Good afternoon, Chicago.
The FBI is investigating a second fatal shooting in the Chicago area this week involving a federal agent.
In a statement issued this morning, the bureau said an agent was involved in a fatal shooting around 7 a.m. in south suburban Dixmoor “during court-authorized law enforcement activity.”
On Monday evening, an agent shot and killed a man in the city’s Lower West Side neighborhood after the agency said the man fired a gun at several other people.
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Parents discovered a $17M math error in Evanston District 65 budget. It still plans to close two schools.
Hundreds of Evanston/Skokie School District 65 parents and students staged a rally before Monday’s school board meeting, asking the district to delay a scheduled Nov. 9 vote to shutter Dewey and Lincolnwood Elementary schools and lay off more than 200 staffers to reduce its deficit. Read more here.
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Lake Street Bridge work delayed again; Green and Pink Line disruptions continue
CTA Green and Pink Line commuters are in for a little more pain as the completion of major construction work on the Lake Street Bridge has been delayed again. Read more here.
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Will a massive reset work after exodus of transfers? What to know about Northwestern basketball this season.
Northwestern men’s basketball coach Chris Collins expected there would be some roster turnover this spring beyond the departure of star forward Nick Martinelli to the NBA — though maybe not to the extent the Wildcats experienced. Read more here.
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Column: Jeffrey Dahmer and John Wayne Gacy have settled back into Chicago for a spell
“Serial Killer: The Exhibition” currently is settled into 40,000 square feet of 40-some handsomely designed rooms at Cinespace, the massive television and film production facility in North Lawndale. Read more here.
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Dolores Huerta, influential labor leader, feminist and civil rights icon, dies at 96
Dolores Huerta, who co-founded the United Farm Workers union to improve working conditions in the nation’s fruit and vegetable fields and coined the phrase “Sí, se puede!” that became a widespread rallying cry, has died. She was 96. Read more here.
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