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Watch Live: Funeral Services for Elizabeth Brackett
Funeral services for the award-winning journalist start at 1 p.m. Wednesday at Kenilworth Union Church. You can watch the ceremony here.
Elizabeth Brackett’s Death Ruled Accident by Medical Examiner
The Cook County medical examiner’s office on Tuesday ruled the death of award-winning journalist Elizabeth Brackett an accident.
Revisiting Elizabeth Brackett’s Award-Winning Profile of Barack Obama
When state Sen. Barack Obama decided to run for U.S. Senate, Elizabeth Brackett produced one of the first television documentaries about his life story.
Viewer Feedback: ‘We Are Praying For Her. We Love Elizabeth’
There has been an outpouring of support for veteran “Chicago Tonight” journalist Elizabeth Brackett, who was critically injured in a bicycle accident Wednesday morning.
Elizabeth Brackett, Longtime WTTW Journalist, Critically Injured in Bicycle Accident
Longtime “Chicago Tonight” reporter and host Elizabeth Brackett, 76, is in critical but stable condition following a Wednesday morning bicycle accident that left her with at least one fractured vertebra in her neck.
Suicide Rates in Illinois Rise 23 Percent from 1999 to 2016: CDC
A report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention details a rise in suicides across the U.S. as news of celebrity suicides takes the headlines.
Remembering Chicago Bluesman Eddy ‘The Chief’ Clearwater
Alligator recording artist and 2016 Blues Hall of Fame inductee Edward Harrington, aka Eddy “The Chief” Clearwater, died Friday of heart failure, his family reports. He was 83 years old.
Trump Pardons Chicago Boxing Great Jack Johnson Posthumously
In 1908, boxer Jack Johnson defeated Tommy Burns for the heavyweight title – at a time when whites and blacks rarely entered the same ring.
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