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Lightfoot campaign’s email fail comes to light, ‘South Side’ canceled and more in your Chicago news roundup

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

Chicago Sun-Times · Feb 22, 2023

Bristol council tax and garden waste charge hike confirmed as councillors approve budget

Councillors vote through four changes to City Hall spending plans but reject bus bailout plan

Bristol Post · Feb 22, 2023

Cook County judge names Heather Mack’s cousin guardian of Mack’s child

The future of Mack’s 7-year-old daughter has been up in the air ever since her arrival in the United States. Custody was decided by a bench trial that began in September and ended Tuesday.

Chicago Sun-Times · Feb 21, 2023

Heather Mack was ‘directly involved’ in mother’s murder, should stay in jail: feds

A judge is expected to consider a request to release Heather Mack during a hearing Thursday in Chicago. Mack’s attorneys insist she poses no danger to the community and is not a flight risk.

Chicago Sun-Times · Dec 6, 2022

Heather Mack says she wants Stella back if judge lets her out of jail while awaiting trial

The future of Heather Mack’s daughter has been uncertain since her arrival with Mack in the United States a little more than a year ago. Mack spent seven years in Indonesian custody for helping murder her own mother, Sheila von Wiese-Mack.

Chicago Sun-Times · Nov 29, 2022

Heather Mack seeks release from custody pending summer murder trial

Heather Mack, accused of conspiring to kill her mother, has been in federal custody since November 2021.

Chicago Sun-Times · Nov 21, 2022

Why plans to connect big grocers and small farmers haven’t worked, inflation’s impact on local restaurants and more in your Chicago news roundup

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

Chicago Sun-Times · Nov 18, 2022

Heather Mack’s daughter ordered into custody of her mother’s cousin — after Mack says she should go to grandmother

Estelle Schaefer, 7, has become the subject of a bitter custody battle before Cook County Judge Stephanie Miller.

Chicago Sun-Times · Nov 18, 2022

Marvin Rees's Bristol City Council cabinet branded 'toxic' in row over councillor no-shows

The mayor had criticised opposition members for failing to attend

Bristol Post · Oct 7, 2022

Caretaker for Heather Mack’s daughter says she signed deal for her life story, tried to take it back

Mack’s daughter is at the center of an ongoing bench trial. A bitter custody dispute has swirled around the girl ever since she arrived here with her mother last fall.

Chicago Sun-Times · Oct 4, 2022