Extra Extra: President Obama Set to Deliver Speech At Northwestern On Thursday
By Lisa White in News on Sep 29, 2014 10:40PM
- Remember last week when we told you President Barack Obama would be in town visiting this Wednesday? It looks like he'll also be stopping by at Northwestern to give a speech the next day. The topic might change but tentatively the speech will be about the economy. [Sun-Times]
- Chicago has announced plans to end veteran homelessness by the end of 2015. Mayor Rahm Emanuel has committed $800,000 in city funds to a predominantly federally backed $5 million-a-year plan to do so. [Huffington Post Chicago]
- A Metra train fatally struck a woman Monday morning in the Edgewater neighborhood. [RedEye Chicago]
- A manager at The Carriage House in Wicker Park chased down a teen who stole a phone off the outdoor table of a patron at the restaurant. The boy was caught with multiple phones on him, and was also involved in a similar incident down the street at Smoke Daddy. Let this be a lesson, never leave your phone laying out on the table in public. [DNAinfo Chicago]
- WBEZ's Curious City takes a look at the history of the two-flat home, a popular style in Chicago neighborhood architecture. [WBEZ]
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