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David Struett

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Ascension hospital exterior
Environment & Public Health
Ransomware attack forces Ascension hospitals to turn away some ambulances
By David Struett
 
Rosie Nolan
Arts & Culture
Bicycling in Chicago doubled in five years, but bikers still worry about safety
By David Struett
 
Slain Chicago Police Officer Luis Huesca’s brother Emiliano and mother Ethel at the Cook County Criminal Courthouse with Fraternal Order of Police President John Catanzara.
Criminal Justice
Days of surveillance video used to build case against man charged with killing Chicago Police Officer Luis Huesca
By Matthew Hendrickson  and David Struett
 
Lithuanian National Cemetery manager Leonas Putrius stands near green burial graves at the cemetery in Justice.
Environment & Public Health
Here's how some Chicagoans are taking an eco-friendly approach to funerals
By David Struett
 
4/20 falls on Saturday this year.
Arts & Culture
4/20: What you need to know for weed's high holiday
By David Struett
 
A Chicago police officer at fatal traffic stop in Humboldt Park last month.
Criminal Justice
Watchdog chief questions whether Chicago cops lied about why they stopped Dexter Reed before killing him in exchange of gunfire
By Tom Schuba , Frank Main , and 3 more
 
Brandon Johnson sitting at table and speaking into microphone
Politics
Johnson to Biden: Long-term undocumented immigrants deserve work permits, too
By David Struett
 
American Airlines employee on phone while man stands at customer service counter
Chicago airports expect spring break travel surge
By David Struett
 
Danny Davis shakes hand with constituent
Politics
U.S. Rep. Danny Davis fends off four challengers to cruise to reelection
By David Struett , Mitchell Armentrout , and 1 more
 
Cars travel on the inbound lanes of the Kennedy Expressway at Montrose Avenue, where construction crews will close all but one lane Monday evening. It kicks off a year of repairs to the reversible lanes, which will remain closed until late fall.
Kennedy Expressway construction nightmare returns Tuesday
By David Struett
 
Marcus, who works with Aspire CoffeeWorks, bags coffee at Metropolis Coffee Co.’s roastery
Race, Class & Communities
Coffee roaster’s partnership creates job opportunities for adults with disabilities
By David Struett
 
Metra’s zero-emission trains will feature low-level boarding and ADA-compliant lifts.
Environment & Public Health
Metra to buy first battery-powered trains as part of effort to provide more frequent all-day service
By David Struett
 
Kaylee Huang (center), who is in the seventh grade at Robert Healy Elementary School, performs with Janet Mei (right), a sixth grader, during a Lunar New Year celebration Thursday at Robert Healy Elementary School in Bridgeport.
Chinese traditions kept alive in CPS’ annual Lunar New Year performance
By David Struett
 
Etta, a River North restaurant located at 700 N. Clark St., sits empty and closed after owners shutdown earlier in the week, Thursday, Jan. 25, 2024.
Former Maple & Ash co-owner struggles in new restaurant venture after eviction, loan default, aims to emerge ‘stronger’
By David Struett
 
A man warms up near an encampment under the Dan Ryan on Canalport Avenue
Environment & Public Health
Blankets, gloves, a tent and some propane protect some of Chicago’s homeless during ‘brutal’ cold snap
By David Struett
 
Robert E. Crimo III., listens to Judge Victoria A. Rossetti during a case management conference at the Lake County Courthouse Friday, Jan. 5, 2024, in Waukegan, Ill. A case management conference is scheduled for a suspect in a mass shooting that left seven people dead during a July 4 parade in Highland Park, Illinois.
Criminal Justice
Highland Park massacre suspect postpones trial date
By David Struett
 
Robert Crimo III, the accused Highland Park parade shooter, has asked to have public defenders reappointed to his case.
Politics
Highland Park massacre suspect reverses course, requests public defenders after briefly representing himself
By David Struett
 
first responders at yellow line crash scene
The CTA Yellow Line is reopening -- seven weeks after a crash
By David Struett