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Waukegan Public Library Wins National Award
Third time’s the charm for the Waukegan Public Library. It’s been given the nation’s highest award for libraries and museums.
CPS Pledges To Invest In Schools That Receive Students From Closings
As the Chicago Public Schools prepares to announce its final list of schools that will be closed or consolidated at the end of the school year, district officials were promising investments for schools that receive affected students.
Poem The News: Bully Condor Pole Dances At The Library
Poem the News is exactly what it sounds like: reader-submitted poems based on CBS news stories. Submit your own?
Horrible Horoscopes: Aries
I’m going to be honest, and I never thought I’d say this, but the Moon is really worried about your sperm count, Aries. Why does the Moon worry about your sperm count? I don’t know, bro. I just look at the alignment and communicate what it tells me, and right now the alignment of the Moon (and Harvard researchers) has some very foreboding things to say about your sperm.
Chicago Library Janitors Laid Off
The city told them in May it was privatizing their jobs, but the workers say they were hoping to keep working.
Blagojevich To Start Working In Prison Library
Former Gov. Rod Blagojevich has headed from the kitchen to the library at the federal prison in suburban Denver, as he continues his 14-year sentence for corruption charges.
Hollowed-Out Book With Gun Inside Donated To Ind. Library
The donated book was Robert Stone’s novel “Outerbridge Reach.” But it was really just a holding place for a gold A.S.M. .31-caliber, a single-shot black powder handgun with a wooden handle.
78 Years Later, Rare Edition Finds Its Way Back To Chicago Library
A limited edition copy of Oscar Wilde’s “Picture of Dorian Gray” has returned to the Chicago Public Library during an amnesty that forgives fines.
Monday Library Hours To Be Restored
Mayor Emanuel said libraries would be open full days Monday, beginning in with the fall school year, as a result of new staffing strategies devised by his new library commissioner.
Air Conditioner Thieves Strike Again In Robbins
For at least the third time in a week, thieves have targeted large air conditioning units in the south suburbs.
Thieves Target Rooftop Air-Conditioners At Robbins Library, Blue Island School
A public library in Robbins and a school in nearby Blue Island have been hit by air-conditioner thieves.
Mayor Wants Deal To Keep Libraries Open On Monday
A deal between the Chicago public library’s union and city leaders might lead Mayor Emanuel to rescind the newly announced plan to start closing most libraries all day on Mondays.
Teen Quickly Apprehended In Sexual Assault Of Woman, 68, In Joliet
A veteran Joliet police officer went into a library Wednesday and quickly found a suspect in the sexual assault of a 68-year-old woman.
Read/Write Library: A Raucous Opening Celebration
“We’re a library that’s read/write, instead of read-only,” Taylor explained to me over the sounds of an accordion playing on coffee shop speakers. “You can actually come in and add something you’ve written to Chicago history.”
Emanuel Seeks TIF Funds For Library, School Parking Lot
Mayor Rahm Emanuel is proposing using Tax Increment Financing funds to build a new library in the Albany Park neighborhood and a parking lot for a school in Bronzeville.
All Smiles And Mutual Admiration As Daley, Emanuel Reunite
Mayor Emanuel has said the old days of clout-heavy contracts are over at City Hall, but he declined to slam his predecessor as the two appeared together Thursday at a library dedication.
Whittier Parents Succeed In Blocking New Library
Pilsen parents who once staged a 43-day sit-in to get a library at Whittier Elementary School now have succeeded in getting the project halted.
Whittier School Sit-In Continues Despite Passing Of Deadline
Parents sitting in at the Whittier Elementary School fieldhouse let a construction deadline come and go Tuesday.
Whittier School Sit-In Will Block New Library
The sit-in by parents at Whittier Elementary School in Pilsen will continue, even though it will mean no library will be built for students for the coming school year.
Library Books On Kindle By End Of Year In Chicago
Chicago Public Library officials say—after a long wait—people who use the Kindle e-reader will soon be able to borrow library books too.
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