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With the influx of migrants arriving in the city—including locally—Chicago is in a sensitive situation.

Every discussion involving the Chicago Police Department (CPD) and the community seems to stop at the need for police to gain the trust of the community in order to function as a team in fighting Chicago’s harrowing crime and violence.

It is with a mixture of emotions that I write to inform everyone that Turkey, our beloved retail store, will be closing at the end of June. After five remarkable years of existence, we have decided to bid farewell to this chapter of the journey.

Kudos to the officers and leadership of the 22nd District of the Chicago Police Department (CPD) for their exceptional support of the asylum seekers sequestered in the lobby of the district’s headquarters.

In a sure sign that spring has arrived, the Beverly Area Arts Alliance debuted “Stardust: From the Cellular to the Celestial,” at the Beverly Arts Center (BAC) on April 14.

Mayor Lori Lightfoot received criticism last year after she remarked that 2022 would feature “the summer of joy.”

Some serious questions are begging for an answer after Interim Chicago Police Department (CPD) Superintendent Eric Carter recommended that CPD Officer Eric Stillman be fired after his predecessor, CPD Superintendent David Brown, recommended a five-day suspension for the officer not activatin…

A stream of more than 30 cars and trucks roared down the dirt road, honking their horns and then stopping at our farmhouse just south of Galesburg.

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Chicago was at a fork in the road when the mayoral runoff election took place on April 4.

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For those who are following the situation in Oak Lawn, where three police officers brutalized a 17-year-old male in 2022, the March meeting of the Oak Lawn Fire and Police Commission was an interesting demonstration of political theater.

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I am a student at Kellogg School, and as part of my International Baccalaureate community-service project, I am advocatinbg for a bus shelter at the bus stop at 95th and Leavitt streets.

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As lawmakers debated a bill recently to outlaw cat declawing, I couldn’t help thinking that sometimes the best intended legislation can have disappointing consequences.

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Having married a Roman Catholic and now being the only Protestant in a household of six, I’ve learned a few things in the past 20 years.

Only recently created, the Community Commission for Public Safety and Accountability (CCPSA) faces its first important duty: recommending candidates for superintendent of the Chicago Police Department (CPD).

I wrote to The Beverly Review (Letters to the Editor, Feb. 15) in opposition to new red-light cameras, and later, I was accused of not supporting the claims I made in that submission.

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My family watched the entire South Side Irish St. Patrick’s Day Parade on March 12, and I thought for sure that, since 19th Ward Ald. Matt O’Shea planned to endorse Paul Vallas for mayor before the event, I’d see Vallas walking in the parade.

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Thank you, Timothy Haugh, for your Letter to the Editor (Feb. 15) responding to my plea, along with 143 other 19th Ward citizens for a red-light camera at 109th Street and Western Avenue.

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