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Illinois Extension Offers Tips to Celebrate Pollinator Week and Protect Local Ecosystems

Illinois Extension Offers Tips to Celebrate Pollinator Week and Protect Local Ecosystems

ILLINOIS — With Pollinator Week underway (June 16–22), the University of Illinois Extension is inviting residents across the state to learn how they can ...

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35 Illinois Counties Join Legal Fight Against State’s Assault Weapons Ban

35 Illinois Counties Join Legal Fight Against State’s Assault Weapons Ban

ILLINOIS — A growing coalition of Illinois counties is pushing back against the state’s assault weapons and magazine ban, as 35 state’s attorneys have ...

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CPS CEO Martinez Says Mayor and Union Tried To Force Bailout as He Exits Top Post

CPS CEO Martinez Says Mayor and Union Tried To Force Bailout as He Exits Top Post

CHICAGO — In his final public remarks as head of Chicago Public Schools, Pedro Martinez delivered a scathing rebuke of both City Hall and ...

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Chicago Native Lands One-Of-A-Kind Pope Leo XIV Trading Card — And Says “The Card Picked Me”

Chicago Native Lands One-Of-A-Kind Pope Leo XIV Trading Card — And Says “The Card Picked Me”

CHICAGO — A South Side native’s chance purchase of religious trading cards has turned into a once-in-a-lifetime discovery — and potentially a life-changing windfall. ...

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Kumiko and Oriole Take Home James Beard Awards as Chicago Hosts Nation’s Top Culinary Night

Kumiko and Oriole Take Home James Beard Awards as Chicago Hosts Nation’s Top Culinary Night

CHICAGO — The nation’s premier food awards ceremony returned to the Lyric Opera House this week, and two West Loop restaurants — Kumiko and ...

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Obama Defends Immigration Reforms Amid ICE Raids and National Protests

Obama Defends Immigration Reforms Amid ICE Raids and National Protests

CHICAGO — As immigration tensions continue to mount across the U.S., former President Barack Obama has weighed in on the national debate, emphasizing that ...

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Amber Alert Issued As 8-Year-Old J’Adore Frazier Abducted By Father In Chicago’s South Side

Amber Alert Issued As 8-Year-Old J’Adore Frazier Abducted By Father In Chicago’s South Side

CHICAGO — An Amber Alert has been issued after 8-year-old J’Adore Frazier was reportedly abducted by his father, Christopher Upshaw, in Chicago’s South Side. ...

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Missing Woman With Mental Illness Last Seen Near West Roosevelt Road

Missing Woman With Mental Illness Last Seen Near West Roosevelt Road

CHICAGO — The Chicago Police Department is asking for the public’s help in locating a missing 28-year-old woman, Glennise Peoples, who was last seen ...

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South Side Man, 69, Reported Missing; Police Ask Public For Help

South Side Man, 69, Reported Missing; Police Ask Public For Help

CHICAGO — Authorities are asking for the public’s assistance in locating 69-year-old Fredric Coney, who was last seen over three months ago in South ...

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Chicago Transit Agencies Ordered to Prepare Two Budgets for 2026 Amid $771M Shortfall

Chicago Transit Agencies Ordered to Prepare Two Budgets for 2026 Amid $771M Shortfall

CHICAGO — Facing a projected $771 million budget shortfall, the Regional Transportation Authority (RTA) has instructed Chicago’s three main transit agencies — Metra, the ...

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