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Ambulance drives into West Side shootout
Tribune reporterAn ambulance happened upon a West Side shootout early Saturday morning that left two men in critical condition. The ambulance was eastbound about 12:15 a.m. in the 3500 block of West Lake Street in the East Garfield Park neighborhood -- not...Tags: John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital of Cook County, Hospitals and Clinics, Chicago Fire Department, Shootings, East Garfield Park
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City targets gang leaders
Chicago Tribune reportersLocal authorities, armed with a powerful new state RICO law, said they charged dozens of leaders and senior members of a notorious West Side street gang with operating a violent, $11 million-a-year heroin and cocaine operation responsible for seven...Tags: Sweetest Day, Witnesses, Justice System, Anita Alvarez, Anthony Carter (basketball)
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Man killed, woman wounded in Dan Ryan Expressway shooting
Tribune reporterA man died and a woman survived a gunshot wound to the chest on the Dan Ryan Expressway early Sunday morning near 71st Street, according to authorities. The shooting happened between 1 and 1:10 a.m. on the "slip" ramp between 71st Street and 75th...Tags: John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital of Cook County, Hospitals and Clinics, Shootings, Chicago Police Department, Riverdale (Cook, Illinois)
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At least 13 shot citywide
Tribune reportersA man was shot multiple times in the Sheridan Park neighborhood last night and left in critical condition, one of at least 13 people shot across the city Friday and early Saturday morning, officials said. Paramedics were called to the 1200 block of West...Tags: John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital of Cook County, Hospitals and Clinics, Roseland, Chicago Fire Department, Shootings
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Chicago Overnight Report
Tribune reporterA wrap-up of news from the Tribune's breaking news desk. • Austin Ketelsen had just seen "Fast & Furious 6" when he did a double-take while driving down Interstate 290: A van crashing into a median wall and bursting into flames. "Jeez, everything...Tags: Fires, Chicago Fire Department, Austin (Chicago, Illinois), West Garfield Park
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Man dies in basement fire in West Garfield Park
Tribune reporterA man died when a fire broke out this morning in a West Side home that lacked working smoke detectors, authorities said. The fire was reported at 3:47 a.m. in the 4100 block of West Gladys Avenue in the West Garfield Park neighborhood, according to...Tags: Hospitals and Clinics, Chicago Fire Department, West Garfield Park
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Bellwood man charged in 2011 killing on West Side
Tribune reporterA Bellwood man was ordered held in lieu of $2 million bail Sunday over the alleged 2011 killing of a rival Chicago drug dealer on the city's West Side. Deshawn Neal, 29, was arrested Saturday and charged with first-degree murder in connection with the...Tags: Shootings, Murder, East Garfield Park
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Shootings on South, West sides leave 3 dead, 9 wounded
Tribune reporterA 17-year-old boy and 22-year-old man were killed within hours of each other in separate West Side attacks Friday night, and a 29-year-old man was killed on the South Side, officials said. The youngest of the three killed was with an 18-year-old...Tags: John H. Stroger, Jr. Hospital of Cook County, Hospitals and Clinics, Humboldt Park, Shootings, Hyde Park
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CPS approves largest school closure in Chicago's history
Tribune reportersMonths of argument and anguish over Mayor Rahm Emanuel's push for sweeping school closings came to a climax Wednesday as his hand-picked Board of Education voted to shut 49 elementary schools and transfer thousands of children to new classroom settings....Tags: Separation of Church and State, Politics, Jesse Owens, Ryerson Incorporated, Mahalia Jackson
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List of schools and program to be closed
The following elementary schools, and one high school program that is part of a school, will be shut down: 1. Louis Armstrong Math & Science Elementary School 2. Mary McLeod Bethune Elementary School 3. Arna Wendell Bontemps Elementary School 4....Tags: Francis Scott Key, Jesse Owens, Ryerson Incorporated, Schools, Robin Williams
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CPS OKs massive closings
Months of argument and anguish over Mayor Rahm Emanuel's push for sweeping school closings came to a climax Wednesday as his hand-picked Board of Education voted to shut 49 elementary schools and transfer thousands of children to new classroom settings....
Tags: Politics, Ryerson Incorporated, Robin Williams, Layoffs and Downsizing, Walter Burnett, Jr.
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Hearing officers oppose 13 of closings planned by CPS
Mayor Rahm Emanuel’s push to shut 53 city elementary schools ran into an unexpected buzz saw of criticism Tuesday from hearing officers hired to vet the process, with several raising doubts about the wisdom of the proposals and recommending...
Tags: Chicago Public Schools, Justice System, Northwestern University, Calumet Heights, Hearing Impairment
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