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| Good afternoon, Chicago. Chicago Public Schools will begin transferring about 540 students from two high schools in the ASPIRA charter network, as the campuses confront deep financial turmoil and a possible midyear closure. The charter network is facing a $4.8 million deficit and, according to CPS and ASPIRA officials, may be unable to meet payroll through the end of the year. Here’s what else is happening today. And remember, for the latest breaking news in Chicago, visit chicagotribune.com/latest-headlines and sign up to get our alerts on all your devices. Subscribe to more newsletters | Asking Eric | Horoscopes | Puzzles & Games | Today in History
news  Tommy Schaefer, right, and Heather Mack, both of Chicago, arrive for their trial at Denpasar's district court in Bali, Indonesia, on April 9, 2015. Schaefer and Mack were on trial for the murder of Mack's mother, Sheila von Wiese-Mack, whose badly beaten body was found in a suitcase in the trunk of a taxi outside an upscale hotel in August 2014 on the resort island of Bali. (Firdia Lisnawati/AP) Tommy Schaefer enters plea of not guilty in Bali suitcase murderTommy Schaefer left Chicago on a flight to sunny Bali nearly 12 years ago. He returned this week in FBI custody, charged with murder conspiracy in the bludgeoning death of Sheila von Wiese-Mack, the mother of his then-girlfriend, Heather Mack, in a macabre crime that made international headlines.
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business  Traffic crawls along DuSable Lake Shore Drive just south of Lawrence Avenue, during a light snow and rain, as vehicles make their way in toward downtown Chicago on Dec. 10, 2025. (Antonio Perez/Chicago Tribune) State Farm to issue $5 billion in auto insurance dividends — or about $100 per carHome insurance rates may be going through the roof, but State Farm has some good news for its auto insurance customers.
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sports  Ohio State's Kayden McDonald speaks to the media during the NFL combine Wednesday, Feb. 25, 2026, in Indianapolis. (Justin Casterline/Getty) 3 things to know about 3 defensive linemen on the Chicago Bears’ radar at the NFL combineThe Chicago Bears’ offensive revolution last season began with a revamped line. The Bears rebuilt the interior through a couple of trades (guards Joe Thuney and Jonah Jackson) and a free-agent signing (center Drew Dalman). Thuney and Dalman earned Pro Bowl honors, and Thuney was a first-team All-Pro and the NFL Protector of the Year.
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eat. watch. do.  The DePaul Art Museum at 935 W Fullerton Ave. is shutting down on June 30. (Provided by DPAM) DePaul Art Museum will close in JuneSince 2011, the DePaul Art Museum has featured the work of contemporary artists, many of whom are based in Chicago. But on June 30, the museum will close its doors.
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nation & world  Artist renderings and diagrams of the new White House East Wing and Ballroom, briefly posted on the National Capital Planning Commission’s website ahead of a March 5, hearing, are photographed Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2026. (AP Photo/Jon Elswick) Judge rejects request to block Trump White House from building its $400 million ballroom projectA federal judge rejected a preservationist group’s request to block the Trump administration from continuing construction of a $400 million ballroom where it demolished the East Wing of the White House.
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