Chicago senior awarded $1-million in scholarships

CONGRATULATIONS! Freddie Golden has been awarded more than $1-million in scholarships, including the Cubs Charities scholarship. He also told us his secret to all his success.

New book about Northwest Indiana released
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A new book called 'Secret Northwest Indiana: A guide to the weird, wonderful, and obscure' has been released. The author joins Good Day Saturday to chat about it.

Nonspeaking valedictorian with autism delivers inspiring speech at Florida college

A graduating student of Rollins College, who is nonverbal and has autism, received a standing ovation after delivering an inspirational valedictorian speech using a text-to-speech computer program.

Ludacris buys private jet as gift for graduating from Georgia State

Most students receive a nice little gift after graduation, but rapper Ludacris decided to go all out when he got his honorary degree from Georgia State: he got himself a private jet.

Beach Park superintendent Craig Doster under investigation
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The Beach Park School District is handing all personnel issues off to individual school principals ? rather than the superintendent, Craig Doster.

New Chicago podcast explores the ripple effects of 1954 school desegregation
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Aim?e Eubanks Davis joins us to talk about hosting a new podcast which explores how Black educators were impacted after the Brown v. Board of Education ruling that created an integrated school system in the U.S.

Indiana high school students help preserve 'House of Tomorrow'
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A group from the LaPorte County Career and Technical Education center spent the day helping to restore one of the state's most significant historic landmarks ? the House of Tomorrow.

Students restoring Indiana's 'House of Tomorrow', built for 1933 World's Fair

A group from the LaPorte County Career and Technical Education center spent the day helping to restore one of the state's most significant historic landmarks – the House of Tomorrow.

Lincoln College, historically Black school in Illinois, to close after 157 years

A historically Black college in central Illinois named after Abraham Lincoln and founded the year the former president was assassinated will close this week, months after a cyberattack that compounded enrollment struggles due to the coronavirus pandemic.

CPS launches 'Please Stay' campaign to help Chicago students address mental health issues
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Dr. Tali Raviv from the Center for Childhood Resilience talks about the importance of providing mental health resources to children and installing a network of support around them at a young age.

Chicago culinary students compete in 'Food Truck Wars'
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Student chefs in Chicago are earning real-word experience through a food truck cooking competition. Students from five CPS high schools pitched their ideas for a food truck.