Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. CHICAGO (AP) — The Chicago school district will run background checks on thousands of employees after a newspaper found that ...

Mayor Lori Lightfoot has called on the city’s independent watchdog to look into secret criminal background checks by Chicago police of speakers at public Police Board meetings after documents obtained ...

Brett J. Smith has been repeatedly accused of assaulting children and using several different names to hide his past. It ...

Arty Chicago punk trio Background Character just celebrated five years as a band by headlining a show at Gman Tavern, and they’re still just as eager to try new ideas as they were on day one. In ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- 266 Chicago Public Schools employees will not return to work due to the district's requirement that all employees submit to a new background check, according to a statement released ...

GRAND RAPIDS, MI – About a quarter of people surveyed by Grand Rapids were firmly opposed to or had concerns about city’s new police chief because of his background at the Chicago Police Department.

CHICAGO (AP) — A review of Chicago Public Schools' background checks prompted by a newspaper investigation has resulted in nearly 130 school district employees being terminated, recommended for ...

CHICAGO – The Chicago school district will run background checks on thousands of employees after a newspaper found that students had been sexually abused by workers with criminal records. Chicago ...