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Search underway for missing boater near the Loop
CHICAGO — A search is underway for a boater who went missing from the waters off the coast of Lake Michigan near the Loop, according to the Chicago Fire Department. CFD said they were called to the area of East randolph street and North DuSable Lake Shore Drive around 1 p.m. for a report of […]
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 ...
Boy, 15, Seriously Wounded In Shooting At Hamlin Park In North Center
NORTH CENTER — A 15-year-old boy was wounded in a shooting Friday at Hamlin Park in North Center, according to police. Around 2:20 p.m. Friday, the boy was in the park at 3035 N. Hoyne Ave. when two people walked up to him and pulled out handguns, police said. At least one of those people opened fire, striking the boy in his back, police said. The two armed people then fled the park.
Are These Spots Really Illinois’ Most Unpronounceable Places?
Is Chicago actually Chi-Cah-Ga? I've heard it both ways my whole life. Those who live in the city located just south of the Wisconsin state line call their home Rock-ferd, not Rock-ford. And, it goes on and on. Don't even get me started with the Illinois town named after a city in Egypt.
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