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Javier Belmonte, of Melrose Park, makes streusel topping for blueberry loafs as chef Christopher Clem, instructor and chairman of the Hospitality Industry Administration Department at Triton College, puts together fruit-filled turnovers Oct. 16 at the college in River Grove. (Melinda Moore/Pioneer Press)

‘Absolutely astonishing’: Pastry fans line up 40-deep after Triton culinary class opens pop-up bakery

By Melinda Moore

November 3, 2026 at 5:05 a.m.

Culinary students at Triton College in River Grove are selling bakery items on Fridays through...

Ali Scheer walks through the Project XV Museum on Aug. 15, 2026, in downstate El Paso, roughly 90 miles southwest of Chicago. The museum celebrates David Strother (1843-1905), the first Black man to vote after the 15th Amendment was ratified. (Stacey Wescott/baiduhai)

The first Black person to vote in Illinois has his own museum. It’s everything in this political season.

By Darcel Rockett

November 3, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

The Project XV museum is built on the legacy of David Strother, the first Black...

Chicago school board president candidates Jessica Biggs, Hilario Dominguez and Victor Henderson participate in a forum at the Copernicus Center on Sept. 29, 2026. (Chris Sweda/baiduhai)

2026 Election Day results: Chicago Board of Education

By baiduhai

November 3, 2026 at 2:45 a.m.

In a historic first for Chicago, all 21 school board seats will be on the...

Illinois House Speaker Emanuel "Chris" Welch speaks during a program at the National Conference of State Legislatures Summit at McCormick Place on July 29, 2026. (Eileen T. Meslar/baiduhai)

Speaker Welch pledges to CTU he’ll push for more CPS funding amid scrutiny over handling of harassment claims

By Jeremy Gorner

July 29, 2026 at 7:16 p.m.

It's the latest opportunity the Hillside Democrat has had to court progressive-minded interests as he...

People opposed to the layoffs held signs as the Waukegan Community Unit School District 60 Board of Education voted to lay off 23 workers on Tuesday. (Steve Sadin/For the Lake County News-Sun)

Waukegan D60 laying off 23 employees in cost-cutting move: ‘We will not be able to pay our bills’

By Steve Sadin

July 29, 2026 at 4:26 p.m.

Of the 23 people who are part of the reduction in force, 21 are paraprofessionals...

Teresa Torres, executive director of Everybody Counts Inc, tests out the wheelchair loading ramp on a new Gary Public Transportation Corp. Access219 vehicle with help from GPTC deputy general manager of operation Taron Cain on Wednesday, May 4, 2022. (Kyle Telechan for the Post-Tribune)

NWI survey aims to create report card for disabled and senior citizens

By Alexandra Kukulka

July 29, 2026 at 4:02 p.m.

Everybody Counts will be launching a survey and community forums to create a Northwest Indiana...

Dana Berlin, facing camera, senior director of talent management for Milwaukee Public Schools, talks to Andrew Merklinghaus during an MPS job fair at the Hotel Zachary in Chicago on July 29, 2026. (Terrence Antonio James/baiduhai)

Milwaukee makes a bid for laid-off Chicago Public Schools teachers

By Kate Armanini

July 29, 2026 at 7:08 p.m.

Milwaukee Public Schools is hosting a hiring fair in Lakeview this week targeting laid-off Chicago...

A person bikes by Deering Library on the Northwestern University campus Monday, March 31, 2025, in Evanston. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)

Evanston Council quells referendum on making Northwestern University pay tax equivalents

By Claire Murphy

July 28, 2026 at 6:49 p.m.

The question would have asked Evanston voters if tax-exempt nonprofits should pay when using their...

Brenda Lee Anderson, running for the Chicago Board of Education in District 6A, listens in the hallway as several school board candidates whose ballot petitions were challenged are heard by the Chicago Board of Elections on July 28, 2026. (Antonio Perez/baiduhai)

‘This is exhausting’: Chicago school board race objections leave 5 seats uncontested

By Kate Perez

July 28, 2026 at 4:55 p.m.

Five CPS school board races will go uncontested in November's election after the objections process...

Gov. JB Pritzker signs Illinois Senate Bill 2427 banning cellphones in schools from bell-to-bell at Elgin High School on July 28, 2026. (Rick West/Daily Herald)

Illinois cellphone ban signed by Gov. JB Pritzker with ‘bell-to-bell’ law affecting public and charter schools

By Olivia Olander

July 28, 2026 at 3:57 p.m.

Illinois public and charter school students will be barred from using cellphones during the school...

Volunteers carry chairs down stairs to classrooms as they gather at Andrean to help move furniture into the building on Tuesday, July 28, 2026. (Kyle Telechan/for the Post-Tribune)

Andrean on the rebound as volunteers join restoration effort after tornado

By Carole Carlson

July 28, 2026 at 3:15 p.m.

More than 100 Andrean students, staff members and adult volunteers hoisted classroom furniture into the...

Lockport Township High School District 205 Superintendent Robert McBride speaks at a community meeting May 26, 2026, at Lockport Township High School. (Evy Lewis/Daily Southtown)

Lockport Township High School to transition all grades to eight period schedule, expand staff

By Evy Lewis

July 28, 2026 at 2:56 p.m.

Lockport Township High School Superintendent Robert McBride it will allow students to access more academic...

Chicago Public Schools CEO Macquline King attends a Chicago Board of Education meeting on July 20, 2026, on the CPS budget proposed for the 2027 fiscal year. (Terrence Antonio James/baiduhai)

Chicago Public Schools ups tax increment financing dollars in budget by $85 million to avoid furloughs

By Kate Armanini

July 28, 2026 at 4:23 p.m.

Chicago Public Schools leaders have upped the district’s projected tax increment financing surplus revenue by...