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53 people applied to be Chicago’s next police superintendent. Fred Waller is not among them.

More than half of the applicants came from people affiliated at one time with CPD. The Community Commission for Public Safety and Accountability will submit three names to Mayor-elect Brandon Johnson by mid-July.

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4 teens charged with fatal shooting of Chicago police Officer Aréanah Preston during ‘very violent crime spree’

Prosecutors said Preston was killed at the end of a robbery spree that began when a suspect’s girlfriend “needed money for a barbecue.”

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Yellow morels arrive in this weird spring for hunting morel mushrooms

Signs are that we are in a compact season for picking morel mushrooms in this weird spring around Chicago outdoors.

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Special Olympics Spring Games hosts thousands of Chicago participants: ‘Gold medals can take them places’

More than 2,000 children and adults with intellectual disabilities are competing this week in the Special Olympics Spring Games.

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Hundreds gather at vigil for fallen CPD Officer Aréanah Preston: ‘She was a Goliath of a person.’

At a gathering at the station where she was assigned, slain Officer Aréanah Preston was remembered as powerful, goal-directed and the kind of officer CPD needs.

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Critics of the draft voting map for Chicago’s elected school board want a do-over

The map reflects the city’s demographics rather than the minority-heavy CPS student body. Lawmakers on Tuesday said it’s only a first draft.

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Lori Lightfoot’s farewell, and a welcome promise to keep working for Chicago

Some political commentators have concluded that had Lightfoot been more personable, she might have been re-elected. Maybe. But if Lightfoot were a man, would she have been given a pass? Likely.

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Illinois House Democrats push feds to send more cash for migrants to Chicago

The members, in a letter led by Rep. Jesus ‘Chuy’ Garcia, said they had ‘profound disappointment’ over the relatively small grants Washington has sent to Chicago.

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Globetrotting doll lands in Chicago for ‘Mexico Week’

Lele, a 13-foot doll hand made in Queretaro, Mexico, was on display Tuesday at a Daley Plaza fiesta with traditional Mexican songs and dances performed by CPS students.

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Grace Barry, who headed up the Economic Club of Chicago and was best friends with Maggie Daley, dies at 82

Grace Barry’s ties with the Daley family helped her career and drew criticism when she was awarded a no-bid gift shop concession contract at O’Hare Airport.

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Man shot to death inside South Shore home

The 52-year-old man was inside a home in the 7200 block of South Jeffery Boulevard when he was shot just after 1 p.m. Tuesday, Chicago police said.

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Cops’ delayed response to find fatally wounded officer, Lightfoot’s last week in office and more in your Chicago news roundup

Today’s update is about an eight-minute read that will brief you on the day’s biggest stories.

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Convicted robber used girlfriend to buy guns in Wisconsin, claimed he was cop, feds say

Simione Dunn and Sonya Brown face charges in federal court in Chicago.

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Lightfoot declares emergency amid new surge of immigrant arrivals: ‘We’ve reached a breaking point’

At an afternoon news conference, the mayor slammed Texas Gov. Greg Abbott for busing new arrivals to Chicago, saying he had “manufactured” a crisis “for cynical political purposes,” and is “unable to see the humanity” in those coming to the United States seeking a better life.

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Bally’s proposes selling casino stake to some city residents

The company said it is discussing terms of the offer, intended to help it meet requirements for ownership by racial minorities, with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

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Lightfoot urges successor to continue corporate fund support for the arts

City funding for the arts shouldn’t “be subject to the vagaries of a hotel tax,” Lightfoot told a crowd Tuesday at the Cultural Center’s Claudia Cassidy Theater.

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Chicago fishing: Crappie fishing is ‘on fire’

The improving crappie fishing leads this sprawling raw-file Midwest Fishing Report.

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Half of Chicagoans witness a shooting by age 40, study found

Over half of Black and Latino survey respondents, and a quarter of white respondents, had seen a shooting by age 40, according to the study published Tuesday in the Journal of the American Medical Association.

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Superdawg at 75 — the iconic Chicago eatery remains a labor of love and a hot dog fan favorite

Superdawg Drive-In, Chicago’s hot dog empire, is celebrating its 75th anniversary this week.

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Chicago’s Superdawg, home of world-famous hot dogs — and lots of first dates

For three-quarters of a century, this ’50s-style drive-in has stoked romance.

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Jerry Springer's modest grave in Chicago revealed - and there's a spot ready for his wife

Jerry Springer was laid to rest in a private funeral last week in Chicago ahead of a public memorial taking place next week in Cincinnati where he served as mayor in the 1970s

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Inside NHL draft lottery Blackhawks won for Connor Bedard

The Chicago Blackhawks won the NHL draft lottery and the chance to take Connor Bedard long before Deputy Commissioner Bill Daly revealed it on national television

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Chicago plumber pleads guilty to charges in Jan. 6 riot

James ‘Mac’ McNamara, 61, threw a punch at a D.C. police officer and rammed Capitol doors with a bike rack.

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Slain officer had so much to offer

Not only did a family lose a loved one, the city lost in Chicago Police Officer Aréanah Preston an intelligent, thoughtful and accomplished officer who exemplified the possibility of transforming the CPD for the better.

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Suspect held in New Orleans shooting that wounded Terri Hemmert’s friend

Authorities in Houston arrest Kyron Fadande, 22, in the April 28 shooting. A waiter was killed and a woman in the Chicago radio personality’s party was struck in the back.

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