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Cook County Public Defender Sharone Mitchell Jr. and a coalition of legal groups and social service organizations are petitioning Chief Judge Timothy Evans to enter a general order prohibiting warrantless immigration arrests in or around courthouses.
Court facilities have historically been spared when it comes to immigration enforcement in order to create conditions in which defendants and witnesses are likely to show up for appearances. But sightings of federal immigration agents have increasingly been reported in and around area courthouses.
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Kindergartners at Arther Libby Elementary school hold signs during a Peace Walk Out for International Day of Peace in Chicago’s Back of the Yards neighborhood on Sept. 23, 2025. More children in Illinois overall are demonstrating readiness for kindergarten compared with previous years. (Antonio Perez/Chicago Tribune)
New study on Illinois’ public education system sees promise and problems
Education in Illinois shows promising areas of growth — including improved kindergarten readiness and increased graduation rates — but remains hampered by stagnant reading and math literacy, as well as rising higher education costs, according to a new report. Read more here.
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A new prescription medication vending machine at Advocate Medical Group’s Imani Village clinic on Sept. 30, 2025, in Chicago’s Pullman neighborhood. (Dominic Di Palermo/Chicago Tribune)
Medicine from a vending machine? Advocate Health Care installs devices on the South Side.
Most patients don’t expect to be sent to a vending machine immediately after a doctor’s appointment or a hospital stay. But there are two new vending machines that dole out prescription medications — not snacks — at Advocate Trinity Hospital in Calumet Heights and Advocate Medical Group’s Imani Village clinic in Pullman. Read more here.
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Defenseman Kevin Korchinski practices Sept. 18, 2025, as the Blackhawks begin training camp at Fifth Third Arena. (Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune)
What does Kevin Korchinski’s assignment to Rockford mean for the Chicago Blackhawks defenseman’s future?
It could be helpful for Kevin Korchinski to get AHL reps after a lackluster training camp. But is it time to start worrying about the No. 7 pick in the 2022 draft? Read more here.
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Chicago artist Tony Fitzpatrick with some of the puzzles that have been created from his artwork at his home in Chicago’s Humboldt Park neighborhood in 2020. (Chris Sweda/Chicago Tribune)
Column: Tony Fitzpatrick has a new book, and maybe new lungs
Sitting in a chair inside a room at the sprawling Rush University Medical Center, in its intensive care section to be specific, hooked up to tubes and monitors and other medical gizmos, Tony Fitzpatrick and his disposition are as sunny as the day outside. Read more here.
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Ethologist and conservationist Jane Goodall waits to speak to members of the media after an event that introduced her new Chicago basecamp of the Jane Goodall Institute’s Roots and Shoots program on Sept. 13, 2025, at the Lincoln Park Zoo in Chicago. (Dominic Di Palermo/Chicago Tribune)
Jane Goodall, conservationist renowned for chimpanzee research and environmental advocacy, has died
While living among chimpanzees in Africa decades ago, Jane Goodall documented the animals using tools and doing other activities previously believed to be exclusive to people, and also noted their distinct personalities. Read more here.
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