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Nearly $10 million of federal stimulus money is earmarked for substance abuse and mental health services in Chicago. Opponents of a plan to close four city mental health centers hope some of that money can be used to keep the facilities running.
Two years after removing the entire staff at Sherman School, CPS officials say it is a beacon of promise for turnaround projects. But its students still lag on test scores.
A $70,000 grant will pay for a bilingual housing services center in the Back of the Yards neighborhood. The center offers classes and counseling to new homebuyers and those facing foreclosure.
A teenager is arrested and charged with first-degree murder in the Halloween shooting death of a young mother. Police say the woman was caught in the crossfire between rival gangs.