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Chicago Public Schools announces plan to close Crane High School
School would be phased out over next four years, West Side charter school Talent Development would move into building beginning next year
11/30/2011
Chicago Public Schools officials announced Wednesday afternoon that they want to close the Near West Side’s Crane High School, 2245 W. Jackson Blvd., bit by bit over the next four years.
Read More...New state rep coming to South Loop, Lakeshore East
South Side community organizer, Bronzeville resident Christian Mitchell running for 26th District House seat
11/28/2011 8:15 PM
South Loop, downtown and Lakeshore East residents living within a few blocks of Lake Michigan are getting yet another new state representative.
Read more...Court throws out sentence for E2 club owners
Original order to vacate second floor nightclub ‘unclear,’ court says
11/16/2011
The saga of the E2 nightclub continued Wednesday as an Illinois appellate court threw out criminal convictions for two of the former Motor Row nightclub’s owners.
Read More...Roosevelt Collection's plaza plans unveiled, retail en route?
Announcement on tenants to come in a few weeks, McCaffery says
11/16/2011 3:08 PM
With demolition complete on a big chunk of the Roosevelt Collection’s unused retail, the South Loop development’s new owner is showing off plans for the new green space that will debut next year.
Read more...St. Pat's tower stalls; West Loop hotel moving forward
Community ire causes Fioretti to demand more meetings with church’s neighbors
11/11/2011 6:34 PM
Two successive community meetings on West Loop developments received very different reactions on Wednesday night.
Read more...South Loop Elementary School completely eliminating gifted program
In Friday night email, Principal Tara Shelton says kindergarten through eighth grade will be cut
11/04/2011 6:40 PM
A month after South Loop Elementary School announced it would cuts its gifted program for kindergarten, principal Tara Shelton announced Friday night that the school is permanently cutting the entire gifted program.
Read more...Chicago Public Schools, Chicago Teachers Union reach agreement on longer school day
Near West Side’s STEM Magnet Academy and William H. Brown Elementary will keep longer day
11/04/2011 6:39 PM
After months of acrimonious debate, behind-the-scenes wheeling and dealing, and general rancor Chicago Public Schools officials reached a deal with the Chicago Teachers Union on the longer school day Thursday night.
Read more...Mercy Hospital begins merger negotiations
If things go as planned, Michigan-based Trinity Health could acquire Near South Side hospital by next spring
11/03/2011 4:08 PM
Mercy Hospital, the 159-year-old hospital at 2525 S. Michigan Ave. on the Near South Side, where former Mayor Daley was born, has entered into formal negotiations to merge with a Michigan-based hospital system.
Read more...Fioretti plans community meetings for hotel, office building
Toyoko Inn, Old St. Pat's office building on tap
11/02/2011 6:09 PM
Ald. Bob Fioretti (2nd) is planning to hold community meetings on two controversial West Loop projects next Wednesday, Nov. 9.
Read more...Solis pitches tickets, not arrests, for pot possession
People found with small amounts would get $200 ticket, making money for city instead of losing it on jail
10/27/2011 1:05 PM
Small-time pot smokers who get nabbed in Chicago might get a lighter punishment, if a new plan from University Village and Pilsen Alderman Danny Solis (25th) passes the city council.
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