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Community reaction on plans to turn an old South Shore school into a shelter for migrants. A look at the neighborhood around Pontiac Prison. And saying goodbye to Lincoln Park Zoo’s oldest inhabitant.
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May 2, 2023 - Full Show
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Community reaction on plans to turn an old South Shore school into a shelter for migrants. A look at the neighborhood around Pontiac Prison. And saying goodbye to Lincoln Park Zoo’s oldest inhabitant.
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship>>> HELLO AND THANKS FOR JOINING US ON CHICAGO TONIGHT.
I AM BRANDIS FRIEDMAN.
PARIS SCHUTZ HAS THE EVENING OFF.
WE BEGIN TONIGHT WITH DRAMATIC NEWS FROM FEDERAL COURT IN CHICAGO.
GUILTY ON ALL COUNTS.
THAT IS THE VERDICT FOR EACH OF THE FOUR DEFENDANTS IN THE CON ED BRIBERY TRIAL, ONE OF THE BIGGEST CORRUPTION CASES SINCE ROB NINKOVICH.
AND THE NEWS JUST CAME DOWN IN THE PAST HALF HOUR OR SO.
TELL US ABOUT THE VERDICT.
>> ALL FOUR DEFENDANTS WERE ALL FOUND GUILTY OF BRIBERY.
HERE IN THE DIRKSEN COURTHOUSE.
IT WAS PRETTY SUBDUED AS THE JUDGE WENT THROUGH THE CHARGES.
EACH CHARGE WAS GUILTY COUNTS.
HE READ THROUGH THEM PRETTY STRAIGHTFORWARD.
THERE WAS NO SHOUTING OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
IT WAS SURPRISING, I THINK, THAT THEY WERE GUILTY ON ALL COUNTS.
>> ANY IDEA ON THE SENTENCING AND WHAT THAT MIGHT BE?
>> Reporter: OF THE CHARGE THEY WERE ALL CONVICTED ON WAS BRIBERY.
THEY COULD SPEND FIVE YEARS IN PRISON FOR THAT.
WE WON'T KNOW THE EXACT SENTENCE UNTIL SENTENCING.
>> IT LOOKS LIKE YOU ARE GETTING SOME REACTION BEHIND YOU SO WE WILL LET YOU GET BACK TO COVERING THE STORY.
MATT MASTERSON, THANK YOU SO MUCH.
AND REMIND US WHAT THIS CASE CAME DOWN TO!
>> SO BRANDIS, I WANT TO TELL YOU HOW MAJOR THIS CASE IS.
EVEN THOUGH HE WAS NOT ACTUALLY ON TRIAL, HE IS THE LONGEST-SERVING HOUSE SPEAKER NOT JUST IN ILLINOIS , BUT IN THE NATION.
HE WAS THOUGHT TO BE SOMEBODY WHO WAS UNTOUCHABLE, WHO WAS SO CAREFUL AND HE KNEW THE LAW.
THAT IS WHAT YOU HEARD THE DEFENDANTS ARGUE.
IT MAY SEEM UNSEEMLY AND THE JURORS MIGHT NOT LOVE ALL THIS, BUT IT IS ON THE UP AND UP.
WE SAW THE JURY SAYING AGAIN, WE DON'T KNOW WHAT WENT ON, BUT WE DO KNOW THAT THEY APPARENTLY SAID THIS IS CORRUPT.
IT IS NOT JUST THIS TRIAL.
HE HIMSELF WILL BE ON TRIAL.
ONE OF THE DEFENDANTS, HIS CLOSE CONFIDANT, MIKE McLEAN, ONE OF THE LOBBYISTS THERE, THEY WERE CHARGED IN MARCH 2022.
SO MADIGAN WILL BE IN COURT RELATED TO THIS COMMENT SITUATION, BUT PROSECUTORS ALLEGE THAT HE STEERED BENEFITS ILLEGALLY BY STEERING TOWARDS PROPERTY TAX LAWS.
>> SO THIS WILL BE RELATED TO HIM AND HIS OWN CASE STARTING IN APRIL NEXT YEAR.
WHAT DOES THAT MEAN FOR HIM?
>> HE HAS NOT SPOKEN TO THE PRESS AND HAS MAINTAINED HIS INNOCENCE.
HE HAS SAID, AGAIN, THAT THESE INDIVIDUALS WERE ALLEGED TO HAVE GOTTEN THIS SCHEME WHERE THEY SHARED WHO WAS GOING TO BE HIRED BASED OFF OF LOBBYING AND STATE CONTRACTORS.
