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Pro wrestling once made Chicago its king of the ring: How it rose and fell

Behind the outsized characters and good-versus-evil narratives, promoters used TV and strong-arm business deals to put the city on the pro wrestling map.

Chicago Sun-Times

Clean Water Act in beer labels, suburban white squirrel, rare pheasant sighted & Springsteen catfish

A look at the Clean Water Act turning 50 through beer labels, a suburban white squirrel, a rare suburban pheasant rooster and Bruce Springsteen with an analogy on life and catfish fishing are among the notes from around Chicago and beyond.

Chicago Sun-Times

Marquee Sports Network ratings have dropped 56% since its launch. Here’s how the Chicago Cubs’ cable TV home is faring in Year 3

CHICAGO — When the Chicago Cubs launched the Marquee Sports Network in February 2020, it was the culmination of a decade-long quest to create a dedicated 24/7 cable TV platform for the team, which was still soaring in the wake of its first World Series championship in more than a…

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Don’t panic over the latest student test scores

Put aside any handwringing or finger-pointing about low test scores on state and national tests. Use it as motivation to focus on doing what it takes to get students back on track.

Chicago Sun-Times

When it comes to crooked colleagues, California lawyers can remain silent

LOS ANGELES — When a blue-ribbon commission met in 2015 to improve attorney ethics rules in California, a federal prosecutor named George Cardona was tasked with researching a proposed rule requiring lawyers to report misconduct by peers.

Los Angeles Times

Man shot to death driving in Morgan Park

The man, 19, was driving about 11:35 a.m. in the 10900 block of South Halsted Avenue when another vehicle approached and “multiple offenders” exited and opened fire, striking the man in the body, Chicago police said.

Chicago Sun-Times

Federal lawsuit threatens validity of potentially tens of thousands of Illinois mail-in, military ballots

CHICAGO — A pending federal lawsuit, brought by a downstate Republican congressman and two GOP officials, could invalidate potentially tens of thousands of mailed general election ballots that are cast by Illinois voters, including military members serving overseas, and postmarked on or before this coming Election Day but received by…

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Staffing grows in Chicago Public Schools even while enrollment drops

The increase is meaningful in a district that has often had to do without. But vacancies are still a challenge, especially in schools with many low-income students.

Chicago Sun-Times

Chicago police release details, suspect photos in Greyhound bus station homicide

CHICAGO — Chicago police have released additional details and photos of a suspect in Monday’s homicide outside Chicago’s Greyhound bus station.

Chicago Tribune

Reaching kids, including Ukrainian refugees in Chicago, through Beethoven

Seven members of the Lyric Opera Orchestra played Friday for kids at St. Nicholas Cathedral School in Ukrainian Village.

Chicago Sun-Times

Top health official predicts Chicago will move back to medium risk level for COVID-19 this winter

CHICAGO — Dr. Allison Arwady, the commissioner for the Chicago Department of Public Health, predicted Friday that Chicago will move back into a medium COVID-19 risk level in the coming weeks.

Chicago Tribune

TransLoop staffs up in Chicago and moves its headquarters

The freight brokerage plans to hire 100 people, tripling the size of its Chicago workforce.

Chicago Sun-Times

Winter’s coming — and so is COVID ‘trouble’ as coronavirus cases rise but vaccine booster rates don’t

“We are not where we need to be as a city, in people getting that fall 2022 booster,” a costumed Chicago Public Health Commissioner Dr. Allison Arwady said.

Chicago Sun-Times

Handguns turned to high-capacity machine guns fuel violence, a CPS parking deal raises questions 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.

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Picture Chicago: 16 must-see recent images from Sun-Times photographers

Chicago kicked off Halloweek, over 100 early voting sites opened for the Nov. 8 general election, and a Kanye West mural was painted over in the West Loop in our best photos of the week.

The Independent UK

Which Love Is Blind couples from season two are still together?

The cast of ‘Love Is Blind’ season two have gone through manys ups and downs since cameras stopped rolling

Sports Illustrated

No Breakdown or Decision Can Deter Gaga Slonina

Slonina may well be the next great U.S. GK, and he has visions of becoming the best in the world. However it pans out, the teenage, Chelsea-bound prospect remains resolute.

Chicago Tribune

Group files lawsuit to stop enforcement of youth curfew on Halloween in Chicago

CHICAGO — Good Kids Mad City filed a lawsuit Wednesday against the city of Chicago to seek relief from the city’s curfew on Halloween so young people with the organization can “cop watch and peacekeep” in the city's Hyde Park neighborhood on the holiday.

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For West Loop foundry, artist painted a mural of a fiery gator

Christian Stanley did the mural in the 1500 block of West Hubbard Street in August as part of the yearly Titan Walls arts festival.

Daily Mirror

Landlady found dead in freezer of home she was renting out as tenant charged

The body of 69-year-old Frances Walker was found dismembered in a freezer after police were called out to blood curdling screams coming from the property in Chicago, Illinois

Chicago Tribune

Chicago dumping Kanye too? Wieners Circle marquee quip, West Loop mural repainting signal rejection

CHICAGO — The Wieners Circle has never been one to hold back an insult.

USA Today Sports Media Group

3 causes for concern as the Bears face the Cowboys in Week 8

As the Bears prepare for their Week 8 game against the Cowboys, here are some reasons to be concerned.

Chicago Sun-Times

Teenage boy among 4 people shot Thursday in Chicago

The boy was walking in the Avalon Park neighborhood when he was shot, police said.

Chicago Sun-Times

For Chicago schools parking deal, Board of Ed turned to Lori Lightfoot fundraiser

Carmen A. Rossi’s Chicago Parking Solutions got a two-year contract to park cars at more than a dozen schools even though the school system said another company put in a better bid.

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In Chicago, handguns turned into high-capacity machine guns fuel deadly violence

A thumbnail-size "switch" turns a gun from semi-automatic to automatic. Authorities see a correlation between an uptick in mass shootings and the rise of switch-equipped guns and extended magazines.

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