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Top Chicago news: Father charged after toddler fatality; mayor promises more school nurses; more

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Published on July 31, 2019
Top Chicago news: Father charged after toddler fatality; mayor promises more school nurses; morePhoto: Marit and Toomas Hinnosaar/Flickr

Here's the most recent top news you may have missed in Chicago.

Father charged after 3-year-old son shoots himself in face, dies

The father of a Chicago toddler who died Sunday after accidentally shooting himself in the face was arrested a day later, accused of leaving a loaded gun out where his son could find it.

Read the full story on New York Daily News.

Mayor promises more school nurses and social workers

Mayor Lori Lightfoot has pledged new hires as a way to improve public schools, but she provided few details about how they would be paid.

Read the full story on WBEZCuriousCity.

3 things you might not know about Dillinger's last day in Chicago

The body of gangster John Dillinger is scheduled to be exhumed from an Indiana cemetery more than 85 years after he was shot to death outside of a Chicago movie theater. Find out what his last day in town was like.

Read the full story on Chicago Tribune.

Alinea Group considered opening a restaurant in Trump Tower Chicago in 2006

The owners of Chicago's only 3 Michelin-star restaurant reveal details in a magazine feature story.

Read the full story on Eater Chicago.

Court halts use of common tool used by police in shooting arrests

Chicago police have stopped the longtime practice of issuing certain investigative alerts in the wake of a court ruling.

Read the full story on Chicago Tribune.


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