Sunday, March 16, 2025

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obituaries
  • by david hall
Susan Duncan dies at 89; South Side educator and mother of former U.S. Education Secretary Arne Duncan

For 50 years, Mrs. Duncan ran Sue Duncan Children’s Center, an after-school program serving kids on the South Side. 'She really felt that education was a way to ameliorate the injustices in society,' her daughter said.

the-watchdogs
  • by david hall
Ahead of DNC, city officials to close, cordon off one of Chicago's largest, most visible homeless camps

Federal officials haven't asked that the "tent city" next to the Dan Ryan Expressway be cleared, but a top mayoral aide says she doesn't want to wait and then scramble.

outdoors
  • by david hall
Newly hatched piping plover chick presumed dead at Montrose Beach. ‘Much loved and will be missed’

Three chicks were confirmed at the nest of piping plovers Imani and Sea Rocket, but the fourth chick was missing under 'unknown circumstances,' the Chicago Piping Plovers group said.

chicago
  • by david hall
Pritzker, Johnson pledge massive boost for violence prevention programs

'We have to invest in what works,' said Gov. J.B. Pritzker of initiatives to tackle the 'root causes' of crime and violence.