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Steelers rookie QB Kenny Pickett enters new arena on familiar ground

PITTSBURGH — Just as he had many times during his five-year career at Pitt, Kenny Pickett walked onto the practice field at the South Side facility on Friday, looking much the same as the quarterback who produced an ACC championship and became a Heisman Trophy finalist in 2021.

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Congress should protect access to health care at pharmacies

The Equitable Community Access to Pharmacist Services Act would ensure that patients maintain access to pandemic-related care provided by pharmacists by reimbursing them through Medicare.

Chicago Sun-Times

Woman, 21, killed while confronting burglars among five shot — including two boys, 6 and 11 — on Chicago's South Side Wednesday night, police say

CHICAGO — A 21-year-old woman was fatally shot while confronting burglars Wednesday night, just two hours after four others — including two children — were shot on the city’s South Side.

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2 shootings leave 10 injured, 1 dead on Chicago's South Side

Police say one person was killed and 10 more were injured in two shootings on Chicago's South Side just six hours apart

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Chicago’s top cop blames mass shooting in Back of Yards on convicted felon recently released on gun charge despite record

A teen was killed and four others were wounded in the Back of the Yards shooting. Hours later, six people were shot when an argument broke out between groups live-streaming in Jackson Park.

Chicago Sun-Times

Rainbow Cone shines up north, too

The treat once exclusive to Beverly continues its march across the Chicago area, opening a Skokie branch Wednesday.

Chicago Sun-Times

Lawsuits allege substandard care at South Side facility

Family members removed two women with dementia from New City Supportive Living in the Back of the Yards before filing lawsuits.

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Developer adapts, and an investment in Woodlawn gets new life

Reconsidering plans during COVID-19’s business lull, Leon Walker of DL3 Realty has agreed to a new building that would preserve a distinguished facade.

Chicago Sun-Times

After another deadly weekend, Chicago’s top cop says violence is spreading to new areas as it declines in hardest-hit neighborhoods

At least two of the weekend’s 9 fatal shootings occurred downtown, which has seen a spike in gun violence this year, according to data supplied by Chicago police.

Chicago Sun-Times

2 people killed, 7 others wounded in shootings Friday in Chicago

In one of the fatal attacks, a man was found fatally shot Friday night in Douglas on the South Side.

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Whole Foods to close 6 stores nationally, including one in a Chicago 'food desert'

CHICAGO — Six years ago Whole Foods Market opened a store with much fanfare in Englewood, a South Side neighborhood that had few other groceries at the time. Lines of customers, many of them clutching Whole Foods tote bags, stretched out the door on opening day. Live music filled the…

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Whole Foods to close stores nationally, including one in Chicago 'food desert'

Whole Foods will close two of its 12 Chicago area stores, including a location Englewood, a poor South Side neighborhood considered a food desert, a spokesperson for the specialty grocer confirmed Friday.

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UPS driver charged with stealing $187,000 in Louis Vuitton packages

Video surveillance shows the driver taking packages from the South Loop UPS warehouse and then dropping them off at his South Side home, police say.

Chicago Sun-Times

Reject ward remap plan that would destroy Black representation on City Council

A remap created by CHANGE Illinois and the Latino Caucus would destroy historic Black wards on both the West and South sides.

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The ‘Bridgerton Experience’ has arrived in Chicago’s South Side and it is a regal, dress-up affair

If Kentucky Derby fashion had a baby with a 2022 prom season you would have a style baby prime for “The Queen’s Ball: A Bridgerton Experience.” Sit with that for a minute.

Chicago Sun-Times

6 people killed, man critically wounded in police-involved shooting, 37 others hurt in weekend shootings in Chicago

In one of the fatal attacks, two men were killed and two others were wounded in a drive-by shooting Saturday night in West Englewood on the South Side.

Chicago Sun-Times

Gas bills hit Chicagoans hard

Peoples Gas, despite record profits, has the most customers struggling to pay their bills of any Chicago-area utility, with the South Side and West Side hit hardest.

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South Side tenants demanding improvements to apartments push for citywide changes

After months of seeking repairs to their apartment buildings, some South Side residents demand even more changes to improve the quality of life for renters, they say.

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Willie Wilson is promising another $1 million in free gas but his giveaways raise campaign questions

Chicago businessman and mayoral candidate Willie Wilson announced he will be giving away another $1 million in gas this Saturday, a move that will provide some relief for city motorists but also, once again, raises thorny questions about Wilson providing handouts to potential voters.

Daily Record

Man dies after being hit by train near Glasgow station over Easter weekend

The man tragically passed away after being struck by a train near Pollokshaws West in the South Side of the city on Saturday night.

Chicago Sun-Times

Englewood church destroyed by fire hours after Good Friday service. ‘This church is an anchor in this community.’

Pastor Gerald Dew returned home from the noon service at Antioch Missionary Baptist Church and got a call that the legendary South Side church was on fire.

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Ron Cook: Steelers now face unenviable task of switching focus to business

PITTSBURGH — I can only imagine the sad scene Monday at the Steelers' South Side headquarters. It was the first day for everybody — the front-office staff, coaches, scouts, support people and some of the players — to gather together since the shocking death Saturday morning of Dwayne Haskins.

Chicago Sun-Times

South Side motorists urged to brace for traffic headaches tied to roadwork for the Obama center

The city hopes to complete the widening of Stony Island Avenue and construction of an additional lane on southbound DuSable Lake Shore Drive by late fall of 2023.

Chicago Sun-Times

Taxing times for popular South Side restaurant eased by county agency

Josephine’s Cooking in Chatham hasn’t paid its property taxes in 12 years. Thanks to the actions of the Cook County Land Bank Authority, it’s avoided losing the property through a tax sale.

Chicago Tribune

A Chicago ER doctor wrote ‘Emergency’ about COVID’s first year — and the time his own hospital failed his mother

CHICAGO — Thomas Fisher figured he would end up in the very place he works, in the emergency room. Eventually, everyone passes through. Two springs ago, at the onset of the pandemic, he thought he might die of the thing he was treating in others. He updated his will, removed…

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