Jenna Barnes

As of Thursday, the Chicago Board of Elections said it has received nearly 353,000 ballots. That includes more than 220,000 ballots cast at early voting sites and more than 132,000 mail-in ballots.

DOLTON, Ill. — A fiery village board meeting got underway in Dolton on Wednesday night, but not in the usual location. The meeting was held at the Dolton Park District building and the fireworks started before business even began.

Chicago teachers wanting healthy green school improvements, especially in lower income neighborhoods, held a rally Tuesday night to make their voices heard.

Over the weekend I was able to attend a Ramapo field trip with my Intermediate Drawing class to Dia Beacon. The museum is known for its vast sculptures and the preservation of artists and is built on ideas from artists in the former Nabisco box printing factory. The artwork displayed was all from artists that were popular in the 1960s to 1970s.

CHICAGO (WGN) — The Chicago Board of Education (CBOE) voted unanimously Thursday evening to support a new resolution that would explore keeping the seven Acero charter schools slated for closure open, giving families and teachers some hope.

SOUTH HOLLAND, Ill. (WGN) — In the ongoing power struggle in Thornton Township, township supervisor Tiffany Henyard plans to appoint a new trustee to fill a vacancy on the township’s board Tu…

Cook County Circuit Court Judge Thomas Nowinski is being pushed to be reassigned to a different division due to his alleged lack of recognition of domestic violence risk and failure to ask the righ…

COOK COUNTY, Ill. — Multiple investigations are underway on Friday after a detainee, who had been arrested for allegedly body-slamming a police officer, was allegedly found with a gun inside the Co…

Three City of Chicago employees have filed complaints against former communications director Ronnie Reese, alleging misconduct including intimidation, inappropriate comments about race, and sexual …

Cook County Chief Judge Timothy C. Evans has pledged to provide additional training for all Cook County judges who hear domestic violence cases and petitions for orders of protection, improve elect…