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- Chicago School Board votes to renew charter school contracts following months-long delayby Ikram Mohamed on May 30, 2025 at 4:05 am
The Chicago Board of Education voted Thursday to renew the contracts of 16 charter schools set to expire at the end of June.
- Chonkosauraus, famed massive snapping turtle, rises again from Chicago Riverby Caroline Kubzansky on May 30, 2025 at 2:03 am
Temperatures may still be hovering in the 60s, but one more sure sign of summer’s arrival has graced Chicago: Chonkosaurus has risen. The famed snapping turtle, dubbed “Chonkosaurus” by internet commentators when pictures of her basking on a Chicago River pylon first went viral in summer 2023, reappeared earlier this week. The celebrity turtle and
- Suspect considered ‘armed and dangerous’ after sisters, 10 and 21, found dead in Streamwood home, police sayby Carolyn Stein, Rebecca Johnson, Caroline Kubzansky on May 29, 2025 at 10:26 pm
Eyani Jones, 10, and Janiya Jenkins, 21, were found inside a home in the 1600 block of McKool Avenue just after 8 p.m. Wednesday night, according to the Cook County medical examiner’s office.
- Latest transit proposal would hike tolls, tax ride-shares to avoid $771M fiscal cliffby Talia Soglin, Olivia Olander, Jeremy Gorner on May 29, 2025 at 10:11 pm
Illinois lawmakers consider a toll hike and other measures to address an expected $771 million financial shortfall for Chicago-area public transit.
- Appeals court allows President Trump to continue collecting tariffs under an emergency powers law — for nowby Associated Press on May 29, 2025 at 9:28 pm
A federal appeals court on Thursday allowed President Trump to continue collecting tariffs under an emergency powers law for now.