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Even the thought of a shooting at their child's school is terrifying for parents, but officials in Lake County said they want to make sure they're prepared should it ever happen, so they were staging an emergency drill in Wadsworth on Friday.
Classes have been canceled at Governors State University on Friday, after a bomb threat targeting the school's parking lots.
It's playoff pandemonium in Chicago. The mood is electric as Cubs fans can barely wait for Friday night's National League Division Series opener against the archrival Cardinals in St. Louis.
Through four playoff games, the road teams are undefeated. The home teams will try to turn it around Friday in the first day of full playoff action: four games spread throughout the day for your viewing pleasure. Enjoy.
How do you plan for 45,000 runners and 1.7 million spectators at Sunday's Bank of America Chicago Marathon? It starts months in advance, with the help of lots of people and technology.
The fatal shooting occurred in the Austin neighborhood. Two men, both 36, were playing a dice game about 8:30 p.m. in the 5800 block of West Chicago Avenue when at least two other people walked up, announced a robbery and started shooting, according to Chicago Police.
Negotiations for a new contract for more than 150 teachers and staff at McHenry Community High School District 156 ended around 1:30 a.m. Friday. Some progress was made, but teachers and the district still have not reached a deal.
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Chicago Costume has been adorning theaters, locally shot films, corporate events and meetings, museums, PR companies, restaurants and bars and locals for all kinds of looks for nearly 40 years.
About 3:35 a.m., a van carrying six people struck a wall "at a high rate of speed" in the 600 block of North Lake Shore Drive, according to police and fire department officials.
Adam Ozon, 65, was last seen Thursday near the intersection of Monroe Street and Michigan Avenue, according to a missing person alert issued by Area Central detectives.
About 11:35 p.m., the 32-year-old was standing outside in the 7100 block of South South Shore Drive when someone in a passing white sedan shot him in the arm, police said.
About 11:30 p.m., the 26-year-old was walking in the 4000 block of West Monroe Street when he heard shots ring out and felt pain, police said.
Police are searching for the driver of an SUV that fatally struck a 63-year-old north suburban woman Sunday and then drove away from the scene in the Rogers Park neighborhood on the North Side.
