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The Latest Breaking News from Chicago

Afternoon Edition: Feb. 8, 2022

Today’s update is a 5-minute read that will brief you on the day’s biggest stories.

Chicago Sun-Times

Lightfoot asks working group to ‘reimagine’ museum campus — with or without the Bears

The 23-member group will be chaired by Mesirow Chairman and CEO Richard Price. Former Chicago Plan Commission Chairman Martin Cabrera, CEO of Cabrera Capital, will serve as so-called "athletic facilities lead."

Chicago Sun-Times

Judge in Ed Burke’s criminal case tells lawyers ‘stay tuned’ after crucial hearing on evidence

The hearing was a year-and-a-half in the making, dealing with pretrial motions first filed in August 2020. Burke’s lawyers alleged then that prosecutors withheld crucial information from Chicago’s chief federal judge as they sought to eavesdrop on City Hall phone lines, as well as Burke’s cellphone.

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J Balvin, Ozuna to headline Latin reggaeton music festival in Grant Park

The two-day Sueños Music Festival, set for Memorial Day weekend, is being billed as the largest Latin reggaeton event ever held in Grant Park.

Chicago Sun-Times

Jimmy Johnson obituary

Stalwart of the Chicago scene whose searing guitar playing and sensitive voice helped take the blues in a new direction

The Guardian - UK

El Chapo case fallout: Wife of top El Chapo associate Pedro Flores never got a deal, feds say

Vivianna Lopez, whose husband Pedro Flores was once Chicago’s biggest cocaine trafficker, ‘did not receive immunity’ or ‘a non-prosecution agreement’ to keep her from being prosecuted for laundering drug money, a prosecutor says.

Chicago Sun-Times

Lucas Williamson Finds Passion Narrating Documentary on Loyola’s 1963 Title

The Ramblers’ guard was the voice behind a documentary recounting one of college basketball’s most impactful moments.

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3 people wounded by gunfire in Chicago Monday

In one of the attacks, a person was shot on the Dan Ryan Expressway on the Near West Side.

Chicago Sun-Times

Fans 'disappointed' as Russell Watson 'unable to perform' for opening night of Chicago in Liverpool

Russell Watson was set to star as Billy Flynn at Liverpool's Empire Theatre but understudy Liam Marcelino played the role instead

Liverpool Echo

‘Night’s End’ is a Chicago-made horror film from Jennifer Reeder and Brett Neveu — it streams in March on Shudder

CHICAGO — “Night’s End,” screenwriter and longtime Chicago playwright Brett Neveu’s tale of a dicey exorcism performed in a classic Chicago two-flat, makes its streaming premiere March 31 on Shudder, the horror, thriller and supernatural streaming service of AMC Networks.

Chicago Tribune

Commentary: Arne Duncan has done violence prevention work for 5 years. Would he make a difference as Chicago mayor?

The phone rang, and it was Arne Duncan on the line. He was on his way to Roseland, he said, in hopes he might help prevent violent retribution for a killing the previous week.

Chicago Tribune

They knocked on strangers’ doors and persuaded naysayers to get the COVID-19 vaccine. Here are their tips

CHICAGO — When Armani Nightengale waited in the car last March to get vaccinated against COVID-19 at Chicago's United Center, her husband was more nervous than she was.

Chicago Tribune

Chicago Tribune sues city of Chicago over records that were withheld despite attorney general opinions in the paper’s favor

CHICAGO — The Chicago Tribune has filed a lawsuit against the city of Chicago over records on cases involving misconduct allegations that officials have refused to release despite two separate attorney general opinions in the newspaper’s favor.

Chicago Tribune

The Who tour headed to Chicago; trek also includes Cincinnati stop, 42 years after concert tragedy

The Who has for years supported a memorial scholarship effort in a Cincinnati suburb where three of the victims of a 1979 concert stampede went to school.

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Chicago banker gets 366 days prison for bribing Paul Manafort to get easy job in Trump administration

NEW YORK — A Chicago banker who tried to buy his way into a cushy gig in the Trump administration with a $16 million bribe to former President Donald Trump’s former campaign chief was sentenced Monday to a year and a day in prison.

The Independent UK

Banker gets gets 1 year in prison in Manafort loan scheme

A Chicago banker has been sentenced to a year in prison for his conviction in a scheme to make $16 million in loans to Paul Manafort to gain influence in the Trump administration

Chicago Sun-Times

Lightfoot ties carjacking wave to remote learning

The CTU ripped the mayor’s claim: "Every child in our public schools in Chicago deserves an apology from the mayor today."

Chicago Tribune

Paul Sullivan: Billy Donovan has kept the Chicago Bulls afloat in spite of many obstacles — but can the coach keep it up without any help at the trade deadline?

Is this Billy Donovan’s best year of coaching in the NBA?

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Ruling on Illinois school mask mandate throws districts into chaos

CHICAGO — A judge’s recent ruling that Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s COVID-19 mask mandate was authorized illegally prompted chaos and confusion Monday morning at school districts across Illinois, as increasingly volatile battles over virus mitigation strategies further divided communities and forced some schools to cancel classes.

Chicago Sun-Times

Afternoon Edition: Feb. 7, 2022

Today’s update is a 5-minute read that will brief you on the day’s biggest stories.

Chicago Sun-Times

Dan Ryan shooting upstages governor’s news conference on state’s efforts to make Chicago expressways safer

As he and the state police director spoke, a person was shot on the Dan Ryan Expressway near downtown, the 14th person shot on an expressway in Cook County this year.

Chicago Tribune

Remembering the influential, ebullient Chicago blues drummer Sam Lay, dead at 86

CHICAGO — The last time I talked to Sam Lay it was late at night and he was on the road and on the telephone, driving back home to Chicago from Cleveland where he has just been inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame as a member of…

Chicago Sun-Times

As another wave of Afghans arrives in Chicago, volunteers say more help is needed

Since last fall, more than 1,890 Afghans have made Illinois their new home, and another wave is expected to arrive in the Chicago area in February, officials say.

Chicago Sun-Times

Ford stops production lines for a week in Chicago, 3 more sites

Despite a swing to profitable operations in 2021, the company continues to face a global shortage of microchips.

Chicago Tribune

Elton John says goodbye to Chicago; or, the myth of the farewell tour

CHICAGO — For a long, long time, there was reason to assume every major pop star with a sizable audience and willingness to play live would tour indefinitely. One tour ended; the next began. The road stretched on, and on. Bob Dylan once christened his schedule “The Never Ending Tour.”…

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