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Elderly woman seriously hurt in high-rise fire
An elderly woman was seriously injured when a mattress caught fire in a high-rise apartment this afternoon in the Little Village neighborhood on the West Side. The fire broke out on the fifth floor of the Albany Terrace Apartments in the 3000 block of...
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There's a lot to learn from the names of schools
Time for a Chicago history quiz. 1. Who was Ignance (also known as Ignacy) Paderewski? a. A Polish pianist b. The second prime minister of the Republic of Poland c. The namesake of a school on the list of 54 Chicago public schools set to be closed...
Tags: Separation of Church and State, Chicago Public Schools, Charter Schools, Austin (Chicago, Illinois), Public Schools
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12-year-old accidentally shot on West Side, juvenile charged
Tribune reportersA 12-year-old boy was hospitalized after being accidentally shot while handling a gun with another boy in the Little Village neighborhood Saturday afternoon, police said Sunday morning. The boy was one of at least nine people shot during six separate...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Chicago Police Department, Disasters and Accidents, Shootings, John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital of Cook County
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Chicago Overnight Report
A wrap-up of news from the Tribune's breaking news desk. • One person was killed and four others were hospitalized following a 2-car crash in the Washington Heights neighborhood on the Far South Side, according to the Chicago Fire Department and...
Tags: Washington Heights (Chicago, Illinois), Chicago Fire Department
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8 hurt in West Side crash includes 3 corrections officers
Eight people were taken to area hospitals, four of them seriously injured, following a vehicle crash in the Little Village neighborhood this afternoon. Emergency crews were called to the crash at 31st and Rockwell streets at 2:43 p.m., said Chicago Fire...
Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Broken Leg, Chicago Fire Department, John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital of Cook County, Transportation Accidents
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Analyzing the effects of shutting Red Line for 5 months on South Side
The Chicago Transit Authority's next big project and its impact on riders were the focus of conversation Friday afternoon at Carter's Barbershop in the city's North Lawndale neighborhood. Bert Downing, the owner of the shop at 3622 W. Cermak Road in...
Tags: North Lawndale, Michigan Avenue, Radio Industry, Chicago Tribune, Entertainment
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High levels of toxic lead found in air outside Chicago school
Residents in Chicago's Pilsen neighborhood complained for years about metallic-tasting smoke rolling down their narrow streets but had little evidence it was harmful.
Now they have proof. New monitoring data obtained by the Tribune reveal that high...Tags: Painting, Science, Metal and Mineral, Environmental Issues, Science and Technology
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Power company holds off on cleaning up Chicago-area coal plants
The construction permits are in and the financing is ready to go, but some of the Chicago area's biggest sources of toxic air pollution still might not be cleaned up anytime soon.
In recently filed documents, Midwest Generation signaled it might delay...Tags: Economy, Business and Finance, Politics, Dynegy Incorporated, Environmental Issues, Metal and Mineral
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3 wounded during 2 shootings in Roseland and Little Village
Tribune reporterThree men in in their 20s have been wounded in two separate shootings today in the Roseland and Little Village neighborhoods. Shortly after noon in the 2400 block of South Washtenaw Avenue, someone shot two men in their 20s, according to police News...Tags: Shootings, Roseland
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6 arrested in alleged kickback scheme at Sacred Heart Hospital
Tribune reporterAn elderly man was admitted to Sacred Heart Hospital on Chicago's West Side in late February, intubated and sedated for more than a week and scheduled for an emergency tracheotomy even though it was medically unnecessary, federal prosecutors allege....Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Internal Medicine, Prosecution, Medicare, Bribery
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Funeral for boy, 14, shot by alleged gang members
Nearly 100 people said goodbye today to Michael Orozco, a 14-year-old Chicago boy who was killed earlier this week by an alleged gang member who prosecutors said was out to avenge his father's earlier slaying. At St. Agnes of Bohemia Church, 2651 S....
Tags: Crime, Law and Justice, Prosecution, Witnesses, Shootings, Murder
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Little Village coach house burns, no one hurt
Tribune reporterCrews fought a fire that erupted in a Little Village neighborhood coach house early Sunday. No one was hurt when the fire started about 2 a.m. at a building in the 2500 block of West 23rd Place, leaving a gaping hole in the building's roof, officials...
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