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🏛️ City Council punts on big questions
April 18, 2024
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What's CITY Talking About?
Could CTA Bus Driver’s Death Have Been Prevented?
That’s what one daughter continues to ask about how her mother, CTA bus driver Antia Lyons, suffered a medical emergency behind the wheel last summer. Lyons was unconscious for nearly an hour before paramedics arrived at the scene. She was pronounced dead shortly after. [Block Club]
In City Council News …
City Council delayed votes on a proposal to use $70 million in surplus to help migrants, a $1.25 billion bond issue to fund housing and economic development, and an order that could allow alders to keep ShotSpotter in their individual wards. [Sun-Times]
Are These Chicago’s Biggest Mysteries?
Did a UFO fly over O’Hare Airport? Is the wife of Chicago’s “sausage king” haunting a factory basement? A new special dives into questions that have long puzzled Chicagoans. [City Cast Chicago 🎧]
Koalas Headed to Brookfield Zoo
A pair of koalas will call the suburban zoo home come Memorial Day weekend — a first in the zoo’s 90-year history. [WTTW]
What To Do
Thursday, April 18
- Skate Meetup 🛼 Garfield Park | 5:30–8:30 p.m. | Free
- Wild Mile S’mores Party 🍫 Goose Island | 6–7:30 p.m. | Free
- Grown Folks Stories 🎤 Hyde Park | 7–9 p.m. | $10
Friday, April 19
- Nicolas Cage Film Fest starts 🎥 Lincoln Square | 5–10 p.m. | $10+
- Fashion Show 👕 West Englewood | 6–8:30 p.m. | $10
- “Barefoot in the Park” opens 🎠Lincoln Park | 7:30 p.m. | $30
Today on City Cast
Uncovering Chicago’s Biggest Mysteries
WTTW’s Geoffrey Baer investigates some of the city’s strangest stories and attempts to solve its most baffling mysteries. He shares which tales were the most fun to explore and which ones remain unsolved to this day.
This new Jeppson’s Malört ad reminds me of the faces the City Cast Chicago team made when sipping on the liquor for the podcast. As for me, I think I’ll be sticking to wine nights.
—Sidney Madden
Thanks to editor Simone Alicea!
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