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Illinois City Called One of the Most ‘Likely Targets of a Nuclear Attack’
Sheesh, it goes from bad to worse sometimes. If this weather isn't enough to get you down the news that we are living near one of the 15 Cities That Are Likely Targets of a Nuclear Attack should do the trick. I mean, yikes. and thanks a bunch Daily Mail.
Illinois’ Best Hot Dog Stand Announced & We’re Low-Key Surprised
There are so many different places in Illinois to get a good-tasting hot dog, it's really tough to name the very best, right?. I mean, I thought of a few places right away that ultimately weren't named Illinois' best place to get a hot dog in a recent article on Mashed.com.
These Gas Station Tacos Are the Best in Illinois
Today is National Taco Day, and it wouldn't make sense not to highlight what's been dubbed the best tacos in Illinois. While Taco Day was originally set for October 4, the folks at Taco Bell pushed to move National Taco Day to the first Tuesday in October every year because, you guessed it, Taco Tuesday.
Here's how much money you need to live comfortably in Chicago, study finds
CHICAGO - A new study that claims to analyze several metrics has determined how much money a person needs to make to live comfortably in Chicago. Created by GOBankingRates, the study is said to analyze data from the U.S. Census, Zillow, BestPlaces and the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLI) to determine the salary you’ll need to live comfortably in America’s largest cities.
Chicago mayor names new school board after entire panel resigns amid a fight over district control
CHICAGO (AP) — Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson named members of a new school board on Monday, days after all seven members resigned amid an escalating fight over control of the public schools in the nation’s third-largest city. During a news conference at a South Side church, Johnson introduced six new school board members and said he’d name a seventh at a later date. He said that although the new members are technically nominees who are still being vetted, it’s a formality and they could remain after the board triples in size in January and goes to a hybrid model that...
Stateville’s storied past recalled as state readies to demolish, rebuild century-old prison
Shortly before Stateville Correctional Center opened in 1925, officials laid out their ambitious goals for the prison: “Warden John J. Whitman in his dedication address declared the function of the model prison would be the reformation of men who had run afoul of the law not merely a place of punishment,” the Tribune reported on Dec. 7, 1924. Seven years later, amid criticism in one corner that inmates were being pampered, and in another that conditions were unfair, another warden reported that to fulfill Whitman’s lofty promise he had to steer a course between equally perilous ways of dealing with inmates. “If we are too good to them, they could trample upon us. If we are too harsh with them they might riot or mutiny, and we’d have to kill them,” Maj. Henry C. Hill told the Tribune. A magnet for controversy from the start, the aging and decrepit prison near Joliet is set to be demolished by the state of Illinois, which plans to rebuild a new facility on the site using more modern concepts of prison architecture.
Our Chicago: Mexicans In Chicago
Mexicans make up 21.5% of Chicago residents, according to new Census data. They also make up nearly 74% of the city's Latino residents.ABC7 Chicago is now streaming 24/7. Click here to watchA new report called "Fuerza Mexicana: the Past, Present and Power of Mexicans in Chicagoland" took a look at their lives and their impact on the city.Mexicans began settling in Chicago in large numbers around 1916."It's very much tied to not only the politics of what was happening in Mexico but especially the economic activities that were happening here in Chicago," Director of the Great Cities Institute at the...
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