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Arctic air to hit Chicago with dangerous wind chills, plummeting temps

A wind chill advisory is in effect for the Chicago area from 11 p.m. Thursday until 10 a.m. Friday, the weather service said.

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10-acre youth sports complex, community center opens on West Side: ‘It’ll be valuable to have kids from all different neighborhoods under one roof’

The new North Austin Center includes Chicago’s largest turf field, 15 fields and courts for year-round camps, leagues and tournaments, plus an eSports lab — all designed to close the opportunity gap in youth sports.

Chicago Sun-Times

‘Ghost buses’ haunt transit agencies and frustrate riders

Noah Appelbaum was freezing on a bitterly cold evening as he stood waiting at a Chicago bus stop in January. He was headed to work and didn’t want to be late.

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Feds’ child porn sweep on Telegram app leads to arrest of Chicago man, more than a dozen others

The work of Homeland Security Investigations in Arizona, dubbed Operation Swipe Left, led to Norris “Nick” Stauffer. It also resulted in criminal charges against more than a dozen people elsewhere — including at least two with political ties — amid allegations of livestreamed abuse, kidnapping…

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Chicago gets $60 million federal grant to combat homelessness

Chicago’s grant was the biggest one in a pool of $315 million distributed nationwide. It will provide over 700 units of permanent supportive housing, as well as 50 units of short-term housing.

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Daughter charged after mom's body found in Chicago freezer

A Chicago woman is accused of keeping her mother’s dead body in a freezer for nearly two years while living in a nearby apartment

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Woodstock marks 30th anniversary of ‘Groundhog Day’ debut, the Bill Murray movie that put the town on the map

Some visitors traveled thousands of miles to celebrate the holiday in the quaint town of 25,000 people in the far northwest suburbs of Chicago. Woodstock has become a yearly destination for “Groundhog Day” fans to relive the time-loop that Bill Murray’s character Phil Connors found himself in.

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City opens temporary shelter for asylum seekers in Woodlawn despite effort to block bus moving them

At least 3 busloads of recently arrived immigrants were dropped off at a once-shuttered South Side school that has been transformed into a shelter. Two protesters tried to stop a bus from reaching the former Wadsworth Elementary School.

Chicago Sun-Times

Sun-Times turns 75, how to find your mayoral match and more in your Chicago news roundup

Today’s update is a 5-minute read that will brief you on the day’s biggest stories.

Chicago Sun-Times

Chicago should be talking about its big pension problem

All four pension programs are vastly underfunded. There’s no meeting of minds around resolving the issue. But Chicagoans deserve to hear more about solutions as the municipal election approaches.

Chicago Sun-Times

Shakeia Taylor: Why can’t the Sky attract — and then keep — top talent?

CHICAGO — The 2021 Sky were a bright spot in a Chicago sports landscape where any kind of light was far and few between. But after winning a championship then failing to repeat, that light has flickered out.

Chicago Tribune

Chicago offering $11 million in grants for local nonprofit arts organizations

Grants are expected to range from $10,000 to $250,000

Chicago Sun-Times

Stay or go: Predicting the fates of Bears free agents in 2023

We're predicting whether these Bears free agents will be back with the team or departing in free agency.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Bulls vs. Hornets preview: How to watch, TV channel, start time

Chicago looks to bounce back from Tuesday's loss against the Hornets on Thursday night.

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Legal experts fear Chicago’s slow police reforms could lead to a Tyre Nichols incident 8 years after Laquan McDonald firestorm

CHICAGO — The video-recorded killing of Tyre Nichols that led to charges against police officers in Memphis, Tennessee, stirred echoes in Chicago, where eight years ago another recorded death similarly sent shock waves across the nation and spurred public demand for police reform.

Chicago Sun-Times

Tattoo artist facing new charges while out on bond for allegedly sexually assaulting clients

Miguel DeLeon is now accused of sexually assaulting or abusing four women and a teen girl who went to his Chicago Lawn home for tattoos.

Chicago Sun-Times

When a $1 million police lawsuit settlement is about more than money

The arguments are convincing against approving a $1 million settlement to the family of an armed man who was killed by Chicago police. But when public trust in police is fractured, is it surprising that city lawyers would recommend paying out the $1 million?

Chicago Tribune

Editorial: Enough with the rabbit hunt, Willie Wilson

According to a new Harris Poll, public safety is the top concern of Chicago’s voters. As the Harris CEO Will Johnson wrote in the Tribune this week, 95% of voters cited that issue. Johnson also reported that his poll showed most Chicagoans feel that our city is worse off than…

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Chicago police officer in newly released video of man being beaten while in custody was captured in other viral footage the same year

CHICAGO — One of the two Chicago police officers in a video released this week of a man being beaten while in custody was also captured in footage of a suspect being body-slammed on a city street the same year, records show.

Chicago Sun-Times

After 30 years, ‘Groundhog Day’ holds up, and you can say that again

Chicago connections are many for the Bill Murray classic that’s funny, poignant and way better than sweet vermouth on the rocks, with a twist.

Chicago Tribune

Grieving relatives identify woman, 96, found in Chicago freezer while her daughter charged in death

CHICAGO — Regina Michalski made homemade kolaczki and planted beautiful flowers in her Northwest Side backyard every year. Born in Poland in 1926, the “very smart” 96-year-old retired Motorola technician was fluent in German and Russian and lived through the Nazi occupation during World War II, her relatives said.

Chicago Sun-Times

Things to do in Chicago Feb. 2-8: The Mix

Lyric Opera’s world premiere of “The Factotum,” the return of Pilobolus, and Mavis Staples in concert are among the week’s entertainment highlights.

Chicago Sun-Times

On stronger footing, the Chicago Reader hires a CEO and publisher

The nonprofit organization that owns the publication has hired Solomon Liberman to succeed Tracy Baim, who said last summer she wanted to step down.

Chicago Sun-Times

After 15-year odyssey, Norfolk Southern gets final OK for massive rail yard expansion in Englewood

Last month, Ald. Jeanette Taylor delayed the project, which has drawn scrutiny over residential displacement, truck traffic and pollution. Wednesday, she admonished Norfolk Southern — but voted for the expansion.

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The housing market correction, as told by 4 charts

Overheated housing markets are seeing sharp home price corrections. Other markets, not so much.

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