Proviso Township students to return to class Tuesday as negotiations with teachers continue
Proviso District 209 is currently negotiating a new contract with the Proviso Teachers Union. The union had said members would strike on Feb. 18, they postponed the strike as negotiations continued.
Proviso District 209 reverts to e-learning after students set fires in school bathrooms
During student walkouts and protests Wednesday in solidarity with the planned teachers’ strike, small fires were set in the bathrooms at Proviso East and Proviso West high schools.
Proviso teachers' strike postponed, e-learning implemented over unrest at schools
During student walkouts and protests Wednesday in solidarity with the planned teachers’ strike, small fires were set in the bathrooms at Proviso East and Proviso West high schools.
Proviso students walk out of class in solidarity with teachers' strike
Proviso students were seen walking along Maywood's 1st Avenue in the morning, standing in solidarity with their teachers.
Proviso East High School students walk-out in support of teachers
Another student walk-out occurred at another Chicago area high school Wednesday. This time, it had nothing to do with the mask mandate.
Proviso High School District 209 teachers, staff plan to strike this week
Teachers and staff with Proviso High School District 209 are drumming up support as they prepare to walk off the job.
Proviso High School District 209 teachers, staff plan to strike Friday
Teachers and staff with Proviso High School District 209 are drumming up support as they prepare to walk off the job.
Proviso teachers protest ahead of possible strike Friday
Teachers and staff with Proviso High School District 209 are drumming up support as they prepare to walk off the job.
Maywood man, 'ringleader' of smash-and-grab crew charged with recent burglaries
He was arrested with just $5 in his pocket, but police say Tacarre Harper headed a crew that made off with $175,000 in merchandise in at least nine smash-and-grab burglaries in recent months, even tossing cash registers on Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s Gold Coast street between heists.
Chicago police nab 'ringleader' of smash-and-grab crew involved in at least 9 recent burglaries
Chicago police describe Tecarre Harper as a “prolific criminal” and said he has been targeting stores for months.
Man convicted of shooting Maywood man to death, dumping body under Green Line tracks
A Maywood man has been convicted of first degree murder in the shooting death of a 30-year-old in 2017 – dumping his body under train tracks, according to Maywood police.
Family trying to locate missing 57-year-old man
Police are asking for the public's help in locating a man who was last seen by his family in April 2021.
FOUND: 7-year-old boy abducted at gunpoint by mother on the Near West Side
The 7-year-old boy who was abducted at gunpoint Wednesday afternoon by his mother, who is not his legal guardian, has been found safe, police said.
Cook County jury awards woman $21M after Maywood crash caused lifelong injuries
"In short, this crash shattered life as she knew it," attorney Aaron D. Boeder said.
Maywood man charged in September Bronzeville shooting: Police
A Maywood man is facing charges after police identified him as the offender who shot a 35-year-old man in Chicago's Bronzeville neighborhood on Sept. 29.
Maywood man charged with shooting person multiple times in legs, arms, chest
When Maywood police officers arrived on scene, they found a person lying on the ground with multiple gunshot wounds to their legs, arms and chest area.
DNA technology helps identify another Gacy victim
A North Carolina man who moved to Chicago was one of the victims of John Wayne Gacy, who was convicted of killing 33 young men and boys in the 1970s, authorities said Monday.
New legislation would crack down on 'ghost guns' in Illinois
Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart and state Sen. Jacqueline Collins proposed new legislation Tuesday to ban the possession and sale of guns without serial numbers, also known as "ghost guns."
Maywood man charged with sexually assaulting juvenile who was on the way to school
Authorities said Seven Bailey sexually assaulted a juvenile who was walking to a bus stop Thursday morning.
Second man charged with murder in Eisenhower Expressway shooting
A second man has been charged with murder for his alleged role in a deadly shooting last year on the Eisenhower Expressway.