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How Two Chicago Women Are Helping Young People in Chicago Explore Careers in Aviation
A Chicago educator is on a mission to take off with Chicago’s Black and Brown girls and explore the world of aviation. For the last two years, Barbara Ellzey has been exposing the city’s youth to aviation careers. Her commitment to mentoring and leadership spans more than a decade.
Range Riders' Mason Dinesen has contract purchased by White Sox
The Chicago White have purchased the contract of Glacier Range Riders infielder Mason Dinesen, as announced by the Range Riders on Monday. Dinesen was hitting a team-best .371 so far this summer for Glacier, while also leading the team and the entire Pioneer League in stolen bases with 27. The...
65-Year-Old Woman Critically Injured in Shooting During Argument on Chicago's Far Southeast Side
A 65-year-old woman has sustained critical injuries following a shooting incident during an argument on Chicago's Far Southeast Side. According to information obtained by the Chicago Tribune, the altercation occurred late Monday night, around 10:40 p.m., near the 4000 block of East 134th Street. Chicago Police reported that the woman was engaged in a dispute with an acquaintance when the individual involved produced a firearm and subsequently fired shots.
Risk vs. reward runs high in Chicago
NASCAR Cup Series drivers came away with two major learnings from last year’s Chicago Street Race — one, that the strict demands of street-circuit racing presented a challenge, and two, how much Shane van Gisbergen was up for it. Cup Series regulars — and the defending race winner...
Tyris Manney Beauty Company Blends Skincare And Mental Health Awareness For ‘Glowing, Healthy Skin’
CHICAGO — Tyris Manney was 14 years old when he realized his skin was changing. The adults in Manney’s life told him it was normal. A few friends were going through the same changes, too, he said. But Manney’s blemishes hadn’t improved by the time he was 21....
Where independent ASCs have an edge
Independent ASCs often struggle to compete with larger providers in securing lucrative contracts for reimbursements and supplies, but have a critical edge when it comes to recruitment. "Candidly, for us, recruitment is fairly simple," Hardy Sikand, CEO of Carmel-based Indiana Spine Group, said during a June 22 panel at the...
Chicago experiences piping plover fever as Imani, Searocket welcome chicks
Chicago’s birding community is atwitter as celebrity piping plover couple Imani and Searocket have welcomed a brood of chicks to the shores of Montrose Beach. According to officials with Chicago Piping Plover Watch, who chronicle the plover adventures on social media, all four eggs have hatched on the beach, with the chicks seen feeding around the shores of Lake Michigan in recent days.
West Garfield Park shooting: Man killed while sitting in parked car
CHICAGO - A man was shot and killed while sitting in a parked car Tuesday morning in the West Garfield Park neighborhood. The 31-year-old was inside the vehicle around 9:30 a.m. when a sedan pulled up and four males got out and started shooting in the 200 block of North Kilpatrick Avenue, police said.
Goodyear Fast Facts — Chicago Street Course
NASCAR Cup Series – Race No. 20 – 75 laps / 165 miles Chicago street course (2.2-mile road course) – Chicago, Ill. Set limits: 1 set for practice, 1 set for qualifying and 6 sets for the race (5 race sets plus 1 set transferred from qualifying)
Name Changes Could Better Reflect Our City
The Chicago Public Schools are proposing to change the names of three elementary schools named after individuals with racist records: Christopher Columbus, the explorer who enslaved Native Americans; Melville Fuller, the chief justice whose Supreme Court issued Plessy v. Ferguson, ruling that Blacks and whites could have “separate but equal” accommodations; and President James Monroe, who enslaved 178 workers on his Virginia plantation.
Thieves break into U.S. Postal Service trucks three times in 90 minutes on West and Northwest Sides
CHICAGO (CBS) -- Two men stole more than $500 worth of packages from mail trucks Monday afternoon on the West and Northwest Sides.Police said the pair robbed three United States Postal Service vehicles in less than 90 minutes in the Portage Park, Jefferson Park, and Austin neighborhoods:at 4:20 p.m. in the 4300 block of North Milwaukee Avenue,at 4:21 p.m. in the 6300 block of West Strong Avenue,at 5:45 p.m. in the 900 block of South Mayfield Avenue.In each case, police said the thieves parked a white SUV near the mail trucks.The men would then break the mail truck's window and take packages before driving away.Police had only vague descriptions of the thieves, who were both wearing hoodies and masks.Anyone with information on the thefts is asked to call Area Five Detectives at 312-746-7394.
Huge heart tattoo helped cops identify North Side killer who was on electronic monitoring, officials say
CHICAGO — Prosecutors say the man who shot and killed an unintended victim on the Far North Side last month was wearing an electronic monitoring bracelet while on juvenile parole. Nicolas Novak, 18, was assigned to live at a Thresholds facility in the 2000 block of West Arthur when...
Wolves Lead Donation Efforts For Heartland Animal Shelter Following Damaging Flood
Wolves Lead Donation Efforts For Heartland Animal Shelter Following Damaging Flood. The Chicago Wolves, led by owner Don Levin, are doing their part to help Heartland Animal Shelter recover from a devastating flood that displaced more than 100 animals and heavily damaged the shelter’s facility and destroyed pet supplies.
High-speed chase on I-94 ends with 2 arrests, charges in NW Indiana
PORTER, Ind. - A high-speed chase on I-94 ended with the arrest of two men Saturday in northwest Indiana. At approximately 1:30 a.m., an Indiana State Trooper observed a gray Toyota SUV traveling eastbound on I-94 near the Porter/LaPorte County line at an "extremely high rate of speed," with neither headlights nor tail lights on, police said. The vehicle was clocked at over 110 mph as the state trooper attempted to catch up, but the SUV continued to pull away, passing another vehicle on the shoulder.
Diversify the Future Foundation Awards Inaugural $40k STEM Scholarship
Diversify the Future Foundation has selected the first recipient of their STEM Scholarship for the 2024/25 academic year. The scholarship offers up to $10,000 per year of a 4-year program to an underrepresented student from Greater Chicago to pursue a STEM degree. The scholarship supports underrepresented students in the field to access STEM education and qualifications. The scholarship aims to cover the costs of tuition and housing. This enables students who may face barriers to higher education to achieve a degree in their chosen STEM subject.
Chicago physician pleads guilty to $2.4M fraud scheme
A physician in the Chicago suburbs has pleaded guilty to a $2.4 million healthcare fraud scheme of billing Medicaid and private insurers for nonexistent services. From 2018 to 2022, Mona Ghosh, MD, owner and operator of the Hoffman Estates, Ill.-based medical office Progressive Women's Healthcare, submitted and caused her employees to submit fraudulent claims to Medicaid, TriCare and other insurers, the Justice Department said in a July 1 news release.
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