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Extra Extra: Ebert's Final Film Review To Run Sunday

By Samantha Abernethy in News on Apr 5, 2013 11:00PM


  • Roger Ebert's final film review will run in the Sun-Times on Sunday. The Sun-Times weekend editor declined to say which film he had reviewed. [CBS]

  • Ebert touched a lot of people, and the Sun-Times is keeping track of tributes to the legend on their blog. [Sun-Times]

  • Police say 18 people associated with the Black Gangster Disciples in the Chicago area have been arrested and charged with drug trafficking. [ABC7]

  • The new mural outside The Violet Hour is drawing mixed reactions. [DNAinfo]

  • A newborn baby was found dead in the bathroom of a Popeye's in Calumet City. [Tribune]

  • A politically connected business venture won a three-year, $38.4 million county contract to supply meals to the Cook County Jail after one of its partners wrongly claimed disadvantaged minority status, giving it a leg up on the only other company that sought the lucrative deal. [Sun-Times]

  • President Barack Obama called WVON to wish the station a happy 50th anniversary. [DNAinfo]