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An Illinois school district that had the nation’s highest student arrest rate has agreed to change its disciplinary practices and give help to those who missed class time while being punished.
The settlement with the U.S. Department of Education will end a federal civil rights investigation into the Four Rivers Special Education District that began after a 2022 ProPublica and Chicago Tribune investigation which found that the district turned to the police with unprecedented frequency to discipline students with disabilities.
A convicted serial killer dubbed the “Hollywood Ripper” appears in court in Skokie today after authorities long sought to bring him to justice in the 1993 slaying of 18-year-old Tricia Pacaccio. Read more here.
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It ended MetroSouth Medical Center in Blue Island. (Zbigniew Bzdak/Chicago Tribune)
Plans to convert the former MetroSouth Medical Center in Blue Island into a senior housing complex are underway as developers work to pay off debt and meet other conditions outlined in a preliminary agreement with the city. Read more here.
After the offseason grind, after months of team-building initiatives, after seven weeks of training camp, the Bears will slide between the ropes into a season that feels like it could be transformative. Read more here.
From A+E writers, columnists and critics, here are all the Tribune’s fall 2024 guides to arts and entertainment, from music and museums to dance and art. Read more here.
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The 14-year-old suspect in a shooting that killed four people at a Georgia high school and his father will remain in custody after back-to-back court hearings Friday morning in which their attorneys refused to ask for bail. Read more here.
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