🌱 Shooting Threat At LPHS + Liquor Store Burglar Arrested

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Here are the top 5 stories today in Lakeview:

1. Lincoln Park High School will “take extra security precautions” after a shooting threat circulated on Instagram. According to Chicago police, the poster laid out a plan to “shoot the kids that annoy me.” (ABC)

2. A Chicago man will serve two years in prison after attacking three CTA bus drivers with pepper spray over a six-month period. Two of the attacks occurred last year on buses in Edgewater and Uptown. (CWB)

3. A Maywood man has been arrested in connection with up to 100 smash-and-grab burglaries around Chicago, including liquor stores in Lakeview. Tacarre Harper, 24, was charged with nine felony counts of burglary. (CBS)

4. The Illinois mask mandate will be lifted Feb. 28, Gov. J.B. Pritzker announced Wednesday. Dr. Allison Arwady said the proof-of-vaccine requirements might not be far behind, with COVID-19 hospitalizations down about 41 percent. (Patch)

5. A "brilliant, rip-roaring homage” to Diana Ross, Tina Turner, Aretha Franklin and more is taking the stage in Lakeview, receiving rave reviews from WTTW and Third Coast Review. "Women of Soul" runs through March 6 at Mercury Theater. (WTTW)

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Today in Lakeview:

• Admission to the Shedd Aquarium is free for Chicago residents today. (9 a.m.)
• Make a Valentine’s Day craft at KidCreate Studio’s class for parents and children. (5:30 p.m.)
• Chicago Police Department District 19 officers host a virtual safety seminar. (6:30 p.m.)
• Join the Valentine’s Day Mixology and Flatbread Party at Get in the Kitchen. (6:30 p.m.)
• The Netflix documentary “jeen-yuhs: A Kanye Trilogy Act 1” screens at the Landmark. (7 p.m.)

From my notebook:

• Chicago is reporting its lowest COVID-19 case numbers since November. (Block Club)
• Cook County Health is offering $100 gift cards to people who get vaccinated or boosted this weekend. (FOX)
• Northwestern University senior Yejun Kim was featured on the “Jeopardy! National College Championship” this week. (WGN)
• Les Fleurs Du Mal, Halsted Flowers, The Green Flamingo and Plant Stand Collective all have floral options for Valentine’s Day. (Chamber)
• A new NBC Chicago documentary examines “The Lost Story of Emmett Till.” (NBC)

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— Georgi Presecky

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.