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Lawmakers shouldn’t rush to spend more money on flawed Peotone airport plan

O’Hare, Midway and other airports are already taking on the cargo-handling Peotone’s backers want. The state Senate should reject a proposal promoting a plan that should be grounded.

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Chicago’s Greyhound terminal might be up for sale. Will riders be kicked to the curb?

If the Greyhound station is sold and not replaced, Chicago would become the largest U.S. metropolis without an intercity bus terminal, Lee Bey writes.

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Chicago asking Congress for big boost in federal dollars for 2024 DNC security costs

Security plans will be developed by Chicago and Milwaukee with the Department of Homeland Security and related agencies for the Democratic and Republican conventions.

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Activist Sister Helen Prejean has counseled popes, governors on death penalty: ‘She’s not a scold; she appeals to your reason’

Prejean, 84, addresses Catholic lawyers in Chicago, reminisces about fights against capital punishment — and will likely attend her seventh execution later this year.

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Cannabis infuser opens on Near West Side: ‘It’s surreal. I’m dealing with stuff I would’ve gone to jail for’

Baked Buds produces three varieties of cannabis-infused gummies in its Near West Side plant.

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How The Sundowners became country music mainstays in Chicago: an excerpt from writer Mark Guarino’s new book

The band — displaced Southerners lured to Chicago for a better life — became a touchstone for musicians including Jon Langford, the Bottle Rockets, Robbie Fulks and the Handsome Family.

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Statue honoring Mamie Till-Mobley to be unveiled in Illinois

A memorial honoring Mamie Till-Mobley, the mother of Emmett Till, will be unveiled Saturday outside the suburban Chicago high school she attended as a young woman, long before she became a critical player in the Civil Rights Movement

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Man fatally stabbed during argument in Irving Park apartment

The man, 56, was arguing with another man, 23, inside an apartment in the 4700 block of North Kilpatrick Avenue when the younger man stabbed the older man multiple times in the body, Chicago police said.

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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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Chicago out of money, space and time to handle migrant crisis, City Council told

With no money from the federal government for 2023 costs and a $53 million shortfall to meet the surge through June, Budget Director Susie Park said the City Council will soon be asked to approve a midyear budget amendment.

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Neighbors and business at odds over crowds, a late U.S. rep’s mob ties 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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WATCH: Darnell Wright gets the call from the Bears

Here's the moment Darnell Wright got the call from Ryan Poles letting him know he's going to be a Chicago Bear.

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Chicago man soaked by unlicensed plumber

Jacob Hicks Googled “plumber” and found a company that listed an address near his home. It turned out to be a fake. And he was left with a costly mess.

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What Jerry Springer bequeathed us

Without "The Jerry Springer Show" we may not have many of TV's guiltiest pleasures. Or, possibly, Donald Trump

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Bar owners, Greater Grand Crossing residents at odds over crowds, violence on East 75th Street

The battle over the historic Black business district provides a window into street-level democracy, Chicago-style. In the middle of the fray, City Hall is the referee.

Daily Mirror

Car crashes through busy day care centre as emergency services scramble to scene

The Chicago Fire Department said a 34-year-old man was driving a Honda mini-van when he lost control and struck the building on Friday morning injuring three people

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A year after he lost his mom and his home, 14-year-old shot dead in South Chicago. ‘He was a baby.’

Ronald Nolton went to school and rapped as Lil Ronald. After his mother died, “everything changed. His whole life changed,” his older sister Paulina Nolton says. “A part of him left with her.”

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Illinois man using leaf blower in yard allegedly shot dead by neighbor

Ettore Lacchei, 79, arrested and charged with first-degree murder over death of William Martys, 59, in Antioch, north of Chicago

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Ryan Poles indicates why Bears ultimately passed on Jalen Carter

Ryan Poles after Bears passed on in NFL draft: "Character is always going to be important to us."

Chicago Sun-Times

First night meeting of the Chicago Fishing Advisory Committee draws new voices

For the first time in more than 25 years of the Chicago Fishing Advisory Committee, there was a night meeting on April 20.

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Jerry Springer in high spirits in final video captured one month before his death

Jerry's family confirmed yesterday that the talk-show host and presenter passed peacefully at his Chicago home following a brief illness.

Chicago Sun-Times

Frank Annunzio, who represented Chicago in Congress, was linked to the mob, his FBI file shows

Newly obtained records say sources told the FBI that the Machine Democrat, who died in 2001, “frequently associated with” top La Cosa Nostra figures and “is possibly an LCN member himself.”

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Celtics go for freshman PAC-12 combo guard in new 2023 NBA mock draft

Still raw as one might expect at his age and level of experience, the Chicago native has size and defensive intensity that hint at a solid rotation player with upside.

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After death of Emmett Till’s accuser, Chicago-area cousin says, ‘No one now will be’ held accountable

Rev. Wheeler Parker Jr. said Thursday, “It is up to all of us to be accountable to the challenges we still face in overcoming racial injustice.”

Chicago Sun-Times

Teen killed, another wounded in shooting involving stolen car on Near South Side

The men, both 18, were in a car in the 1900 block of South State Street when a stolen white Kia approached and someone inside opened fire Thursday afternoon, Chicago police said.

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