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A Kelly High graduate’s Division I track dreams are on hold after a counseling oversight left him short on NCAA-required credits, costing him his scholarship and putting his eligibility in jeopardy.

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For the first time Habitat is offering rental homes to its portfolio to help meet the need for affordable single-family homes ...

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Larry Snelling has been superintendent of the Chicago Police Department for two years, and his strong performance in that role is one of the very few public-policy matters on which people in this ...