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Midday News Links: More Turmoil For Sun-Times Parent Company

By Chuck Sudo in News on Jan 20, 2014 7:55PM

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  • Wrapports LLC, the parent company of the Sun-Times, disbanded the staff at its business publication Grid Monday and shunted what's left of it to the Sun-Times "Voices" blog. Grid's publisher, Brandon Copple, left last week. [Robert Feder, Crain's]
  • Funeral services were held Monday for three children who died in a Hammond, Ind. house fire two weeks ago. [Sun-Times]
  • A contest offers a gift card for Bridgeport’s biggest pothole. [DNAInfo Chicago]
  • Police say three people were stabbed at a Portage Park McDonald's this morning. [Tribune]
  • Mount Baldy at Indiana Dunes State Park is still closed six months after a boy was trapped under it. [ABC 7]