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New Metra Electric 79th Street/Chatham Station Now Open After Renovations
The new 79th Street/Chatham station on the Metra Electric Line reopens Monday after being closed for over a year for renovations.

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The new 79th Street/Chatham station on the Metra Electric Line reopens Monday after being closed for over a year for renovations.

Chicago Fire Fighters Union Local 2 President Patrick Cleary confirmed the unanimous no-confidence vote on Thursday afternoon.
The carjacking took place at 11:08 a.m. August 26th in the 9800 block of South Halsted Street.
The plot has to do with the murder of Stephon Mack outside the Youth Peace Center of Roseland, 420 W. 111th St., on Jan. 7, 2022.
The students, parents, and teachers who rallied Wednesday night took their concerns directly to the Acero charter school board.
"You, who make up this amazing neighborhood have been a part of our lives for 35 years," a notice on McNally's social media read.
The shooting happened just before 1 a.m. in the 9400 block of South LaSalle Street.
Last year, 400,000 pilgrims from the Chicago area came to the shrine. This year marks the 11th year of the celebration.
Johnson has taken his $300 million property tax hike pitch down to $68.5 million—but some aldermen say this is still too high.
Cicero Police said two plainclothes officers approached a vehicle after noticing it illegally double parked on the roadway.
You've seen sunny days that you thought would never end. You've seen lonely times when you could not find a friend.
The victim has since been identified by the Medical Examiner's Office as Israel Maldonado from Whiting, Indiana.
Chicago police issued a warning for drivers in the Armour Square and Bridgeport neighborhoods about a string of car thefts.
A homicide investigation was underway Monday night after a woman's body was found in an abandoned home in the Englewood neighborhood.
The two then struggled over the would-be robber's gun, and the suspect was shot in his torso.
Hundreds of volunteers gathered in the Chatham neighborhood on Saturday for what's become a South Side holiday tradition.
Those deliveries meant the world to Officer Carlos Yanez Jr. and his young son.
Police in south suburban Matteson were investigating a double homicide Sunday night.
The girl was hit in her hip and taken to Comer Children's Hospital. As of Thursday afternoon, still no arrests have been made.
The crimes happened on Wednesday in West Pullman and the other back in September in Washington Heights.