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Son of former mayor joins growing field to unseat Lori Lightfoot

Ald. Roderick Sawyer’s father, Eugene Sawyer, was mayor in the late 1980s. Roderick Sawyer chairs the City Council’s Committee on Health and Human Relations and is a former chair of the council’s Black Caucus. He’s the fifth candidate seeking to deny Mayor Lori Lightfoot a second term.

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Legendary City News Bureau editor Paul Zimbrakos dies at 86

He trained generations of journalists at the “boot camp” for reporters.

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Lincoln Park H.S. student threatened to shoot a teacher, but CPS declined to press charges, police say

CPS officials said an investigation determined there was “no safety threat” and police said the student was allowed to remain at the school.

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Republican Irvin vows to take the ‘handcuffs off the police’ by repealing law that Democrats insist he supported

The Aurora mayor vowed to repeal “anti-police pro-criminal policies” in a bill that Pritzker signed into law last year. Pritzker’s campaign says a letter that Irvin sent to one of the sponsors shows he actually supported the criminal justice reforms — but Irvin’s campaign says he was just “being…

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West Side students march for peace: ‘Put down the guns’

The peace march comes just days after five people were seriously wounded in a shootout in front of the West Garfield Park elementary school.

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General Iron owner says Lightfoot broke rules, politicized permit process

Lawyers in a new filing are seeking emails and other documents as they seek to reverse the city decision to deny the metal shredder’s permit.

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State child welfare agency suspends 2 workers in death of 8-year-old girl

The employees of the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services are suspended while it investigates their handling of the murder of Amaria Osby, who was killed last week in Uptown, allegedly by her mother.

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Far South Side organizer appointed to Chicago school board

Mayor Lori Lightfoot picked Joyce Chapman, who founded the Pullman Community Development Corporation and is the chair of the Far South Side Community Action Council, to fill a seat that had been empty for nearly a year.

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Afternoon Edition: June 1, 2022

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

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Hairspray, Cinderella dresses and sleepless nights of anticipation mark prom at CPS special needs high school

“This is the motivator for positive behavior for the whole year so students can get to prom,” Northside Learning Center High School Assistant Principal Elizabeth Mourtokokis said.

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Calling Chicago a ‘city in crisis,’ Vallas reprises campaign for mayor

“I’ll tell you who my constituency is. It’s anyone who feels that the city is becoming increasingly unsafe and wants to ensure that, wherever you live, you’re safe and secure,” former CPS CEO Paul Vallas told the Sun-Times in announcing his second run for mayor.

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Statue honoring victims of Our Lady of the Angels fire returns to site of blaze

The Blessed Mother statue was displayed at the Church of the Holy Family, 1080 W. Roosevelt Rd., since 1999. It was moved there after Our Lady of the Angels Parish School closed in 1999.

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Lightfoot, top cop praise police efforts after most violent Memorial Day in 5 years

Two years after Mayor Lightfoot slammed Supt. David Brown for a Memorial Day weekend “bloodbath,” her office struck a different tone — even though more people were shot this year.

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Cause of death released for beloved piping plover Monty

A necropsy revealed that Monty died from “a severe fungal respiratory infection, including laryngitis which restricted his airway,” according to a Tuesday statement from the Lincoln Park Zoo.

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What are offices for?

The traditional parental visit to a child’s new job underscores vanishing office life.

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Irvin, Bailey to square off on TV in first debate with all six Republican candidates

The debate Thursday evening will be the first chance for voters to see the apparent frontrunners, Aurora Mayor Richard Irvin and state Sen. Darren Bailey, R-Xenia, go head-to-head.

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Once pegged Sky’s franchise player, Diamond DeShields returns to town with Mercury

Through eight games, DeShields is the Mercury’s second-leading scorer behind Skylar Diggins-Smith, averaging 16.4 points while playing 30 minutes a game.

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Tucked inside Fine Arts Building on South Michigan Avenue, a 125-year-old theater is reborn

Workers are putting finishing touches on a multimillion-dollar renovation of the historic Studebaker Theater.

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Longtime Sun-Times library assistant Zigis “Ziggy” Ulmanis dies at 83

A refugee from Latvia, he had respect for reporters and editors.

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‘Walking Man’ was burned alive for 3 minutes. Attacker offers no motive other than he’s an ‘angry person,’ prosecutors say

Detectives used surveillance video to track the suspected attacker from downtown Chicago to Melrose Park. A police officer who knew him since childhood alerted authorities after he saw a public bulletin.

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Conservationists hopeful historic limestone wall at Promontory Point will be preserved

The Promontory Point Conservancy announced last week that U.S. Rep. Robin Kelly earmarked $550,000 of federal funding to authorize a third-party engineering study of the Point’s limestone revetment.

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Illinois collects data about who gets abortions but keeps race, ethnicity hidden

The data that could help illuminate disparities has never been public here. After a WBEZ inquiry, the state is evaluating whether that should change.

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Sueños Music Festival 2022 reviews, Day 2: Sech, Jhay Cortez, Wisin y Yandel, J. Balvin

The second day of the first-ever reggaetón festival in Grant Park drew tens of thousands of fans.

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SWAT team arrests man after 4 shot, 1 fatally, at West Humboldt Park home

“It’s usually peaceful and quiet here,” Stephanie Franco, 23, said, adding that she has a 3-month-old boy in the home. “This is scary.”

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Suenos Music Festival 2022: PHOTO GALLERY

The first-ever Latin reggaeton music festival in Grant Park brought thousands of fans to Grant Park over the Memorial Day weekend.

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