Education
South Dakota extends in-state tuition to Illinois students
South Dakota’s six public universities plan to offer in-state tuition rates to students from Illinois by next fall.
Arts
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Chicagoland News
Indiana teacher with 'kill list' charged with intimidation
The teacher has been charged with felony intimidation despite reportedly telling school officials that she was struggling with mental health and kids not listening in the classroom, and that she "was only joking about it all."
Film & Television
'Svengoolie' horror host Rich Koz gets a Halloween tribute
Koz gets a deserved MeTV tribute throughout October dubbed “Svengoolie’s Halloween BOOnanza." The salute includes a “documentary-slash-entertainment program” that details his career and follows him to horror conventions.
Arts
Michelle Obama plans 6-city tour for 'The Light We Carry'
Obama will open at the Warner Theatre in Washington on Nov. 15, the publication date for her book. She will then travel to Philadelphia's The Met, Atlanta's Fox Theatre, the Chicago Theatre and San Francisco's Masonic, before closing at the YouTube Theater in Los Angeles.
Crime
R. Kelly convicted on many counts, acquitted of trial fixing
A federal jury on Wednesday convicted R. Kelly of several child pornography and sex abuse charges in his hometown of Chicago, delivering another legal blow to a singer who used to be one of the biggest R&B stars in the world.
Arts
Renowned jazz pianist Ramsey Lewis has died, age 87
Renowned jazz pianist Ramsey Lewis, whose music entertained fans over a more than 60-year career that began with the Ramsey Lewis Trio and made him one of the country’s most successful jazz musicians, has died. He was 87.
News
Judge OKs $9.25M settlement between Chicago schools, union
The federal lawsuits stemmed from several rounds of layoffs at 18 schools under the “turnaround” policy. The affected employees worked at schools on Chicago’s South or West sides and many were in black communities.
Arts
Music writer fights subpoena to testify at R. Kelly trial
A music writer who spent decades raising awareness about sexual misconduct allegations against R. Kelly is fighting a bid to force him to testify at the R&B singer's federal trial on child pornography and trial-fixing charges, according to a Tuesday court filing.
Film & Television
Barack Obama wins Emmy for narrating national parks series
Obama won the best narrator Emmy for his work on the Netflix documentary series, “Our Great National Parks.” Barack Obama is the second president to have an Emmy. Dwight D. Eisenhower was given a special Emmy Award in 1956.
Lifestyle
Loyola's Sister Jean turns 103, has train stop named for her
Loyola University’s Sister Jean Dolores Schmidt got a Chicago train station plaza at the Loyola campus renamed in her honor for her 103rd birthday.
Education
Northwestern selects Oregon's Schill to be next president
University of Oregon President Michael Schill will assume that office at Northwestern University this fall, the Evanston school's board of trustees announced Thursday.
Arts
Lollapalooza will stay in Chicago for at least another decade
Though the news "leaked" early in the weekend when the founder of Lollapalooza, Perry Farrell himself, told WGNNews' Dean Richards that a deal had been reached, Mayor Lightfoot took the stage Sunday night to announce that the Lollapalooza Festival will remain in Chicago for at least the next decade.