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Reports that the new Atlantis club would be an exact replica of the old 9:30 Club weren't accurate, owner Seth Hurwitz said at a press conference Tuesday: No, it won't have the original smell.Rats are unlikely to have their run of the place.But, he said, he made a point to install at least one big pole-the impediment to seeing so many shows at the 9:30's old home on F Street, Northwest.

A Missouri high school teacher resigned Tuesday, several days after a student filmed him repeatedly using the n-word during class.Mary Walton, the 15-year-old student who recorded the video, was previously suspended by the school for improper use of an electronic device.The incident occurred last Tuesday at Glendale High School in Springfield when a teacher, whose name has not been released, reportedly used the slur several times before Walton started recording.

Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones insists that he didn't "get into the NFL for money", although he's made quite a bit of it by purchasing the Cowboys.The motivations behind becoming an NFL owner range, from lifelong New England Patriots fan Robert Kraft buying the team to keep it in the region to a diverse Denver Broncos ownership group looking to bolster their investment portfolios.

One episode of the Simpsons included a live-action sequence... and it was mostly shot in Outer London.If you've never seen it before, watch this live-action recreation of the Simpson's opening theme.It is magnificent.It's Springfield, but not as we know it.The recreation has some tellingly British touches.

Celtics The painting, which highlights Tatum's 51 points against the 76ers, was made by an artist named Miguel Cruz.Miguel Cruz felt the same sense of awe as everybody else as he watched Jayson Tatum drop 51 points in the playoffs, but what he did following that experience was unique."We just all happened to watch the Celtics game and we were all shocked to see Jayson Tatum broke the record," Cruz said.

Tell Us Tell us where you'd like to live.As it turns out, Bostonians who left the city for Portland, Maine, may have been part of a larger trend.U.S. News and World Report slotted Portland higher than any other place in New England in its 2023-24 ranking of the 150 Best Places to Live, released today.

A 15-year-old high school student in Springfield, Mo., was suspended for three days after she recorded a video of her teacher repeatedly using a racial slur to refer to Black people, her lawyer said on Tuesday.The Glendale High School student, Mary Walton, who is white, was in geometry class last week when her teacher used the slur four times, said her lawyer, Natalie Hull.

At least six people were killed and more than 30 people were injured in crashes caused by excessive winds that blew dust onto Interstate 55 in Farmersville, Ill., on Monday morning, leading to zero visibility conditions, the Illinois State Police said.The crashes, which took place just before 11 a.m. in a rural area south of Springfield, involved about 20 commercial vehicles and 40 to 60 cars, including two tractor-trailers that caught fire, the police said in a statement.

Chicago firefighters, who risk their lives to keep us safe, deserve a decent living and a secure retirement.So, don't get us wrong when we call out irresponsible legislation moving through Springfield that would add an estimated $3 billion to Chicago's out-of-control pension obligations over the next three decades.

I think it would be fair to say that the Ford Model T was the most successful car ever.Ford Motor Co. sold the almost completely unchanged Model T from 1908 through 1927, but it wasn't the first modern car built.That honor goes to German Karl Benz in 1885, and the first modern American car was made by Charles and Frank Duryea, of Springfield, Massachusetts in 1893.

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Jose Ramos is putting together a solid campaign for Tulsa, and he is showing progress in his biggest area of question while he does it, with breaking balls:
The Panamanian went 2/4 at the dish on Sunday, raising his OPS to .891, which ranks 13th in the Texas League.The 22-year-old Ramos has been considered to be one of the toolsiest prospects in the system for a couple of years now, with electric bat speed and an absolute cannon of an arm, but he has (rightfully) been panned for his issues with breakers.

The final few days of Mayor Lori Lightfoot's single term as mayor have given rise to an urban parlor game in which participants guess what she will do next.Run an advocacy organization?Do some sort of consulting?Go national somehow?I asked one of Lightfoot's former partners at the Mayer Brown law firm if she might return there.

