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CFD first in country to adopt new technology to protect firefighters from lasting health risks
CHICAGO —The Chicago Fire Department became the first to adopt a new technology to protect their health. We know Chicago firefighters face dangerous situations every day. In fact, they’ve had several just the summer alone. While they have respirators when they go into many of those hazardous fires, it’s the lingering effect of what’s left […]
3 men have run every Chicago Marathon since 1977. Now in their 70s, they won’t break the streak.
Randy Burt ate pepperoni pizza and drank red wine for dinner on Sept. 24, 1977. The next morning, he put on his old high school gym uniform and went to the starting line of the first Chicago Marathon. “I made it past 10 miles feeling pretty good about myself, and then, by around mile 21, that pepperoni pizza started to say hello to me,” recalled Burt, now 76. “I got stomach cramps and saw the ...
Still without a contract, fed up CFD union files grievance claiming truck shortage
The Chicago Fire Fighters Union Local 2 is sounding the alarm on a truck shortage. An Englewood fire station was without a truck this weekend. The union is filing a grievance with the City and the Illinois Labor Relations Board.
Five-goal game against Homewood-Flossmoor puts Marian Catholic’s Antonio Ferreira on cloud nine. ‘It’s incredible.’
Marian Catholic’s Antonio Ferreira felt like he was living out a movie script on Monday night. A fairy tale, at that. On his senior night, Ferreira poured in a whopping five goals. He also did that against rival Homewood-Flossmoor. Oh, and he made school history in the process. “For any game, to get five, it’s incredible,” Ferreira said. “To do it on senior night and a rivalry game is just ...
Science smiles on the South Side
"We are showing people the power of telescopes," said fourth-year physics student Joseph Yeung as he aimed the 8-inch Dobsonian reflecting telescope to the west toward a group of people standing on the far side of a University of Chicago quadrangle. "And," he added, chortling with enthusiasm, "we are showing people how cool it is."
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