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3+ mon, 1+ week ago  (607+ words) Several new state laws affecting education take effect this month, highlighting the rights of immigrant students and the growth of artificial intelligence in schools. An amendment to the Illinois School Code prohibits public schools from denying a student access to…...

1+ hour, 12+ min ago  (187+ words) Updated on: April 19, 2026 / 11: 51 AM CDT / CBS News Eight children and teens were killed early Sunday in a mass shooting in Shreveport, Louisiana, authorities said. The suspected shooter is also dead. Ten people were struck by gunfire in all, Shreveport Police…...

3+ week, 6+ day ago  (356+ words) Illinois has lost a handful of receivers in the offseason, including go-to target Hank Beatty and portal departures Alexander-Capka Jones and Mario Sanders II. But Illini coach Bret BIelema has done a solid job of retooling at the position since, and…...

1+ hour, 59+ min ago  (57+ words) Semaj Hampton, 19, was arrested in Schiller Park on Friday and charged with one felony count of attempted first-degree murder and one felony count of aggravated battery with discharge of a firearm. Man charged with attempted murder in March 2025 shooting on…...

2+ hour, 19+ min ago  (66+ words) From a very special birthday gathering for Kay Lycett to kindergarteners at Whittier Elementary in Oak Park learning about the weather. Here's what caught Suzanne Le Mignot and Mary Kay Kleist's eye this week. Special birthday surprise, Mary Kay talks…...

3+ hour, 3+ min ago  (34+ words) As for Sunday night, high pressure builds overhead, relaxing the wind and clearing the skies. This pattern will allow the temperature to drop to the freezing level. Chilly showers by afternoon, 50s for highs...

3+ hour, 21+ min ago  (36+ words) Police said a woman was traveling westbound on the train when the suspect approached her while touching himself and making sexual comments. CPD searching for man accused of attempted sexual assault on CTA Blue Line train...

3+ hour, 14+ min ago  (195+ words) April 19, 2026 / 9: 38 AM CDT / CBS Chicago Chicago police are asking for the public's help with identifying a man they said attempted to sexually assault a rider on a CTA Blue Line train on Saturday. It happened on the train between Cicero…...

11+ hour, 41+ min ago  (223+ words) The National Weather Service has confirmed at least four tornadoes swept through northern Illinois on April 17 " an EF2 in Lena, an EF1 in Roscoe, an EF1 in Harrison and and EFU or "unknown" in Pecatonica. The most severe of the four was the…...

2+ mon, 4+ week ago  (590+ words) A federal judge in Chicago on Thursday officially dismissed a lawsuit that led to her landmark injunction limiting the use of force by immigration agents during Operation Midway Blitz. Though U. S. District Judge Sara Ellis agreed to dismiss the case "without…...