🌱 Uptown Man Sentenced For Alderman Attack + Pantry Honors MLK

Good morning, Lakeview! Let's get to the news on this Martin Luther King Jr. Day.

First, today's weather: Breezy in the morning. High: 31 Low: 24.

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Here are the top stories in Lakeview today:

1. An Uptown man has been sentenced for a September altercation with 46th Ward Alderman James Cappleman on North Racine. Tony Landers is expected to serve 250 days for threatening the alderman in the 4700 block of North Racine. He was also sentenced for battery after attacking a senior citizen in a separate incident. (CWB)

2. Mass vaccine sites will reopen this week in Cook County due to the omicron surge. “Physicians’ offices and pharmacies are not staffed to accommodate the significant demand for COVID vaccinations,” Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle said Friday. Appointments are available in Forest Park, Matteson and Des Plaines. (Paid source: Tribune)

3. Less than a third of Chicago residents feel safe in their neighborhoods, according to a new poll. The Chicago Index survey found a 20 percent drop in resident’s feelings of safety in the city, down from 45 percent in last year’s poll. (Block Club)

4. Lakeview Pantry is one of several city nonprofits hosting volunteer events today in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, which officially became a National Day of Service in 1994. Volunteers are asked to help sort food items for distribution between 1 p.m. and 4 p.m. at the Ravenswood Avenue pantry. (Paid source: Tribune)

5. Wrightwood 659 gallery is hosting a “super COVID safe” exhibit revisiting the Louis Sullivan-designed Garrick Theatre. "Romanticism to Ruin” will be on display through February. (Axios)

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From my notebook:

• The Obsidian Collection is offering NFTs of rare photographs of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in Chicago in 1966. (National Black Guide)
• One week after the American Red Cross declared a national crisis due to extremely low blood supplies, a blood drive will be held at the Lincoln Park Library tomorrow. (CPL)
• Chicago’s Postmaster Eddie Morgan has left the job after seven months; his replacement has not yet been named. (Paid source: Sun-Times)
• StretchLab is offering $50 off the first month of membership as part of the Lakeview Winter Wellness initiative. (Facebook)
• The Chicago Public Library is hosting a monthly virtual reading challenge. (CPL)

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