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If you're looking for love on Valentine's Day, don't sleep on Al Capone's suburban stomping grounds, according to a "new report" that popped in my email inbox.

Cicero is getting national attention after being named one of the best suburbs in the U.S. for singles, a public relations spokeswoman said in a spammy note.

So, I called Cicero's formerly incarcerated town president, Betty Loren-Maltese, who happens to be single, to get her take on the news.

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She offered a warning to love seekers: Don't go "walking the streets of Cicero looking for a date."

KONKOL COLUMN: Looking For Love? Cicero, Of All Places, A Top 'Burb For Singles

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  • OK, everybody, "dibs" ends Friday, City Hall has no-so-subtly hinted. That's when Streets and Sanitation workers have been told to start picking up parking-space saving junk blocking the public way. Fair warning: take the junk you want to keep inside before it's too late. (Patch)
  • Mayor Lori Lightfoot is preparing for city life without Bears games on Sunday at Soldier Field. On Tuesday, she announced the formation of a working group tasked with re-imagining the city's museum campus, and the historic stadium's place in it. (Patch)
  • It's true. Wilco is "touring" to break your heart. Chicago singer-songwriter Jeff Tweedy and the band announced concerts celebrating the 20th anniversary of "Yankee Hotel Foxtrot" are set for April here and in New York City. (SPIN)
  • Chicago pound puppy "Emmylou" is ready to rumble — at Puppy Bowl XVIII, brought to you by Animal Planet and Discovery+ on Sunday. The cuddly, 8-month-old, Australian cattle dog-Chihuahua mix, hails from The Anti-Cruelty Society. (Patch)

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About me: Mark Konkol, recipient of the 2011 Pulitzer Prize for local reporting, wrote and produced the Peabody Award-winning series "Time: The Kalief Browder Story." He was a producer, writer and narrator for the "Chicagoland" docuseries on CNN and a consulting producer on the Showtime documentary "16 Shots."

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