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Driver issued citations after fatally striking woman, 73, in West Town

A man driving a Ford van struck the woman in a crosswalk Tuesday as he turned left from southbound Paulina Street to Chicago Avenue, police said.

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Bears are signing QB Nathan Peterman to 1-year deal

While quarterback is far from a concern in Chicago, the Bears are signing free agent Nathan Peterman to a one-year deal.

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Chicago sets a record high Wednesday — but too soon to say if hot May weather means scorching summer

Wednesday also marks the earliest date that temperatures at O’Hare reached 90 degrees since 2011, according to the National Weather Service.

Chicago Sun-Times

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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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Former immigrant detainees sue Illinois sheriff, claiming they were illegally forced into labor while housed in jail

CHICAGO — Aleksey Ruderman swept and mopped the floors of McHenry County jail, wiped tables, and cleaned the showers and the toilets — all against his will and without being paid a dime, he says.

Chicago Tribune

Advocate Aurora, Atrium Health systems to merge

The deal unites the largest Chicago-area health care network with a group based in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Chicago Sun-Times

Riot Fest 2022 lineup: My Chemical Romance, Original Misfits and Nine Inch Nails, tickets on sale now

CHICAGO — Riot Fest on Wednesday announced its lineup for 2022, with headliners Nine Inch Nails joining the previously announced My Chemical Romance and Original Misfits over three days in September in Chicago’s Douglass Park. Other standouts include Sleater-Kinney, Alkaline Trio and Ice Cube. Tickets are on sale now.

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The biggest snubs to not get invited to the 2022 NBA combine or G League Elite Camp in Chicago

The NBA draft starts to take shape once the combine begins in Chicago, and we're now less than a week away from those events kicking off.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Smashing Pumpkins, Arcade Fire, Black Keys tours on their way to Chicago

Tickets for Smashing Pumpkins and Arcade Fire shows go on sale May 13.

Chicago Sun-Times

Lineups for Chicago’s Gospel Music Festival, Chicago Blues Festival and the Millennium Park Summer Music Series announced

Chicago will be filled with the sound of music this summer courtesy of some familiar, free city-sponsored festivals.

Chicago Sun-Times

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

Honorable mention in the Sun-Times’ latest student art contest goes to these Chicago-area kids

From second grade through senior year of high school, they answered our call to produce artwork under the theme ‘spring ahead.’

Chicago Sun-Times

CTU election could shape schools, city for years to come

CPS educators next week will choose between competing visions for the union: Should the group continue fighting for social issues inside and outside the classroom, or should it instead focus on classic teacher concerns like pay preparation time and pensions?

Chicago Sun-Times

Chicago Leeds Grand Theatre review: Corrie star Faye Brookes sizzles in slick sexy show

The former Kate Connor actress leads a flawless cast including Russell Watson, Three Degrees star Sheila Ferguson and mesmerising Djalenga Scott as Velma Kelly in the Chicago UK tour

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Chicago Public Schools launches mental health and suicide prevention campaign: ‘COVID has only presented an additional challenge’

CHICAGO -- Chicago Public Schools on Tuesday announced the launch of a mental health and suicide prevention campaign that encourages students in seventh through 12th grade to take a pledge to stay alive and seek help if they need it.

Chicago Tribune

Young Mexican Americans embracing, uplifting their roots through music; ‘I imagine myself in Mexico’

CHICAGO -- Spanish was rarely spoken at home while Luis Eduardo Sanchez was growing up in the early 2000s. He attended a predominantly white elementary and middle school in suburban Illinois. Despite being a son of a Mexican immigrant father and a Chicana mother, he recalls not feeling comfortable embracing…

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Meet The Man Whose Name Is Synonymous With Tornadoes

Tetsuya "Ted" Fujita, aka “Mr. Tornado,” created the scale for ranking the severest storms.

Chicago Sun-Times

Plea from families of gun violence victims: ‘Please do more’ to solve killings

“We want people to put their guns down. We need these criminals to suffer consequences,” one victim’s relative said at a rally Tuesday.

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No one should die because they ride a bike to get around

The hazardous biking conditions on Milwaukee Avenue illustrate a much larger problem: the lack of an overall safe bike network. Ten years ago, the city created a plan to remedy this, but many of the goals have not been realized.

Chicago Sun-Times

Explained: What’s up with Biden’s Wednesday visits to Kankakee, Chicago

Biden arrives in Illinois hours after the April inflation numbers are released and the White House is braced for grim news.

Chicago Sun-Times

Cicero father of four facing deportation pleads for relief to stay in the country

Chicago immigration advocates Tuesday rallied around Octaviano Ortiz and his family as he faces a looming deadline to leave the country after an appeal on his deportation order was recently denied.

Chicago Sun-Times

‘I’m so devastated about this,’ says mother of girls who were playing near open hydrant when teen killed, 4 others wounded in Back of the Yards

The attack was the first of two mass shootings five hours apart on the South Side. The second occurred about five miles away in Jackson Park and wounded six people. By day’s end, at least 21 people were shot across Chicago.

Chicago Tribune

School of the Art Institute nontenure faculty rally in support of joining a union. ‘The current situation is completely unsustainable’

CHICAGO — Nontenure track faculty at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago are moving to organize with the Art Institute of Chicago Workers United, the union representing staff at both the Michigan Avenue museum and its school.

Chicago Sun-Times

Chicago fishing, Midwest Fishing Report: Lilacs blooming, walleye, coho, white bass, crappie, opener

Lilacs are blooming as befits the first real week of spring and that leads, or sorta leads, this sprawling raw-file Midwest Fishing Report.

Chicago Sun-Times

Rose the piping plover still nowhere to be found

Monty has been in Chicago for awhile, but former nesting mate Rose hasn’t arrived. Still, “we aren’t going to make any assumptions at the moment,” said Armand Cann, a biologist with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

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