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Chicago grants Emmett Till's South Side home landmark status

The Associated Press
Jan 28, 2021 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - The Chicago home of Emmett Till, the Black teenager whose 1955 lynching galvanized the civil rights movement when his mother insisted his mutilated body b...
14-year-old arrested for role in Chicago carjacking spree

The Associated Press
Jan 28, 2021 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - A 14-year-old boy has been arrested for taking part in multiple carjackings including one involving an off-duty police officer, Chicago police said Thursd...
Chicago principals offer school reopening plan amid pandemic

By DON BABWIN
Jan 27, 2021 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Chicago Public Schools should allow students back into classrooms in no more than 100 facilities and then gradually reopen others, an organization of scho...
U of Chicago receives $75 million for school of social work

The Associated Press
Jan 27, 2021 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - The University of Chicago has received a $75 million donation for its school of social work, the school announced Wednesday. University officials asserte...
Mother, 4 children killed in fire at suburban Chicago home

The Associated Press
Jan 27, 2021 6:00 am - DES PLAINES, Ill. (AP) - A mother and her four daughters were killed in a Wednesday fire that swept through their home in the Chicago suburb of Des Plaines, the city's f...
Chicago schools reopening hits snag as union fight escalates

By SOPHIA TAREEN Associated Press
Jan 27, 2021 12:00 am - Chicago ditched plans Tuesday for thousands of teachers to report to schools this week ahead of students after the teachers union said its members wouldn't comply and we...
State buys West Loop office building

By TIM KIRSININKAS Capitol News Illinois tkirsininkas@capitolnewsillinois.com
Jan 27, 2021 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - State officials on Wednesday announced the purchase of a 17-story office building in Chicago's West Loop for $73.25 million, a move Gov. J.B. Pritzker's of...
Chicago mayor gets vaccine as state loosens virus rules

By SOPHIA TAREEN
Jan 26, 2021 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot received a COVID-19 vaccine shot Monday as Illinois touted online signups and efforts to address racial equity at the start o...
Chicago schools reopening hits snag as union fight escalates

By SOPHIA TAREEN
Jan 26, 2021 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Chicago ditched plans Tuesday for thousands of teachers to report to schools this week ahead of students after the teachers union said its members wouldn'...
Brothers accuse prominent Chicago priest of sexual abuse

By MICHAEL TARM
Jan 25, 2021 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Two brothers in their 60s on Monday described years of sexual abuse by a firebrand activist priest who has gained fame speaking out on national politics f...

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