CONED WAS WORKING TO GET LEGISLATION PASSED AND TURN THE TIDE FOR FACILITIES THAT HAVE BEEN DISTRACTED.
WHAT THIS MEANS FOR MADIGAN?
WE DON'T KNOW.
HE DENIED THAT HE HAD DONE ANYTHING WRONG.
>> BAD NEWS FOR HIM.
OBVIOUSLY SOMETHING THAT EVERYBODY WILL KEEP AN EYE ON.
AND THIS IS THE BIGGEST CASE WE HAVE SEEN IN ILLINOIS SINCE THEN.
>>> NOW TWO MORE OF TODAY'S TOP STORIES.
15 PEOPLE WERE HOSPITALIZED AFTER SCHOOL BUS CARRYING CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS WAS INVOLVED IN A CRASH.
THE INCIDENT OCCURRED THIS MORNING AT 31st STREET AND KEDZIE AVENUE.
TWO ADULTS WERE IN CRITICAL CONDITION.
THE NINE STUDENTS INVOLVED IN THE CRASH ARE IN GOOD CONDITION.
>>> THE FORMER CHIEF OF OPERATIONS OF THE CHICAGO POLICE DEPARTMENT IS A FRONT RUNNER FOR THE INTERIM POLICE CHIEF ROLE.
HE HAD ANNOUNCED HIS RETIREMENT FROM CPD IN 2020.
>>> ILLINOIS ATTORNEY GENERAL MOVES TO PROTECT ACCESS TO THE ABORTION PILL.
HE WAS PART OF A COALITION OF ATTORNEY GENERAL'S LOOKING TO REVERSE A RULING RELATED TO THE ABORTION PILL.
THE U.S. SUPREME COURT RULED THAT THEY WOULD PRESERVE ACCESS TO THE PILL FOR NOW.
>>> MOVIE AND TELEVISION WRITERS IN HOLLYWOOD GO ON STRIKE FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 15 YEARS.
THE WRITERS GUILD OF AMERICA, THE UNION THAT REPRESENTS SCREENWRITERS, ARE CALLING ON MAJOR STUDIOS TO CHANGE THE WAY THAT WRITERS ARE PAID FOR STREAMING CONTENT.
THE STRIKE WILL LIKELY BE IMMEDIATELY NOTICED ON LATE-NIGHT TALK SHOWS AND VARIETY SHOWS LIKE SATURDAY NIGHT LIVE.
THE LAST STRIKE LASTED FOR 100 DAYS.
>>> THE CITY BIKE-SHARE SYSTEM IS EXPANDING.
>> HAVING BIKES IN THIS COMMUNITY IS A STEP IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION!
MORE BIKE STATIONS MEANS MORE RIDERS AND MORE WAYS FOR FOLKS TO RIDE ON THE SOUTH SIDE!
>> THE CHICAGO DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION SAYS IT WILL ADD 3000 PETAL BIKES TO ITS FLEET WITHIN THE NEXT FEW YEARS .
THE COMPANY LIFT PRAME SAYS RIDERSHIP IS 60% HIGHER THAN IT WAS IN 2019.
>>> UP NEXT, HOW PONTIAC FITS IN WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
STAY WITH US.
WE FIRST TOLD YOU YESTERDAY ABOUT THE LIVING CONDITIONS OF PEOPLE INCARCERATED BEHIND THE WALLS OF PONTIAC CORRECTIONAL FACILITY, 99 MILES SOUTHWEST OF CHICAGO.
THE CONDITIONS ARE HARD ENOUGH AND ADVOCATES ARE CALLING FOR THE CLOSURE, BUT NEIGHBORS AROUND THE PRISON SAY IT HAS A PURPOSE IN THEIR COMMUNITY.
PONTIAC, ILLINOIS.
POPULATION, ALMOST 11,800.
HOME TO ABRAHAM LINCOLN'S EARLY DAYS, ROUTE 66, AND STONE 'S COFFEEHOUSE.
>> I JUST RETIRED AND I LOVE PONTIAC.
I LOVE THE TOWN.
I LOVE THE PEOPLE AND THE HISTORY.
>> THE TOWN IS ALSO HOME TO ONE OF ONLY THREE MAXIMUM-SECURITY ILLINOIS STATE PRISONS.
JUST OUTSIDE THIS DOOR, AND NEIGHBORHOOD SINGLE-FAMILY HOME AND A PLAYGROUND.
