Polls closed Tuesday evening in Chicago’s first school board elections, where 10 local races have high stakes for Mayor Brandon Johnson and the powerful Chicago Teachers Union. Though they began as sleepy provincial contests,

For the first time in Chicago history, voters this year will get to choose some of the members of the Chicago Board of Education, which is on schedule fo be a fully voter-elected board by 2027.

Two people were shot, one critically, Tuesday afternoon at Navy Pier. Chicago Fire Department crews responded to Navy Pier around 1:30 p.m. and quickly transported two people to Northwestern Memorial Hospital,

Two people were shot and wounded on the north side of the pier, and the scene remained chaotic Tuesday afternoon. Jermont Terry reports.