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In some Chicago neighborhoods, almost half of all teens and young adults are not going to school or working
Sign up for Chalkbeat Chicago’s free daily newsletter to keep up with the latest education news.The portion of young Chicagoans neither going to school nor working is returning to pre-COVID levels — but it’s an uneven recovery that has left behind Black teens as well as adolescents in the city’s most disadvantaged neighborhoods.Overall, about 45,000 16- to 24-year-olds in the city are disconnected from both school and work, accounting for roughly 12% of the city’s residents in that age group — a rate just slightly higher than pre-COVID.“In the aftermath of the pandemic when things looked really shaky, these overall...
Cicero Public Library Employees Claim Frustration with “Toxic Work Environment”
Editor’s Note: Names that include an asterisk(*) are pseudonyms for sources due to fear of retaliation. Over the last two decades, the Cicero Public Library has been offering educational programs to the community, such as their Seed Library and one-on-one tech tutorials to help people prepare to work from home.
Dense fog could impact Chicago area's morning commute
Drivers are being advised to use caution on area roadways Friday morning, as a period of dense fog could occur just after sunrise. According to the National Weather Service, fog could begin to develop overnight across the area, with locally dense fog possible in some spots. That fog could intensify...
Takeout without: How Oak Park’s restaurants – and customers – are handling
A ban on polystyrene, commonly known by the brand name Styrofoam, went into effect in Oak Park on Jan. 1. The ban established that businesses cannot sell or distribute disposable food containers that partially incorporate or are entirely composed of polystyrene foam packaging. According to Dan Yopchick, the village’s chief...
‘Cancer sucks:’ WGN Reporter Mike Lowe reveals stage 3 colon cancer diagnosis
CHICAGO — WGN Reporter Mike Lowe has revealed he is battling colon cancer. In a post shared to Instagram Thursday, Lowe said he was diagnosed with stage 3(c)/N+ colon cancer and is participating in a clinical trial with Northwestern Medicine. He will be undergoing radiation and chemotherapy for abour six months prior to surgery. Lowe […]
Teen struck by car during altercation near North Avenue Beach, officials say
A teen was hospitalized after she was struck by a vehicle during an altercation near Chicago’s North Avenue Beach on Thursday afternoon. According to Chicago police, two groups of individuals became involved in a heated verbal altercation in a parking lot near the beach in the 1600 block of North DuSable Lake Shore Drive.
Some Chicago area police departments resell guns that go back into public circulation
Each year, tens of thousands of guns, once used by police officers, have been discovered at crime scenes, according to federal records obtained after a lengthy legal battle.CBS News and nonprofit newsrooms, The Trace and Reveal, surveyed 200 police agencies nationwide and found a majority sell their guns when they decide to upgrade their arsenal. Chicago police do not not resell their guns, but some suburban police departments do to reduce costs. However, because of federal law, it's impossible to know whether any of those weapons were ever used in a crime later on, a CBS 2 investigation found. Local impactChiquita Jones...
OP parking Lot 10 under construction
Residents who frequent Lot 10, the popular parking lot on North Boulevard between Marion Street and Forest Avenue in downtown Oak Park’s business district, can expect construction this spring. The sidewalk will be replaced along the north of the parking lot. Then, the lot will be closed for four...
FBI raids Lincoln Square home in gang investigation, officials confirm
FBI agents conducted a raid at a residence on the North Side Thursday stemming from a gang investigation, sources and officials confirmed. A FBI spokeswoman said a warrant was executed but provided no further information. “There is currently no known threat to public safety at this time,” the spokeswoman said. A law enforcement source said the raid stemmed from an ongoing gang violence ...
Where Did the Nickname ‘FIB’ Come From?
Summer in Wisconsin is in sight, and you know what that means: our frenemies from Chicagoland pouring over the border to play. Driving wise, were some of these people raised by wolves, or what? Speeding. Tailgating – not the good kind. Lane changes as subtle as a face tattoo.
Assailant at-large after woman attacked on trail near Niles, police say
After a woman was attacked and seriously hurt by a man along a Forest Preserve trail near Niles last week, police are asking the public for help in tracking down the suspect. Investigators said it happened on the afternoon of May 12.
Driver who killed 78-year-old woman while fleeing a locksmith he didn’t want to pay gets probation
CHICAGO — A Chicago man has been sentenced to probation for crashing into another car and killing a 78-year-old woman as he sped away from a locksmith he did not want to pay. Kurell Purnell, 20, pleaded guilty to reckless homicide with a motor vehicle on Wednesday, according to court records.
ISP: Man sleeping in his car gets woke up by IDOT employee, hits the worker and flees the scene
CHICAGO (WTVO) — Illinois State Police arrested Angel Martinez, 25, for allegedly hitting an IDOT employee and fleeing the scene. On May 11th, around 5:47 a.m., ISP was notified of a hit-and-run traffic crash that occurred on I-90 southbound at the Hubbard Street cave in Chicago. Police said a vehicle was stopped in lane four […]
Oak Park considers user fee for electric vehicle charging stations
Electric vehicle users living in or driving through Oak Park may soon be paying a fee to use the village’s publicly-accessible electric vehicle charging stations. The village board discussed a proposal Tuesday to charge users a $0.25 per kilowatt-hour fee, the market rate, at these stations. There is now no fee for any of the 26 village-owned stations. Users only have to pay a fee for parking in the lot or garage, if applicable, but not for charging itself.
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