Byrd-Bennett wants to get CPS students prepared for college

Within weeks of confirming the closure of a record 50 Chicago Public Schools, the schools chief unveiled some details of an ambitious five-year plan to get the city’s students prepared for college. Read More

Durbin kicks off immigration reform debate

In Washington Monday afternoon, immigration reform debate got underway in the U.S. Senate and someone Illinois residents know went first. Read More

Pension talks fail

The pension pow wow failed, but not for lack of an interesting suggestion from one leading Democrat. Read More

Reverend John Boyle, associate pastor at Fourth Presbyterian Church, dead at 87

John Boyle found his path to God after walking into the hell of Dachau. Read More

Bolton: NSA leaker Edward Snowden is guilty of treason

There is a lot of reaction on WLS this morning to the identification of the man who leaked information last week, about the U.S. Government's secret surveillance program, which allows the Nationa Read More

Kane County prosecutors want your 'like'

Count the Kane County State's Attorney's Office as the latest local arm of the law to join the world's largest social media network. Read More

CTU keeps eye on Philadelphia schools, where 3,000 layoffs loom

Chicago Teachers Union officials fear the city could soon follow Philadelphia’s steps and send out thousands of layoff notices, the Chicago Sun-Times reports. Read More

Man threatens to kill Chicago cop after he's asked to put out cigarette

A man who threatened to kill a cop after taunting officers by telling them "I would like to see you … try to take me to jail" was ordered held in lieu of $100,000 bail Sunday. Read More

Suburban man fatally stabs dog he believes was possessed

A northwest suburban man allegedly stabbed his father's sheltie dog to death in a park and told police he did it because he thought the dog was possessed, a Cook County prosecutor said Sunday. Read More

2 killed, at least 17 wounded in weekend shootings

Two people were killed and at least 17 others were hurt in shootings across the city since Friday afternoon, including two people shot when gunfire erupted near a passing ambulance -- forcing paramedi Read More