Articles filed under Chicago
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Preseason finale important to some Chicago BearsAug 30, 2017 1:00 am - Thursday night's final Chicago Bears preseason game might not matter much to fans because most starters won't do much more than put on their uniforms. It's also against ...
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Police tossed bloody mattress before dead cop's autopsyAug 30, 2017 1:00 am - On Sept. 2, 2015, Officer Dina Markham reported finding her husband Chicago Sgt. Donald Markham dead in bed at their Northwest Side home, shot in the head, his gun in ha...
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Chicago Police Supt. Eddie Johnson undergoing kidney transplantAug 29, 2017 11:00 pm - As he walked into Rush University Medical Center Wednesday morning to undergo kidney transplant surgery, Chicago Police Supt. Eddie Johnson seemed light hearted. When as...
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Chicago taxes likely to increase for teacher pensionsAug 29, 2017 11:00 pm - Chicago property owners could face another tax hit for teacher pensions - but their aldermen would escape a difficult vote on the increase - under a historic new statewi...
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Barbara Byrd-Bennett arrives at West Virginia federal prisonAug 29, 2017 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Former Chicago Public Schools CEO Barbara Byrd-Bennett has reported to Alderson Federal Prison Camp, a minimum security facility in West Virginia. Byrd-Be...
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Police: Deaths of mother, twins possible murders-suicideAug 29, 2017 7:00 am - JOLIET, Ill. (AP) - A 41-year-old Chicago-area mother and her twin 5-year-old daughters have been found in what authorities are investigating as possible murders and a s...
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New locomotives expected to speed Illinois rail serviceAug 29, 2017 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Illinois Transportation officials say faster and more reliable locomotives combined with improved signals and tracks will cut the time it takes an Amtrak ...
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Chao hears Indiana pitch for federal South Shore fundingAug 29, 2017 7:00 am - SOUTH BEND, Ind. (AP) - U.S. Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao has heard Indiana officials make a pitch for federal funding for $290 million in improvements planned f...
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10 Things to Know for WednesdayAug 29, 2017 7:00 am - Your daily look at late-breaking news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about today: 1. TEXAS TO HAVE A RESPITE AMID HARVEY MISERY With flood defenses...
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New cemetery monument for Cubs great Ernie Banks unveiledAug 29, 2017 7:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - The most famous Chicago Cub of them all now has a cemetery marker inscribed with the most famous thing he ever said. At the grave of Ernie "Mr Cub" Banks ...