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Cook County Forest Preserves Throw Free Weekend Party With Salsa, Canoes and Campfire Jams

Thatcher Woods Forest Preserve — Salsa Lessons And Live Music. Canoes on Bullfrog Lake, salsa lessons in River Forest, and a campfire singalong in South Holland are all part of the Forest Preserves of Cook County's annual Party for the Preserves, spreading free programming across multiple sites this weekend. The events
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Woman shares suicide loss journey ahead of Out of the Darkness walk at Montrose...

For Kerri Soukup, a few simple but profound words transformed her healing journey.
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At least 12 people hospitalized after crash involving CTA bus on Near North Side,...

At least 12 people were hospitalized after a crash involving a CTA bus Sunday near the Magnificent Mile on the city's Near North Side, Chicago fire officials said.
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Woman dead after wrong-way driver crash on DuSable Lake Shore Drive

A woman is dead after a wrong-way driver caused a three-car crash on DuSable Lake Shore Drive on Chicago's South Side late Sunday night.
Featured picture for Missing since 1996 from Chicago, Illinois: Asanté Willoughby was only 16 when he disappeared

Missing since 1996 from Chicago, Illinois: Asanté Willoughby was only 16 when he disappeared

Asanté Anton Willoughby has been missing from Chicago, Illinois (Cook County), since June 21, 1996, according to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC). Asanté's photo above (right) is an age-progressed likeness of how he might have looked at 36, though he would now be 46.
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Woman sentenced in Chicago-to-Green Bay drug ring

GREEN BAY (WLUK) – Ebony Austin was sentenced to six years in prison, in the latest sentencing of a suspect in a Chicago-to-Green Bay drug ring. Austin, 37, was previously convicted of seven counts, including delivery of fentanyl and amphetamine. She was also placed on extended supervision for four years at Friday’s he
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Family spat leaves man fatally shot in Greater Grand Crossing

Mark Hurn, 54, was shot in the body around 10:40 p.m. in the 500 block of East 76th Street, Chicago police said.
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Illinois passed the nation’s first climate migration law. The effort has languished since.

Juanpablo Ramirez-Franco Regional Reporter, Illinois. This story is a partnership between Grist and Chicago Public Media, a public media company serving the Chicago metropolitan region.​ ​​. Every year, climate disasters force millions of people to leave their homes. In the aftermath of floods, fires, and droughts, the
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The Real Reason Behind Arizona’s Bizarre 125-Foot Spire Is Something Most People Would Never...

You’re driving through Scottsdale, minding your own business, and then a 125-foot turquoise tower appears on the horizon and your brain files an immediate complaint. Nothing in your day prepared you for the Frank Lloyd Wright Spire, and that’s exactly the point. It’s bizarre in the best possible...
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CPD Officer Who Fired 3 Shots at Suspected Carjacker on 606 Trail Faces Firing:...

The Chicago police officer who fired three shots on the 606 Bloomingdale Trail at a man he suspected of an attempted carjacking should be fired, the agency tasked with investigating police misconduct concluded. However, former Chicago Police Supt. David Brown disagreed with that finding, concluding that Lt. Mike Keeney

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