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Al Capone’s letters, pistol, to be auctioned next month

Handwritten letters by gangster Al Capone offer insight into life during Prohibition, an assassination attempt, the Chicago Outfit gang, Hindman Auctions said.

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Walter E. Smithe Jr., founder of Walter E. Smithe Furniture & Design, dies at 86

Chicagoans know the store, which pioneered custom-order furniture, for its ‘Walter E. Smith, you dream it, we build it’ jingles.

Chicago Sun-Times

Give it another shot: Get the latest COVID-19 booster

Only 10% of Chicagoans have gotten their updated COVID-19 booster. Perhaps we need a jolt of that urgency and desperation we once felt to protect ourselves from coronavirus at the height of the pandemic.

Chicago Sun-Times

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WASHINGTON (1-4) AT CHICAGO (2-3)

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$7.5 million worth of retail products recovered after thefts in Wilmette lead to major fencing ring

The operation had been running since before 2020, Wilmette Police Cmdr. Michael Robinson told the Sun-Times.

Chicago Sun-Times

‘Till’: Another well-acted drama honors the memories of Emmett Till and his uncompromising mother

Danielle Deadwyler makes powerful choices as Chicago’s Mamie Till-Mobley, especially in the intense courthouse sequence.

Chicago Sun-Times

Pulse of the Heartland: Belmont Cragin voters keep their heads down, say they wish pols would occasionally show their faces

It should be a neighborhood with more clout considering its size and its being home to the largest Hispanic population in Chicago. But adding to the confusion for residents, Belmont Cragin is divided among multiple wards and state representative districts, meaning residents living near one another…

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More ‘check washing’ victims speak out as officials press Postal Service to address spike in fraud

The stolen-check scheme involves thieves stealing mail, erasing the ink with chemicals and rewriting the checks for themselves. Some experts say their suggestions to fight the crime are not being implemented.

Chicago Sun-Times

A scam involving mailed checks, 3 locals named MacArthur fellows 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

Contracting numbers disgust Black members of Chicago City Council

Chicago paid $763 million to prime contractors through July 31, but only 11% — $82 million — went to firms owned by African Americans. Hispanics fared better, at $109 million, or 14%. Asian Americans, Chicago’s fastest-growing ethnic group, got a 7% piece of the contracting pie.

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MacArthur Foundation announces ‘genius’ grant winners for 2022

CHICAGO — In 1981, the MacArthur Foundation began awarding annual fellowships. These have consisted of monetary awards of $800,000 (an increase this year, bumped up from a decade ago and paid out in annual installments of $160,000 over five years) to do with whatever the awardees want.

Chicago Tribune

Who are the 2022 MacArthur 'genius grant' fellows?

A specialist in plastic waste management, artists, musicians, computer scientists, and a poet-ornithologist who advocates for Black people in nature are among this year’s 25 winners of the John D

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3 Chicagoans honored as MacArthur fellows

A University of Chicago professor, a cellist and an artist are among the latest recipients of the MacArthur Foundation “genius grants.”

Chicago Sun-Times

When they last met: Washington and Chicago

The last time these two teams met was in prime time, and it didn't go well for Washington.

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6 shot in Chicago Tuesday, including two people killed hours apart and less than a mile from each other on South Side

A 17-year-old boy was shot to death in South Shore, blocks from an elementary school. Later in the day, a man was killed blocks away.

Chicago Sun-Times

Check fraud spikes: Chicago sees jump in checks stolen from mailboxes, ‘washed’ and cashed for thousands of dollars

Midge Laurin mailed a $30 check that was intercepted, rewritten and cashed to someone else for $9,475. The scheme leaves many victims struggling for months to recover their losses.

Los Angeles Times

You think Jaboukie Young-White’s stand-up is funny? Check out his filthy new single

Two weeks ago, Jaboukie Young-White, the 28-year-old “Daily Show” comedian, actor and FBI antagonist, released a virtuosically filthy club track, “BBC.” Rest assured, the title’s acronym isn’t an ode to British television. But his debut single (for Interscope Records, no less) is a genuinely adept slice of early ‘90s Chicago…

Chicago Tribune

More than 50 years ago, Michael Kutza created the film fest that still brings stars to Chicago. His new book is ‘Starstruck’

CHICAGO -- Michael Kutza did not build any of the dozens of skyscrapers he can see from his apartment on the top floor of the downtown high rise in which he lives. But what he accomplished as the founder and energetic director of the Chicago International Film Festival has helped…

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To live and buy on La Salle St: Plan for housing, other uses of financial district is worth watching

Given the changes on La Salle Street — not all of them good — the city’s new effort to rethink the historic thoroughfare makes sense. Downtown and the central area are still the economic engine and lifeblood of the city.

Chicago Sun-Times

Museum will preserve stories of public housing residents: ‘You don’t know where you’re going unless you know where you came from’

The Near West Side site will occupy the site of the former Jane Addams Homes and will use the last remaining building from that public housing complex.

Chicago Sun-Times

COVID booster rates remain low in Chicago as concerns rise over another U.S. surge

Less than 10% of eligible residents have rolled up their sleeves for updated vaccines.

Tribune News Service

Former NBA player Ben Gordon violated order of protection when arrested for punching son, 10, at LaGuardia Airport: sources

NEW YORK — Former Chicago Bulls player Ben Gordon violated an order of protection already in place when he was arrested on charges of punching his 10-year-old son in the face at LaGuardia Airport, the New York Daily News has learned.

Chicago Tribune

Human remains found in freezer in Chicago neighborhood, police say

CHICAGO — A suspect is in custody after police found human remains in a freezer on the city’s Far North Side Monday night, according to police.

Chicago Sun-Times

Civilian police oversight off to slow start, McKinley Park gets new bakery 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

Civilian police oversight off to slow start

Adam Gross, executive director of the Community Commission for Public Safety and Accountability, told City Council members that out of 14 positions in the 2022 budget, only one other person besides Gross is “hired and on staff.”

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