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Top Chicago news: 2 teens with Chicago ties die in volcano eruption; new transportation chief named

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Published on December 12, 2019
Top Chicago news: 2 teens with Chicago ties die in volcano eruption; new transportation chief namedPhoto: Aaron Bean/Unsplash

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

If you call Chicago 911 and don’t know your street address, will dispatcher send help?

NBC 5 Investigates uncovered a series of 911 calls from a man suffering a stroke in a Chicago hotel. Dispatchers insisted they could not send help until he provided the street address. Now the city concedes “more should have been done.” 

Read the full story on NBC LA.

2 teen brothers with Chicago ties die after volcano eruption; parents still missing

The parents are unaccounted for after Monday’s volcanic eruption on New Zealand’s White Island. Their two sons died in hospital.

Read the full story on Chicago Tribune.

Chicago-area Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe grows as faithful aim to honor Mary

Braving the December cold in Chicago every year, thousands of people walk miles in a pilgrimage of faith to pay homage to Our Lady of Guadalupe, a Mexican icon of Catholicism that is celebrated on Dec. 12 at a shrine in Des Plaines.

Read the full story on Chicago Tribune.

Trainer Mike Gapski works his 2,500th Blackhawks game tonight

Mike Gapski will work his 2,500th game as the Blackhawks athletic trainer on Thursday. Only one trainer in NHL history has been behind the bench for more games.

Read the full story on Chicago Tribune.

Chicago’s new transportation commissioner comes from architecture firm Studio Gang

Urban planner Gia Biagi Biagi comes from Studio Gang, the award-winning architecture firm led by Jeanne Gang. 

Read the full story on Curbed Chicago.


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