‘Loved by everybody,’ firefighter dies after Southwest Side blaze
A 32-year veteran firefighter remembered as an "all around great guy and great fireman" died Friday night when he was hit by a flashover of flames while battling an extra-alarm...
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Chicago firefighter dies battling blaze
A 32-year veteran of the Chicago Fire Department died Friday night after he and another firefighter were injured in a blaze that spread quickly through a house in the Gage...
‘Loved by everybody,’ firefighter dies after Southwest Side blaze
A 32-year veteran firefighter remembered as an "all around great guy and great fireman" died Friday night when he was hit by a flashover of flames while battling an extra-alarm...
Black firefighters’ graduation 17 years in the making
Marvin Jones, 53, always wanted to be a firefighter. But when he wasn't offered a position with the Chicago Fire Department in 1995, he returned to a job with the...
School achievement scores little changed from last year
Scores on state achievement tests barely budged in 2012, with results still troubling for Illinois high school students. About half of all 11th-graders flunked the Prairie State Achievement Examination, which...
School achievement scores little changed from last year
Scores on state achievement tests barely budged in 2012, with results still troubling for Illinois high school students. About half of all 11th-graders flunked the Prairie State Achievement Examination, which...
Grim 2012 toll passes last year’s homicide total
Fitz Bariffe's family feared he could become another statistic in what has been a bloody year in Chicago. But the retired CTA bus driver was determined to fix up the...
Emanuel defends tactics as city surpasses last year’s homicide total
Fitz Bariffe's family feared he could become another statistic in what has been a bloody year in Chicago. But the retired CTA bus driver was determined to fix up the...
After fire, Englewood pastor vows to rebuild
Two days after a fire tore through a venerable church in Chicago's Englewood neighborhood, its pastor told members of his congregation Sunday that with God's help they could rebuild. "Though...
Emanuel defends tactics as city surpasses last year’s homicide total
Fitz Bariffe's family feared he could become another statistic in what has been a bloody year in Chicago. But the retired CTA bus driver was determined to fix up the...