New Bears GM / Trooper Murder-Suicide / Parking Scam / RIP Nancy

Someone snapped a video of Bears chairman George McCaskey picking up Kansas City Chiefs' director of player personnel Ryan Poles from O'Hare Airport Monday night.

On Tuesday, ESPN reported the team inked a deal to make Poles the Bears' new general manager.

JEFF ARNOLD ON SPORTS: Chicago Bears To Hire Ryan Poles As General Manager: Report

Frigid. High: 11 Low: 8.

• Illinois State Trooper Antonio Alvarez fatally shot himself. His body was found in a parked car along with the body of his estranged wife, 31-year-old school teacher Amanda Alvarez, who was shot and killed in what the Cook County Medical Examiner's office classified as a homicide. (Patch)
• Is dangerous lead lurking in the soil surrounding your home? A new study found the stuff of mud pies and garden plots in Chicago can be a source of lead where children live and play. (Science Daily)
• Conmen have been ripping off fans outside Chicago sports venues for years. They pose as parking attendants, lure drivers, take their cash and guide them into illegal parking spots. Now, the White Sox are planning to do something about it. (CBS2)
• The namesake of Nancy's Pizza, Annunziata "Nancy" Scarano Palese has died. Her husband, the late Rocco Palese, who invented stuffed pizza, named his famed parlor after his wife. They were Chicago pizza royalty. She was 87. (Eater)

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