Stephen Montemayor
News Editor at Block Club Chicago
.@StarTribune reporter covering federal courts. [email protected].
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17 hours ago |
blockclubchicago.org | Stephen Montemayor
WRIGLEYVILLE — One man was hospitalized after a Thursday night shooting outside Wrigley Field, sources said. About 7 p.m., a 26-year-old man was on the sidewalk in the 900 block of West Waveland Avenue when someone shot him, hitting him in his left arm, police said. The man was taken to Illinois Masonic Hospital in good condition, police said. A gun was found nearby. A person of interest was in custody, and an investigation was ongoing, police said.
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19 hours ago |
blockclubchicago.org | Stephen Montemayor
MUSEUM CAMPUS — Beyoncé’s first of three scheduled concerts at Soldier Field was delayed until at least 9 p.m. Thursday because of severe weather concerns in the area, the venue has announced. Chicago was under a severe thunderstorm warning and a tornado watch as Soldier Field shared news of the delay in a 5:38 p.m. social media post.
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3 weeks ago |
blockclubchicago.org | Stephen Montemayor
UPTOWN — This spring’s return of piping plover season at Montrose Beach included news Friday that Imani, the son of the famed pair Monty and Rose, is back home. Chicago Piping Plovers, a volunteer monitoring group, announced Friday that birdwatchers spotted the small shorebird earlier that day on Montrose Beach, where he hatched in 2021. “Welcome home, sweet prince!” the group wrote on social media.
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1 month ago |
blockclubchicago.org | Stephen Montemayor
NEAR SOUTH SIDE — A storied Japanese professional wrestling promotion is returning to Chicago Friday for just the third time in the company’s half-century history, and a retiring legend has chosen Chi-Town for his final North American match. New Japan Pro Wrestling, founded in 1972 and considered one of the world’s premier wrestling companies, started holding events in the United States in 2017.
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1 month ago |
blockclubchicago.org | Stephen Montemayor
CHICAGO — A federal judge in Chicago has temporarily called a stop to parts of President Donald Trump’s orders that target diversity, equity and inclusion as a legal challenge filed last month by a local group continues. U.S. District Judge Matthew Kennelly Thursday granted a temporary restraining order requested by Chicago Women in Trades. The group has argued that the vagueness of Trump’s anti-DEI orders have sowed widespread confusion while chilling the group’s free speech rights.
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