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Morning News: Thursday September 12, 2024
Some business owners on the city’s West Side are dreading the return of Riot Fest to Douglass Park later this month. A year since Illinois eliminated…
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Afternoon News: Wednesday September 11, 2024
Riot Fest is heading back to Chicago’s west side. Rates of syphilis are rising across the country, including in Chicago. University of Illinois syste…
2 years, 1 month ago
Theaster Gates honors ‘Ebony,’ ‘Jet’ and Chicago’s historic Johnson Publishing Co. with new exhibit
The Johnson Publishing Company was the powerhouse publisher of Ebony and Jet, influential and trendsetting magazines that offered narratives, product…
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Morning News: Wednesday September 11, 2024
The Park District board is set to vote on a permit for Riot Fest today… and one catering company with ties to a board member will set up shop at the …
2 years, 1 month ago
Afternoon News: Tuesday September 10, 2024
City of Chicago officials plan to close three migrant shelters by the end of October since fewer people are arriving in the city. The state of Illino…
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Morning News: Tuesday September 10, 2024
More charging stations across Illinois could make it easier to own an electric vehicle – new federal money is making that possible. In light of the G…
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Afternoon News: Monday September 9, 2024
The city of Chicago is enacting a hiring freeze to help close looming budget gaps. A Cook County Commissioner is hosting a public hearing about the l…
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‘Music was in the community’: Ernest Dawkins celebrates the history of the Englewood Jazz Festival
Growing up in Englewood, Chatham and Washington Park in the 1960s and ‘70s, Ernest Dawkins said he knew he’d be a musician.
“I always had a dream that…
2 years, 1 month ago
Morning News: Monday September 9, 2024
Some Chicago alderpersons say unspent federal relief dollars should be used to plug the city’s budget holes. CTA bus and rail operators raced against…
2 years, 1 month ago
Afternoon News: Friday September 6, 2024
A letter obtained by the Chicago Sun-Times shows 16 current or former employees of COPA, the Civilian Office of Police Accountability, are calling on…
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