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Dumpsters full of books seen outside Schurz High School on Northwest Side
CHICAGO (CBS) -- Two dumpsters full of books were found outside a Chicago Public Schools high school on the city's Northwest Side Friday.Paperbacks and textbooks were piled up outside Carl Schurz High School, at 3601 N. Milwaukee Ave. in the Irving Park neighborhood.Various biology and chemistry textbooks and lab notebooks, a copy of "Mawi Asgedom's "Of Beetles and Angels: A Boy's Remarkable Journey from a Refugee Camp to Harvard," and multiple copies of Peter Mayle's 1991 national bestseller "A Year in Provence" were among the books visible in a massive dumpster.CBS News Chicago reached out to the Chicago Public Schools,...
Shooting In Old Irving Park Industrial Corridor Rattles Business Owners
OLD IRVING PARK — A shooting early Thursday in a normally sleepy industrial corridor near the border of Old Irving Park and Portage Park has left some business owners and workers on edge. At 2:24 a.m. Thursday, four men in their 20s were walking on the east side of...
Illinois Store Robbed 8 Different Times In Just 3 Months
This store owner in Illinois might want to consider a new location after getting robbed eight times in just three months. Illinois Store Owner Experiencing Major Issues With Crime. Crime is a major issue throughout the United States including in Illinois. It doesn't seem to be getting better. It's got...
Texas trucking company owner sentenced to 25 years for using semis to smuggle drugs to Chicago
A Texas trucking company owner was sentenced to decades in prison for his role in coordinating a Mexico-to-Chicago drug pipeline. On September 23, Jose Farias, 44, was sentenced to 25 years in prison, according to the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Illinois. In 2021, a federal jury in Chicago convicted Farias on […] The post Texas trucking company owner sentenced to 25 years for using semis to smuggle drugs to Chicago appeared first on CDLLife.
Landlord threatens arrest after illegal vacate notices
One day after a city inspector cited CKO Real Estate for rehabbing numerous apartments without a city permit, the landlord issued an illegal 30-day vacate notice to tenants, threatening arrest if they did not comply. In addition to the 10 code violations documented, the Crusader has learned that gas service...
Aftermath Of Hurricane Helene Brings Heavy Winds In ‘Rare’ Turn Back Toward Chicago
CHICAGO — A hurricane that’s unleashed flooding leading to the deaths of at least 25 people in the southeastern U.S. will bring serious winds and spats of rain to the Chicago area this weekend. Helene made landfall Thursday night in northwestern Florida as a Category 4 hurricane and...
Remnants of Helene fuels 7-10 foot waves at Lake Michigan beaches
CHICAGO (CBS) — Helene has been downgraded to a Tropical Storm, but Chicago is still feeling some of its effects. The CBS News Chicago weather team warns that winds of up to 55 mph are possible between 6 p.m. and 10 p.m. Tropical storm-force winds of 40 mph were already observed at Midway International Airport by 4 p.m.A wind advisory is in effect until midnight for all but the northernmost part of Cook County, as well as Will County and Kankakee counties in Illinois; Lake, Jasper, and Newton counties in Indiana, and several downstate counties in both states.The high winds are already...
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