The Chicago Teachers Union voted Tuesday to discontinue the city’s first teachers strike in 25 years, ending a now week-and-a-half-long protest that has kept the…
via CNN Chicago teachers will decide Sunday whether to end a strike that has paralyzed the nation’s third-largest public school system and left hundreds of thousands of students out of class for a week. Representatives from the teachers’ bargaining team plan to share details about proposed contract language during a meeting in the afternoon. “The […]
After a marathon session in Chicago’s Hilton hotel, rank and file members of the Chicago Teachers Union spilled into the street at midnight central time…
CHICAGO — Thousands of teachers walked off the job Monday in Chicago’s first schools strike in 25 years, after union leaders announced that months-long negotiations…
An off-duty police officer killed man in a Chicago suburb, after the officer injured the victim’s 4-year-old daughter in a bike accident, the Chicago Tribune…
What does a World War II vet get after serving his country? Smashed glasses, broken dentures and a stolen wallet, that’s what. And this was…
Chicago police officers stopped a car full of people during a random traffic stop and were surprised to find a 3-year-old girl holding a loaded…
2 teens are dead and 5 people are wounded after a shootout inside a Church’s Fried Chicken restaurant on Chicago’s south side. Cops says the shooting was the end result of an argument earlier on the outside of the restaurant. The shooter chased the victim into the restaurant with a handgun and opened fire, striking […]
CHICAGO (AP) — A 21-year-old Chicago man faces abuse charges after he allegedly posted a photograph on Facebook that shows his daughter’s hands, legs and mouth apparently bound with blue tape. RELATED: Police Investigating Picture Of Girl Bound With Duct Tape Police spokesman Officer Ron Gaines says Andre Curry is charged with aggravated domestic battery. […]
While in Kanye West‘s hometown of Chicago, ‘Ye took the opportunity to show Jay-Z some of his city. They hit Kanye’s childhood home, and he reflects on his early inclination towards art. Spike Lee compliments Kanye on elements of Watch The Throne backstage after a show in this clip, and Kanye almost seems humble! RELATED […]
CHICAGO — Each time 15-year-old Reginald Graham builds a bicycle, the process begins with a ritual. He goes to the back room at the shop…
Common has released another visual from his up-coming album, The Dreamer, The Believer. Things take a more relaxed turn from the more intense “Ghetto Dreams.” How blue is the sky in Chicago? This time out Mr. Lynn pretty much raps the entire time laid out in bed with ballerinas and whiskey as his supporting cast. […]
