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Belmont Cragin voters speak out, another Illinoian pleads guilty after US Capitol riot 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

Chicago’s 2023 budget must focus on helping all residents

Public libraries, street paving and snow removal should be budget priorities.

Chicago Sun-Times

Ald. Matt Martin urges City Council to shake off rubber-stamp reputation

Last month, the 47th Ward Council member introduced a resolution calling for making himself chair of the Committee on Ethics and Government Oversight, replacing retired chair Michele Smith.

Chicago Sun-Times

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Nina Metz: ‘Law & Order: SVU’ is a sanitized fantasy while the real division in New York is being investigated

CHICAGO — Last summer, federal prosecutors announced an investigation into the New York Police Department’s special victims division and its handling of sex abuse cases. The allegations include a decadelong history of “failing to conduct basic investigative steps and instead shaming and abusing survivors and re-traumatizing them during investigations.”

Chicago Tribune

Pedestrian hit by Metra Electric train near Windsor Park station

The pedestrian suffered minor injuries and was taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center, where his condition was stabilized, Chicago fire officials said.

Chicago Sun-Times

The Bears’ plan for Justin Fields is starting to pay off, but there are two huge problems holding him back

It's obvious Fields is starting to get "it." But he still needs more help.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Chicago man who wore ‘Trump 2020’ flag pleads guilty with father to role in U.S. Capitol attack

Matthew Bokoski admitted to authorities on Jan. 14, 2021, that he and his father entered the U.S. Capitol on the day of the breach, records show. He told agents then that the event was effective because the participants were able to “shut down” the government.

Chicago Sun-Times

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Artist’s work at Art on theMART is a love letter to 79th Street, Black culture

Jasmin Taylor’s “Trap Moulin Rouge” performance piece is among the projections featured on the facade of the Merchandise Mart.

Chicago Sun-Times

5 people wounded by gunfire in Chicago Wednesday

Among those shot was a woman in the 5100 block of North LeClaire Avenue in Jefferson Park.

Chicago Sun-Times

Commanders vs. Bears: Behind Enemy Lines with Bears Wire

We talk to Bears Wire managing editor Alyssa Barbieri to learn everything we can about the Bears.

USA Today Sports Media Group

Review: Danielle Deadwyler’s performance holds you through the tragedy and injustice of ‘Till’

The opening shot of “Till” tells a wrenching story in miniature. On a bright day in 1955, Mamie Till-Mobley (Danielle Deadwyler) drives her son, Emmett (Jalyn Hall), to a department store in Chicago, hoping to pick up a few things before his upcoming trip to see their relatives down in…

Los Angeles Times

Washington Commanders at Chicago Bears Prediction, Game Preview

Washington Commanders at Chicago Bears game preview, prediction, and breakdown for the Week 6 game on Thursday, October 13

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On this day in 2002: Paula Radcliffe wins Chicago Marathon in world record time

The Briton took 89 seconds off the previous marker

The Independent UK

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.

Newsday

Joe Manniello's Thursday night NFL pick

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

Chicago Sun-Times

$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.

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‘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…

Chicago Sun-Times

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.

Chicago Tribune

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.

The Independent UK

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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