Articles filed under Chicago
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Chicago cop suspended after unarmed, autistic teen shotDec 12, 2019 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - An off-duty Chicago police officer was suspended Thursday for six months after authorities say he shot an unarmed, autistic teen in 2017 on the city's Sou...
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5 years in prison for first of two in 2018 McHenry Twp. overdose deathDec 12, 2019 12:00 am - A 26-year-old man has been sentenced to five years in prison for his role in the heroin-fentanyl overdose death of a McHenry man in September 2018. Kenneth M. Harris of ...
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Anthony Bruno Orchestra performed on WGNDec 12, 2019 12:00 am - The Anthony Bruno Orchestra jingled all the way to WGN-TV's morning news Thursday. The Italian American jazz band, led by Elk Grove High School graduate Bruno, performed...
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Board OKs closing two charter schoolsDec 11, 2019 10:00 pm - Kiya Cox, getting set to graduate eighth grade next summer after spending her whole life at the same school, was one of almost 20 speakers who emotionally pleaded with t...
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Former high-ranking employee of Dorothy Brown sentenced to 2 years in prison for derailing investigationDec 11, 2019 10:00 pm - A former high-ranking employee of Dorothy Brown was sentenced to two years in prison Thursday after prosecutors said the worker helped derail a federal investigation int...
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New music venue Radius to open in March with Lil Wayne, Alkaline Trio on rosterDec 11, 2019 11:00 am - This week, Nick Karounos, co-owner and operator of Chicago's Concord Music Hall and Prysm Nightclub, announced the March 2020 opening of new music venue Radius at 640 W....
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Chicago police halt controversial merit promotion systemDec 11, 2019 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Chicago's interim police superintendent is discontinuing a so-called merit promotion system that rank-and-file cops have long complained rewards officers ...
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Irony? Chicago salt truck slides on ice into Lake MichiganDec 11, 2019 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Two Chicago Park District workers escaped without serious injury after the salt truck they were navigating along an icy lakefront bike path slid into Lake...
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Chicago prosecutor to vacate 1,000 marijuana convictionsDec 11, 2019 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - The top prosecutor in Illinois' largest county on Wednesday filed motions to vacate more than 1,000 low-level marijuana convictions, kicking off the proce...
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Jail, probation for man who caused Aurora casino bomb scare, evacuationDec 11, 2019 12:00 am - A 30-year-old Chicago man convicted of causing a bomb scare that forced the evacuation of Aurora's Hollywood Casino in February was sentenced Wednesday to two years of p...