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The lines of questioning from alderpersons include the size of Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s office (too big, many said) to what the city is doing to recruit and train enough police officers to keep pace with a record number of retirements.

St. Nicholas Cathedral School in Chicago’s Ukrainian Village fields daily inquiries from parents fleeing the European country as Russia continues its invasion of Ukraine, according to school officials.

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Pastors at around 80 Black churches in Chicago will participate Sunday, in anticipation of World Mental Health Day.

The report has besmirched the valuable work that the JTDC’s diligent and compassionate staff do every day.

Authorities are trying to determine whether the money Marek Matczuk lost gambling came from the millions he never repaid Washington Federal Bank for Savings.

Cook County Board President Preckwinkle is offering bold spending plans, armed with roughly $1 billion in federal COVID-19 relief money. But she needs workers to pull these plans off, and faces more than 4,000 vacancies. “We’re working towards a more just, prosperous and equitable future,”…

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Groups of friends pitch tents, prepare their showtime outfits for a shot at getting close to the stage for Thursday’s concert— the first of six at the United Center for Harry Styles’ Love on Tour.

The century-old building, vacant for 25 years, will house a number of businesses and have University of Illinois Health as an anchor tenant.

Jurors deliberated more than 10 hours before finding Diego Uribe, 28, guilty on all six counts of first-degree murder.