After months of public hearings, raucous protests, serious safety concerns and lawsuits, the six members of the Chicago Public Schools Board of Education met Wednesday to determine which schools they will close this June. Read More
- LIVE COVERAGE: Live-blog, video of hearing and updated map of closings
- News blog: CPS closing list by race, location
- News Blog: Interactive School Closure Map
- SPECIAL COVERAGE: The Final Bell
- GRAPHIC: Four schools on closing list saved
- Pickets, chanting begin long before vote on school closings
- Sunny news for staff, parents at schools taken off closing list
- Four Chicago Public Schools saved from closing list; fate of remaining schools up for vote today
- SPECIAL REPORT: Kohn students would pass many vacant homes on path to Lavizzo
- SPECIAL REPORT: CPS closings create school zone, danger zone
- SPECIAL REPORT: If Marconi closes, students will have to walk past drug dealers on way to Tilton
- List of school programs to be closed
- CTU files civil-rights lawsuits over school closings
Bears great Brian Urlacher announces retirement
BY ADAM L. JAHNS: The Urlacher era in Chicago is now officially over. After 13 seasons in a Bears uniform, linebacker Brian Urlacher is retiring …Read More
News
- O’Hare, Midway expect increases over last year for Memorial Day travel
- Four Chicago Public Schools saved from closing list; fate of remaining schools up for vote today
- Black Illinois House members split on gay marriage bill, Sun-Times survey finds
- Lawyers seek Arlington burial for Chicago mobster Sam Volpendesto
- Senate committee OKs immigration bill
- Emanuel says he’s not worried about political heat from school closings
- Emanuel says he’s not worried about political heat from school closings
Sports
05/22/2013 at 11:24AM
More Sports- Sergio Garcia ‘fried chicken’ comment draws Tiger Woods’ ire
- Blackhawks have to figure out how to play like the Blackhawks
- Reinsdorf to family: When I die, sell White Sox, keep Bulls
- Briggs testing his voice with new Bears and no Urlacher
- Garza shines in return, but bullpen scuffs up save in loss
- NU women’s lacrosse and its title collection border on unbelievable
- Guilty plea in slashing death of Chicago Bears fan in Florida bar
Business
More Business
- US home sales tick up to highest in 3 ½ years
- Restaurant learns online reviews can make or break
- Target’s 1Q profit drops 26 pct on weak sales
- US auto factories cutting back on summer downtime
- Stocks rise on Fed stimulus hopes, home sales
- Volkswagen to put special fuel caps on diesels
- Obama opposes bill on Keystone XL oil pipeline
Entertainment
05/22/2013 at 12:08PM
More Entertainment- Justin Bieber booed because he’s ‘a whiner,’ music insider says
- Chief Keef arrested in Georgia hotel after staff smells marijuana
- Taking to the air on the highest trapeze in Chicago
- Daft Punk strives to return life to dance music with new album
- ‘Company of Men’ hauntingly disturbing, yet irresistible
- Kristen Stewart, Robert Pattinson split seems permanent this time
- Seth MacFarlane: I won’t be Oscar host in 2014
Lifestyles
05/22/2013 at 11:24AM
More Lifestyles- Michelle McBride on the backlash from Angelina Jolie’s recent op-ed
- EP firefighter, storm chaser recounts Oklahoma devastation
- Prairie Path brought naturalist’s vision to reality 50 years ago
- Open hearts give Haitian patient a 2nd chance
- No need to lie to children over relative’s sex change
- To Your Health: Make every day ‘Don’t Fry Day’
- ‘Pollen tsunami’ makes allergy season even worse
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