Latrice Christian

The Chicago Board of Education on Wednesday voted to close 49 elementary schools, in what is believed to be the biggest single mass shutdown of schools in U.S. history.

Morton West High School has been placed on lock down for precautionary reasons after an unknown individual entered the building.

A 19-year-old former student at Glenbard East High School in Lombard was in custody on Wednesday, accused of planning a "Columbine-style" attack on the school, with a list of people he wanted to target.

A woman robbed a Lakeview bank Tuesday afternoon on the city’s North Side.

Hours before a final vote by the Chicago Board of Education, Chicago Public Schools officials have agreed to back off of plans to close four of the 53 elementary schools targeted for closing at the end of the school year, Board Vice President Jesse Ruiz confirmed Wednesday morning.

A teenage boy was fatally shot in the South Side Back of the Yards neighborhood Tuesday evening, police said.

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