Articles filed under Chicago Sun-Times
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Welch emerges as House speaker front-runner; Kifowit withdrawsJan 12, 2021 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - State Rep. Emanuel "Chris" Welch gathered crucial support in his bid to be the next speaker of the Illinois House on Tuesday, picking up backing from the L...
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Gunman kills 3 before being shot dead by police in EvanstonJan 09, 2021 12:00 am - A gunman shot several people, three fatally, in Chicago and Evanston Saturday afternoon before police killed him during a shootout in a parking lot, police said. Police ...
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Chicago teachers warned they won't be paid if they don't show up on MondayJan 08, 2021 12:00 am - Chicago Public Schools will move ahead with its plans to reopen classrooms Monday, and staff members who are supposed to report to schools but don't show up will not be ...
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Boy who died in fire was home alone with siblingsJan 07, 2021 12:00 am - Angie Flemings heard a smoke alarm about 9:45 p.m. Wednesday and figured her neighbors had burned something in the kitchen. Then, her doorbell rang. Before she could ans...
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Pfleger removed from parish after sexual abuse allegationJan 05, 2021 12:00 am - Father Michael Pfleger, the longtime pastor at St. Sabina Church and an outspoken anti-gun violence advocate, has been removed from the Auburn Gresham parish following r...
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Elgin couple the first married by Cook County clerk in 2021Jan 04, 2021 12:00 am - Ashley Graff had some pre-wedding jitters Monday, but they had nothing to do with finally tying the knot after an 11-year engagement. Her concern was about the wedding g...
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Mayor's office releases some emails about botched raidDec 30, 2020 12:00 am - Mayor Lori Lightfoot's office on Wednesday released some - but not all - records related to the botched raid of Anjanette Young's home that confirm Lightfoot was alerted...
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Cook County health care, sheriff's employees walk off the job for one-day strikeDec 22, 2020 12:00 am - More than 1,500 employees of Cook County's health care and sheriff's departments walked off the job Tuesday morning after their union was unable to come to an agreement ...
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Ex-Rolling Meadows cop subject of child porn investigationDec 21, 2020 12:00 am - Federal authorities have been investigating a onetime Rolling Meadows police officer on allegation he used a dating website to either collect child pornography from mino...
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'Preventable tragedy': Inverness family sues Peace Corps over daughter's malaria deathDec 19, 2020 12:00 am - Serving in the Peace Corps had been Bernice Heiderman's dream since high school. When the Northwest Suburban resident finally got accepted during her senior year of coll...