In a memo shared with Chicago Public Media staffers and obtained by the Tribune on Wednesday, new CEO Melissa Bell said employees will be offered an incentive package to voluntarily leave the company.

Melissa Bell, CEO of Chicago Public Media, disclosed the planned cuts Wednesday in announcements to donors and employees. She said staff will be offered incentives to voluntarily exit via buyouts.

(WLS) -- The frigid weather in the Chicago area is causing some pipes to burst and water mains to break. Classes were canceled Wednesday for Maine South High School in Park Ridge, after a ...

every student will be required to disconnect from their devices during school hours bell to bell,” Hochul said in her budget speech. “That means during class, at lunch, in the hallways ...

A Chicago man is facing felony drug and weapon charges after a two-month-long investigation by Naperville police, officials said. Deonte Bell, 23, of the 3800 block of Grenshaw Street in Chicago ...

Students at Chicago Public Schools do not have classes Tuesday as the district holds a School Improvement Day with only staff. Tuesday temperatures will start off below zero and the day's high ...

Renovations underway at Gordon Bell highschool are bringing modern energy efficiency and style to its building, but is also serving a higher purpose. Upgrades to the school’s internal and ...

Editor's Note: Our latest story on school closings for Tuesday, which includes more than 100 closures, can be found here. Our original story continues below. Dozens of schools across the Chicago ...

Editor's Note: Our latest story on school closings for Tuesday, which includes more than 100 closures, can be found here. Our original story continues below. More than a dozen Chicago-area schools ...

They reported from Washington. The incoming Trump administration has planned for “post-inauguration” immigration raids in Chicago next week, according to two people familiar with the planning ...

Chicago’s taco scene is as essential to the city’s culinary traditions as Italian beefs and deep-dish pizzas. New taquerias seem to pop up faster than Tuesdays on a calendar with a hunger ...

A school record 22 student musicians from Oak ... OPRF All State band selectees are Lizzy Bell (clarinet), Benjamin Drucker (clarinet), Rei Freireich (bass clarinet), Bennett King (trumpet ...