🌱 Jerry Springer Dies In Chicago + Chicago Teen Wins NJ Grand Prize

Hey, Chicago! I'm here in your inbox per usual to tell you everything you need to know about what's going on in town.

But first, today's weather:

Mostly cloudy and cooler. High: 53 Low: 44.

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Here are the top three stories in Chicago today:

1. Host of the famous "Jerry Springer Show" Gerald Norman Springer has passed away at 79 years old in his Chicago area home. Springer was known for many different things, from his famous long-running talk show that ran from 1991 to 2018 to his stint as the Cincinnati mayor. Springer spent a lot of his career working in Chicago, coming in 1997 and filming his show in the NBC Tower for 12 years before leaving for Connecticut in 2009. It was announced that the cause of Springer's death was his battle with pancreatic cancer. (NBC Chicago)
2. Chicago teenager Nikita Agrawal was one of five grand prize winners this week at Prudential Financial's Emerging Visionaries four-day summit that was held at Prudential's Newark headquarters. The co-founder and president of "FinPro World", Agrawal uses her programming knowledge to assist those around her in building financial wellness and resilience. FinPro World is a 10-week series that promotes financial literacy for middle and high schoolers by teaching computer skills and financial concepts that can be applied through coding. In addition to being named a grand prize winner, Agrawal was awarded $15,000 for funding. (PR Newswire)
3. Michael Jermaine Hambrick, of Chicago, was sentenced on Tuesday to 92 months in federal prison as well as three years of supervised release following his release. Hambrick was identified in October 2020 after law enforcement was called to respond to an incident in Davenport because of a burglary and domestic assault. Hambrick broke into the home of his previous significant other and stole her firearm and ammunition, he later returned to the home and struck the woman with the weapon, and fled the scene. He dropped a magazine in the home and officers used the fingerprints to later locate the suspect's vehicle which had a second magazine in the car. (Department of Justice)

Today in Chicago:

• Young At Heart: Blackout Poetry Take And Make Kits At Harold Washington Library Center (9:00 AM - 3:00 PM)
• The Summer Set At House Of Blues Chicago (5:30 PM)
• Blue Man Group At Briar Street Theatre (7:00 PM)

From my notebook:

• This week the district had Preschool Week open houses which allowed families to connect with Chicago Public Schools like Wendell Smith Elementary to better understand program options within the school. Families were able to visit the schools as well as get application support for applying to the future schools of their children. (Chicago Public Schools via Instagram)
• Chicago's Museum of Contemporary Art was included by PureWow as one of the best galleries in Chicago. The museum is honored to be a part of such a great list and encourages all interested to plan a visit not just here but to the other museums and galleries on the list as well. (Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago via Facebook)
• The Chicago Park District wants to thank Garfield Park's very own Theo Davis for being the winner of this edition of the Chicago Golden Gloves tournament for his weight class. Davis was the silver medalist of the 2022 USA Boxing National Championship and is a 2024 Paris Summer Olympics hopeful. (Chicago Park District via Facebook)

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Thanks for following along and staying informed. See you all tomorrow for another update!

— Kaytlyn Mroz

About me: Kaytlyn Mroz is a copywriter at Lightning Media Partners – a content creation agency. She is a Rowan University graduate where she earned a bachelor's degree in journalism and a master's degree in writing. Outside of work, Kaytlyn is a dog mom to a boglen terrier named Finn and a golden retriever named Willow.