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Adain Klauck, of Flossmoor, stands up at the honors convocation in May at Homewood-Flossmoor High School after Patty Houlihan announced he earned the first Houlihan Family Scholarship for Journalism. He’s studying media production at Ball State University. (VIP Photography)

Journalism scholarship honors longtime Southland newspaperman Tom Houlihan

By Melinda Moore

November 2, 2026 at 2:53 p.m.

The inaugural Houlihan Family Scholarship for Journalism was awarded recently to a Homewood-Flossmoor High School...

Danielle Banks (center) and daughter Ruthie, 5, (right) read the latest special edition of the Dewey Student Newspaper, the Tiger Times, in Evanston on Friday, Oct. 30, 2026. (Nate Swanson/for the Pioneer Press)

Evanston District 65’s Dewey Elementary families continue fight against school closure

By Claire Murphy

November 2, 2026 at 2:37 p.m.

District 65's Dewey School families protested the Board's plan to close the school, and students...

Annette Johnson is a member of the East Aurora School District board. (Annette Johnson)

East Aurora District 131 school board member Annette Johnson responds to fraud allegations

By Molly Morrow

November 2, 2026 at 12:50 p.m.

Johnson faces federal charges related to her allegedly devising a fraud scheme involving a $2.7...

Union Township School Corporation superintendent Leigh Barnes poses for a photo in the school's administrative offices on Wednesday, Nov. 26, 2025. (Kyle Telechan/for the Post-Tribune)

Referendum questions on ballot for Lake, Porter schools amid new property tax law

By Alexandra Kukulka

August 4, 2026 at 9:30 p.m.

Lake and Porter County school superintendents said referendums on the November ballot are required to...

Flourish Community Hub announced Monday it purchased a building from Bethel Church & Ministries that most recently housed City Life Center. The building is located at 225 W. 5th Ave. in Gary. (Carole Carlson/for the Post-Tribune)

Flourish buys former Boys & Girls Club to expand community services

By Carole Carlson

August 4, 2026 at 11:24 a.m.

Flourish Community Hub announced Monday it purchased a downtown Gary building from Bethel Church &...

"Magic Tree House" series books are among discarded school supplies and books in a dumpster behind Carlos Fuentes Elementary, an Acero School, in the Avondale neighborhood on Aug. 3, 2026. (Eileen T. Meslar/baiduhai)

Community members score on discarded school supplies: ‘This was needed’

By Kate Perez

August 4, 2026 at 9:17 a.m.

Educators and community members took to dumpster diving outside Carlos Fuertes Elementary School to retrieve...

Chicago Teachers Union President Stacy Davis Gates greets people while Mayor Brandon Johnson announces an expansion of the Sustainable Community Schools initiative, Aug. 3, 2026, at Malcolm X College on Chicago’s Near West Side. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)

CPS adds 15 to sustainable community schools model

By Kate Perez

August 3, 2026 at 6:23 p.m.

Chicago Public Schools adds 15 additional schools to its sustainable community schools program, bringing the...

Mayor Brandon Johnson answers questions after announcing an expansion of the Sustainable Community Schools initiative on Aug. 3, 2026, at Malcolm X College on Chicago’s Near West Side. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)

Mayor Brandon Johnson brushes off Alexi Giannoulias candidacy, says days of school closures are over

By Alice Yin

August 3, 2026 at 4:31 p.m.

Mayor Brandon Johnson launched thinly veiled attacks Monday on mayoral candidate Alexi Giannoulias and Giannoulias'...

Dr. Kyle Gospodarek, assistant professor of clinical family medicine with IUN's School of Medicine, sits in front of a CAT scan taken when he was younger as he speaks about living with hydrocephalus on Wednesday, July 29, 2026. (Kyle Telechan/for the Post-Tribune)

‘He’s unstoppable’: IUN professor uses hydrocephalus diagnosis to help teach, advocate

By Maya Wilkins

August 2, 2026 at 6:00 a.m.

IUN Professor Kyle Gospodarek has had 68 surgeries because of his hydrocephalus diagnosis.

Griffith High School student Natalie Wadkins speaks with her history teacher, Jeff Swisher, on Thursday, May 1, 2025. Wadkins placed second in the National History Day state competition with a documentary on disability rights activist Kitty Cone and she will compete in Maryland next month for the national title. (Kyle Telechan/for the Post-Tribune)

Indiana Historical Society ends sponsorship of National History Day contest

By Alexandra Kukulka

August 1, 2026 at 8:00 a.m.

Facing budget cuts, the Indiana Historical Society ended its financial support of the National History...

Chicago Teachers Union members and Chicago Public Schools lunchroom workers rally as the Chicago Board of Education holds a meeting about the budget on July 30, 2026. (Antonio Perez/baiduhai)

CPS is counting on $150 million more from Springfield. Will it deliver?

By Kate Armanini

August 2, 2026 at 9:00 p.m.

While the Chicago Board of Education agrees that schools need more funding, there’s far less...

Hilario Dominguez, right, joins Chicago Teachers Union members and their allies in a protest outside Chicago Public Schools headquarters on July 20, 2026, before a meeting of the Board of Education. (Terrence Antonio James/baiduhai)

Six overruled objections to Chicago School Board ballots petitioned for judicial review

By Tess Kenny

July 31, 2026 at 8:19 p.m.

New filings in Cook County Circuit Court ask that recently overruled ballot objections to six...

Gov. JB Pritzker speaks on July 6, 2026, in Chicago. (Stacey Wescott/baiduhai)

Gov. JB Pritzker signs law aimed at protecting kids from social media algorithms

By Olivia Olander

July 31, 2026 at 4:59 p.m.

The law mandates parents to input their child’s age when a device is set up....