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‘Peacekeepers’ try to prevent violence using hard-won street smarts

For a $100 stipend, some Chicagoans who are statistically among the most at-risk of gun violence are working to change themselves and their neighborhoods.

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Mayor Brandon Johnson presides over his first City Council meeting, efforts begin to restore and preserve the Chicago Harbor Lighthouse, and adorable foxes call Millennium Park home.

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Summit tattoo shop and school, a family operation, gives female artists a seat behind the needle

It started when Evelyn and Mike Lopez were laid off from their jobs. Now, she runs the business. He and their son create body art. And the school helps women “get their foot in the door” of a male-dominated industry.

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FBI: Gardiner may have given developer who’d been ‘good to me’ ticket to Lightfoot reform inaugural during bribery scheme

Ald. Jim Gardiner has not been charged with any criminal wrongdoing as a result of the feds’ investigation, which dates back more than three years. FBI affidavits show the feds spent a year struggling to view thousands of text messages.

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Workers’ rights groups protest restaurant industry convention at McCormick Place

Demonstrators rallied outside the National Restaurant Association gathering at McCormick Place, demanding the City Council raise tipped workers’ minimum pay.

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From dealing drugs to working for CTA, Hostess: Cook County Drug Court program grads get felony records expunged to begin new lives

Cook County Judge Charles Burns, who’s presided over 23 graduations in 13 years running the court, sped the process for the 10 participants to get felonies removed from court records.

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A mournful city said goodbye to Chicago Police Officer Aréanah Preston, Mayor Brandon Johnson was sworn in, and hundreds gathered in Evanston to celebrate Asian, South Asian and Pacific Islander art and culture.

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Chonkosaurus, where are you? The hunt for Chicago’s celebrity snapping turtle

A team of journalists and an expert from the Field Museum set out this week to find the renowned reptile that had recently been spotted on the Chicago River.

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More respite centers in Hispanic neighborhoods key to reducing migrant crisis tensions in Chicago, mayor’s floor leader says

Ald. Carlos Ramirez-Rosa wouldn’t say where the new centers could be, only that the administration was “very close to moving on a number of locations, some big and some small, primarily in Spanish-speaking communities.”

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Who will fill Brandon Johnson’s Cook County Board seat?

The application process for those interested in serving the rest of Brandon Johnson’s term on the county board was announced Wednesday. Those already vying for the spot include three members of the Leaders Network, a West Side faith-based group.

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Mayor Brandon Johnson assures asylum-seekers Chicago will embrace them

The new mayor met with several immigrants staying at the 12th District police station, telling them he was ‘grateful’ they were here and assuring them that ‘we are going to do everything we can to make this home for you.’

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Sky exercise guard Dana Evans’ fourth-year option, but moves remain ahead of final cutdown date

Coach/GM James Wade will have to cut his 16-player roster to 12 by Thursday.

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Program is ‘one stop shop’ for navigating life after prison

The Supportive Reentry Network Collaborative connects returning citizens to whatever they need, from completing parole mandates to finding health care and a job. Leaders say they’ve had a successful first year, but need to grow.

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Six women, all over 100 years old, celebrate Mother’s Day at South Loop fashion show brunch

The mothers, the oldest 111, arrived at a South Loop hotel by stretch limousine.

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Dozens gathered for a vigil for Chicago Police Officer Aréanah Preston; former President Barack Obama stopped by Lilydale First Baptist Church in Roseland; and Mayor Lori Lightfoot declared a state of emergency as immigrants arrived in Chicago with no space for housing.

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Lawsuit seeks to stop former South Shore High School from being turned into shelter for migrants: ‘We were forced to do this’

The suit alleges a plan to house asylum-seekers at the shuttered school violates a lease agreement and names the city of Chicago and Chicago Public Schools as defendants.

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Special Olympics Spring Games hosts thousands of Chicago participants: ‘Gold medals can take them places’

More than 2,000 children and adults with intellectual disabilities are competing this week in the Special Olympics Spring Games.

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A federal jury found all defendants guilty in the “ComEd Four” bribery case, mayor-elect Johnson named Fred Waller as interim superintendent of the Chicago Police Department, and Chicago Poet Laureate avery r. young performed during Poetry Fest.

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South Shore leaders left out of city’s plan to convert high school into shelter for families seeking asylum

Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s office plans to host a community meeting Thursday to discuss the plan, but few details have been made public.

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Picture Chicago: 16 best photos from Sun-Times’ photographers

Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx announced she will not seek reelection, Chicagoans celebrated Earth Day at a Little Village community garden, and more in our best pictures of the last week.

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A tree older than Chicago is about to be cut down

The Lincoln Park Zoo bur oak, believed to be 250 to 300 years old, is dying. It’s due to be cut down Monday.

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Juice WRLD, Frankie Knuckles murals mysteriously erased in West Loop

Neighbors had long complained about the visitors who came to see Juice WRLD mural, which had gone viral on social media and attracted international tourists. The man overseeing the murals says the city should have protected them.

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Off to the races: NASCAR partnership donates bikes to Chicago kindergartners

Piccolo School of Excellence in Humboldt Park is one of eight Chicago public schools receiving 24 Strider training bikes and helmets, plus online support to help the schools teach their kindergartners how to ride.

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Black-owned cafe opening West Side locations: ‘An investment in peace’

Momentum Coffee is a cafe and co-working space with locations downtown and on the South Side. It recently opened a new cafe in North Lawndale. Another will open soon in Austin.

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Picture Chicago: 11 of the best photos from the Sun-Times this week

Ald. Ed Burke (14th) says goodbye to City Hall, dispensary workers demand better working conditions, and 100,000 tulips are blooming on the South Side.

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