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Lingering questions about NASCAR's Chicago street course

Less than a year remains before the NASCAR Cup Series debuts its first street course in downtown Chicago and there are plenty of remaining questions. We tried to answer a few.

Motorsport

Feds land hefty prison sentence, indictment in fight against Chicago carjackings

U.S. District Judge Virginia Kendall sentenced Elias Quinones-Figueroa to more than 12 years in prison for stealing a 2008 Chevrolet Tahoe in 2020 while pointing a .22-caliber pistol at the victim.

Chicago Sun-Times

Lightfoot proposes temporary fuel surcharge on taxi fares

The surcharge would start at $1 for fares up to $20, then go to $2 for fares up to $40 and to $3 for tabs over $40. The Business and Consumer Affairs would be empowered to terminate the surcharge whenever gasoline prices fall below $5 a gallon.

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Protect Assets And Stand Out In Cannabis Investment: Don't Miss Michael Hennessey At Benzinga's Cannabis Capital Conference In Chicago

The Benzinga Cannabis Capital Conference (CCC) is coming to the great city of Chicago on September 13-14, 2022.

Benzinga

Three armed robberies reported within an hour in Gold Coast, Wicker Park and East Ukrainian Village

In each attack, a group got out of a white sedan and took the victims’ phones at gunpoint, Chicago police said.

Chicago Sun-Times

1 killed, 5 wounded in shootings across Chicago Tuesday

The fatal attack occurred in South Shore, where a man was found in an alley.

Chicago Sun-Times

Chicago Bulls’ starting lineup ranked in bottom half of the NBA

Should the Bulls' starting five be ranked higher among all NBA teams?

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My worst moment: For ‘Stranger Things’ star Brett Gelman, an appearance on ‘Curb Your Enthusiasm’ turned meta

CHICAGO — As Murray Bauman on “Stranger Things,” Brett Gelman said he channeled a number of Chicago performers into the character, from John Belushi to Harold Ramis to Bill Murray. “All those guys are very influential on the Murray performance because all those guys were omnipresent forces in ‘80s comedy”…

Chicago Tribune

What does ‘redlining’ in 1940s Chicago have to do with today’s Black exodus from the city? Plenty, a new study suggests

CHICAGO — Vacant and abandoned properties clustered on the Chicago’s South and West sides and southern suburbs have been a stubborn problem for decades. Every two years, the Cook County treasurer tries to return those properties to productive use during its biennial scavenger sale of delinquent taxes, often with little…

Chicago Tribune

Glasgow named third dirtiest city in the world in new Time Out readers' poll

A poll of 27,000 city-dwellers from Melbourne to Madrid, Chicago to Copenhagen and Tel Aviv to Tokyo, saw Rome come out top as the dirtiest on the globe followed by New York in second place.

Glasgow Live

NASCAR to hit the streets of Chicago with downtown race

NASCAR has added its first street course to the Cup schedule with a planned 2023 race through downtown Chicago

The Independent UK

For Cubs’ Willson Contreras, it's straight from All-Star ‘dream come true’ to trade watch

“To be honest,” Contreras said, “I don’t feel like this is going to be my last time with a Cubs uniform.”

Chicago Sun-Times

After the Highland Park attack, Senate hearing on ‘Protecting Our Communities from Mass Shootings’

Highland Park Mayor Nancy Rotering will be among those testifying at the Wednesday Senate Judiciary Committee hearing starting at 9 a.m. Chicago time.

Chicago Sun-Times

Chicago cops could decline excessive hours under proposed ordinance

Ald. Anthony Napolitano’s proposal comes as the department grapples with a series of officer suicides and faces stiff criticism for routinely canceling days off.

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Senate confirms Nancy Maldonado: To be first Hispanic woman federal district court judge in Illinois

The extensive questionnaire Maldonado filed with the Senate Judiciary Committee reveals that the Northern District is adding an active yoga instructor to the bench.

Motorsport

Why the time is right for NASCAR's first street course

NASCAR will celebrate its 75th anniversary in 2023 and never in its history has its premier series competed on a street course. So, why now?

Sports Illustrated

NASCAR Announces First-Ever Street Race for 2023

The series will take over the streets of downtown Chicago next season in an unprecedented move.

Chicago Sun-Times

Art Institute’s iconic bronze beasts — now ‘shinier’ — return home

After a month of restoration and cleaning in Forest Park, the Art Institute of Chicago’s lion sculptures were returned Tuesday to their perches along Michigan Avenue.

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Emmett Till’s Chicago home to get preservation funds

CHICAGO — Emmett Till left his mother’s house on Chicago’s South Side in 1955 to visit relatives in Mississippi, where the Black teenager was abducted and brutally slain for reportedly whistling at a white woman.

Chicago Tribune

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker tests positive for COVID-19

CHICAGO — Gov. J.B. Pritzker has tested positive for the coronavirus for the first time and is experiencing mild symptoms, his office announced Tuesday.

Chicago Tribune

Chicago will transform the Grant Park area into the first-ever NASCAR street race in 2023

CHICAGO — Imagine cars racing down Lake Shore Drive at 130 mph, burning rubber on South Michigan Avenue and jockeying for position bumper-to-bumper on Balbo Drive. Welcome to the new rush hour in Chicago.

Chicago Sun-Times

Chicago fishing, Midwest Fishing Report: Kings, catfish, smallmouth, largemouth, bluegill, lakers

The many options of summer fishing are highlighted in this sprawling raw-file Midwest Fishing Report.

Tribune News Service

NASCAR sets a date with history in Chicago for first street race

CHICAGO — The NASCAR Cup Series will visit Chicago next year — and it’ll make history when it does.

Chicago Sun-Times

HUD accuses Chicago of environmental racism, Gov. Pritzker catches COVID 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.

USA Today Sports Media Group

See NASCAR’s proposed layout for newly announced 2.2-mile Chicago street course

Could be awesome, but there's clearly a lot of room for pitfalls and logistical nightmares.

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