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Mayor, police announce plan to track gun offendersAug 28, 2019 11:00 pm - Mayor Lori Lightfoot and Chicago Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson said Thursday they are planning monthly meetings with Cook County, state and federal officials in an...
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CPS approves new rules for cops in schools, but concern over 'school-to-prison pipeline' remainsAug 28, 2019 11:00 pm - An agreement that set new ground rules for officers working in Chicago Public Schools was approved Wednesday despite months of public scrutiny and heavy criticism from s...
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Girl dies after temporary walls fall at Chicago-area storeAug 28, 2019 7:00 am - ORLAND PARK, Ill. (AP) - Police say a 2-year-old died after two temporary steel walls toppled onto her as she played at a suburban Chicago mall. Orland Park's police chi...
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Prosecutors: Kansas drug network tied to Chicago dismantledAug 28, 2019 7:00 am - TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) - Authorities said Wednesday that they've dismantled a major drug-trafficking operation in northeast Kansas responsible for a college student's fatal o...
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Girl, 16, fatally shot sitting in a car outside ChicagoAug 28, 2019 7:00 am - DOLTON, Ill. (AP) - Police say a 16-year-old girl has been fatally shot while sitting in a car outside a convenience store in a Chicago southern suburb. Dolton police sa...
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Spotlight: Paramount Theatre launches season with musical 'Newsies'Aug 28, 2019 6:00 am - Read all about it Paramount Theatre opens its Broadway season with "Newsies," the stage adaptation of the 1992 Disney film about the New York City newsboy strike of 1899...
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Lightfoot vows to show 'path forward' in Thursday's 'State of the City' addressAug 28, 2019 1:00 am - Though Mayor Lori Lightfoot has dismissed the first-100-days tradition as a "Hallmark holiday created by the media, not us," the first-term mayor spent Wednesday touting...
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First Midwest acquires Park Bank for $195 millionAug 28, 2019 1:00 am - Chicago-based First Midwest Bancorp expanded its presence in the Milwaukee area Wednesday with the acquisition of Bankmanagers Corp., the parent company of Park Bank, in...
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4 defensive players with the most to gain or lose in Thursday's Bears preseason finaleAug 28, 2019 12:00 am - The Bears conclude the preseason vs. the Tennessee Titans Thursday night, less than 48 hours before Saturday's 3 p.m. deadline to trim rosters from 90 to 53 players. It'...
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Chicago-based gang member to plead guilty in rival's killingAug 27, 2019 7:00 am - HAMMOND, Ind. (AP) - A member of a Chicago-based street gang plans to plead guilty to murder and racketeering charges for his alleged role in a rival gang member's killi...