🌱 More Charges Against Former Schubas Owner + Cubs Move Statues

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Here are the top 5 stories today in Lakeview:

1. Two more women are pressing charges against the former co-owner of Schubas Tavern and Lincoln Hall. A house sitter and housekeeper who worked for Michael Johnston say he illegally videotaped them in his Roscoe Village home using hidden cameras. Johnston was fired in November after two other women came forward with similar charges. (Block Club)

2. Lakeview natives are suing Jussie Smollett's lawyer for defamation. Abimbola and Olabinjo Osundairo say attorney Tina Glandian defamed them as racist and violent when she claimed they could have worn whiteface during the staged attack. (NBC)

3. The state health department reports 123 Illinoisans died of COVID-19 this week. Deaths from the virus have decreased by 50 percent over the past two weeks, according to state data. (NBC)

4. Big Ten alumni are filling Wrigleyville bars during the NCAA Tournament to watch March Madness basketball. According to Chicago Magazine, at least nine teams in the tournament have alumni bars in Lakeview, including Sluggers, Merkle’s and Duffy’s. (Chicago Mag)

5. The Cubs are planning to relocate statues of Billy Williams and Ron Santo to Gallagher Way, the Tribune reports. The move will be made when the team unveils a new Fergie Jenkins statue in May. (Paid source: Tribune)

From my notebook:

• Tickets for today’s Taste of Northalsted are almost sold out. (Chamber)
• Ohio State knocked Loyola out of the NCAA Tournament Friday. (Yahoo)
• Cannabis sales have dropped “dramatically” in Illinois after a record-setting December. (Patch)
• An African lion cub was born at Lincoln Park Zoo this week for the first time in 20 years. (ABC)
• Pixar animator Aaron J. Hartline reminisced about his years in Lakeview while discussing his work on the new film “Turning Red.” (Third Coast Review)

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About me: Georgi is a Chicago-based newsletter writer and partner content curator. She spent five years on the entertainment beat for FF2 Media covering film festivals across the U.S. Her feature articles have been recognized with awards from the Illinois Women's Press Association and National Federation of Press Women. As editor-in-chief of the Lewis University newspaper, she and her staff earned honors from the Associated Collegiate Press and American Scholastic Press Associations. She began working for Patch in 2019.