Extremely Local News: Three Chicagoans try to beat a Guinness World Record

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Shamus Toomey, Editor in Chief and co-founder of Block Club Chicago, joins Bob Sirott to share the latest Chicago neighborhood stories. Shamus has details on:

3 Friends Visit Every CTA ‘L’ Stop In 9 Hours In Effort To Set Guinness World Record: The trio wore Chicago flags as capes and fought snowfall Monday to reach their ambitious goal from the Guinness Book of World Records.

After Army Corps Abandons Lakefront Dump Expansion, City Commits To Replacing It With Park: Mayor Brandon Johnson has proposed using $500,000 from a $1 billion TIF “surplus” to plan a park on the site where an Army Corps dump for polluted sediment will soon close, officials said.

To learn more about Derrick Rose’s move back to Chicago, click on the headline: Derrick Rose Moves Back To Chicago In Retirement: ‘I Love Chi. The Good, The Bad, The Ugly’

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