Articles filed under Chicago Sun-Times
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Quinn pushes referendum for Chicago mayor term limitJun 06, 2018 11:00 pm - Petitions are being circulated to place a binding referendum on the November ballot to limit Chicago mayors' tenure to two terms. If the referendum passes on Nov. 6, May...
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Report: Blagojevich asks President Trump for clemencyJun 05, 2018 1:00 am - Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich has formally asked President Donald Trump to commute his sentence, the Chicago Sun-Times is reporting. Last week, Trump said he was ...
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Chicago makes list of best urban parksJun 04, 2018 11:00 pm - Chicago's green spaces have helped it secure a spot on a list of best cities for urban parks. Trust for Public Land analyzed the 100 largest cities in the country and de...
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Chicago charity renamed over flap with Kanye WestJun 04, 2018 11:00 pm - A Chicago-based nonprofit originally named after Kanye West's late mother now has a new name: Art of Culture Inc. The name change comes in the wake of recent comments fr...
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Cook County court clerk's hiring will be monitoredJun 02, 2018 1:00 am - Embattled Cook County Circuit Court Clerk Dorothy Brown will have a federally appointed monitor in her office to make sure she complies with fair hiring practices. The d...
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Assistant minister accused of sex assault of teenMay 30, 2018 11:00 pm - An assistant minister at an Austin church has been charged with sexually assaulting a teenage member of his congregation, after the girl's grandmother told authorities s...
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Music journalist killed after leaving concertMay 30, 2018 11:00 pm - A popular YouTube host and music journalist was killed after leaving a concert in the city early Thursday morning. Zachary Stoner was driving about 1:30 a.m. in the 700 ...
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Officer deposed in wrongful death suitMay 30, 2018 11:00 pm - Chicago Police Officer Robert Rialmo was deposed Tuesday in the wrongful death lawsuit brought against him and the city by the estates of Quintonio LeGrier and Bettie Jo...
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Grant aims to help teens get back on trackMay 23, 2018 11:00 pm - Keavon Cooper, 17, a troubled teen who dropped out of high school, represents what many in social work call "Opportunity Youth," a population the city is targeting with ...
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'Invader' helping clean city's beachesMay 23, 2018 11:00 pm - The Michigan State University study looked at water quality from 45 Lake Michigan beaches from 2000 to 2014. It found that levels of E.coli dropped an average of 10.8 pe...