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Friday, July 18th, 2025
Good morning, Chicago. Here's your local news at a glance for Friday, the 18th of July.
COMMUNITY NEWS
- ➤ Community members and conservationists cherish Promontory Point for its historic limestone revetments and lively gatherings that offer a welcome refuge from city life. Local agencies and the Promontory Point Conservancy are planning design studies to repair the shoreline while keeping the park open (a project set for several years ahead) (reflecting decades of local passion). South Side Weekly
CRIME NEWS
- ➤ A Rockford-area woman from Machesney Park pleaded guilty to performing unlicensed dental work at a Schaumburg practice and was sentenced Wednesday to two years probation and three months home confinement—she must also pay $1,798 in restitution. Daily Herald
CULTURE NEWS
- ➤ Timuel Black—activist, educator and chronicler of Chicago’s Black history—was posthumously inducted into the Chicago Literary Hall of Fame at Woodson Regional Library on July 12. The ceremony honored his legacy through his oral history series and memoir that captured the voices of Black Chicagoans, and he was recognized alongside other local literary legends. Hyde Park Herald
GOVERNMENT NEWS
- ➤ Council members rejected a motion to override Mayor Brandon Johnson’s veto of a snap curfew measure—voting 28—22 at the July 16 meeting—while deferring proposals on housing and police oversight. In the same session, longtime Vice Mayor Walter Burnett Jr. retired after thirty years of service and may seek a new role at the Chicago Housing Authority or run for Congress. South Side Weekly
- ➤ On July 3, members of Chicago’s Jewish Voice for Peace ended an eighteen-day hunger strike that started on June 16 to urge lawmakers to stop authorizing arms shipments to Israel — the protest aimed to highlight the blockade in Gaza that has left civilians without essential aid. They met with congressional staff and lawmakers, and an arrest was made when protesters visited Duckworth’s office. South Side Weekly
- ➤ City officials and designers presented an updated draft design at a June meeting for Morgan Shoal – a Kenwood lakefront area facing rapid erosion and storm damage. Residents said the public review process feels rushed – they worry that community feedback has not been fully addressed. Hyde Park Herald
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