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Why aren’t more Chicago parents going for free universal preschool?

CPS is offering universal pre-K for 4-year-olds in most of the city, but WBEZ found that thousands of seats are unfilled — mostly in schools serving high numbers of low-income families with large majorities of Black or Latino children.

Chicago Sun-Times

In 1982, a team from Washington won the Little League World Series and became famous. Forty years later, here is what the players learned.

SEATTLE — Pitcher Cody Webster didn't realize the magnitude of what he and his friends had accomplished until he saw the front page of a Chicago newspaper during an airport layover.

Tribune News Service

Man seriously wounded East Garfield Park shooting

He was shot Friday night while standing in the 3900 block of West Monroe Street, Chicago police said.

Chicago Sun-Times

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Ald. Leslie Hairston to retire from the City Council after 24 years representing 5th Ward

Her retirement is part of a mass exodus that promises to change the face of the Chicago City Council. Hairston is the ninth Chicago alderperson to either resign or announce a decision not to seek reelection. Several others, including indicted Ald. Edward Burke (14th) and Zoning Chair Tom Tunney…

Chicago Sun-Times

Chicago isn’t a ‘hellhole,’ neither are many other places dismissed as ‘dangerous’

Many places around the world are deemed dangerous. Violence does exist in these locales. But as in Chicago, there’s more to the story, and if a living hell exists for some residents here or elsewhere, it’s because someone is stoking the fire.

Chicago Sun-Times

Endorsement should be earned, not given away with political hints at public press conferences

As Chicagoans prepare to deliberate and consider who is to be their next choice for mayor, it is imperative that they consider how candidates are endorsed and if an endorsement from one organization actually represents that organization’s members.

Chicago Sun-Times

Kansas City man testifies about returning copy of purported R. Kelly sex tape to singer’s associates for cash

CHICAGO — The Kansas City man at the center of an alleged scheme to hide a sex tape showing R. Kelly in a threesome with a 14-year-old girl told a federal jury Friday that he only handed over a partial copy of the tape to Kelly’s associates because he “didn’t…

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‘Exhausted’ key witness breaks down at R. Kelly‘s federal trial in second day of contentious questioning

CHICAGO — The continued cross-examination of a key witness against R. Kelly got off to an extraordinarily contentious and emotional start Friday. Within 15 minutes, the exchange had grown so argumentative and circular that the judge intervened, and within about 20 minutes the witness had broken down in tears.

Chicago Tribune

Inside Chicago’s street takeover scene, the latest on the R. Kelly trial 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

Balloons for Khalil, prayers for peace: Celebration’s joy followed by yet another killing

Khalil White, 18, was excited about getting a new job, telling others about that at St. Sabina Church’s back-to-school block party. Four days later, he was shot to death.

Chicago Sun-Times

County Commissioner Brandon Johnson portrays himself as the ‘collaborative’ and ‘visionary’ leader Chicago needs

A former teacher and an organizer for the Chicago Teachers Union, Johnson told the Sun-Times he is “humbled by and grateful for the vote of confidence” from working people urging him to run for mayor and he’s “listening.” He promised a final decision in the next few weeks.

Chicago Sun-Times

Music of the Baroque marking pavilion debut at Ravinia with celebration of Haydn, Bach

The relaxed atmosphere at Ravinia is ideal to present audiences with new styles or periods of music with which they might not be familiar, like the sounds of the 17th and 18th centuries in which Music of the Baroque specializes.

Chicago Sun-Times

Strategic Leadership Changes At Cannabis Firms: What's New At Vertosa, Rubicon And Galexxy

Top CEOs, investors and leaders in the cannabis industry will soon convene at the Benzinga Cannabis Capital Conference on Sept. 13-14 in Chicago.

Benzinga

This week in history: Dr. Jorge Prieto makes house calls

A prominent physician and advocate for Chicago’s Mexican American community, Prieto worked hard to make health care available to the city’s Spanish-speaking residents. He died Aug. 21, 2001.

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R. Kelly: Tale of the tape; reporter Jim DeRogatis recounts how it began

Three teams of criminal defense lawyers have tried to cast doubt on the origins of the central video, questioning who gave it to me before the Chicago Sun-Times turned it over to the police. Here’s the story behind the tape.

Chicago Tribune

‘Exhausted’ key witness breaks down at R. Kelly‘s federal trial

Chicago Sun-Times

Bird in Niles mural is helping flowers ‘break free,’ artist says

Chicago artist Joseph Renda Jr. and Dutch artist Collin van der Sluijs created the mural this summer at the Une Année Hubbard’s Cave craft brewery in the north suburb.

Chicago Sun-Times

Want to own Illinois’ very first automobile license plate? It’s on auction now

The “No. 1” plate was issued by the City of Chicago in 1904.

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New ownership brings continuity to C.J. Smith Resort, the oldest family bait shop around Chicago

The bait shop was sold Aug. 12. The new ownership brings plans for a few tweaks.

Chicago Sun-Times

5 wounded in shootings across Chicago Thursday

The attacks included the wounding of two women who were shot as they sat in a parked car in West Rogers Park, police said.

Inverse

Billions of people may face "unprecedented" and deadly heat within 78 years

Using data from the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration, new research forecasts future scenarios of global temperature rise due to climate change.

Chicago Tribune

After some heartbreak during the pandemic, jazz couple Mark and Anne Burnell find peace making music

CHICAGO — Time flies but music endures. A couple of weeks ago I could hear the voice of the late piano bar wizard Buddy Charles and he was saying, “There is something primitive about being close to live music. What makes it work is that people are inherently eager for…

Orlando Sentinel

Billy Corgan makes magic as rock star, pro wrestling promoter

Billy Corgan vividly remembers the rush he got when he first listened to the Beatles as a preteen in his Chicago basement. It’s a feeling that eventually propelled him to rock superstardom as lead singer of the Smashing Pumpkins.

WEKU

A rare, first-of-its kind Chicago license plate is up for auction

Before Illinois took over the issuing of license plates, Chicago made plates from thin, stamped aluminum. Of those, the first-ever made is expected to sell for upwards of $4,000.

Salon

Fence jumper nabbed at Chicago FBI HQ

The man is also said to have been throwing rocks at the building

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