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With homework, testing and full-day classes, today’s kindergarten bears a striking resemblance to first grade. Some experts call that progress, but others worry that 5-year-olds are being pushed too hard, too soon
Gracie Murphy is not shy.
Gracie Murphy is not shy.
Legislators woo deep-pocket donors with golf, basketball, bourbon-tasting events and more
House Democrat Melissa Bean invited donors to the glimmering Trump International Hotel & Tower in Chicago in July. The gathering, her fourth annual “Chi-Town Weekend,” came with a suggested campaign contribution of $2,400 to $5,000.
House Democrat Melissa Bean invited donors to the glimmering Trump International Hotel & Tower in Chicago in July. The gathering, her fourth annual “Chi-Town Weekend,” came with a suggested campaign contribution of $2,400 to $5,000.
Tents, campfires and children laughing at night will hopefully become an annual sight in the Chatham neighborhood’sNat King Cole Park, residents said Saturday as they pledged to make an overnight campout in honor of fallen police Officer Thomas Wortham IV a summer tradition.

The Chicago Bears owe their name to the Chicago Cubs . The idea was that the brawny, upstart footballers were physically larger than Cubs — they were as big as Bears. Now the Chicago Bears are the biggest sports team in town. But it didn’t begin that way.

Downers Grove South showdown over clothing raises recurring issues
Spirit Day arrived Friday at Downers Grove South High School with less of a cheer and more of a thud. In fact, it almost became protest day.
Spirit Day arrived Friday at Downers Grove South High School with less of a cheer and more of a thud. In fact, it almost became protest day.
Three young men from the Chicago area had just arrived in Stevensville, Mich., on Friday when they decided to begin their holiday weekend with a swim in Lake Michigan. Ignoring warnings of dangerous conditions, they grabbed a foam pool toy and headed for the water, officials said Saturday.

Craigslist has shut down its adult services sections, weeks after Illinois Attorney General Lisa Madigan and attorneys general from 16 other states demanded that the company do so, officials said Saturday.

A gang dispute over the right to sell drugs on a stretch of street in West Garfield Park led to the fatal shooting of an 18-year-old high school student last week, Cook County prosecutors said Saturday.

Garage attack linked to drugs
Four men shot-execution style on a quiet block in Chicago’s West Lawn neighborhood were targets of a drug-related attack, police said Friday.
Four men shot-execution style on a quiet block in Chicago’s West Lawn neighborhood were targets of a drug-related attack, police said Friday.
Class-action suit: U.S. mercenaries were behind Croatian offensive in Balkan War
Zivka Mijic doesn’t burden people with her troubles — which would be impractical anyway, unless the other person spoke Serbian — but she does want the tragic story of what brought her family to a Chicago suburb told in federal court.
Zivka Mijic doesn’t burden people with her troubles — which would be impractical anyway, unless the other person spoke Serbian — but she does want the tragic story of what brought her family to a Chicago suburb told in federal court.

