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Chicago police return stolen car, wedding dress in time for Saturday ceremony
LakeviewThe wedding of an Iowa couple was almost ruined this weekend when their car was stolen with the bride's wedding dress in the trunk. Luckily the police recovered the car and the dress just in time for the wedding: Chicago police say a car thief disrupted... -
CPS approves largest school closure in Chicago's history
Tribune reportersMonths of argument and anguish over Mayor Rahm Emanuel's push for sweeping school closings came to a climax Wednesday as his hand-picked Board of Education voted to shut 49 elementary schools and transfer thousands of children to new classroom settings....Tags: Walter Burnett, Jr., Ryerson Incorporated, Richard M. Daley, North Lawndale, Lobbying
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In wake of CPS closings, 2 principals become friends
The first time they met, neither of the Far South Side school principals was sure what to expect. Taquia Hylton's school, West Pullman Elementary, is slated to be shut as part of the district's plan to close 54 schools in June. Its approximately 300...
Tags: Teachers, Teaching and Learning, West Pullman, Pullman, Parenting
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List of schools and program to be closed
The following elementary schools, and one high school program that is part of a school, will be shut down: 1. Louis Armstrong Math & Science Elementary School 2. Mary McLeod Bethune Elementary School 3. Arna Wendell Bontemps Elementary School 4....Tags: Ryerson Incorporated, Francis Scott Key, Jesse Owens, Elementary Schools, Schools
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CPS OKs massive closings
Months of argument and anguish over Mayor Rahm Emanuel's push for sweeping school closings came to a climax Wednesday as his hand-picked Board of Education voted to shut 49 elementary schools and transfer thousands of children to new classroom settings....
Tags: Richard M. Daley, Ryerson Incorporated, Family, Lawndale (Chicago, Illinois), Jesse Owens
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Reports blister Chicago psychiatric hospital for youths
When Garfield Park Hospital opened in February, the child psychiatric center promised to treat Chicago's toughest kids, including young gang members and sexually aggressive adolescents. But Illinois officials stopped sending juvenile state wards to...
Tags: U.S. Department of Justice, Mental Health, Psychiatry, Health and Medical Professionals, Health and Safety at School
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Bellwood man charged in 2011 killing on West Side
Tribune reporterA Bellwood man was ordered held in lieu of $2 million bail Sunday over the alleged 2011 killing of a rival Chicago drug dealer on the city's West Side. Deshawn Neal, 29, was arrested Saturday and charged with first-degree murder in connection with the...Tags: Shootings, Murder, East Garfield Park
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Shootings leave 2 dead, 6 wounded across city
Tribune reportersSomeone fatally shot a 17-year-old boy in the head Friday night in the Pill Hill neighborhood on the Far South Side, authorities said, and a 33-year-old man was killed later in the East Garfield Park neighborhood on the West Side. Six others were...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Hermosa, Englewood, Murder, Chicago Police Department
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Hearing officers criticize CPS plans
Mayor Rahm Emanuel's push to shut 53 city elementary schools ran into an unexpected buzz saw of criticism Tuesday from hearing officers hired to vet the process, with several raising doubts about the wisdom of the proposals and recommending against 13...
Tags: Teachers, Chicago Public Schools, Justice System, Health and Safety at School, Chicago Mayor
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Hearing officers oppose 13 of closings planned by CPS
Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s push to shut 53 city elementary schools ran into an unexpected buzz saw of criticism Tuesday from hearing officers hired to vet the process, with several raising doubts about the wisdom of the proposals and recommending...
Tags: Teachers, Chicago Public Schools, Justice System, Health and Safety at School, Chicago Mayor
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Executive profile: Maria Green
Maria Green let silence fall over a weekly meeting before weighing in on the question of how Illinois Tool Works should supply information to board members inquiring about vote tallies at annual meetings. The pause prompted staff members to share...
Tags: Business, Corporate Officers, Arts and Culture, Restructuring and Recapitalization, Politics
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Cops: Man charged after pointing shotgun at police
Tribune reporterA man has been charged after he pointed a shotgun at police and was wounded by an officer -- one of two police-involved shootings over the weekend. Daniel D. Jackson Jr., 31, of the 400 block of North Central Park Avenue, was shot in the arm around 4:30...Tags: Shootings
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