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Illinois Attorney General defends gun ban with reference to attempted assassination of former president
Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul said the attempted assassination of former President Trump demonstrates why the state’s gun ban should remain in place. U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas wrote that Illinois’ ban is ‘highly suspect because it broadly prohibits common semiautomatic firearms used for lawful purposes.”
South Suburban College board passes tentative budget amid union negotiations
Clad in red, members of the union for South Suburban College faculty and staff showed up at the board’s recent meeting to petition for better pay as the trustees approved a tentative fiscal year 2025 budget. For Megan Tabag, a sociology professor and SCC union delegate for Cook County...
Manhattan School District Looks Forward to MJHS Opening
Manhattan’s School District looks forward to a fresh start for the upcoming school year as initial construction now is complete on the new junior high school. Though initial construction is complete, the district began a Phase 2 construction project to add amenities to the new school with leftover budgeted funds. That construction still is ongoing.
'An additional $6,000?': More Cook County residents confront assessor about property tax hike
COOK COUNTY - South suburban residents are expressing frustration and anger over soaring Cook County property taxes. Adrienne Hatton, who has been a resident of Markham for 17 years and currently finds herself surrounded by abandoned homes, is now struggling to meet her tax obligations. Hatton was one of 700...
Legal Notice: Notice of Public Hearing West Chicago Public Library District (Tentative Budget)
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a Public Hearing will be held in connection with the Tentative Budget. and Appropriation Ordinance for the West Chicago Public Library District, DuPage County, Illinois, at. 6:45 P.M., Monday, August 26, 2024 in the Library Program Room, 118 West Washington Street, West. Chicago, IL. NOTICE...
Aurora woman wins $1M from scratch-off Illinois Lottery ticket
An Aurora woman recently won $1 million with a scratch-off ticket, the Illinois Lottery announced.Antoinette 'Toni' Green won the top prize on a $10 MONOPOLY 50X scratch-off ticket purchased at Ruby's Liquor, located at 1535 Butterfield Road in Aurora."The clerk couldn't believe it and I couldn't believe it," Green said. "He said 'Toni, sign your ticket and go straight home - you won a million dollars!' I sat in my car in front of Ruby's in total shock, and then I had an epiphany - I can help others, I can make a difference in somebody's life with...
Chicago police shootout: 1 in custody after shots fired between gunmen, off-duty officer
CHICAGO - One person was arrested after an off-duty Chicago police officer got into a shootout with gunmen Tuesday morning in the Morgan Park neighborhood. The off-duty officer was confronted by several armed suspects around 5:30 a.m. when they began exchanging gunfire in the 10800 block of South Campbell Avenue, according to police.
Lincoln Square, Near West Side Police Commanders Swap Districts
LINCOLN SQUARE — Police Supt. Larry Snelling’s latest reshuffling of the department’s leaders has two veteran commanders swapping police districts. Beth Giltmier is taking over as commander of the Lincoln (20th) Police District. The district includes parts of Lincoln Square, Uptown, Edgewater, Andersonville and Ravenswood. A 34-year veteran of the department, Giltmier most recently served as commander of the Near West (12th) District.
Today In Culture, Tuesday, July 23, 2024: RIP Dominick Di Meo | PravdaFest In August | “Titanique” At Porchlight Music Theatre
Get Chicago & Midwest culture news sent to your inbox every weekday morning. Subscribe to Newcity Today here. Artist Dominick Di Meo (1927-2024) has passed, Corbett vs. Dempsey gallery relays. “An extensive period of Di Meo’s youth was spent in a polio ward, which left him with an aura of fierce angst and a fatalistic humor that he carried into his life as an artist.” Di Meo studied at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, where he met much of his artistic peers, including Leon Golub, Ted Halkin and Evelyn Statsinger. Di Meo helped Golub organize the independent Exhibition Momentum shows; he also worked on the Phalanx group exhibitions at the ID and participated in early meetings with John Miller that ultimately led to the foundation of the Museum of Contemporary Art. Arriving in New York in 1968, Di Meo set up a loft space studio in Soho, where he worked until only a few years ago. Di Meo exhibited in the 1967 Whitney Annual and showed new work in a solo slot at MoMA’s P.S. 1 in 1982. Di Meo was featured in “Monster Roster: Existentialist Art in Postwar Chicago” (Smart Museum of Art, Chicago, 2016), the first museum survey of the group of artists with whom he was first associated.
CG Life Focuses on Continued Growth with Appointment of Industry Veteran Jay Carter as Executive Vice President, Business Development
CHICAGO & SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jul 23, 2024-- CG Life, a leading integrated agency that blends strategy, creative, marketing, digital, and communications with science, has welcomed industry veteran Jay Carter as the agency’s Executive Vice President, Business Development. Emerging out of retirement to join the CG Life team, Carter’s focus will be on the continued growth of CG Life across all facets of the agency, including the advancement of its legacy life science business and its strategic expansion as agency-of-record among biopharma companies. This press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20240723046945/en/ Jay Carter, Executive Vice President, Business Development, CG Life (Photo: Business Wire)
Feinberg Ranks Among Top Medical Schools in the Nation
Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine has again been recognized among the best medical schools in the nation, ranking in tier one of research-oriented institutions, according to the latest U.S. News & World Report rankings, released today. The rankings feature a new methodology, with medical schools being placed into one of four tiers.
Summer Suburban Water Polo Championships wrap up the season at Naperville North
“It’s just like the big end of season thing. It’s something that we train the kids for all season. It’s something for them to look forward to. And it’s just the final place for them to show off what we’ve been working on and how hard they’ve worked the entire season,” said Cress Creek Naperville Summer Suburban Water Polo League coach Kayley Queen.
Tucker Wetmore Prepares To Embark On First Headlining Tour.
Tucker Wetmore will stop at 16 clubs and theaters on the “Waves on a Sunset Tour 2024” this fall. Wetmore’s first headlining run begins in Statesboro, GA, on Oct. 4 and concludes at Joe’s Bar on Weed St. in Chicago on Nov. 16. Hannah McFarland, Eli Winders and Ashland Craft will support select dates.
Tuesday: Humid with possible afternoon storms
LANSING, Ill. (July 22, 2024) – Tuesday in Lansing is forecast to be humid again, with periods of clouds and sun, plus a possible thunderstorm in the afternoon. High temp: 85 degrees. Current conditions, the four-hour forecast, and the five-day forecast are presented below. (On mobile, only three hours...
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