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  • Chicago Teachers Union Overwhelmingly Re-Elects Karen Lewis

    Inspired by Vermont’s successful drive for universal healthcare, the Labor Campaign for Single-Payer is working with activists from Maine, California and Oregon to expand healthcare access. Micah Uetricht Internal union elections are unlikely to capture much attention, especially at a time when media coverage of labor borders on nonexistent. But the results of a recent election in the ...

  • Elgin police want to know where surveillance cameras are

    Reinhold Seidler, co-owner of Able-Fox Automotive, seen on his security video monitor, plans to attend the Elgin Police Department's first "Security through Surveillance" class on June ...

  • Driver pleads not guilty to DUI in crash that killed Warrenville student

    A Warrenville man is facing a mandatory prison term if convicted of aggravated DUI in a crash that killed Wheaton Warrenville South High School senior Stephanie Pickett, prosecutors said Monday. Karlos Leath, 31, pleaded not guilty to the charge at his first appearance in front of DuPage County Judge Blanche Hill Fawell. Prosecutors said he faces an enhanced sentencing range of three to 14 ...

  • Proceeds from Naperville mans toy sales help battle muscular dystrophy

    Marty Karlin created and is selling ShtankOut characters in hopes that proceeds will help find a cure or treatments for the Duchenne muscular dystrophy that threatens his son, Ryan, ...

  • Billboards in Chicago Feature Pregnant Boys to Prevent Teen Pregnancy

    The Chicago Department of Public Health has placed billboards featuring teen boys with "pregnant" bellies throughout the city, as part of a newly launched campaign to prevent teen ...


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Movie Review

Django Unchained

Django Unchained

In Sergio Corbuccis Django, the 1966 spaghetti Western from which Quentin Tarantinos Django Unchained draws its protagonists name, the titular gunslinger (played by the indomitable Franco Nero, who makes an amusing, wink-wink cameo in Tarantinos film) is first seen ... ...

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  • Three Chicago Teens Charged as Adults for Rape of Minor Posting Video on Facebook

    Three Chicago teens were charged as adults for the aggravated sexual assault of a 12-year-old girl and posting the video to Facebook. The attack happened last year, but the boys were just now sentenced for their ...

  • Homer Jr. High students prepares for Scripps National Spelling Bee

    Seventh-grader Meghana Kamineni starts her days at 3:50 a.m., giving herself 10 minutes to wake up before she digs in to a two-hour-plus study session. The Homer Junior High School student isn't preparing for class but for her shot at the 86th Annual Scripps National Spelling Bee in Washington, D.C. The 12-year-old won the Will County Spelling Bee in March, topping 46 other competitors to ...

  • Lake Zurich beaches opening soon

    The warm weather is here, and with it, the beaches are opening. In Lake Zurich, this means the beach at Henry J. Paulus Park will be open Saturday. However, after Memorial Day weekend, the beach will close again until June 1, when it will be open daily until Aug. 11. After that, the beach will be open only on weekends until Labor Day. Recreation manager Dave Peterson said the beach at Paulus ...

  • Church Vandalized On Southeast Side

    CHICAGO (STMW) – A church was discovered vandalized Saturday on the Southeast Side by a deacon preparing for morning service. The vandalism occurred at the International Harbor of Grace Church in the 9700 block of South Avenue L, police News Affairs Officer Jose Estrada said. Gang symbols and graffiti were found on the walls, floors and pews, several of which were pulled from their ...

  • Neighbor’s Dog Seriously Injures 9-Year-Old Boy

    CHICAGO (STMW) – A 9-year-old boy was seriously injured Sunday when a neighbor's dog jumped a fence and attacked him in his Roseland neighborhood back yard. The boy was playing in his yard in the 200 block of West 112th Place about 8 p.m. when the attack occurred, police News Affairs Officer Jose Estrada ...

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