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Devoted Mount Carmel High School athletics volunteer Jim Morrissey dies

August 23, 2022 at 12:43 p.m.

With the school year underway, Mount Carmel High School athletics is starting football season without a cherished team member. The school announced Sunday the death of Jim Morrissey, a volunteer...

People walk past an early voting location at the Loop Super Site on June 23, 2022. Election officials say the new electoral map is designed to address rising costs of election operations as well as the changing behavior of voters who are increasingly voting early at central polling places or mailing in their ballots.

New Chicago elections map cutting precincts significantly ahead of November general election

October 24, 2022 at 3:54 p.m.

Following a primary where problems popped up at polling places citywide, Chicago election officials are preparing to shrink the number of voting precincts by nearly 40% and are squeezing the...

People walk by fencing where cleanup is underway following the Riot Fest music festival at Douglass Park on Sept. 20, 2021.

Riot Fest management apologizes and its contractor steps down after ‘hostile’ community meeting, as momentum to boot festival gains traction

August 10, 2022 at 11:52 a.m.

With a community-led movement to evict big-ticket music festivals from Douglass Park gaining steam, Riot Fest management has let go its event organizer and apologized to the community for his...

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Devoted Mount Carmel High School athletics volunteer Jim Morrissey dies

New Chicago elections map cutting precincts significantly ahead of November general election

Riot Fest management apologizes and its contractor steps down after ‘hostile’ community meeting, as momentum to boot festival gains traction

Mount Carmel High School ends coed consideration early, remains all-boys

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