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Midday News Links: Fire Cancels Classes At A South Side School

By Chuck Sudo in News on Oct 7, 2013 6:45PM

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  • A fire at Ogelsby Elementary School on the South Side were canceled Monday after a fire destroyed a classroom. [Sun-Times]
  • Wicker Park residents are miffed police used sirens and a bullhorn to wake them up in the middle of the night to move cars for a television shoot. [DNAInfo Chicago]
  • This year's pumpkin crop is good, according to area farmers. [Daily Herald]
  • A Brown Line train derailed overnight just as it was leaving the Kimball station; its passengers walked back to Kimball to catch another train. [ABC 7]
  • The town of Burbank is sticking by their decision to hire a former priest accused of sexual abuse. [Tribune]