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Transforming an abandoned Englewood rail line is important step to reinvigorating the community

A neighborhood that’s been the poster child for urban abandonment, disinvestment is now in line for a project that’ll likely be the talk of the town when it’s done.

Chicago Sun-Times · Aug 20, 2022

All-hands-on-deck time for Bailey if he wants to get his message out

A candidate needs money to put images and zingers in TV ads and to amplify them throughout the online world. Darren Bailey still has no money to do that.

Chicago Sun-Times · Aug 19, 2022

Amid turbulence, Bears’ Teven Jenkins goes ‘all in’ for starting RG spot

Reports of Jenkins’ demise might have been exaggerated. He’s back and highly motivated to win a starting job at a new position.

Chicago Sun-Times · Aug 19, 2022

19 years after accident left him a quadriplegic, Chicagoan completes swim from Alcatraz to San Francisco shore

Rob Heitz’s swim took about 65 minutes Friday.

Chicago Sun-Times · Aug 19, 2022

A Chicago businessman saw some artists painting boarded-up buildings. Here’s what came next.

“So I went up to them and said, ‘This is super-cool. I have a business. I always wanted to have some murals,’ ” David Chaimovitz says. And now he does.

Chicago Sun-Times · Aug 19, 2022

Illinois Senate President Don Harmon, other pols keep taking money from pharma companies implicated in opioid crisis

The Oak Park Democrat continues to accept campaign money from Johnson & Johnson, 1 of 4 companies paying $26 billion to settle suits accusing them of fueling the crisis. He’s not the only Illinois official doing so.

Chicago Sun-Times · Aug 19, 2022

13-year-old girl saved by CPR after being struck by lightning in Garfield Park

“It was only because the patient received high-quality CPR immediately that she survived,” said a trauma physician at Stroger Hospital.

Chicago Sun-Times · Aug 19, 2022

No. 5 Bolingbrook aims to join the area’s elite

“If we had a quarterback last year, we could have won state,” Raiders coach John Ivlow said.

Chicago Sun-Times · Aug 19, 2022

Modernizing CTA will be in vain if rider safety isn’t top priority

Even if Chicagoans want to support and get on board with investing in a better, more environmentally friendly CTA, if they are too scared to use public transit, they won’t.

Chicago Sun-Times · Aug 19, 2022

Roquan Smith stands alone among his teammates

The disgruntled linebacker, who was on the sideline for the game against the Seahawks, is the lone “hold-in” remaining in the NFL after safety Derwin James signed a four-year, $76.4 million contract extension with the Chargers. Will that push the Bears to make a deal? Don’t count on it.

Chicago Sun-Times · Aug 19, 2022