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Chicago’s best Halloween decorations: Homes and yards get spooky with ghosts, ghouls and more

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Babe’s record-book buck, bounding cemetery buck, fish habitats for the Slough and timberdoodles

A bounding spike at a North Side cemetery, a question on timberdoodles, Babe Ruth’s record-book buck and building fish habitats at Willow Slough are among the notes from around Chicago outdoors and beyond.

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Picture Chicago: The Sun-Times’ best unseen photos of the week

The Field Museum’s newest exhibit, a star turn from Lizzo at the United Center and more in our favorite photos from the last week in Chicago.

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West Ridge residents unnerved after third fatal shooting in less than a week: ‘We need more security’

Zehra Parnaby, who is in her 80s, lives steps from where two people were shot, one fatally, in the North Side neighborhood, where homicides are up by 80% this year.

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Man shot to death after argument on North Side

The 18-year-old was shot in the chest in a domestic dispute in the 5600 block of North Saint Louis Avenue, police said.

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Rising Amundsen dominates Sullivan, aims for another state playoff berth

Amundsen is on the rise. That’s the consensus around the city. The North Side school was overshadowed academically and athletically by several rivals over the past couple of decades but that is changing.

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Zoning change? Lightfoot taps zoning appeals board chair Knudsen to replace retired Ald. Smith in 43rd Ward

The appointment is expected to give Knudsen a running start in next year’s aldermanic elections in the affluent North Side ward, which typically sees heavily contested races. The nomination goes before the City Council Rules Committee Tuesday and the full Council Wednesday.

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Security detail for Harvey mayor opens fire while responding to possible robbery on North Side.

It was unknown whether anyone was struck by gunfire.

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Heavy rains, overwhelmed sewers, flooded basements are another Chicago tradition: ‘Not again’

Chicago Office of Emergency Management reports that as of Monday morning there were 1,485 service requests related to Sunday’s flooding. Seven viaducts were reported flooded, with 1,177 reports of water in basements.

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Chicago hit with most severe flooding in over 2 years: ‘It was just pouring down’

The North Side was slammed particularly hard, with some portions recording up to 5 inches of rainfall, according to the National Weather Service.

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1 killed, 8 wounded — including 15-year-old girl — in shootings in Chicago Monday

The fatal attack occurred in Sheridan Park on the North Side when a man, 30, was shot in the 4600 block of North Dover Street.

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Why aren’t more Chicago parents going for free universal preschool?

CPS is offering universal pre-K for 4-year-olds in most of the city, but WBEZ found that thousands of seats are unfilled — mostly in schools serving high numbers of low-income families with large majorities of Black or Latino children.

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Eight brides in one family have worn a Marshall Field’s wedding gown purchased in 1950: ‘it’s a lucky dress’

CHICAGO -- When Serena Stoneberg walked down the aisle of a North Side church this month, her wedding continued a family tradition that spanned seven previous brides across three generations and multiple Chicago neighborhoods and suburbs.

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Person fatally struck by CTA Brown Line train on North Side; conductor hospitalized

The male was standing on the platform about 4:35 p.m. near the 2900 block of West Leland Avenue when he fell into the tracks and was hit by a train, Chicago police said.

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In a win for endangered piping plovers like Chicago’s Monty and Rose, the Great Lakes has record breeding season

CHICAGO — Monty and Rose, who achieved local fame in 2019 as the first federally endangered piping plovers to raise a family in Chicago in almost 60 years, are gone from the North Side beach where they spent three summers.

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CTA funding plan for $3.6 billon Red Line extension uses almost $1 billion in property taxes

To extend the Red Line to 130th Street, the CTA hopes to land a $2.16 billion federal grant and must come up with $1.44 billion to match it. To do that, it plans to raise $950 million through a special tax district for transit projects.

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Chicago outdoors: Scofflaw bluebird, young angler exhausted, biggest black bear, E. Peoria/Chicago

A photo of a scofflaw bluebird on the North Side, a young angler exhausted catching, the world record black bear, and a discussion on East Peoria/Chicago and the Izaak Walton League of America are among the notes from around Chicago outdoor and beyond.

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Man wanted for sexually assaulting girl in Green Briar Park on North Side

He approached the girl on July 19, pulled her into a portable toilet stall and assaulted her, police said.

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Wives of twins who helped bring down ‘El Chapo’ find themselves in spotlight, claiming they have immunity from federal hammer

CHICAGO — On a winter evening a little over a decade ago, as their husbands were busy cooperating against the most wanted cartel boss in the world, Valerie Gaytan and Vivianna Lopez were driving around Chicago’s North Side with more than $4 million in cash in their SUV.

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5 charged in violent robbery on Red Line

The victim stabbed two of the assailants and was eventually able to jump from a train car to safety, prosecutors said Sunday. He suffered a fractured face and a stab wound to his shoulder.

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Death of person found in North Side alley ruled homicide

Chicago police said a female was found unresponsive in an alley about 6:30 a.m. and pronounced dead at the scene.

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Teen charged with robbing 5 North Side businesses

The robberies allegedly happened in one hour Wednesday morning.

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Archdiocese of Chicago criticizes North Side state senator over Roe v. Wade post

The image posted to Facebook by state Sen. Sara Feigenholtz sparked criticism from religious leaders, including the archdiocese, which labeled it “bigoted imagery.”

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2 arrested after crashing into fire hydrant following armed carjacking on North Side

A ride-share driver was sitting in his Hyundai sedan in the 1400 block of West Foster Avenue when two 18-year-old men forced him out of the car at gunpoint.

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Chicago outdoors: Hawk chick, walleye/bait color, leucistic robin, Recovering America’s Wildlife Act

A photo of a red-tailed hawk chick on Chicago’s North Side, a question of walleye and bait color, a leucistic robin in the southwest suburbs, and passage of Recovering America’s Wildlife Act in the House are among the notes from around Chicago outdoors and beyond.

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