Both taxpayers and the environment could be stripped of their green as Chicago-area landfills accumulate trash at more than double the rate of the state average, officials said last Thursday.

Keller Regional Gifted Center won't be moving. And Chicago Public Schools will build a modular unit at Mount Greenwood Elementary to accommodate overcrowding.

The Chicago Police Department has reported that a man attempted to lure a 13-year-old girl into his car near 95th Street and Winchester Avenue.

Police described the man, as 30 to 40 years old and driving a rusty white, older-model, four-door hatchback with a wide black stripe down the sides. Police said a baby seat was in the back passenger seat of the car.

Ald. Ginger Rugai told a packed gymnasium at Keller School Thursday that Chicago Public Schools would relocate the city's top-performing elementary school over her dead body.

Parents of the 240 students at Keller Elementary Gifted Magnet School are expected to pack the school gym tonight for a meeting at 6 p.m.

Almost nine months ago to the day, neighbors – and the city as a whole – seemingly let out a collective gasp when the South Side Irish Parade Committee announced that the annual Irish Parade had b