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How a struggling Chicago neighborhood made its way backNov 25, 2019 6:00 am - CHICAGO (AP) - Many know the violent repute of parts of this city, the shootings, gangs, forgotten main streets and residential blocks plagued with boarded-up houses and...
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Northwestern Indiana district plans closing 2 high schoolsNov 25, 2019 6:00 am - HAMMOND, Ind. (AP) - The head of a northwestern Indiana school district says it must close two high schools to avoid the possibility of a state takeover. A plan approved...
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Family wants to know if Des Plaines, Chicago police were culpable in shooting of boyNov 25, 2019 12:00 am - The family of the 15-year-old Chicago boy shot by a Des Plaines police officer pursuing a bank robbery suspect last week wants the Des Plaines and Chicago police departm...
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Man charged in murder of Naperville Central grad at UICNov 25, 2019 12:00 am - The murder of a University of Illinois Chicago freshman over the weekend has devastated her family and friends, who remember her as "the sweetest person" with the "brigh...
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Seven businesses earn BBB Torch AwardsNov 25, 2019 12:00 am - Four suburb-based businesses were among seven companies that received the 2019 BBB Torch Awards for Marketplace trust, excellence and ethics from the Better Business Bur...
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U.S. Supreme Court won't review Illinois' felony murder lawNov 25, 2019 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear an appeal challenging a controversial state law that allows someone to be convicted of murder, even if th...
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Eight days after request, Lincoln museum shipped Gettysburg Address to TexasNov 25, 2019 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Just eight days after a nonprofit organization founded by conservative commentator Glenn Beck requested it be lent a priceless, handwritten copy of the Get...
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Baird & Warner website earns honorsNov 25, 2019 12:00 am - CHICAGO - Baird & Warner's website, BairdWarner.com, has been named "Best Community" website in the national 2019 REALTrends website Rankings and "BestBrokerage website"...
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'Perfect Storm' hitting Rogers Park lakefront beachesNov 24, 2019 10:00 pm - Lazy ripples rolled across the lake in front of Barbara Westfield's condominium, with only the distant smudge of a passing motorboat disturbing the quiet. A heap of sand...
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Lafayette songwriters group lands community recording studioNov 24, 2019 6:00 am - LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP) - Scott Greeson, old enough to be retired from a career at Arconic but young enough to still be going with shows with his Lafayette-based band, Trou...