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Who Is Mello Buckzz, The Chicago Drill Rapper At The Center Of River North Mass Shooting?
Block Club Chicago - Illinois
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July 3, 2025
RIVER NORTH — Emerging Chicago rapper Mello Buckzz was celebrating the release of her mixtape Wednesday night in River North when a drive-by shooting left four people, including her boyfriend and best friend, dead and 14 injured. Mello Buckzz,...
A Guide To Chicago’s 27 Beaches: Concessions, Where To Park And More
Block Club Chicago - Illinois
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July 3, 2025
CHICAGO — Chicagoans trudge through winter one slushy shoeprint at a time, biding their time until the few hours of sunlight expand into warm, green Midwestern tropics. And when that time comes, there’s only one thing to do: go to the beach....
Chicago’s Water Runs Through Lead Pipes. Why Are They Taking Decades to Replace?
Truthout
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June 28, 2025
Support justice-driven, accurate and transparent news — make a quick donation to Truthout today! This story was originally published by Grist. Sign up for Grist’s weekly newsletter here. Growing up in Chicago, Chakena D. Perry knew not to trust...
Morgan AH Medical Unveils Patented Rolling Expandable Bathtub At Abilities Expo Chicago - Hailed As A Game Changer For Accessible Bathing
MENAFN
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July 3, 2025
(MENAFN- Newsfile Corp) Chicago, Illinois--(Newsfile Corp. - July 3, 2025) - Morgan AH Medical made headlines at this year's Abilities Expo Chicago (June 20-22, 2025) with the debut of its revolutionary Rolling Expandable Bathtub, a breakthrough...
A message from TCR’s team: The Chicago Reporter Launches Inaugural Internship Program
The Chicago Reporter
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July 3, 2025
This June, The Chicago Reporter introduced a new college credit practicum to train early-career journalists to investigate community issues affecting Chicagoans. Northwestern University Medill graduate student Sara Cooper has been selected as the...
Wirepoints: Illinois losing its youth in 'very dangerous' trend
Chicago City Wire - Illinois
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July 3, 2025
High taxes and crime have been driving Illinois residents, especially in Chicago, to move out of state. Now a Wirepoints study shows that Illinois is losing young people faster than any other state. Overall, the state’s population loss since 2020...
‘Never seen anything quite like this’: Chicago pastor shaken after visit to mass shooting scene where 4 were killed
The Independent
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July 3, 2025
Your support helps us to tell the story From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or producing our...
Chicago’s lead pipe replacement plan defies federal deadlines and leaves health risks in place
Environmental Health News
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June 27, 2025
Chicago plans to replace its 400,000 lead service lines on a timeline that lags far behind federal regulations, raising public health concerns as exposure to the toxic metal continues. Keerti Gopal and Juanpablo Ramirez-Franco report for Inside...
Greg Obis, new owner of Chicago Mastering Service
Chicago Reader - Illinois
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July 3, 2025
Greg Obis at Chicago Mastering Service Credit: Greg Obis This month Greg Obis formally becomes the sole owner of Chicago Mastering Service (CMS), founded in 2007 by Bob Weston and Jason Ward. Weston, best known as the bassist in Shellac, moved to...
USL Super League’s Lexington SC announces Masaki Hemmi as the club’s new Head Coach following his departure from NWSL’s Chicago Stars
All For XI
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July 3, 2025
Lexington SC has officially announced Masaki Hemmi as the new head coach of the club’s USL Super League team. Hemmi joins the club after a brief period as interim head coach of NWSL’s Chicago Stars FC, following the departure of Head Coach Lorne...
How To Have The Perfect Beach Day In Chicago
Block Club Chicago - Illinois
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July 3, 2025
Story: Alec Karam | Photos: Colin Boyle CHICAGO — The water is warm, the sun is out and the sand is golden. It’s time to head to Chicago’s lakefront. But what should you bring? If you want to play volleyball, where should you go? And what are the...
Cooking Through The Climate Crisis: Book Review of C. Pam Zhang’s Land of Milk and Honey
The Geek Anthropologist
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July 3, 2025
By David Sutton A number of scholars in Anthropology and related disciplines have posed the question “What is the Future of Food?” in our times of polycrisis and a seemingly broken food system (see for example, Sophia Roosth’s (2013) discussion of...
Chicago environmental justice group calls for transition to electric trucks
Yale Climate Connections - Connecticut
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June 17, 2025
Transcript: Every day, thousands of diesel trucks drive through Little Village and other Latino neighborhoods in southwest Chicago, and the pollution they emit can worsen asthma and other ailments. Minuche: “We’ve seen through conversations with...
Illinois Must Protect the Great Lakes From Invasive Carp. A Toxic Mess Stands in the Way.
The Good Men Project - California
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June 28, 2025
By Juanpablo Ramirez-Franco, Grist “This story was originally published by Grist. Sign up for Grist’s weekly newsletter here.” Last week, Illinois officials took possession of a 50-acre stretch of riverbed in Chicago’s shipping channel in a...
‘Undervalued and Overworked’: How Young Chicago Artists Make A Living Without a Living Wage
South Side Weekly - Illinois
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July 3, 2025
This article was published with City Bureau, a nonprofit journalism lab reimagining local news. Support City Bureau’s Civic Reporting fellowship by becoming a recurring donor. Rakya Graham, 23, is a painter and poet studying art at Harold...
Chicago launches 2026 budget engagement roundtables amid $1 billion shortfall
Chicago City Wire - Illinois
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June 27, 2025
Mayor Brandon Johnson, in collaboration with the Mayor’s Office of Community Engagement and the Office of Budget and Management, has announced the launch of Chicago's 2026 Budget Engagement Roundtable events. These events are designed to...
COINTELPRO Operations Helped Create Today’s Dystopian Political Environment
CovertAction Magazine
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July 3, 2025
Security camera of Donald DeFreeze and Patty Hearst robbing Hibernia Bank in San Francisco in April 1974. DeFreeze was head of the CIA-created Symbionese Liberation Army (SLA) which kidnapped Hearst and brainwashed her into supporting the group’s...
Chicago Public Schools Budget Deficit Rises To $734 Million, Interim CEO Says
Block Club Chicago - Illinois
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June 27, 2025
This story was originally published by Chalkbeat. Sign up for Chalkbeat Chicago’s free daily newsletter to keep up with the latest news on Chicago Public Schools. CHICAGO — Chicago Public Schools must close a $734 million gap in its budget,...
Chicago Fire Fans Fed Up With Monterrey Security After Guard Hog-Ties Fan
Block Club Chicago - Illinois
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June 27, 2025
SOUTH LOOP — Chicago Fire management are meeting Friday with a fan who was seen on video being hog-tied and dragged out of Soldier Field by Monterrey Security guards this week. Other longtime fans say the incident is the latest in a pattern of...
Illinois adds more licenses to new online system
Prairie State Wire - Illinois
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June 27, 2025
Mario Treto, Jr. Secretary at Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation | Twitter WebsiteMario Treto, Jr. Secretary at Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation | Twitter Website The Illinois Department of...