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Shots Pushed With Incentives While Shootings Rise With No Worries
While the city of Chicago is preparing to open in a little over a week on June 11, 2021, shootings...
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Kevin Clark, ‘School of Rock’ Star, Life and Real Love Remembered
Kevin Clark, the 32-year-old actor that played a drummer in the movie "School Of Rock" with Jack Black, was struck...
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National Doughnut Day’s Origin Story Belongs to Chicago’s Salvation Army
There is almost a holiday for any cause or aspect of society in the modern world, and National Doughnut Day...
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Biden Memorializes Tulsa Race Massacre on the 100th Anniversary
The Tulsa, Oklahoma race massacre took place 100 years ago. On May 31 and June 1, 1921, Black residents were...
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Shootings Leave Two Dead and 28 Wounded in Chicago Over the Weekend
Multiple shootings resulted in the death of two people over the weekend. Saturday, May 29, 2021, in Chicago's North Lawndale,...
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Chicago’s Mayor Proposes a 10 PM Liquor Sales Curfew
Mayor Lori Lightfoot is attempting to permanently instill a liquor sale curfew in Chicago that curtails retailers from selling alcohol...
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Americans Fought and Died to Preserve the Idea of America [Video]
Men and women have fought for the last 244 years to preserve the idea the Founding Father's envisioned for America....
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North Lawndale Church Proclaimed a Chicago Landmark
North Lawndale's The Pentecostal Church of Holiness has become a Chicago landmark. On Wednesday, May 26, 2021, Chicago's City Council...
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CTA Employee Discovers Man Dead in Stairway of Blue Line
The body of an unidentified man was found unresponsive in the stairway of a CTA Blue Line station in the...
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$80 Million Renters Assistance Available to Tenants Affected by COVID
The City of Chicago allocated $80 million for renters that have struggled significantly with making rental payments due to the...
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