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The Latest Breaking News from Chicago

Afternoon Edition: Feb. 16, 2022

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

Chicago Sun-Times

Online grocer Farmstead launches in Chicago

Farmstead offers a variety of food products, including locally sourced produce, national brands like Kraft, and local brands like Oberweis Dairy, Intelligentsia Coffee, Gino’s East Pizza and Vienna Beef.

Chicago Sun-Times

Latino Caucus forges alliance with ‘people’s commission’ on new ward map

An adviser to the Latino Caucus called the alliance a "game-changer" that could win support from voters in remap referendum. But Black Caucus Chairman Jason Ervin said the alliance will have zero impact.

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The documentary ‘Fannie Lou Hamer’s America’ took more than 10 years to make. The activist’s words continue to inspire

CHICAGO — How much do you really know about civil rights activist Fannie Lou Hamer?

Chicago Tribune

Garth Brooks, Jason Aldean, Train, Clint Black, and more heading to Chicago area

Artists of every genre are back on the road this year with concerts planned across the country, including the Chicago area.

Chicago Sun-Times

R. Kelly officially cuts ties with Chicago legal team, hires Bill Cosby’s appellate attorney

CHICAGO — Convicted R&B singer R. Kelly on Wednesday officially cut ties with his original Chicago legal team and opted to have the attorney who successfully appealed Bill Cosby’s conviction defend him against pending abuse allegations in federal court here.

Chicago Tribune

Thoughts and observations on the IHSA state playoff brackets

With seeds announced and brackets released, it’s never too early to start projecting and forecasting future matchups.

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After a day in the 50s, Chicago area expected to be hit with winter storm of sleet, freezing rain and up to 7 inches of snow

A winter storm warning has been issued from 3 a.m. until 9 p.m. Thursday for southern Cook County as well as Grundy, Kankakee, Kendall, La Salle, Livingston and Will counties in Illinois and Lake and Porter counties in Indiana.

Chicago Sun-Times

In wake of Jason Van Dyke case, Kim Foxx's pledge to seek more special prosecutors has not come to pass

CHICAGO — Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx was elected in 2016 as a reform candidate, knocking out incumbent Anita Alvarez after harshly criticizing the way she handled charges in 17-year-old Laquan McDonald’s fatal shooting by on-duty Chicago police Officer Jason Van Dyke.

Chicago Tribune

4 people shot in Chicago Tuesday

A 16-year-old was shot on the South Side.

Chicago Sun-Times

Horoscope for Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2022

Moon Alert Avoid shopping or making important decisions from 10:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. Chicago time. After that, the Moon moves from Leo into Virgo. Aries (March 21-April 19) Today you make a desirable...

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‘The sober fairy gave me one more chance!’ Glee’s Jane Lynch on alcoholism, ambition and the return of Mrs Maisel

The 61-year-old scene-stealer and gay icon is back! She talks about her triumph over sexism, shame and self-doubt

The Guardian - UK

Mayor Lightfoot should make her case to the Bears — but keep taxpayers’ money out of it

Chicagoans should not be put on the hook to keep a $4 billion sports franchise from skipping town.

Chicago Sun-Times

Following Patrick Daley Thompson’s conviction, pressure mounts for Mayor Lori Lightfoot to appoint an Asian American to replace him on City Council

CHICAGO — Leaders in Chicago’s Chinatown and beyond clamored Tuesday for Mayor Lori Lightfoot to appoint an Asian-American successor to 11th Ward Ald. Patrick Daley Thompson, whose federal tax fraud conviction this week could pave the way for the Near South Side enclave to have its first City Hall representative…

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Chicago’s mask mandate could end when the state drops its rule on Feb. 28, top doctor says

CHICAGO — Chicago’s public health Commissioner Dr. Allison Arwady suggested Tuesday that the end of the city’s indoor mask mandate could align with the lifting of Illinois’ requirement on Feb. 28 after all, even if the city’s COVID-19 metrics haven’t been at a lower level for long enough.

Chicago Sun-Times

City’s top doctor ‘very optimistic’ — but not committed — to lifting Chicago’s mask mandate along with state on Feb. 28

Chicago Public Health Commissioner Dr. Allison Arwady said city officials are following the same metrics they have been throughout the pandemic, but they might ease up a bit to avoid creating confusion when Illinois’ mask mandate ends Feb. 28.

The Times of India

Rajkot woman who suffered stroke on flight to US walks again

MUMBAI: The Rajkot resident, who suffered a brain stroke on board an Air India flight from Delhi to Chicago last November and had to spend close to two months in Stockholm where the pilots diverted to, is doing well now and has even started walking.

Chicago Sun-Times

Patrick Daley Thompson is 37th City Council member convicted in nearly half a century

That averages out to one council member convicted every 16 months. Burke is the first since former Ald. Patrick Daley Thompson less than two years ago.

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Afternoon Edition: Feb. 15, 2022

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

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Chicago fishing, Midwest Fishing Report: Ice fishing, NAIFC visits Channel/Catherine, a few Indiana coho

Ice fishing goes on around Chicago and leads this sprawling raw-file Midwest Fishing Report; plus the North American Ice Fishing Circuit visits Channel and Catherine lakes on Sunday and there’s a few coho reported in Indiana.

Benzinga

What's Going On With AMC Entertainment Shares Today?

AMC Entertainment Holdings Inc (NYSE: AMC) shares are trading higher by 7.4% at $19.06 Tuesday afternoon. The company earlier announced it has reached a lease agreement with GW Properties to acquire and open AMC Evanston 12 in the Chicago area.

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The best bourbon barrel-aged beers

Here are our favorite picks of these elusive, limited-release, highly sought-after brews

Chicago Sun-Times

Chicago man admits inciting city rioting in August 2020

Two people were shot and 13 police officers were injured amid the August 2020 rioting that led to standoffs with police and left heaps of shattered glass and empty storefronts from the South Loop to Lincoln Park.

Chicago Tribune

Sound engineer Mike King, dead at 85, was there for radio’s glory days, including the glorious ‘Chickenman’

CHICAGO — Many years ago, sitting in his office high atop the Wrigley Building, Mike King was telling me about the many people he had worked with in his long career as a sound engineer — a star-studded crowd that included Jonathan Winters, Burgess Meredith, Bob Newhart, Ellen Barkin, Dionne…

Chicago Sun-Times

A look at the Chicago homes where Black history-makers lived

From Gwendolyn Brooks to Nat "King" Cole, iconic Black figures have called Chicago home. Here’s where to find some of the places these legendary musicians, writers and activists lived.

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