A Montessori school teacher in Chicago was fired for slapping a child when she "lost her cool," potentially marking the second incident of abuse at the daycare.
On September 16, Nathaniel Huey Jr. allegedly murdered his lover, Zoraida Bartolomei, her husband Alberto Rolon, and their sons, Adriel, 9, and Diego, 7.
The attempted heist on the city's South Side led to several arrests and dozens of TVs being recovered by police after they busted the culprits mid-crime.
The 32-year-old was an assistant principal at KIPP Metro Atlanta Schools before moving to Chicago and becoming the assistant principal of culture at Intrinsic High School.
The undercover sting operation certainly meant well. Legal counselors looking for expulsion of charges against more than 43 Chicago-area defendants are citing to a study demonstrating a pattern of bias in the choice of targets for stash-house drug stings.
The Chicago Police Department is under fire for being involved in a high number of incidents relating to police brutality and abuse, including shootings and beatings.
While thousands of people lined up for the distribution of free tickets for President Barack Obama's farewell speech on Tuesday evening, dozens of online advertisements have also come up, auctioning these passes for prices as high as $5,000.
The Chicago public school system will now allow transgender students to use bathrooms depending on their gender preference. The issue on the use of bathrooms based on sexuality has been a national issue across the country.
The Illinois Educational Labor Relations Board backed Chicago Public Schools Thursday, agreeing to move ahead with seeking injunctive relief to block future Chicago Teachers Union strikes like the one staged earlier this month.
The New York City mayor has signed a measure that will ban all use of chewed tobacco and e-cigarettes in venues of major league ball parks and in recreational areas.
Fitch Ratings downgraded Chicago’s credit to the lowest investment grade levels after the Illinois Supreme Court shot down Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s plan to cut pension benefits.
A national jury sent down a former official in Chicago on Tuesday for being guilty in accepting “under the table” process to push a 100 million dollar contract to a Phoenix company, concerning the red light camera.
Two FCA dealerships in Illinois and Florida filed a lawsuit against the car manufacturer, accused Fiat Chrysler for inflating sales reports in certain dealers. The carmaker denied the allegations.
Former attorney for the Northern District of Illinois and Winston & Strawn LLP law firm partner, Dan Webb is the "third party" lawyer that Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel previously mentioned to review and conduct training in the city's law department. He will be assisted by his Winston & Strawn LLP partner Robert Michels, and will be paid at a discounted rate.
Newly released police dashboard camera videos from the scene of the shooting of a black teenager by a white Chicago patrolman could raise fresh questions over documentation of the killing, as the city braced for an organized protest march on Friday.
A white Chicago policeman who shot a black teenager to death was charged with murder on Tuesday in a prosecution hastened in hopes of averting renewed racial turmoil over the use of lethal police force that has shaken the United States for more than a year.
Police chiefs from across the United States called on Monday for universal background checks for firearms purchases, saying opinion polls consistently show that most Americans support such restrictions.
