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Mailman Sang to Pass Time on Route, Upbeat Despite 2-Hour Commute. Neighbors Noticed and...

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Man and his dog shot after telling speeding driver to ‘slow down’ in West...

A man and his dog were shot and wounded after he told a speeding driver to “slow down” Tuesday morning in West Pullman on the Far South Side. The 50-year-old man was on his porch as he was warming up his car around 7:25 a.m. Tuesday in the 300 block of East 117th Street when he yelled at a speeding red vehicle to...
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Chicago day care workers charged with attacking 7 children

Two day care workers have been accused of attacking seven children.
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Woman found dead outside hotel in Elk Grove Village, police say

A shocking discovery was made outside an Elk Grove Village extended-stay hotel. Police said a woman was found dead early in the morning.
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5 people injured in mass shooting on South Side, CFD sources say

At least three people were hurt following a shooting at a gas station in Woodlawn on Wednesday evening.
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Cook County Judge Orders Chicago to Refund $163 Million in Ticket Overcharges

$1,600 Fines for Parking at Home: A Driver’s Nightmare (Image Credits: Cwbchicago.com) Chicago – Cook County Circuit Court Judge William Sullivan ruled that the city violated state law by imposing penalties on more than one million vehicle citations that exceeded a $250 cap, requiring refunds totaling roughly $163...
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What Most Illinois Residents Don’t Notice About House Centipedes

Across Illinois, from the dense neighborhoods of Chicago to the quiet residential streets of Springfield and the wooded suburbs surrounding Peoria, a familiar but unsettling sight appears in many homes each year. A fast-moving, many-legged creature darts across the basement floor or disappears behind a bathroom...
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‘Carry on his tradition’: 21-year-old brings back Mini Hut in Garfield Ridge after owner’s...

CHICAGO — A 21-year-old lifelong Garfield Ridge native stepped in to bring back a staple of the community — Mini Hut. The Southwest Side institution, known for their secret buttercrust breading, started in 1972 at Archer and Mayfield. Owner Don Engel moved to Archer and Normandy in the early 90s and served the juicy...
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KTLA, Chicago’s WGN Hit by Nexstar Layoffs in Failure to ‘Prioritize the Public Interest,’...

"We will continue to fight for strong agreements that protect journalists and the audiences who rely on them every single day,” the union states The post KTLA, Chicago’s WGN Hit by Nexstar Layoffs in Failure to ‘Prioritize the Public Interest,’ SAG-AFTRA Says appeared first on TheWrap .
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Ghost Cars Lurking In Cook County Canals Put Sheriff On Cold-Case Hunt

Hundreds of dark shapes are sitting on the bottoms of Cook County’s rivers, canals and lakes, and a whole lot of them look like cars. Sonar maps made for the county have tagged roughly 270 underwater "anomalies" in local waterways, many of which investigators say resemble submerged vehicles. This week, the Cook...

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