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Chicago’s first poet laureate: ‘Find the material that does touch your heart’

avery r. young told a gathering Saturday he plans to do his best “to make sure poems go in a whole bunch of rooms.”

Chicago Sun-Times

Former Cy Young Winner Apologizes for Suggesting Husky Pitcher Should Mix in a Salad

The White Sox color analyst walked back comments made on sports radio in Chicago regarding the 35-year-old’s build.

Sports Illustrated

Tyler Scott says he wanted to end up with the Bears all along

The newest Bears wide receiver is thrilled to have been drafted by Chicago.

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How NFL draft trade value charts graded the Saints-Bears deal

How NFL draft trade value charts graded the Saints-Bears deal for Old Dominion right tackle Nick Saldiveri:

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Chicago outdoors: Suburban red fox and decorative Packers goose decoy

A suburban red fox family and a decorative Green Bay Packer goose decoy are among the notes from around Chicago outdoors and beyond.

Chicago Sun-Times

Maple & Ash restaurant accused in lawsuit of misusing federal pandemic relief aid for businesses

The suit accuses the restaurants of diverting taxpayer money for private jets and country club dues, which the owners of the Gold Coast steakhouse and a sister restaurant in Scottsdale, Ariz., deny doing.

Chicago Sun-Times

This baseball trivia quiz has us thinking about ballparks

Baseball stadiums — past and present — are important to the history and fabric of the national pastime

Chicago Sun-Times

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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.

Chicago Sun-Times

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.

Chicago Sun-Times

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.

Chicago Sun-Times

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.

Chicago Sun-Times

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.

Chicago Sun-Times

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.

Chicago Sun-Times

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.

Chicago Sun-Times

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.

Chicago Sun-Times

Neighbors and business at odds over crowds, a late U.S. rep’s mob ties and more in your Chicago news roundup

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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.

Chicago Sun-Times

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.

Salon

What Jerry Springer bequeathed us

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

Chicago Sun-Times

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

Chicago Sun-Times

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.”

The Guardian - US

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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