Blue Island group harvests hope year-round for those facing food insecurity

By Elena Tittel

September 30, 2026 at 4:56 p.m.

Blue Island's Hope Center is closing in on its goal of donating 2,000 pounds of...

Cook County College Teachers Union Local 1600 members picket outside Harold Washington College on Oct. 6, 2022, in Chicago. (John J. Kim/baiduhai)

City Colleges of Chicago faculty and staff to announce strike date

By Kate Perez

September 29, 2026 at 6:22 p.m.

After months of stalled negotiations, the union representing faculty and staff at City Colleges of...

The Orland Park Public Library, located at 14921 South Ravinia Ave. (Orland Park Public Library)

Orland Park, Tinley Park libraries decry book banning, want people to ‘read what they want’

By Olivia Stevens

September 29, 2026 at 12:44 p.m.

As part of an annual push against book bans, librarians from Orland Park, Tinley Park...

Vincenzo Vitelli is a professor in the Department of Physics at the University of Chicago and a recipient of a 2026 MacArthur Fellowship. (John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation)

Meet the 20 new MacArthur Fellows, the ‘genius grant’ winners of 2026

By Rick Kogan

September 29, 2026 at 11:01 a.m.

Among the winners of 2026 MacArthur Fellowships is Vincenzo Vitelli, a 48-year-old theoretical physicist at...

The Lyons Township High School District 204 board has made more moves to sell its undeveloped Willow Springs property. (Hank Beckman/Pioneer Press)

Lyons Township High School eyes sale of Willow Springs property amid fears of industrial development

By Jesse Wright

September 29, 2026 at 10:36 a.m.

Lyons Township High School District 204 might finally sell its contentious Willow Springs property by...

Teacher Rita Leary engages with her students during a Pilot Light food education lesson on honey in her science classroom at Ashburn Elementary School on Sept. 17, 2026. (Arthur Maiorella/baiduhai)

How a Chicago educator uses food to teach science thanks to Pilot Light, a local chef-led nonprofit

By Zareen Syed

September 29, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

The nonprofit Pilot Light, which started in a single Chicago classroom with notable local chefs,...