Oak Park man held in Villa Park carjacking
June 17, 2025An Oak Park man is being held in DuPage County Jail in connection with a carjacking at a Villa Park fast-food restaurant. Demitrious Green, 33, a resident of the 600 block of North…
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Chicago woman charged with killing 2-month-old
June 17, 2025A Chicago woman is being held in Cook County Jail in connection with the death of a 2-month-old boy on the city’s Near West Side. Lauryn Shakespeare, 24, a resident of the 100…
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Suspect charged in July killing on South Side
June 16, 2025A 22-year-old Chicago man has been charged in connection with the July murder of a 26-year-old man on the city’s South Side. Yorgelder Hernandez, a resident of the 6100 block…
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Libraries breathe sigh of relief with funding injunction
June 15, 2025Cutting out funding for the Institute of Museum and Library Services is among the priorities of the Trump administration’s Department of Governmental Efficiency, ostensibly in order…
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Juneteenth Festival planned in West Pullman
June 15, 2025The nonprofit Far South Community Development Corp. will hold its annual Juneteenth Festival from 1-6 p.m. Saturday in the parking lot of Maple Park Marketplace, 821 W. 115th St., Chicago….
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No Kings rally held in Highland Park
June 15, 2025The Highland Park “No Kings” protest along the lawn at City Hall on Saturday brought out people of all ages holding signage with at least one person seen wearing a bright red “Make…
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Bison Trek links communities via the arts
June 14, 2025Communities throughout Peoria County are taking part in a “Bison-tennial” Project — a yearlong creative and community-centered initiative celebrating the county’s 200th birthday….
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Former auxiliary bishops remembered
June 13, 2025Two former auxiliary bishops of the Archdiocese of Chicago are being remembered for their leadership in the Catholic Church and being a blessing to all with whom they came into contact….
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Grants support clean energy efforts
June 13, 2025CHICAGO – Gov. J.B.. Pritzker and the Illinois Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity have announced 27 awards totaling $23 million through the Equitable Energy Future…
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Larsen speller reaches national semifinals
June 13, 2025Yahya Mohammed, the Kane County Regional Spelling Bee champion, reached the semifinals of the Scripps National Spelling Bee. Mohammed, a student at Larsen Middle School in Elgin, earned…
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