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Gibsons Steakhouse Treats 500 To Free New Year’s Luncheon
Some people in Chicago started the New Year with a lavish dinner at a famous Chicago steakhouse, but they weren’t ordinary diners. Many are homeless, some battling drug addiction or mental illness.
Gibson’s Serves New Year Meal To Shelter Families
Women undergoing drug counseling and their children are among some 250 people being served a three-course meal at a well-known Chicago steak house today.
Lake County Service Agencies Can’t Keep Up With Utility Help Requests
Agencies that provide emergency help for utility bills in Lake County are beginning to see a backlog.
Catholic Charities Seeks Stay Of Adoption Ruling
Attorneys for Catholic Charities are asking an appellate court to stay a ruling that allows Illinois to stop working with the groups on adoptions and foster-care placements.
State Gets Green Light To Cancel Adoption Contracts With Catholic Charities
A downstate judge says the Illinois Department of Children and Family Service may now begin canceling its adoption and foster care contracts with Catholic Charities.
Catholic Charities To Fight Ruling That Ended State Adoption Contract
The State of Illinois is moving to steer foster families to new agencies, even as Catholic Charities prepares to fight a court ruling allowing the state to end its relationship with the agency.
ACLU Intervenes In Catholic Charities Adoption Rights Case
A judge is allowing the American Civil Liberties Union to intervene in the battle over adoption rights for same-sex couples.
State Resumes Referring Adoption Cases To Catholic Charities
The state has resumed referring foster care cases to Catholic Charities, as a court battle continues over the right to turn away same-sex couples in civil unions.
State Decides Not To Renew Adoption Contract With Catholic Charities
Following a legal dispute over the right to turn away same-sex couples in civil unions, the State of Illinois has decided not to renew adoption and foster care contracts with Catholic Charities.
Catholic Charities Sue For Right To Turn Away Same-Sex Couples
Several Catholic Charities groups are suing the state, saying they should not have to accept same-sex couples in civil unions as foster parents.
Catholic Charities Wants Right To Send Gay Couples Elsewhere
Catholic Charities says it might stop its adoption services if the state requires them to place children with same-sex couples.
Most Popular News
- Store Owner Kidnapped In Pilsen, SUV StolenPolice said the 78-year-old man was closing the store in the 1100 block of West 18th Street when a group of men threw a pillowcase over his head, hit him in the face, and forced him into his own SUV.239
- Man Found Shot To Death In Zion Supermarket Parking LotPolice responded to calls of shots fired about 4:34 p.m. and found the man, whose age and identity were not immediately released, shot in the front seat of a vehicle in the 2800 block of Sheridan Road.152
- School Warns Parents Of Kidnapping Attempt On PlaygroundA man tried to abduct a 4th grader from the playground at Alexander Graham Bell Elementary School at 3730 N Oakley Ave on Wednesday.150
- Senate Passes Ban On Handheld Cell Phones While DrivingThe proposal says drivers must use hands-free devices or speakerphone features.127
- Three Stabbed On Northwest SideThree teenagers were stabbed in the Belmont Cragin area Thursday night on the Northwest Side.142
- Students Disciplined For ‘Sexting’ Incident At Evanston Township HighIn a letter to parents dated Thursday, District 202 Supt. Eric Witherspoon wrote that girls sent inappropriate photos to members of the varsity baseball team.265
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