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Parking tickets surge by 25.7%

Booting, however, is headed in the opposite direction. It’s down 12.6% — from 27,656 of the wheel-locking devices applied through June 30 of 2021 to just 24,158 vehicles booted during the same period this year.

Chicago Sun-Times · Oct 6, 2022

First day of City Council budget hearings: CPD hiring, mayor’s staff under scrutiny

The lines of questioning from alderpersons include the size of Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s office (too big, many said) to what the city is doing to recruit and train enough police officers to keep pace with a record number of retirements.

Chicago Sun-Times · Oct 6, 2022

Quigley visits Ukrainian Village school where one-third of student body fled war in Ukraine

St. Nicholas Cathedral School in Chicago’s Ukrainian Village fields daily inquiries from parents fleeing the European country as Russia continues its invasion of Ukraine, according to school officials.

Chicago Sun-Times · Oct 6, 2022

Preckwinkle offers Cook County budget with no new taxes, but warns of health-care staffing ‘crisis’

Cook County Board President Preckwinkle is offering bold spending plans, armed with roughly $1 billion in federal COVID-19 relief money. But she needs workers to pull these plans off, and faces more than 4,000 vacancies. “We’re working towards a more just, prosperous and equitable future,”…

Chicago Sun-Times · Oct 6, 2022

The Sun-Times’ new chapter: Our digital content is now free for everyone

We’re dropping our paywall and making it free to read the news — but we’re still counting on your support.

Chicago Sun-Times · Oct 6, 2022

Wild about Harry: Harry Styles fans camp out days ahead of United Center show

Groups of friends pitch tents, prepare their showtime outfits for a shot at getting close to the stage for Thursday’s concert— the first of six at the United Center for Harry Styles’ Love on Tour.

Chicago Sun-Times · Oct 6, 2022

Gresham’s Healthy Lifestyle Hub prepares to open

The century-old building, vacant for 25 years, will house a number of businesses and have University of Illinois Health as an anchor tenant.

Chicago Sun-Times · Oct 5, 2022

Man found guilty of killing 6 family members in 2016 Gage Park case

Jurors deliberated more than 10 hours before finding Diego Uribe, 28, guilty on all six counts of first-degree murder.

Chicago Sun-Times · Oct 5, 2022

Week 6 in pictures: 10 standout high school football photos

A look back at 10 outstanding images from Week 6 of the high school football season.

Chicago Sun-Times · Oct 5, 2022

Plenty to like in Lightfoot’s budget, but specter of underfunded pensions isn’t going away

Skeptics say they wouldn’t be surprised to see a vote on the property tax increase resurrected after the Nov. 8 election.

Chicago Sun-Times · Oct 5, 2022