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Teacher, 100, has no plans to quit Ashburn school
WLS-TV Community News
Jan 25Chicagoan Olivia Neubauer started teaching at Pullman Tech High School in 1935. Seventy-seven years later, she's still at it. Neubauer, 99, teaches at Ashburn Lutheran School on West 83rd Street. The private school stressed the basics, like reading, wh... »
Teacher, 100, has no plans to quit Ashburn Lutheran School
WLS-TV Chicago Local News
Jan 25Chicagoan Olivia Neubauer started teaching at Pullman Tech High School in 1935. Seventy-seven years later, she's still at it. Neubauer, 99, teaches at Ashburn Lutheran School on West 83rd Street. The private school stressed the basics, like reading, wh... »
Emanuel Holds Second Facebook Town Hall
NBCchicago.com Local News
Jan 24Mayor Rahm Emanuel on Monday evening answered questions from Facebook and Twitter in his second #AskChicago town hall. Emanuel took the opportunity to focus on education and questions about crowding and teacher pay. He said the social media format empo... »
Alert: Sexual Assault on South Side
Myfox Chicago
Jan 07Police issued a community alert on Friday after a woman was dragged from her car, forced into a nearby gangaway, beaten and sexually assaulted Wednesday in the South Side Ashburn neighborhood. »
Woman Dragged from Car in Sex Assault
MyFox Chicago News
Jan 04A woman was dragged from her car, forced into a nearby gangway, battered and sexually assaulted by a man Wednesday morning in the South Side Ashburn neighborhood, police said. »
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Non-Random Cubs Recap: September 30, 1962
Bleed Cubbie Blue
Jan 29At the suggestion of a BCB reader in the comments to yesterday's random recap, I'm going to recap the last game of the first 100-loss season in Cubs history. The 1962 season was notable for a number of things; it was the second of the comical "College ... »
Is anybody actually using Chicago’s new pedestrian safety flags? by John Greenfield
Grid Chicago
Dec 29Flags at Francisco and Devon - all photos courtesy of CDOT, taken the day the flags were installed This fall the Chicago Department of Transportation (CDOT) used a shock-and-awe strategy to raise awareness of pedestrian safety issues. As part of its $4... »
Brace Yourself for the Rambliest Hall of Fame Induction Speech Ever
Hire Jim Essian
Dec 07I sure hope you enjoyed the two full days that you were able to celebrate Ron Santo's begrudging acceptance into the National Baseball Hall of Fame. As of today, it means absolutely nothing. The Baseball Writers' Association of America just awarded Tim... »