OWNER SCOTT CRANFORD RETIRED FROM THE ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS BEFORE SETTLING HERE.
>> I WORK HERE.
I DRIVE BY IT.
MY WIFE GOES TO THE PRISON.
IT HAS A GREAT WALKING PATH.
I COACH JUNIOR FOOTBALL OUT THERE.
WE PRACTICED RIGHT NEXT TO THE PRISON.
>> IT HAS OVER 540 EMPLOYEES.
THEY ARE OUR NEIGHBORS.
>> PONTIAC MAYOR SAYS THAT THE PRISON IS ALSO PART OF THE TOWN ECONOMY.
>> THEY HAVE TO PAY THE BILLS, TOO.
WE HAVE OVER 500 PEOPLE WORKING HERE.
THOSE PEOPLE SPENDING MONEY HERE IS TREMENDOUS.
>> BUT ADVOCATES SAY THAT NONE OF THAT IS REASON ENOUGH TO MAINTAIN A PRISON THAT IS IN SUCH BAD SHAPE BOTH PHYSICALLY AND AS AN INSTITUTION.
>> YOU CANNOT SEE PRISONS OPEN AS A SOURCE OF ECONOMIC VITALITY IN THE COMMUNITY.
PRISONS SHOULD NOT DRIVE OUR COMMUNITY.
THEY HAVE A SPECIFIC PURPOSE AND THEY ARE NOT EVEN LIVING UP TO THAT PURPOSE.
IT COSTS US HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS PER YEAR.
>> JENNIFER WALLACE AT THE JOHN HOWARD ASSOCIATION WHICH ADVOCATES FOR THE INCARCERATED SAYS THAT A COMBINATION OF POOR CONDITIONS INSIDE THE PRISON ARE NOT REASON ENOUGH TO CLOSE IT.
>> WHILE THERE IS A GOAL TO REHABILITATE, WE HAVE AN OBLIGATION.
>> SOME HAVE EXPRESSED CONCERN ABOUT THE PRISON'S DWINDLING POPULATION, EXPRESSING CONCERN AFTER THE FACILITY WAS SHUT DOWN LAST YEAR.
FORMER DEPARTMENT OF CORRECTIONS OFFICER ROB JEFFRIES HAS REPEATEDLY SAID THE CLOSURE IS NOT ON THE TABLE.
>> AT THAT TIME I SAID THAT I WAS NOT CLOSING THE FACILITY.
I EMPHATICALLY TOLD THEM I WAS NOT CLOSING THE FACILITY.
OUR POPULATION HAD REDUCED, AND I WANTED TO CONSOLIDATE OUR RESOURCES.
>> BUT JEFFRIES ACKNOWLEDGES THAT SOME OF THESE FACILITIES ARE MORE THAN 100 YEARS OLD AND FACING BILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN DEFERRED MAINTENANCE AND OTHER ISSUES.
>> WE ARE DOWN ABOUT 27,000 COMPARED TO ABOUT 39,000.
WHILE REDUCING OUR FOOTPRINT WE CAN ALSO CONSOLIDATE.
>> WE DO NOT NEED AS MANY PRISONS AS WE HAVE OPEN.
IT IS TIME TO SET PRISONS DOWN.
>> BUT SCOTT CRANFORD ARGUES THAT THE PRISON IS SERVING A PURPOSE BEYOND JUST BEING AN ECONOMIC DRIVER FOR THE CITY.
>> HE WORKS VERY HARD FOR ME.
HE HAS A KEY TO MY BUSINESS.
IF YOU WOULD HAVE ASKED ME AT 15 YEARS AGO, I WOULD HAVE SAID HEY, AIN'T NO WAY.
>> IN TESTIMONY BEFORE STATE LAWMAKERS, THE ASSOCIATION POINTS OUT THAT DEFERRED MAINTENANCE FOR THESE FACILITIES STATEWIDE IS UP $2.5 MILLION, MEANING THAT IT HAS LED OTHER STATE AGENCIES IN DEFERRED MAINTENANCE COSTS FOR THE PAST FEW YEARS.
THEY ALSO POINT TO THE MASTER FACILITIES PLAN.
IN 2022, THE AGENCY CONTRACTED WITH A COMPANY TO EVALUATE ALL THE FACILITIES.
WE SPOKE WITH ROB JEFFRIES HERE AT WTTW NEWS AND HE SAID IT WOULD NOT BE READY FOR A COUPLE OF WEEKS.
