Gold Coast Coke Bust/ Konkol Column/ 'Bro Man' Guilty/ Bears Lose

If you've never lived in a neglected part of Chicago, you might not understand why dozens of people showed up in Pullman Monday to celebrate about grand opening of a Wisconsin-based, fast-casual burger joint.

But my neighbors and me, know.

Thanks to Culver's, we no longer have to endure living in a neighborhood sans sprinkles.

KONKOL COLUMN: Culver's Opens As New Kind Of Landmark Welcoming Folks To Pullman

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Clouds, late rain. High: 55 Low: 47.

• The Bears mauled themselves with stupid penalties in a 29-27 loss to the Steelers. (CBS Sports)
• A federal jury convicted "Bro Man" — Labar Spann, that is. The notorious leader of a Four Corner Hustler street gang faction called “The Outlaws” faces a life sentence. (WGN)
• A Chicago-based security firm with Lollapalooza crowd-control credentials finds itself in the spotlight of investigators probing the Astroworld concert tragedy. Hector Garcia's company, Valle Services, had a contract to provide security officers at the Houston music festival where eight people died and dozens were injured. (ABC7)
• The feds confiscated more than 220 pounds of cocaine in neighborhoods where folks can afford it. Authorities snagged about 176 pounds of coke in River North, and about 44 pounds in a Gold Coast hotel room. (Fox32)
• Eat cookies every day! If that's your mantra, follow Eater's map to find some of Chicago's tastiest treats, including where to find the "elusive potato chip" cookie. Hint: It's in South Shore. (Eater)
• Drowning in debt: Chicago homeowners have racked up over $421 million dollars in water debt. More than 60% of past-due water bills are concentrated in the city’s majority Black ZIP codes. (WBEZ)

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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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