A new analysis predicts K-12 enrollment in Chicago could be as low as 262,000 by 2025 — down from 378,000 a decade ago.
Alvin Jones retired from the police department in May. A police oversight agency recommended last year that he be fired for lying and falsifying reports.
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The risk level was downgraded because Cook County’s case rate has fallen below the threshold of 200 cases per 100,000 residents for the last week — but just barely so.
“This is going to put wheelchair football and these athletes on display for the whole city to see,” coach Jason Sfire said.
Under current California law, death can be determined by the loss of all brain function and in accordance with accepted medical standards.
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Two men were fatally shot Friday in their vehicles in separate shootings about three miles apart on the South Side.
The man, 38, was driving in the 500 block of West 95th Street when someone fired a gun from the sidewalk.
The man, 62, was in a stopped vehicle about 11:09 p.m. in the 800 block of West 71st Street when he was shot in the head.
He was found at 5:17 a.m. Saturday in the 3900 block of West Fillmore Street with a gunshot wound to the chest.
A 28-year-old man was shot in the arm and pronounced dead at a hospital. Another man, whose age was unknown, was grazed in the head and refused medical care.
Emily Dickinson on the reaction to snakes, a good photo of a black-crowned night heron on the Chicago River, the restoration numbers of elk in Kentucky and a question/notes on stinkhorns are among the notes from around Chicago outdoors and beyond.
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Przybylko has struggled in his first Fire season, but scored twice last week against Charlotte.
While the Bulls made early calls on Durant after he demanded a trade from the Nets, the likelihood of KD putting on a Bulls jersey anytime soon remains more fairytale than reality. Not only do the Bulls not fit the trade profile for the star, but there’s some history there with Billy Donovan that doesn’t help.
Now that his former wife is dating an old friend, he’s making false claims that the new boyfriend was her secret lover during the marriage.
We cannot continue to succeed if one of our most important transportation corridors continues to fail.
They were standing on the sidewalk about 9 p.m. in the 3300 block of West Harrison Street when someone inside a black car fired shots.
Much of the Illinois Department of Transportation’s funding for this program is coming from the state’s $45 billion Rebuild Illinois Capital Plan but almost $16 billion more is expected to come in from the federal government.
They entered the game Friday against the Tigers swinging at 36.4% of pitches outside the strike zone, the highest percentage in the American League, according to FanGraphs.
Some records were marked “sensitive compartmented information,” a category meant to protect the nation’s most important secrets — secrets that, if revealed publicly, could cause “exceptionally grave” damage to U.S. interests.
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State Sen. Darren Bailey kept the story alive, and Pritzker took full advantage, pounding away at his opponent every chance he got.
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The petition was filed on behalf of her husband Larry Strickland and her daughters Ashley and Wynonna Judd.
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Angela Zamarron, 46, was found about 10:45 p.m. Thursday in the 2700 block of West St. Georges Court.
The man, 36, was in a car in the 3900 block of South Western Avenue when he was struck in the head by gunfire, police said.
The male was standing on the platform about 4:35 p.m. near the 2900 block of West Leland Avenue when he fell into the tracks and was hit by a train, Chicago police said.
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The abortion decision represents a huge victory for these forces and against the will of the American people.
Carnell Williams, 45, was pulled from Lake Michigan about 7:15 p.m. Thursday near the 700 block of South DuSable Lake Shore Drive.
By the time all the summer evaluation periods concluded in July, the 6-8 Drew Scharnowski had 20-plus offers.
A spokesperson for Meals on Wheels Chicago says the organization wants to expand its service by launching the Nourish Chicago Food Pantry.