A PERMANENT DIRECTOR HAS NOT YET BEEN NAMED.
>>> MAYOR LORI LIGHTFOOT HAS PLANS TO USE HIGH SCHOOL ON THE SOUTH SIDE TO HOUSE ASYLUM-SEEKERS FROM TEXAS.
SIMILAR ACTION WAS TAKEN IN NEARBY WOODLAWN.
CITY OFFICIALS ARE CALLING THIS A HUMANITARIAN CRISIS.
JOINING US WITH REACTION TO THESE PLANS ARE SEAN BROWN, HOUSING ADVOCATE WITH SOUTH SHORE WORKS AND BENJI HART, A MEMBER OF ORGANIZING FOR POWER.
WE ALSO INVITED THE MAYOR'S OFFICE REPRESENTATIVE BUT HE HAS NOT YET RESPONDED TO OUR REQUEST.
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.
LET'S START WITH YOU.
WHAT IS YOUR REACTION TO THE IDEA OF TURNING A FORMER HIGH SCHOOL INTO A SHELTER?
>> PRIMARILY JUST RECEIVING THIS NEWS AND FINDING OUT ABOUT IT, THE FIRST THING IS THE CONCERN WITH STAKEHOLDERS AND THE COMMUNITY, AND THAT IS TRANSPARENCY.
WE HAVE A SOUTH SHORE COMPACT WHICH IS AN ORGANIZATION INVOLVING STAKEHOLDER LEADERSHIP IN THE COMMUNITY.
IT IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT THAT CONGRESS SHOULD HAVE THIS.
OUR NEIGHBORHOOD HAS LONG BEEN DEALING WITH ADDITIONAL RESOURCE ISSUES, INVESTMENT, AND NOW REINVESTMENT.
SO TO RECEIVE THIS NEWS AND TO LEARN ABOUT A FACILITY THAT HAS BEEN PROMISED TO THE COMMUNITY, MORE THAN 10 YEARS AFTER CLOSING, WE ARE EXTREMELY SHOCKED AND NOT APPRECIATING THE FACT THAT WE DON'T HAVE A SAY AND WE DON'T UNDERSTAND WHY THIS HAS BEEN CHOSEN DESPITE THE ISSUES AROUND THE CULTURE.
WE REALLY ARE LACKING RESOURCES AND SOCIAL SERVICES TO MATCH THE NEEDS OF ASYLUM-SEEKERS.
WE KNOW THAT THERE IS A LOT OF TRAUMA IN THIS COMMUNITY.
>> SO CAN THE COMMUNITY PROVIDE WHAT IS NEEDED FOR THE MIGRANTS?
WE KNOW THAT THE CITY IS HOSTING A COMMUNITY MEETING AT THE SOUTH SHORE FOR PEOPLE TO VOICE THEIR CONCERNS.
THE SAME CONCERNS INVOLVING GUNS.
ARE THESE MEETINGS EFFECTIVE?
>> THEY ARE REALLY NOT.
THE MEETING THAT WE HAD IN WOODLAWN, I WOULD ARGUE THAT THESE ARE WAYS FOR PEOPLE TO LET OFF STEAM AND FRUSTRATION WHILE STILL GOING AHEAD WITH UNDEMOCRATIC PLANS TO CONVERT THESE RULES.
FOR US AS A PREDOMINANTLY BLACK WOODLAWN-BASED ORGANIZATION, THESE WERE REALLY JUST WAYS FOR LOCAL RESIDENTS TO ACTUALLY BE STRUCTURED IN A MEANINGFUL WAY AND HELP COMMUNITIES ADVOCATE FOR THE THINGS THAT WE ALL NEED , WHICH BOTH MIGRANTS AND RECENT ARRIVALS BOTH NEED.
THEY NEED BILINGUAL EDUCATION, FUNDING FOR OUR SCHOOLS RATHER THAN JUST CONVERTING THOSE SCHOOLS INTO SHELTERS.
THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT WE NEED AND THESE ARE THE THINGS THAT MIGRANTS NEED AND LONG-TERM RESIDENTS WILL BENEFIT FROM.
THAT IS NOT WHAT THE CITY IS OFFERING AT THESE MEETINGS.
>> I WANT TO COME BACK TO THE ISSUE OF SOLIDARITY BETWEEN THE COMMUNITIES.
BUT A REPRESENTATIVE FROM SOUTH SHORE DID SEND US A STATEMENT SAYING, QUOTE, I CANNOT SUPPORT HOUSING MIGRANTS AT THE SOUTH SHORE HIGH SCHOOL BUILDING.
