At Wendell Phillips Academy High School in Bronzeville, a short bit of music plays just before the bell rings: a snippet of the 1920s jazz standard “Sweet Georgia Brown.” The song has for more than ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- It's Troy McAllister's time to shine. The Wendell Phillips Academy football coach is getting special recognition for turning a once-failing team into a multi-state championship ...

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CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (CBS) -- Wendell Phillips Academy High School in Bronzeville is aiming for its first championship in nearly half a century, after beating downstate Williamsville High School in IHSA ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- A student and a security guard were shot outside Wendell Phillips Academy High School in the Bronzeville neighborhood Tuesday afternoon. Chicago police said a male security guard went ...

CHAMPAIGN — The Benton Rangers’ dream of winning a state championship fell one win short Saturday as Wendell Phillips Academy in Chicago defeated the maroon-clad boys from Franklin County, 54-47. The ...