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Teachers in the south Chicago suburb of Evergreen Park are on the picket line.The teachers in Evergreen Park District 124 walked off the job after contract talks broke down late Monday.

A local pastor goes pretty far in protesting the teacher's strike, more Burge cases come to light and remembering football filmmaker Steve Sabol.

The latest terror plot with ties to Chicago, Illinois and Wisconsin are tied in the their union embroilments, and New Orleans legend James "Sugar Boy" Crawford passes away

At one South Side elementary school, the discrepency between Chicago's school policies and the reality on the ground is painfully clear. 

The state's pair of crazy Uncle Joes, the Obama bear hug backlash and new light shed on the Blagojevich trial.

Rest assured, over the coming hours and days, we'll hear much, much more about the smaller nuances of the disputed talks as well as the bigger picture issues.

Chicago teachers went on strike Monday at midnight for the first time in 25 years after their union and district officials failed to reach a contract agreement despite intense weekend negotiations that the union said were productive but still failed to adequately address issues such as job security and teacher evaluations.