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JoAnn Cunningham, now charged with murdering her son 5-year-old Andrew “AJ” Freund, was once a beautiful woman before “the drugs took hold,” her former husband Craig Summerkamp said in an interview with Daily Mail. But he witnessed drugs ruin her and their marriage — and also the budding relationship with Andrew Freund, Sr., AJ’s father also accused of murder.

Chicago is one of six cities where Lyft is offering free bike-share rides on the 50th anniversary of Earth Day, which is Monday — but the promotion comes after a controversial deal making Divvy the city’s exclusive bike-share provider for the next nine years.

The Shedd Aquarium announced Wednesday that it is taking strides to be more accommodating to people with autism and sensory processing challenges with updates to a mobile app, the introduction of a new quiet space and special hours for guests with disabilities.

The Joliet Weather Center shared a nearly two-minute video of what appears to be a thick shelf of ice traveling downstream on the Kankakee River.

Visitors to Chicago can expect to live in the lap of luxury — at least during their stay at three top-tier hotels in the city, according to a new report. The Peninsula Chicago, the Four Seasons Hotel Chicago and the Langham, Chicago are in a new top 15 list compiled by U.S. News & World Report.

Fans fail at Cody Parkey’s 43-yard field goal and R. Kelly ordered to pay $173K in back rent, fees were some of the stories that were important to Chicagoans this week.

Aldi, one of the fastest growing grocery store chains in the United States, is hiring 100 people to work in stores in Chicago and northern Indiana as part of expansion plans that could make it the third largest U.S. supermarket.

Bears kicker Cody Parkey’s missed field goal and how one brewery responded dominated the news in Chicago between January 6 and January 11, 2019 — plus stories about R. Kelly.

Two Chicago cops were killed by a train mid-chase and other stories that mattered to Chicago the most the week of Dec. 16 through Dec. 21, 2018.