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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...
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.
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.
Signature Room space in former Hancock Center to undergo massive renovation
Architecture firm Skidmore, Owings & Merrill has been hired to redevelop two floors once occupied by the Signature Room in the former John Hancock Center, which the firm designed in the 1960s. Observation deck company 360 Chicago announced the hiring of SOM on Tuesday but said it is still deciding...
Chicago’s Latino Neighborhoods Have Less Access to Parks, But Residents Are Working to Change That
BRIGHTON PARK — Carmen Barragan remembers the church bells ringing from her village’s plaza in Michoacan, Mexico. She recalls looking out at the bustling courtyard filled with fruit vendors, children playing games and the verdant trees that engulf the plaza in her hometown of Cotija. That vibrancy is...
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...
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...
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