Articles filed under Chicago
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Meet the winners of the Daily Herald and College of DuPage Nominate a Nurse contestMay 20, 2020 6:00 am - Many world leaders have likened the COVID-19 pandemic to a war. Health care professionals are on a global front line battling a deadly virus. To highlight the hard work ...
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Radiothon to benefit key independent Chicago music venuesMay 20, 2020 1:00 am - Chicago's independent music venues are at risk of closing due to the COVID-19 pandemic. So as a fundraiser, 101.1 WKQX-FM is broadcasting a 34-hour Save Our Stages Radio...
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Windy City Smokeout postponed to summer 2021May 18, 2020 3:00 pm - Country music fans will have to put their barbecue cravings on hold for a bit. Organizers of the Windy City Smokeout — Chicago's country music, craft beer and barbecue ...
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Chicago planetarium lays off 120 employees due to pandemicMay 17, 2020 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Chicago's lakefront planetarium will lay off 120 part-time and full-time employees because of revenue loss during the coronavirus pandemic. Adler Planeta...
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Missed our livestream with Plain White T's? Here's where you can watch itMay 16, 2020 7:00 am - With the coronavirus menace still looming, the Daily Herald and Chicago Sound Check are using technology to keep readers and music fans entertained. Tim Lopez and Elmhu...
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Illinois reports more than 2,000 additional cases, 74 deaths on SaturdayMay 16, 2020 1:00 am - More than 2,000 additional cases of the coronavirus have been confirmed in Illinois and 74 more people have died, health officials said Saturday. Statewide, 92,457 peopl...
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Chicago mayor delays demolition at coal plant amid concernsMay 15, 2020 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Chicago's mayor halted a demolition planned at a coal plant amid concern that another dust cloud could cover parts of a neighborhood as it did after an im...
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Chicago area receives 4 inches of rain, flooding roadsMay 15, 2020 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Record rainfall of 4 inches or more fell on the Chicago area, causing flash flooding that left some roads impassable, the National Weather Service said. M...
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Peeping worker charged with recording suburban Chicago womenMay 14, 2020 7:00 am - WHEATON, Ill. (AP) - A suburban Chicago construction worker allegedly filmed and photographed three young women while they showered, authorities said. Jose Gaspar, 45, w...
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Obamas, Oprah join Chicago project reading to kids onlineMay 14, 2020 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Barack and Michelle Obama and Oprah Winfrey have joined the ranks of famous Chicagoans who are reading children's books in videos posted online by the Chi...