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Award-winning author at Whitney Young H.S.

04/08/2010 2:38 PM

Chicago Journal contributing reporter Melissa Albert recently reviewed author and Whitney Young High School teacher Brigid Pasulka's novel A Long, Long Time Ago & Essentially True. Read more...

Filming in the South Loop

04/08/2010

Chicago Journal columnist and blogger has a new post up about running across filming in the South Loop, near 9th and State. Later, the crews had their cameras and lights out at 14th and State.
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The raccoon public health threat

04/06/2010

Next week, the city council's health committee is set to discuss a resolution introduced by Ald. Robert Fioretti (2nd) about the public health threat posed by the proliferation of raccoons in Chicago.
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Nifty census map shows lagging response rate

04/01/2010

The Tribune has published an interactive map showing local response rates to mailed census forms. How are neighborhoods covered by Chicago Journal doing?
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Woman arrested in South Loop garage burglaries

04/01/2010 11:23 AM

Police officers arrested a 33-year-old woman at her home in Bridgeport on March 30. They say she was responsible for burglarizing vehicles parked in South Loop residential garages.
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Reminder: road work will start hitting soon

03/30/2010

It's no April Fool's Day joke -- three major roadway projects are set to begin in late March and early April, and officials are warning residents and commuters to take heed as shovels start hitting the ground. A fourth starts this summer.
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South Loop School, West Loop development

03/29/2010 12:03 AM

The first full week of April promises to be an important one for the South Loop School community and West Loop residents. Residents will be gathering to talk overcrowding at South Loop and a new development near Madison and Halsted.
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Gun pulled, shots fired during traffic stop

03/23/2010 9:52 AM

Police say that after an offender displayed a gun during a traffic stop at approximately 8:20 p.m. March 22 in the 1400 block of S. Michigan, an officer fired his weapon.
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Forums for school council candidates

03/22/2010

Candidates seeking seats on the South Loop Elementary School and Jones College Preparatory High School local school councils will discuss why they're running on March 23. At Skinner School, a forum is scheduled for March 24.
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Audio profile of the South Loop School debaters

03/19/2010

Chicago Journal is pleased to present an audio profile of the South Loop School Debate Team. Click through to listen in to some of the students' verbal jousts.
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