The Latest Breaking News from CPS

CPS cites Urban Prep, celebrated all-boys Chicago charter school, for ‘dismal’ financial management

The privately operated, publicly funded school has used cash advances and “predatory loans” for funding, city school officials say. Urban Prep leaders say its financial issues are resolved.

Chicago Sun-Times · Jul 1, 2022

Killer son stabbed parents 284 times in brutal double murder

Lee Tipping brutally knifed to death mum Patricia Livesey and dad Anthony Tipping at their home on November 19, 2021.

Daily Record · Jul 1, 2022

Ex-CPS principal admits defrauding district of hundreds of thousands of dollars

Sarah Jackson Abedelal, the onetime principal of Brennemann Elementary School, is one of six people charged so far with scamming CPS through phony overtime claims and bogus orders for ink, paper and other printer supplies.

Chicago Sun-Times · Jun 30, 2022

Advocates call on CPS to use schools as cooling centers amid scorching Chicago heat

Heat-related injuries and deaths have been top of mind for many Chicagoans as the city reached 100-degree temperatures for the second consecutive week.

Chicago Sun-Times · Jun 26, 2022

New high school on Near South Side would be good investment of taxpayer money

The area recently made history by gaining its first Asian American City Council member, and this same area should make history by being allowed to have its own high school.

Chicago Sun-Times · Jun 26, 2022

Footballer guilty of ‘vile’ homophobic abuse as CPS launch crackdown

Anti-gay attacks “won’t be tolerated”, says leading Crown prosecutor Lionel Idan

Evening Standard · Jun 24, 2022

The Man City fan, 29, who risked injuring players and supporters when he threw blue smoke flare onto the pitch during May's Premier League decider

Lifelong Blue Phillip Maxwell, 29, has been fined and banned from attending football matches following his 'thoughtless and selfish' actions during the rollercoaster season finale at the Etihad stadium

Manchester Evening News · Jun 24, 2022

Get buy-in before moving ahead with $120 million new school for Near South Side

The School Board was slated to vote on the proposal, but it was pulled at the last minute. Even some supporters agreed with the need to build consensus and listen to the concerns of the broader school community.

Chicago Sun-Times · Jun 24, 2022

Drunk woman attacked police officer on night out before playing dead in street

She had been on a night out in Warrington

Liverpool Echo · Jun 23, 2022

McDonald's worker played dead before drunkenly assaulting police officer

Chelsea Henley, 18, slumped to the ground after kicking a patrol car then lay on the ground with her eyes closed as an officer battled to get her to her feet, a court heard

Daily Mirror · Jun 23, 2022