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When your kids love ‘Mars Attacks!’ Chicago tattoo shop owner figured you need a mural with aliens

Created by two CAB graffiti crew members, the characters were inspired by the 1996 sci-fi comedy.

Chicago Sun-Times · Jun 16, 2023

‘Prairie Boat’ highlights attention to work at Beaubien Woods

“Prairie Boat,” a new gathering space at Beaubien Woods, highlights changes and updates at the often neglected site on the Southeast Side.

Chicago Sun-Times · Jun 16, 2023

Inside John Deere Harvester Works: Think your iPhone is cutting-edge? Try driving an X9 combine.

A farmer sitting atop a combine today might be making calls and checking the “likes” on his latest #FarmTok post while the combine drives itself. And more we learned touring the farming equipment giant’s East Moline plant.

Chicago Sun-Times · Jun 16, 2023

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How guaranteed-income programs helped these Chicago-area residents

Four people who have received $500 monthly over the last year — no strings attached — talk about how they used the additional cash.

Chicago Sun-Times · Jun 16, 2023

Tracy Baim: Finding my niche early in the gay press

By 1984, after graduating with a journalism degree — and being a very out lesbian — I knew mainstream newsrooms were not for me. I was not going back into the closet for my career.

Chicago Sun-Times · Jun 16, 2023

Are guaranteed-income programs working?

Thousands of Chicago and Cook County residents got $500 a month the past year. They say the money provided a cushion but wasn’t enough to help them get ahead.

Chicago Sun-Times · Jun 16, 2023

In Woodlawn, Naomi Davis planted a seed that now will help find green solutions to help Black communities

Her Blacks in Green organization is getting $10 million from the Biden administration to help build on her efforts and expand them across the Midwest.

Chicago Sun-Times · Jun 16, 2023

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How Chicago LGBTQ+ and straight media trailblazers paved the way for this column

A journalist’s coming-out story in the 1970s. Straight reporters taking on the gay beat. Where are we now?

Chicago Sun-Times · Jun 16, 2023

Businessman James Weiss guilty of bribing 2 Illinois lawmakers

The verdict is the second in less than two months to address separate bribery schemes inside the Illinois Capitol. Weiss is a son-in-law of former Cook County Assessor Joseph Berrios.

Chicago Sun-Times · Jun 15, 2023

Roseland’s Michigan Avenue is poised for potential revival

Designs for three redevelopment projects on the beleaguered shopping strip, known as ‘The Avenue’ among locals, are due next month. It’s a crucial step forward for another area of the city that has declined significantly since its prime.

Chicago Sun-Times · Jun 15, 2023

Black Wall Street pop-up market symbolizing broader changes coming to West Side reopens this weekend

The market was started by Lavern Herron in 2021 in the wake of the pandemic and reckoning with the death of George Floyd. Three years on, it’s flourishing. Shoppers can find a range of local vendors, plus food and live music.

Chicago Sun-Times · Jun 15, 2023

Bears’ Teven Jenkins in a comfort zone at left guard

The 2021 second-round draft pick is making yet another transition after starting 11 games at right guard last season. But he’s happy to be in one spot. “It lets me actually get good at my craft,” he said.

Chicago Sun-Times · Jun 14, 2023

NASCAR Street Race: CPD officers must work overtime for traffic control

With crowds expected to flock to the lakefront for the Fourth of July races, CPD says off-duty officers and those from other districts will be deployed to direct traffic downtown.

Chicago Sun-Times · Jun 14, 2023

New Divvy scooters have phone chargers, blinkers and an AI-powered sidewalk-detecting camera

The scooters also have a 50-mile battery range, dual hand brakes and a shock-absorbing suspension. Five hundred of the newest scooters will hit Divvy docking stations by the end of June.

Chicago Sun-Times · Jun 14, 2023

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Chicago Sun-Times · Jun 14, 2023

Make catalytic converters less of a ‘hot’ commodity by tackling thefts nationally

Illinois and others states have taken steps to stop thefts that are on the rise in Chicago and elsewhere. But without national action, theft crews won’t be deterred from selling their stolen goods across state lines without much scrutiny.

Chicago Sun-Times · Jun 14, 2023

Cubs celebrate pride night with special market outside Wrigley Field: ‘I feel good being in this place right now’

Sixteen LGBTQ+ owned and friendly businesses selling baked goods, clothing, candles, scents and jewelry set up booths in Gallagher Way before the Pirates game.

Chicago Sun-Times · Jun 14, 2023

Mayor Johnson paints himself into a corner by handing teachers paid parental leave

Now the Fraternal Order of Police — no surprise — wants the same benefit without bargaining. And Johnson gave Chicagoans another reason to think he’ll put his former CTU colleagues first by rubber-stamping whatever the teachers union wants.

Chicago Sun-Times · Jun 13, 2023

After days of delays, city moves migrant families from North Side to Daley College

Mayor Brandon Johnson’s chief of staff said families with children needed to move to Daley College so the High Ridge YMCA could be used only for single men, who make up the majority of the 500 or so people still sleeping in Chicago police stations.

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Chicago Sun-Times · Jun 13, 2023

Drivers, start your merging: NASCAR lane closures on DuSable Lake Shore Drive, from North Avenue to 47th Street

With less than three weeks to go before the big event, Chicago transportation officials say drivers will deal with merging lanes on 8 miles of DuSable Lake Shore Drive, between North Avenue and 47th Street.

Chicago Sun-Times · Jun 13, 2023

Residents want large festivals out of Douglass Park, say they pose a danger to patients at nearby hospitals

Riot Fest, a showcase of alternative music, draws tens of thousands of fans. But community activists and health workers say concerts at the park disturb patients at nearby hospitals and tie-up a vital community resource for days.

Chicago Sun-Times · Jun 12, 2023

Planned Parenthood of Illinois reports spike in abortion patients since Roe v. Wade overturned

Patients seeking both medication and procedure abortions rose 54% in the last year, and those needing financial and travel help more than doubled.

Chicago Sun-Times · Jun 12, 2023

Rookie catcher Miguel Amaya garnering praise from pitchers, focussed on growth

Catching Kyle Hendricks as he took a no-hitter into the eighth inning was a valuable experience for Amaya.

Chicago Sun-Times · Jun 12, 2023

Johnson tells CFD grads he’s ‘committed to investing in the work that you do’

In his first firefighter graduation ceremony as mayor, Brandon Johnson told the graduates that leaders in “my administration are also here to support you and to lift you up in your service.”

Chicago Sun-Times · Jun 12, 2023

Hear My Story: An Evening with Chicago Drag Performers

Sun-Times columnist and host Ismael Perez was joined by drag performers Jakki Love, Starr Stallion and Allegra Dee Love for this family-friendly storytelling experience.

Chicago Sun-Times · Jun 12, 2023

Chicago counterfeiter-turned-painter still finds money much to his liking

Arthur J. Williams spent 12 years in prison, where he learned to paint — and now he’s a successful artist in Chicago whose work on canvas features all things currency.

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