Investigations

• Save A Lot owners get extension on city-funded deal, but pattern emerges of missed deadlines, lawsuits

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• She had a deal to run a coffee bar inside the Englewood Save A Lot, but Yellow Banana ghosted her

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• Save A Lot grocery stores' struggles threaten hopes for Chicago food deserts

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• Chicago’s answer to food deserts has left a trail of debts, lawsuits, 'can't pay' an $800 utility bill

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• 6 Save A Lot stores were approved for $13.5M in city subsidies, but 14 months later none have opened

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• Church of Scientology expands in Chicago

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• Exodus of major, full-service grocers offering healthy variety paints a bleak picture of food access for some in Chicago

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• A Black teenager was stopped by police after the Kankakee courthouse shooting and spent the night in jail. He was never a suspect.