Articles filed under Chicago
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Lightfoot asks group to 'reimagine' museum campus - with or without the BearsFeb 08, 2022 12:00 am - Mayor Lori Lightfoot on Tuesday asked nearly two dozen prominent Chicagoans to "re-imagine" the 57-acre museum campus and recommend ways to "maximize" its year-round ben...
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Hub Arkush: With limited draft capital, Bears must look to free agency to improveFeb 07, 2022 12:00 am - It is time for the Bears to turn their full attention to their roster now that Matt Eberflus' staff of assistant coaches is nearing completion. With the Senior Bowl in t...
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Bears hire Hightower as special teams coordinator, 2 more coachesFeb 07, 2022 12:00 am - The Bears have poached special teams coordinator Richard Hightower away from the San Francisco 49ers to fill the same role in Chicago. Hightower, 41, previously served a...
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Relative of 2 Chicago ex-mayors to go on federal tax trialFeb 06, 2022 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - The federal tax fraud trial for Alderman Patrick Daley Thompson, the grandson and nephew of two of Chicago's longest-serving and most prominent mayors, wa...
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Illinois AG seeks stay against mask order; suburban schools split on whether masks will be required MondayFeb 05, 2022 12:00 am - This story has been updated to note that Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul is seeking a stay to pause the temporary restraining order. Illinois Attorney General...
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Eberflus' first Bears coaching staff will have something old and something newFeb 05, 2022 12:00 am - Matt Eberflus is currently knee deep and about half way through the most important job he will do in his first season as the Bears head coach: Assembling his first staff...
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Chicago couple charged in $2.1M retail theft from warehouseFeb 04, 2022 6:00 am - CAROL STREAM, Ill. (AP) - A Chicago couple has been charged in the theft of merchandise valued at more than $2 million from a retail distribution company. German Ramirez...
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Indiana man arrested in Chicago luxury watch theftFeb 04, 2022 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - A 38-year-old northwestern Indiana man has been arrested in the theft of five watches valued together at about $1 million from a luxury auto dealership in...
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Chicago activists want federal charges for Jason Van DykeFeb 04, 2022 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Chicago organizers vowed Friday to continue protests calling for federal charges against Jason Van Dyke, the former Chicago police officer released from a...
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Stalled school bus struck by Chicago-area commuter trainFeb 04, 2022 6:00 am - ORLAND PARK, Ill. (AP) - A commuter train struck the front-end of a school bus that stalled on tracks in suburban Chicago. The driver and the five students aboard the bu...