Two people from Crystal Lake and two from Champaign are among seven people fatally injured in a massive multivehicle crash amid a dust storm Monday on Interstate 55 south of Springfield, Illinois State Police said.Police early Saturday said that the dead included Joseph Bates, 73, and Donna Bates, 71, of Crystal Lake; Michael Zinchuk, 55, and Amy Zinchuk, 54, of Champaign, and Earl LeGrand, 64, of Florissant, Missouri.

Shortly after being confronted by FBI agents in 2019 and deciding to cooperate in an ongoing bribery probe, then-ComEd Senior Vice President Fidel Marquez secretly videotaped a lunch meeting in Springfield with one of Speaker Michael Madigan's most trusted confidants.The FBI had instructed Marquez to ask Madigan's associate, Michael McClain, about what he should tell incoming ComEd CEO Joseph Dominguez about their scheme to funnel payments to a roster of Madigan-approved allies through a consulting company owned by Jay Doherty, a longtime ComEd lobbyist.

A measure that would allow multiple occupancy public restrooms to be labeled gender-neutral was passed by the Illinois House on Thursday with the bare minimum of votes.The bill, which now moves to the Senate, would amend the Equitable Restroom Act of 2019, which required all single-occupancy public restrooms to be available to all genders.

The former general counsel for Commonwealth Edison testified Wednesday that he helped allies of then-House Speaker Michael Madigan hunt down jobs in law firms and at the utility itself, including a coveted position on the company's board of directors.In one of the central allegations in the government's case, Tom O'Neill, ComEd's former chief lawyer, testified that Madigan wanted former McPier chief Juan Ochoa to get placed into a rare vacant seat on the company's board in late 2017 and that CEO Anne Pramaggiore was behind the move because Ochoa's resume came from Madigan.

It's crunch time in the minors.Both Boston Bruins affiliates are primed for the postseason, with their remaining regular season games proving vital for playoff seeding purposes.After an up-and-down second half so far, the Providence Bruins seem to have rediscovered their identity at the right time, winning five straight games.

Tom Wilson has been activated from the injured reserve before the Capitals are set to take on the Carolina Hurricanes in the 2023 Stadium Series game.The burly winger is no longer listed on the IR on the NHL's media site.To make room for Wilson's return to active duty, the Caps announced on Saturday afternoon that they have sent defenseman Dylan McIlrath back to the AHL's Hershey Bears.

Regarding the editorial "Mexican President López Obrador's big lie: 'We do not produce fentanyl'" (March 15): I think the Mexican foreign minister's statement about America's "voracious demand for drugs" is the key to the cartel problem.The Rand Corp. estimated the American drug market is $150 billion.

A former Illinois state representative will return to the witness stand Wednesday in the "ComEd Four" trial, where she's describing what was like working in the General Assembly under powerful Speaker Michael Madigan.Former state Rep. Carol Sente, a Democrat from Vernon Hills who left the legislature in 2019, was the first witness called by prosecutors in the hot-button case alleging four Madigan associates conspired to bribe the speaker on behalf of Commonwealth Edison.

For the first time in Super Bowl history, an all-female team of U.S. Navy aviators will conduct the pregame flyover, commemorating 50 years of women pilots in the military branch.The historic team will fly the four-aircraft formation over State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Ariz., at the conclusion of the national anthem, according to the Navy.

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, exploring a bid for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, is scheduled to speak at an invite-only event Monday in Elmhurst to members of Chicago's Fraternal Order of Police and potentially deliver some rhetorical political payback to Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker.The Presidents Day visit to a so-far undisclosed location in the Chicago area would represent an escalation of the feud between DeSantis and Pritzker, who has been the focus of some speculation as a potential 2024 Democratic presidential candidate if President Joe Biden does not seek to be nominated for a second term.

Given how crime has dominated the news, including the race for Chicago mayor, you might feel like celebrating the rise of automated license plate readers, an increasingly popular security tool that can help deter wrongdoing and track down criminals.These compact devices use high-resolution cameras to record vehicles, including those traveling near crime scenes.