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Picture Chicago: This week’s 17 can’t miss Sun-Times photos

Loved ones and colleagues remember a Chicago firefighter who died in the line of duty, residents celebrate Easter and more in our best pictures of the last week.

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Chicago pays tribute to two fallen firefighters for their years of life-saving service

Our city grieves with the families and shares the pride their loved ones must have in two men whose bravery and heroism was part of their nature.

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Processions honor 2 Chicago firefighters who died this week as they are taken to funeral homes

A crowd of dozens of first responders and supporters gathered for separate processions from the Cook County medical examiner’s office to suburban funeral homes.

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Picture Chicago: 19 best photos from Sun-Times’ photographers

Chicago picks its 57th mayor, a tornado hits the northwest suburb of Belvidiere, and the Chicago Fire Department loses two of its own.

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Cause of death revealed for 2 Chicago firefighters who died responding to fires on North, South sides

Autopsies determined Jermaine Pelt died of carbon monoxide toxicity from inhalation of smoke and soot, and Lt. Jan Tchoryk died of hypertensive-arteriosclerotic cardiovascular disease.

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‘It just doesn’t happen. But today, it did’: Veteran fire lieutenant second to die in as many days following blaze at Chicago high-rise

CHICAGO — A firefighter died Wednesday battling a Gold Coast blaze, marking the Chicago Fire Department’s second line-of-duty death in just two days.

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Mayor Johnson’s long to-do list, another firefighter mourned and more in your Chicago news roundup

Today’s update is about an eight-minute read that will brief you on the day’s biggest stories.

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State trooper, 4 others injured in crash involving suspected stolen car in Chatham

Three children, one believed to be 10 years old, and two adults, including an Illinois State Police trooper, were hospitalized in good condition, fire officials said.

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Construction workers hospitalized after building facade collapses on West Side

The men were working on a building under construction in the 3300 block of West Warren Boulevard.

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Extra-alarm fire tears through industrial building in Austin

The fire started around 2:15 p.m. Monday in the 4700 block of West Lake Street, according to the Chicago Fire Department. The fire was raised to a 2-11 alarm to help get more water on the flames, officials said.

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Pastor vows to rebuild after fire destroys West Englewood church her family started

Firefighters responded to the blaze at Universal Temple of Christ and Training School near 55th Street and Damen Avenue Saturday morning, according to the Chicago Fire Department.

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Man dead after Chicago Lawn fire

The man, 36, was in a vacant building sometime Sunday morning in the 6400 block of South Whipple Street when the fire started, according to Chicago Fire Department officials.

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CTA bus crashes into currency exchange, injuring 4 people in West Roseland

The bus struck the building near 111th and Michigan Avenue, according to the Chicago Fire Department.

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Picture Chicago: This week’s 14 can’t miss Sun-Times photos

Among them, Fall Out Boy’s surprise homecoming show, a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the new Public Safety Training Center on the West Side, and the first day of early voting for the 2023 municipal elections.

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Deadly Kenwood high-rise fire started in bedroom, caused by ‘careless use of smoking materials’

The fire started Wednesday on the 15th floor and climbed nine floors of the apartment complex in the 4800 block of South Lake Park Avenue. One resident died and eight others were injured.

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Man shoots, wounds suspected robber in shootout on Green Line train near Cicero station

The man had a concealed-carry license. The suspected robber, 33, was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital in fair-to-serious condition, Chicago Fire Department officials said.

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1 student dead, 3 others injured outside Chicago high school at dismissal, officials say

CHICAGO — One of four students shot outside Benito Juarez Community Academy high school on the city’s Southwest Side Friday afternoon has died, according to the Chicago Fire Department.

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Moms, rejected applicants decry new Chicago Fire Department exam procedures that shrink testing pool for city firefighters

CHICAGO — Retired Chicago first responder Monica Davis said she and her son Eulice thought he’d have a leg up in landing a job as a Chicago firefighter-EMT during an upcoming exam thanks to city rules aimed at giving a preference to young city residents. City rules give preference in…

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Chicago police shoot man after he allegedly wounded one person and pointed a gun at another in West Pullman

Officers were called to the 100 block of West 126th Place after the man, 52, left a home armed with a shotgun and wounded a 47-year-old man, police said in a statement.

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2 dead, 11 injured in 8-car wrong-way crash on South Side

Police say a stolen Dodge Charger speeding north in southbound lanes struck oncoming cars and caught fire Wednesday evening near 87th Street and Cottage Grove Avenue.

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2 women killed in West Englewood house fire

Fire officials responded to an extra-alarm fire Tuesday night in the 7200 block of South Wolcott Avenue.

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4 people hospitalized after overdosing in River North nightclub

Paramedics responded to a call of multiple overdoses at Y Bar, 224 W. Ontario St., about 2:50 a.m., according to the Chicago Fire Department.

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More than 20 vehicles damaged in extra-alarm fire in parking garage on Near West Side

Firefighters responded to the call Tuesday afternoon in the 700 block of South Ashland Avenue. No one was injured.

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Embattled Gardiner gives up Fire Department promotion to seek 2nd term on City Council

“My heart is still with the Chicago Fire Department. But my heart and my devotion lies with residents of the 45th Ward, a community that helped raise me,” Ald. Jim Gardiner said, though he objected to being forced to choose.

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Chicago’s first firefighters entrance exam since 2014 draws diverse pool, but rules have changed

Instead of inviting all of the expected 20,000-plus applicants to take the test, the city will have 4,500 test-takers, selected by lottery from those applicants — and 80% of the spots will be reserved for Chicago residents.

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