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After Dr. George Chronis was found dead in a fire in 2018 at his hunting getaway ranch in rural Texas, authorities said the Palos Park physician died accidentally. Then, his widow authorized a new autopsy in Illinois last year.

“To get a player like Sika off waivers I felt like it’s going to prove to be a good piece for us in the not-so-distant future,” coach/GM James Wade said.

Rick Lomas, a British citizen who moved with his wife to Logan Square years ago, was working to get his U.S. citizenship. He was struck May 7 and died three days later.

Today’s update is about an eight-minute read that will brief you on the day’s biggest stories.

“Mayor Lightfoot, in her final days, really worked to harm this incoming administration. It’s sad. It’s unfortunate. But we now have to come together as a city and clean up the mess that she left us,” Carlos Ramirez-Rosa, the mayor’s City Council floor leader, told the Sun-Times.

I’ve been riding the CTA since my mother was pregnant with me, Natalie Moore writes. I don’t mind the peddling, whether it’s music, socks or incense sticks. But when safety and cleanliness become problems, change must be afoot.

The agreement between Chicago Public Media, the paper’s owner, and the Chicago News Guild provides for raises and improvements in company benefits.

The Cubs recalled Jeremiah Estrada and selected right-hander Nick Burdi from Triple-A Iowa.

It’s now up to the Illinois Gaming Board to get to the bottom of why Jeffrey Bertucci got a gaming license, since his sketchy past was no secret.

New members said they were moved by Mayor Brandon Johnson’s inaugural address and caught up in the excitement of taking the oath of office. “It’s a new day in the city of Chicago,” said freshman Ald. Lamont Robinson (4th).

What’s going on at St. Rita? How did a burgeoning program with what appeared to be an unlimited ceiling at the high school level dissolve overnight?