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Lisa Daniels, the founder and executive director of the Darren B. Easterling Center for Restorative Practices, said her youngest son, Darren, was fatally shot in Park Forest in July 2012 during a robbery. Her son had a criminal record and was committing a crime before he was shot, Daniels said, and because of that she has held him accountable for his actions posthumously. “Yet I firmly believe ...

An ice storm that threatens to cause more than one-quarter inch of accumulations has led some Chicago-area schools to switch to e-learning for Tuesday.

The three finalists for East Baton Rouge Parish school superintendent all spent time as “turnaround” principals charged with improving the operation and academic performance of low-performing schools.

CHICAGO — Two new cold weather deaths have brought the total number of confirmed or suspected Cook County weather deaths to seven since a snowstorm and frigid temperatures swept through the Midwest, officials said Wednesday. Officials in Will and Lake counties had also reported at least three possible weather-related deaths in the same period. Police said Vanda Parish, 66, of the North Center ...

The Will County coroner issued a warning to residents to be careful with extreme cold and heavy snow after deaths related to the weather. Coroner Laurie Summers urged residents to use caution shoveling snow and limit their exposure to the frigid cold weather after her office had two possible cold exposure deaths over the weekend. The Cook County medical examiner’s office also cited weather as ...