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Heather Mack pleads guilty to plotting mother’s 2014 killing in Bali

Despite a deal with prosecutors, Mack seems to face a wide range of outcomes when she is sentenced. Prosecutors have taken the position that she should not be credited for the time she spent imprisoned in Indonesia. Mack’s lawyers disagree.

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Patrick Gasienica, Olympic ski jumper from Oak Park, dies in motorcycle accident

Gasienica died after being involved in a motorcycle accident on Monday night in the village of Bull Valley, located in Chicago’s far northwestern suburbs. He was 24.

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4 shot during funeral procession in Oak Park

Police in the western suburb said the wounded people were targeted in the procession.

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Last Chinese emperor’s wristwatch — with Oak Park connection — sells for $6.2 million

Oak Park-based journalist Russell Working played a vital role in helping to authenticate the Patek Philippe watch.

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His book captures 100 years of folk and country music history in Chicago

CHICAGO — Mark Guarino is a child of Oak Park, Illinois, and has been a writer since high school, his work appearing in a vast and varied number of publications, on stages of theaters in plays he created and now, finally, between covers in a spectacular book dedicated to the…

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Feds reveal Heather Mack texts in ‘Bonnie and Clyde’ killing of her Oak Park mom at Bali resort: ‘Im sneaky … Im smart … and I watch’

The newly released messages between the Chicago area resident and her boyfriend come as she faces trial July 31, accused of plotting to kill her mother, whose body was found in a suitcase at a posh resort in 2014.

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Black-owned business in Oak Park ‘barely holding on’ 3 years into the pandemic

House of Melanin, a beauty supply store for African American hairstyles, opened in Oak Park in 2018 and was successful up until the pandemic. Now, the owners say the growth of online ordering threatens to put them out of business.

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Cannabis operator MedMen considers selling stores in Oak Park, Morton Grove

MedMen Enterprises said it is also reviewing other asset sales as it attempts to narrow losses.

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PAWS Chicago cuts adoption fees for senior dogs in honor of Betty White’s 101st birthday

Senior dogs at PAWS Chicago can be adopted for as little as $101 in honor of the Oak Park-born actor, comedian and animal lover, who died in 2021.

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Emergency overnight shelter opens in former Oak Park rectory

As winter cold emphasizes the need for safe overnight housing, guests and small families can pick up three meals, connect with support staff and take a hot shower

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Reviewing the Pontiac Holiday Tournament

Here’s a look back at the 91st Pontiac Holiday Tournament.

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Boy, 17, shot in Austin

The teen was listed in good condition at West Suburban Medical Center in Oak Park, police said.

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A way to get solar energy — no rooftop panels required — is making headway in Illinois: ‘Community solar is about to explode’

CHICAGO — There are no shiny black solar panels on the roof of his condo building, but Paul Dickerson is enjoying the benefits of clean energy just the same.

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Oak Park police in standoff with armed person

Police were called to an apartment building where an occupant was reportedly armed and barricaded inside.

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Open House Chicago shifts focus to neighborhoods and ‘amazing community work’

Open House Chicago runs Oct. 15-16. The free, yearly event opens up more than 150 architecturally interesting buildings in over 20 Chicago neighborhoods and suburban Evanston and Oak Park.

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Judy Tenuta, comedian known as ‘Goddess of Love,’ dies at 72

The Oak Park native’s heart-shaped face, topped by bouffant hair with a flower accent, conveyed an impression of sweet innocence that was quickly shattered by her loud, gravelly delivery and acidic humor, expletives included.

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School gun case sparks debate over safety and second chances

In May, police got a tip and arrested student Keyon Robinson with a gun on his high school campus in suburban Chicago

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‘We feared for our lives’: Mother of alleged victim testifies in R. Kelly trial

CHICAGO — A mother whose young daughter was allegedly sexually assaulted by R. Kelly on videotape in the 1990s testified Monday that Kelly threatened them and sent them out of town after the allegations of abuse first surfaced more than 20 years ago.

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Illinois Senate President Don Harmon, other pols keep taking money from pharma companies implicated in opioid crisis

The Oak Park Democrat continues to accept campaign money from Johnson & Johnson, 1 of 4 companies paying $26 billion to settle suits accusing them of fueling the crisis. He’s not the only Illinois official doing so.

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Illinois’ new public health leader faces big challenges, an Oak Park native sets sail 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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Oak Park native with visual impairment to compete in the U.S. Para Sailing Championship

The 22-year-old, who will be competing in the Independence Cup beginning Friday, says she doesn’t let her disability get in the way of her love of sailing.

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Brother and sister charged with fatally shooting woman during carjacking in Oak Park

Jailyn Logan-Bledsoe was a graduate of Oak Park-River Forest High school, and was an activist in the community. She was a member of the Revolutionary Oak Park Youth Action League, a student-led group.

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Authorities release name of woman shot dead during robbery at Oak Park gas station

Two people approached the woman from behind, then one of them pulled out a gun and shot her in her head at a BP Gas station.

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‘Cap the Ike’ still on town’s wish list despite cost and complexity

Oak Park has long kicked around the idea of building landscaped decks over parts of I-290 and there could finally be federal money to help it get started.

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A deathbed promise from one writer to another

Donald Evans, who lives in Oak Park, promised his friend and fellow writer, Robin Metz, that he’d finish Metz’s Chicago poetry anthology. The book release is Monday.

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