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'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...
Illinois EPA set to hold ten hazardous waste collection events this fall, including in Springfield
The Illinois EPA is holding ten Household Hazardous Waste collections this fall. One-day collections are open to all Illinois residents and operate from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. on the day of the event. Events will be held throughout the state, including in Champaign, Taylorville, East Moline, Decatur, Bloomington, Oregon,...
High schoolers in rural, western Illinois learn the history of why their town is white
CUBA — Nestled between vast stretches of cornfields in western Illinois, Cuba is home to about 1,100 people. It is also 95 percent white, according to the last U.S. census. Once in a while, Cuba High School history teacher Joe Brewer’s students ask him why. “My students want...
Busy Milwaukee Avenue Stretch Finally Reopens After Nearly 2 Years Of Metra Construction
OLD IRVING PARK — A segment of Milwaukee Avenue on the Northwest Side has finally reopened after almost two years and multiple missed deadlines. Milwaukee Avenue between Kilbourn and Kenneth avenues was closed in September 2022 to speed up construction on the Grayland Metra station, 3729 N. Kilbourn Ave., and replace its 122-year-old railroad bridge. Construction on the bridge started in fall 2021.
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.
Xchange, Grand Crossing’s New $20 Million Training Center, Will Prepare Locals For Tech Jobs
GREATER GRAND CROSSING — A $20 million workforce and training center is coming to the South Side, creating more opportunities for neighbors to explore a future in the tech industry. Xchange Chicago, a first-of-its-kind technology workforce center, will open in Greater Grand Crossing in January. The 28,000-square-foot facility will...
Jefferson Park Police District Gets New Commander
JEFFERSON PARK — The Far Northwest Side has a new police commander. Robert Vanna has been appointed to take over as commander of the Jefferson Park (16th) District, which covers Jefferson Park, Portage Park, Dunning, Norwood Park, Edison Park, Gladstone Park and parts of Belmont Cragin and Sauganash. Vanna...
CPD officer among 5 hurt after pursuit of stolen car ends in SW Side alley crash: Police
Chicago police said officers were trying to stop a stolen black Dodge Durango when it backed up into a squad car and then drove off, hitting two other cars and four pedestrians in the process. It happened in an alley near 46th and Western.
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.
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.
Big Changes Coming to 23 Illinois Costco Stores in September
The more things change, the more they stay the same. That's actually not true for 23 Costco store locations in Illinois that will be changing in September and I predict many will be unhappy with what's coming. Let me be clear that I'm not business expert and I have no...
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