Articles filed under Chicago Sun-Times
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County official charged with DUI will keep driver's license, judge rulesDec 28, 2024 10:30 am - Prosecutors argued Samantha Steele’s license should be revoked, but her lawyer convinced the judge to block the revocation, arguing she wasn’t properly warned before refusing to submit to DUI testing. Steele — a member of the county’s property-tax appeal panel — was arrested last month after crashing into parked cars.
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Trump taps West suburban Catholic school leader as next Vatican ambassadorDec 20, 2024 8:53 pm - President-elect Donald Trump on Friday announced he’ll nominate West suburban Catholic school board leader Brian Burch as the next U.S. ambassador to the Vatican. Burch, ...
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Dart to drop electronic-monitoring program over safety concernsDec 18, 2024 11:28 am - Sheriff Dart is phasing out his electronic monitoring program for pretrial detainees, citing safety concerns.
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Chicago to be ground zero for mass deportations, Trump border czar tells Illinois RepublicansDec 10, 2024 4:12 pm - Tom Homan made his remarks at a Northwest Side GOP holiday party. He also warned Mayor Brandon Johnson about the deportation plan, saying, “If he doesn’t want to help, get the hell out of the way.”
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Dec 05, 2024 6:53 pm - The federal appeals court in Chicago put a hold Thursday on a downstate judge’s recent ruling against Illinois’ controversial assault weapons ban— meaning the law will re...
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Nov 23, 2024 4:07 pm - In 65 years, some 20,000 kids — mostly African American — have been through the Jesse White Tumblers program. And they’re still going strong.
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Jurors set to hear first of 200 secret recordings in Madigan corruption trialOct 24, 2024 7:44 am - The backbone of the case against former Illinois House Speaker Michael J. Madigan consists of more than 200 recordings that prosecutors promised jurors would hear over the next several weeks.
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Elgin teen fatally shot before Lil Durk concert had plans to open his own auto shopOct 23, 2024 9:18 am - Jesse Kendall, a high school senior who was fatally shot Sunday while on his way to a Lil Durk concert, had dreams of opening up his own automotive shop after college.
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United Center megaproject sounds enticing, Burnett says. But who’ll pay for new Pink Line station?Sep 28, 2024 9:43 pm - Zoning Committee Chair Walter Burnett says he’s enticed by plans for a proposed$7 billion mixed-use development that would transform a sea of United Center parking lots i...
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Bozo fan Billy Corgan plans three-day celebration of beloved clownSep 27, 2024 9:34 am - Love or hate clowns now, chances are you were a fan of “Bozo’s Circus” if you were a kid growing up in the Chicago area during the 1960s or even decades later. One of Boz...