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FEMA offering help to Chicago area residents following severe storms this summer
If your home was damaged during severe weather in July, the federal government might be able to help. Severe storms, tornadoes, and flooding slammed portions of Cook, Fulton, Henry, St. Clair, Washington, Will, and Winnebago in July.
2024 Northern Cook County Ability Fair on 10/2
The Harper College Learning and Career Center will be holding the Northern Cook County Ability Fair on Wednesday, October 2 from 1 PM to 3 PM CT. This job fair is open to anyone that is looking for work that has any type of disability. Sign language interpreters will be present on Wednesday afternoon.
Illinois program’s ‘wraparound’ approach helps formerly incarcerated people land solar industry jobs
Increased activity in the solar energy space has generated the need for more trained and skilled workers. At the same time, disinvested populations are often shut out of these jobs. For people who have spent time in prison, it’s even harder to catch a break. The Renewing Sovereignty Project...
ABC7 Chicago to celebrate Italian American Heritage Month with live Columbus Day Parade broadcast
ABC7, Chicago's most-watched television station, is celebrating the city's vibrant Italian American community, with the broadcast of the 72nd annual Columbus Day Parade.The live event is hosted by ABC7 sports anchor and "Windy City Weekend" host Ryan Chiaverini, reporter Liz Nagy and meteorologist Greg Dutra, reporting all the festivities from the street. Pasquale D. Gianni, attorney and Joint Civic Committee of Italian Americans officer, will contribute color commentary from the broadcast area. The parade will air Monday, Oct. 14, from noon to 2 p.m., and will have an encore broadcast on Saturday, Oct. 19 at 11 p.m. Both broadcasts will...
Chicago’s Gun Violence Has Gotten Deadlier. Here’s What That Means for Residents.
Tavares Harrington carries the memory of his 7-year-old niece Heaven Sutton on his sleeve. Her name, tattooed in cursive, sits in front of a dove on his left forearm. On June 27, 2012, as Heaven was playing outside while her mother sold candy and snow cones in front of their home in Chicago’s Austin neighborhood, a 33-year-old man fired at least 10 shots. He struck a 19-year-old in the ankle. Heaven ran, but a stray bullet struck her back and killed her. Eight years later, the shooter was sentenced to 60 years in prison.
Rogers Park Residents Forced Out Of Affordable Housing After Developer Buys Building
ROGERS PARK — Rogers Park tenants are being forced out of their affordable apartments after a prominent developer on the Far North Side bought the building and didn’t offer lease renewals due to required repair work. Becovic, a Chicago-based real estate company, bought a four-story building at 1546...
3 wounded in West Chatham shooting, Chicago police say
Three men were wounded in a shooting in the West Chatham neighborhood Monday night, Chicago police said.The shooting took place at about 9:22 p.m. in the 9300-block of South Stewart Avenue.ABC7 Chicago is now streaming 24/7. Click here to watchPolice said the three victims were in a vehicle when shots were fired.A 24-year-old man was shot in the leg and transported to Advocate Christ Hospital in serious condition, police said.Two other men, both 28 years old, were transported to Advocate Christ Hospital in good condition, police said.No one is in custody, police said. Area Two detectives are investigating the circumstances surrounding the investigation.INTERACTIVE SAFETY TRACKER Track crime and safety in your neighborhood
As Illinois manufacturing jobs drop, Chicago mayor announces awards
(The Center Square) – Chicago officials are honoring local manufacturers, but manufacturing numbers are down in Illinois and across the Midwest. Mayor Brandon Johnson spoke Monday morning at the Chicago Manufacturing Awards Ceremony on the city’s West Side. “Chicago has been called the city that works, and that’s because of the historic legacy and achievements in manufacturing,” Johnson said. ...
Fire Union Blasts Removal Of Paramedics From Mental Health Emergency Response Program
CHICAGO — Police officers and paramedics have been removed from the city’s mental health emergency response program — a change the firefighters union says violates their contract. The Crisis Assistance Response and Engagement program, known as CARE, provides teams of mental health professionals and specially trained police...
Organizers hold concert in middle of Logan Square pothole they want to save
CHICAGO (CBS) -- Some Logan Square neighborhood residents want a pothole in the middle of an intersection to stay right where it is, and now, organizers of the "Save the Hole" campaign are making their pleas into a song.A viewer, Emmanuel Ramos-Barajas, sent video taken out a window of a pop-up concert performed right in the middle of the pothole at Belden and St. Louis avenues.The man who started the "Save the Hole" effort also plays in a band—so he and his bandmates decided the middle of the roughly 16-by-16-foot crater would be the perfect place to play.Residents report that high speeds have long been an issue on the block. So when the large hole emerged earlier this month, so did an online campaign, complete with the hashtag #SaveTheHole, as neighbors believe it has been forcing drivers to slow down.But city officials say a traffic circle set to go into the intersection soon will serve the same purpose—and will look much better aesthetically. The traffic circle is expected to be completed by mid-October.
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