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High school students plan King memorialVictor Harbison begins the school year by asking students in his high school civics class a... |
Wheaton man's Family Truckster to star in Super Bowl adThe Griswolds and their Wagon Queen Family Truckster ride again, thanks to a Wheaton man's... |
CTA's Doomsday service faces its first rush hourPredictable as it was that the threat of previous CTA service cuts would not be carried out,... |
Unregistered sex offenders roam ChicagolandMany criminals are hard to track because of police's uncoordinated efforts and a lack of arrest... |
Pace route cuts force riders to scrambleFor years, Danny Colilla's two-hour-plus commute meant taking a CTA bus, subway train and two Pace... |
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Customer to donate kidney to cashierDan Coyne had the surprise all planned out: Near the end of Myra dela Vega's Friday night shift... |
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Chicago medical teams' hearts and thoughts still in HaitiWhen Dr. Mildred M.G. Olivier walked onto the grounds of a hospital in the suburbs of Port-au-Prince... |
Nursing home to lose federal fundsFederal health care authorities on Friday moved to terminate funding to the troubled Somerset... |
Chicago wins cemetery land for new O'Hare runwayThe City of Chicago on Monday was awarded possession of a 161-year-old cemetery that lies in the path of a future runway at O'Hare... |
Suspect charged in 1984 slayingDNA evidence helped authorities charge a South Side man in connection with an unsolved murder from nearly 26 years ago. |
New group's mission: Prevent sex assaultsThe women whose faces are pictured on the Web site are real sexual assault survivors, not models. And that's the point. |
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My experience in a Chicago school lunchroomOn a cool fall morning in a North Side lunchroom, tiny Chicago Public Schools students lined up for breakfast. |
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Chicago medical teams' hearts and thoughts still in HaitiWhen Dr. Mildred M.G. Olivier walked onto the grounds of a hospital in the suburbs of Port-au-Prince 10 days after Haiti's earthquake, she... |
South Loop School at crossroadsTen years ago, South Loop School was struggling with low test scores and on the verge of probation. But after a staff turnaround and the... |
Pace route cuts hit suburban bus ridersAcross the suburbs Monday, some commuters were sharing the pain of CTA riders in the city, even though the cuts to Pace bus service weren'... |
New group's mission: Prevent sex assaultsThe women whose faces are pictured on the Web site are real sexual assault survivors, not models. And that's the point. |
Evanston gives reprieve to branch librariesEvanston aldermen late Wednesday reversed their decision to close two branch libraries, giving the libraries another six months to find... |
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DNA ties Chicagoan to burglariesA Chicago man was charged last week in seven Skokie residential burglaries after police said they lifted his DNA from a water bottle at... |
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Tolls are no sweat for tollway workersMore than 1,400 employees of the Illinois Tollway, nearly 90 percent of the agency's work force, get a little-known bonus: toll-free... |
Supporters of early education center look for new siteAlthough plans have fallen through to place a proposed $8.7 million early learning center on a site between Winfield and West Chicago,... |
Court documents stolen from car in NapervilleCourt documents and other paperwork were stolen Jan. 26 from a car parked in the 800 block of South Washington Street in Naperville. |
Oswego chalks up a 3rd high school for 2014Continued enrollment growth and imminent overcrowding have convinced Oswego District 308 officials that a third high school can no longer be... |
6 DVDs stolen from Batavia librarySix DVDs were reported stolen from the Batavia Public Library, 10 S. Batavia Ave., on Jan. 27. The cases and security labels were found... |
Oak Park farmers market focuses on Midwest growers, not retailersThe Oak Park Farmers' Market, a Saturday morning institution for 35 years, will remain focused on selling goods grown or made by Midwest... |
40 cannabis plants seized in Westmont homeTwo men were arrested after Westmont police, assisted by the DuPage Metropolitan Enforcement Group, confiscated over 40 cannabis plants,... |
54 shirts stolen from Geneva storeFifty-four shirts valued at $1,593 were stolen from Aeropostale, 502 Commons Drive in Geneva, on Jan. 23. The shirts were on a two-tier... |
8 perfume bottles stolen from Downers Grove storeEight bottles of perfume valued at $841 were stolen Jan. 24 from Ulta, 1310 75th St. in Downers Grove. Police said a man was caught on video... |
Man charged with breaking into Palos Heights school's computer labAn Oak Forest man was charged with burglary last week after a custodian caught him breaking into a computer lab at Independence Junior... |
Parishioners find way to help with burials of Haitian childrenThe powder-blue pillowcase has been laid out like fresh laundry. On it, someone has stamped words in ink: Hope, Love, Dream. |
Gym shoe leads to arrest in purse snatchingsPatrick J. Sullivan, 23, of the 10500 block of Fitzsimmons Drive in Palos Park, was charged with robbery and theft after he was stopped... |
Heroin bust in BolingbrookMetropolitan Area Narcotics Squad officers seized 29 grams of heroin, a 2000 Dodge Neon and $860 in cash from two Chicago men during an... |
4 from Joliet area charged in robberyWill County Sheriff's police recently arrested four Joliet-area residents who used baseball bats and metal pipes to chase their victims... |
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Library district turns a page with voteOn a night when tax-weary voters across the Chicago area rejected pleas to help ailing school districts and parks, an ambitious library... |
61 LCD TVs stolen from semi parked in BolingbrookOne or more thieves took $120,000 worth of LCD televisions from a semitrailer parked on the 300 block of East Crossroads Boulevard in... |
Marilyn J. Genz, 1932-2010: Longtime TWA flight attendant flew with soldiers to VietnamAs a flight attendant for more than three decades, Marilyn J. Genz flew aboard everything from prop planes to 747s. Over the years, she... |
Hiroshi Harry Hasegawa, 1919-2010Hiroshi Harry Hasegawa worked as a printer for many years before settling into a second career as a teacher for the Chicago Public Schools. |
Robert F. DeFreitas, 1924 – 2010Robert F. DeFreitas had been shot down over China during a reconnaissance mission and rescued by Chinese allies in World War II. |
Edward F. Dillard Jr.,1928-2010Edward F. Dillard Jr. taught history for nearly 40 years at Hinsdale Central High School, where he also enjoyed coaching baseball. |
Karen "Katie" Degerberg: 1949-2010Karen Degerberg was able to mend bones, not break them, which perhaps made her an ideal partner for the owner of a busy North Side martial... |
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Gwendolyn Mastin, 1941-2010Gwendolyn Mastin filled a gap in services to people suffering from HIV/AIDS when she started a scattered-site housing program for women... |
Walter Klein Jr., 1950-2010: Former owner of Vic TheatreThe enduring image of Walter Klein Jr. may have been etched the night Steppenwolf played the Vic Theatre, the Lakeview concert venue he... |
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