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Mark Konkol, recipient of the 2011 Pulitzer Prize for local reporting, wrote and produced the Peabody Award-winning series "Time: The Kalief Browder Story." He was a producer, writer and narrator for the "Chicagoland" docuseries on CNN and a consulting producer on the Showtime documentary "16 Shots."
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Chicagwa: A Made-Up Word That Means Chicago Tap Water In A Can
City officials are celebrating National Drinking Water Week with a funny marketing campaign and cool-looking cans of "Chicagwa."
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Roe vs. Wade / Carjacker Causes NU Lockdown / Violence Spread / Weezer
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Bill Murray's Bad Behavior / Ring Of Fire Drag Race / Bears / Lil Durk
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23 Shots Near St. Rita / 'Fast Eddie' Out Of Jail Quick / Lewis Black
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Whole Foods To Close Englewood Store Six Years After $10M Tax Break
Upscale grocery chain also set to close store at DePaul University Welcome Center in Lincoln Park.
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Former Ward Boss 'Fast Eddie' Vrdolyak Gets Out Of Prison Quickly
Former 10th Ward Ald. Edward Vrdolyak was released from federal prison to a Downers Grove halfway house more than a year early.
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Teen Girl Serial Carjacker / WNBA All-Star Game Here / Charli XCX
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Defending World Champion Chicago Sky Set To Host All-Star Game In July
The league plans to host a 2-day outdoor festival, "WNBA Live," billed as the "intersection of WNBA, entertainment and pop culture."
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U.S. Rep. Mike Quigley Politely Bows Out Of Rumored Run For Mayor
The North Side congressman Mike Quigley said that "due to the war in Ukraine, he cannot walk away from his role in Congress."
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Gas Card Lottery OK'd / Konkol Column / Probe City Clerk? / John Mayer
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Despite Violence 'Public Health Crisis,' Pritzker Breaks $50M Promise?
KONKOL COLUMN: Pritzker Administration is still pondering how to spend $50 million on anti-violence measures as shooting crisis continues.
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Lightfoot's Free Gas, Transit Giveaway Narrowly Wins City Council Vote
The $12.5 million "Chicago Moves" program was approved by 3 votes. The giveaway is steered to deliver gas cards in transit deserts.
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Selling A Machine Gun On City Time / Konkol / Ambulance Jacker Caught
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My Dog-Walking, Allegedly Armed Neighbor Got Shot By Cops Near Park
KONKOL COLUMN: Rumors, wilted flowers and a scrap of police tape weakly clinging to the Langley Park fence linger after Friday's shooting.
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Ambulance Jacked / Konkol / Don't Feed Birds / Chicagoans Dying Faster
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Did Magazine Get Used By Davis Gates To Influence CTU Election?
KONKOL COLUMN: Violating CTU rules against "non-member interference in our election" is "grounds for expulsion" from the ballot.
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Bears Player Arrested / Mask Poll Result / Every Team Lost / Candlebox
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Slim Majority Plans To Wear Masks on Transit Despite Lifted Mandates
Poll Results: Nearly 54 percent of Patch readers who replied to an online survey said they would choose to wear a mask on transit, planes.
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Bulls Got Bucked / Wilco Weekend / 'Golden Girls' Fest / Crawfish Boil
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