Adriana (right) and her husband stand for a photo on the Northwest Side, Wednesday, Feb. 7. Adriana was robbed at gunpoint while en route to the Jefferson Park CTA Transit Center.
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Comfort Agboola, a teacher at the Edgar Allan Poe Classical Elementary School in Pullman, cries as she is surprised with the news that she won the Milken Educator Award in the school, Feb. 2 The award, which comes with a $25,000 cash prize, recognizes excellent educators across the nation.
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A student reacts at the Edgar Allan Poe Classical Elementary School in Pullman, where officials awarded Comfort Agboola the Milken Educator Award, Friday, Feb. 2. The award, which comes with a $25,000 cash prize, recognizes excellent educators across the nation.
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Dozens of community members, activists, politicians, police officers and more attend a Community Commission for Public Safety and Accountability special public meeting on gunshot detection technology at St. Sabina Church on the South Side, Thursday, Feb. 8.
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Chicago Teachers Union members picket outside Instituto Health & Science Career Academy at 2520 S. Western Ave. in Little Village, Tuesday, Feb. 6. Teachers from Instituto Health Science Career Academy and Instituto Justice and Leadership Academy went on strike demanding competitive wages and more school resources
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Girl Scout Jordan Banks (right), 18, and her mother and Troop Master of Troop 49999, Candice Banks, stand outside their Evanston home selling Girl Scouts cookies to passing by cars and pedestrians, Monday, Feb. 5. Jordan, who is in her final year of Girl Scouts as an Ambassador, is raising money for a Gold Award and hopes to have a friendship bench installed in a nearby middle school.
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Pallbearers wheel out coffins of Christine Esters and Angel Nance outside Victory City Church in Joliet after the funeral for Christine and William Esters, Tameaka, Joshua, Alexandria, Alonnah and Angel Nance, Saturday, Feb. 3. Romeo Nance killed all seven of his relatives and another victim, which police believe to be random, on Jan. 21, before killing himself the next day in Texas, according to Joliet police.
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Students perform during a Lunar New Year celebration at Robert Healy Elementary School in Bridgeport, Thursday, Feb. 8.
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