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CPS admits delayed response to lead paint at Bridgeport school

“The outrage is still pretty strong,” says a parent whose son was in a special education classroom with high lead levels.

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Union calls for blood tests, CPS plan after lead found at Bridgeport school

Chicago Teachers Union also wants the school district to develop an expedited testing process for lead contamination after high levels are found at McClellan Elementary.

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High lead levels found in paint at Bridgeport elementary school

Teachers say Chicago Public Schools did not act on concerns about flaking paint until teachers performed their own lead testing.

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Baltimore archbishop battled against release of abuse documents for nearly 8 years: ‘I fought the good fight’

BALTIMORE — As bishop of Bridgeport, Connecticut, the Most Rev. William E. Lori fought for nearly eight years — all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court — to prevent the wide release of information about the history of child sexual abuse in that branch of the Catholic Church.

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‘It means tradition and family.’ Valentine Boys & Girls Club hands out 500 Thanksgiving meals to families

Donated food is turned into warm holiday meals and is a source of pride and comfort for the Bridgeport community.

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Man charged with gunning down girlfriend’s ex while picking up kids in Bridgeport grocery store parking lot

Adrian Soto, 19, is charged with fatally shooting Nicholas John Narolewski, 22, on Nov. 7, 2021.

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Chicago’s best Halloween decorations: Homes and yards get spooky with ghosts, ghouls and more

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For Asian Americans, their moment in Illinois politics was a ‘long, long time’ coming

CHICAGO — Randy Jue shuffled through a heap of papers on the desk inside his Bridgeport business until unearthing a detailed map of Chicago’s 11th Ward, where he spotted opportunity.

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Key figure accused of embezzling from failed Bridgeport bank lost $1 million at casinos, sources say

Authorities are trying to determine whether the money Marek Matczuk lost gambling came from the millions he never repaid Washington Federal Bank for Savings.

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Prisoner on run for months is finally caught by police at his own birthday party

Forenza Murphy was serving a four-year prison sentence for robbery at Connecticut's Department of Corrections halfway house in Bridgeport in the US when he escaped on August 8

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Bicyclist hit, killed by SUV in Bridgeport

The 55-year-old man was struck from behind while riding a bicycle Saturday afternoon in the 400 block of West 26th Street.

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Man found shot to death in Bridgeport

Circumstances of the incident are unknown, but detectives are investigating the death as a homicide, according to police.

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Former Ald. Patrick Daley Thompson reports to prison in Wisconsin

The disgraced Bridgeport pol — a member of the city’s best-known political family — was found guilty in February of two counts of lying to regulators and five counts of filing false income tax returns.

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Man found dead on CTA tracks in Bridgeport after falling from fence along the Orange Line

The man was found unresponsive on the southbound tracks of the Orange Line in the 2500 block of South Archer Avenue early Monday.

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Person released from custody after woman stabbed to death in Back of the Yards

Amy Brown, 22, was in a fight in the 5300 block of South Carpenter Street when she was stabbed in the chest and arms, police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office said.

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Beloved family-owned Bridgeport Restaurant to close after a decade of feeding Chicago’s South Side

The owners were bombarded with calls once news of the Bridgeport institution’s closure spread. “We know we are always busy, but the way they think about the food, and about everything is amazing,” co-owner Josie Rodriguez said.

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Failure of clout-heavy Bridgeport bank sees a crooked contractor plead guilty, agree to help feds

Boguslaw Kasprowicz pleaded guilty to charges stemming from the failure of Washington Federal Bank for Savings — the investigation that also ensnared ex-Ald. Patrick Daley Thompson.

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New revelations in Bridgeport bank failure case: CEO’s wife told police of ‘illegal activity’ 5 years before shutdown

Five years before Washington Federal Bank for Savings was ordered closed because of massive fraud, CEO John F. Gembara’s wife told police she planned to call the FBI on her husband, newly obtained records show.

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Exec of failed Bridgeport bank pleads guilty in fraud case that ensnared ex-Ald. Patrick Daley Thompson

Rosalie Corvite is cooperating with federal authorities in their continuing investigation of the failure of clout-heavy Washington Federal Bank for Savings.

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2 more guilty pleas expected in massive embezzlement at Washington Federal Bank in Bridgeport

The change of pleas come as the federal investigation into the $66 million embezzlement scheme continues.

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Maureen Howard: Novelist of refinement and self-exploration

The writer had an unsentimental but perceptive view of her characters

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My Bike For My Baby: Dad Offers Harley-Davidson To Raise Funds To Find Kidnapped Daughter

A West Virginia mother is charged with felony concealment of a child. The court ordered her to return the girl to her father.

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NC State steals Sweet 16 win over Notre Dame, 66-63

BRIDGEPORT, Conn. — Raina Perez stole the ball at midcourt and went in for a layup with 14.8 seconds left, then made a crucial rebound and hit two free throws with 1.5 left to lift No.1 seed North Carolina State to a 66-63 victory over Notre Dame in the NCAA’s…

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Desperate for loans, Patrick Daley Thompson put hundreds of thousands in campaign cash in crooked Bridgeport bank

Documents subpoenaed by prosecutors and other public records reflect a growing desperation as he tried to quadruple the amount of money he was borrowing from Washington Federal Bank for Savings.

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