LIKE MANY I HAVE QUESTIONS ABOUT THE SAFETY, HUMANITY AND FUNDING FOR MORE MIGRANT HOUSING THROUGHOUT OUR CITY.
THIS SITE IS ONE OF THE LAST AVAILABLE TO HOUSE MIGRANT FAMILIES.
THE CITY IS WORKING WITH COMMUNITY-BASED ORGANIZATIONS AND LOCAL LEADERS ON THIS.
WHAT KIND OF COLLABORATION WOULD YOU LIKE TO SEE AND HAVE YOU SEEN THAT HAPPEN AT ALL?
>> ABSOLUTELY NOT.
THERE HAS NOT BEEN ANY COLLABORATION WHATSOEVER.
LIKE HE SAID, WE ANTICIPATE THAT THIS MEETING SHOULD JUST BE ABOUT OPPORTUNITY FOR THE COMMUNITY BUT WE HOPE THAT WE WILL HAVE A SAY IN WHAT IS TO TAKE PLACE.
AS TO WHETHER IT SHOULD HAPPEN, I DO NOT BELIEVE THAT THE COMMUNITY HAS THE RESOURCES OR IS THE BEST FIT FOR ASYLUM-SEEKERS WHO HAVE A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF CULTURAL AND SO MANY DIFFERENT THINGS THAT CAN BE OFFERED.
WE UNDERSTAND THAT THERE ARE ASYLUM-SEEKERS JUST SWITCHING FROM TEXAS TO CHICAGO HAVE DROPPED OFF, AND SOUTH SHORE HAS A HISTORY WITH RESIDENTS.
JUST A COUPLE OF DECADES AGO, AND WE ARE STILL SUFFERING FROM THIS, WE DO NOT HAVE SOCIAL SERVICES TO MATCH COMMUNITIES AND RESIDENTS WHO WERE ABLE TO MOVE FROM THEIR HOMES WHEN THEY WERE TORN DOWN.
THEY WERE NOT ABLE TO MOVE TO THE SOUTH SHORE COMMUNITY.
>> THERE ARE STILL CONCERNS THAT THAT COULD HAPPEN AGAIN.
THERE ARE SOME MIGRANT FAMILIES WHO RECENTLY ARRIVED AND THEY ARE STAYING THERE FOR WEEKS AMID A SHORTAGE IN HOUSING.
>> THEY BROUGHT THEM HERE.
THIS FACILITY CAN HOUSE PEOPLE.
PEOPLE CAME FROM COLOMBIA, VENEZUELA, EVEN SOME ROMANIANS.
THERE WERE FOUR CHILDREN AND ONE IS PREGNANT.
SHE IS LAYING ON THE FLOOR.
>> YOU PROPOSED SOLIDARITY BETWEEN IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES AND BLACK CHICAGOANS.
>> THE FACT THAT WE ARE EXPERIENCING THIS CRISIS AND THAT NEW RESIDENTS COMING TO THE CITY OR SLEEPING IN POLICE STATIONS AND ABANDONED SCHOOLS SAYS EVERYTHING ABOUT WHAT THE CITY'S PRIORITIES AROUND FUNDING CONTINUE TO BE.
FOR ME WHAT SOLIDARITY LOOKS LIKE IS A SPACE WHERE BLACK AND BROWN IMMIGRANTS AND NON-IMMIGRANT COMMUNITIES CAN BUILD RELATIONSHIPS WITH EACH OTHER.
THAT REQUIRES RESOURCES.
I THINK THAT WHAT WE ARE SEEING WITH THIS CRISIS IS WHAT WE ARE LACKING.
SO FOR ME, SOLIDARITY ALSO LOOKS LIKE RAISING THE ISSUES THAT THESE COMMUNITIES HAVE BEEN RAISING OVER THE LONG-TERM, LIKE WITH FUNDING POLICE AND EDUCATION AND HOUSING.
>> YOU ARE GETTING HEAD NODS FROM SEAN BROWN HERE AS WELL, SO I KNOW HE AGREES.
THIS IS WHERE WE WILL HAVE TO LEAVE IT, AND THANK YOU FOR JOINING US.
AND THERE IS A LINK TO REGISTER TO THE THURSDAY COMMUNITY MEETING ON OUR WEBSITE.
>>> UP NEXT, ONE OF LINCOLN PARK'S OLDEST RESIDENTS BIDS FAREWELL.
>>> LINCOLN PARK SUE SAYS FAREWELL TODAY TO A TREE OLDER THAN THE ZOO ITSELF.
THE OAK MAY BE GONE, BUT WTTW NEWS REPORTER JOINS US WITH MOORE.
TELL US ABOUT THIS TREE!
WHY DID YOU HAVE TO COME DOWN?
>> Reporter: WELL, THE TREE IS ABOUT 80% DEAD AT THIS POINT.
ONE OF THE CONCERNS IS THAT IT IS RIGHT ON A POPULAR PATHWAY WHERE THE GIVING HOUSES, AND THERE ARE CONCERNS THAT A LIMB COULD DROP AND DO DAMAGE WHEN IT FALLS.
>> WHAT DO THEY HOPE TO DO WITH THE TREE REMAINS?
>> THE GREAT PART IS THAT THEY WERE ABLE TO DO A LOT OF THE THINGS THEY WANTED TO DO.
THEY HAVE TAKEN SOME CUTTINGS, SO THEY HOPE TO PROPAGATE THE NEXT GENERATION.
THEY WANT TO GIVE CHILDREN PLAY STRUCTURES.
IT IS A LITTLE BIT HOLLOW AT THE BASE, SO THEY WILL BE ABLE TO TELL US HOW OLD THE TREE ACTUALLY IS.
AN ILLINOIS ARCHAEOLOGICAL SURVEY IS GETTING INVOLVED IN RESEARCH TO SEE HOW CLIMATE CHANGE MIGHT HAVE PLAYED A ROLE.
YOU CAN TELL BY THE RINGS AND HOW THEY ARE SPACED OUT.
WHAT CHEMISTRY EXPERIENCE IN 200 TO 300 YEARS?
>> WE ARE RUNNING OUT OF TIME, BUT YOU WERE GETTING A LITTLE SENSE OF THE MOOD TODAY.
>> IS BITTERSWEET IN THE SENSE OF, TODAY IS GOODBYE AND IT IS COMING DOWN QUICKLY, BUT WE ARE FEELING VERY EXCITED ABOUT THE FUTURE LEGACY OF THIS TREE .
>> HAVE MEMBERS OF THE ZOO HORTICULTURE TEAM BEEN SURPRISED BY THE RESPONSE?
>> SO SURPRISED!
THEY ARE ASKING WHERE THE OAK TREE IS.
IT IS THE FIRST TIME THEY HAVE REALLY LOOKED AT THE GROUND.
>> I WILL BE CURIOUS TO SEE IF WE CAN PROPAGATE THE FUTURE OF THE BURR OAK!
YOU CAN READ PATTY'S FULL STORY ON HER WEBSITE.
AND THAT IS OUR SHOW FOR THIS TUESDAY NIGHT!
TUNE IN TOMORROW NIGHT AT 5: 30 AND 10:00.
WE LEAVE YOU TONIGHT WITH MUSIC FROM SINGER-SONGWRIT ER GORDON LIGHTFOOT.
LIGHTFOOT DIED YESTERDAY IN TORONTO AT THE AGE OF 84.
BACK IN 1979 HE PERFORMED IN THE STUDIO AT THE WTTW SOUNDSTAGE PROGRAM.
THIS IS SUNDOWN BY LIGHTFOOT.
AND NOW I AM BRANDIS FRIEDMAN , THAT YOU FOR JOINING US.
HAVE A GOOD NIGHT.
♪ ♪ >> CLOSED CAPTIONING IS MADE POSSIBLE BY ROBERT A. CLIFFORD AND THE CLIFFORD LAW OFFICES , A PROUD SPONSOR OF DIVERSITY,
‘ComEd Four’ Found Guilty on All Counts
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Clip: 5/2/2023 | 4m 55s | The verdict comes after seven weeks of testimony. (4m 55s)
Lincoln Park Zoo's 300-Year-Old Bur Oak is Gone
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Clip: 5/2/2023 | 2m 33s | Staff has made plans to ensure the tree enjoys a second life. (2m 33s)
Plans to Turn Closed South Shore School Into Migrant Shelter
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Clip: 5/2/2023 | 8m 27s | Community leaders are calling for answers to Mayor Lightfoot's new plan to house migrants. (8m 27s)
What Pontiac Prison Means to the Community Around It
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Clip: 5/2/2023 | 4m 55s | Pontiac Mayor Bill Alvey says the prison is a critical part of his town’s economy. (4m 55s)
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