>>> TRAN01 >> WHAT A LOW TURNOUT FOR KOVIC COULD MEAN.

>> THERE ARE A LOT OF THINGS THAT WE PLAN TO DO.

>>> WAS A COOK COUNTY FOREST DISTRICT IS ASKING FOR.

SO NO WE CAN ADD, GENIUS, TO HIS RESUME.

IN OCTOBER MARKS BREAS CANCER AWARENESS MONTH.

MAMMOGRAMS AND PROTECTION IN TH BLACK COMMUNITY.

>>> THE LATEST WHEN OUR CRITIC RETURNS TO OUR STUDIO.

>>> PREPARE FOR THAT SCARE.

WE TAKE YOU ON A TERRIFYING TOUR O ONE OF CHICAGO'S LONGING RUNNIN HAUNTED HOUSES.

>>> TODAY'S TOP STORIES.

MAYO LIGHTFOOT EXTENDS THE DECISION , NOT TO FIRE AN OFFICER WHO LIED ABOUT THE PROUD BOYS GROUP >> I THINK THE POLICE DEPARTMENT WITH THE EVIDENCE I WAS GATHERED .

>> THE OFFICER WAS SUSPENDED FO 120 DAYS.

HE WAS NOT IDENTIFIED .

A PROBE DOCUMENTED THE OFFICERS TIES TO THE PROUD BOYS LABELED BY THE FBI BY AN ANTI-SOMATIC WHITE SUPREMACIST ORGANIZATION.

>>> PRIMED FOR A FACELIFT AS TRAN07 PROPOSES NEARLY $200 MILLION .

JUST OVER $114 MILLION FOR BRIDGES.

AN UPDAT TO LIGHTFOOT'S FIVE-YEAR PLAN THAT SHE ORIGINALLY ANNOUNCED.

>>> A COOK COUNTY HOSPITAL WIL START AMBULANCE SERVICE AGAIN.

>> WE ARE TRYING TO SERVE OUR COMMUNITY BETTER BY BRINGING SERVICES TO STAY IN THE COMMUNITY, TO GET THE CARE THAT THEY NEED SO WE CAN HAVE A POSITIVE IMPACT ON THE LIVES THAT WE SERVE.

>>> THEY ARE WORKING ON A SUSTAINABLE MODEL FOR THE HOSPITAL.

THEY HOPE THE HOSPITAL WILL BE FINANCIAL SUSTAINABLE FOR THE FIRST TIME IN A LONG TIME.

THEY WILL HAVE A NEW MRI MACHINE.

>>> COMING UP ON THE PROGRAM, VOTERS ARE SET TO WEIGH IN ON POTENTIAL TECH SITE.

>>> UP NEXT, ONE ON ONE WAS A TOP DR. WITH THE LATEST BOOSTER, MONKEYPOX, AND MORE.

STAY WITH US.

>>> CHICAGO AND COOK COUNTY REMAIN AT A LOW LEVEL OF THE SPREAD OF KOVIC.

THE RISK OF CONTRACTING THE VIRUS IS LOW.

HEALTH OFFICIALS SAY WHAT IS ALSO LOW IS THE UPTAKE OF THE BOOSTER.

TO COUNTER THE OMICRO SAVERIN'S OF THE VIRUS.

JOINING US IS THE PUBLIC HEALT COMMISSIONER.

WE ARE GLAD TO HAVE YOU.

ACCORDING TO YOUR OFFICE, WE HAVE 94 NEW CASES I CHICAGO AS OF LATE LAST WEEK.

THE GOAL IS TO BE BELOW 200.

>> WE ARE SEEING A LOW LEVEL IN TERMS OF THE OFFICIAL CASES BEING REPORTED.

THOSE ARE REALL PEOPLE GETTING DIAGNOSED IN HEALTHCARE SETTINGS.

WE KNOW THERE ARE MANY MORE PEOPLE THAN THAT WHO ARE HOME TESTING, THAT IS GREAT BUT WE ARE MOST CONCERNED ABOUT WHAT IS HAPPENING WITH HOSPITALIZATIONS EVERY SINGLE DAY, WE STILL HAV PEOPLE BEING HOSPITALIZED WIT KOVIC.

WE ARE AT A LOW LEVEL.

WE ARE HAPPY ABOUT THAT.

IT IS COMBINATION THAT KOVIC HAS BEE RELATIVELY QUIET THROUGH THE SUMMER.

NOW THAT WE ARE MOVING TO COLDER WEATHER, WE ARE WATCHING THIS.

WE CONTINUE TO SEE KOVIC MUTATE.

WE ARE TIRE OF IT, BUT IT'S NOT TIRED OF US.

THE GOOD NEWS, IT'S ALL BEEN OMICRON.

GETTING THE NEW BOOSTER, IS SPECIFICALLY TARGETED FOR OMICRON, IT IS CRITICAL HEADING INTO THE WINTER.

MY BIGGEST WORRY WOULD BE -- WE HAVE NOT SEEN A NEW ONE EMERGE IN ALMOST A YEAR.

I WAS A YEAR AGO THAT WE SAW OMICRON THAT WAS A BIG PROBLEM FIRST.

>> THE UPTAKE OF THE RECENT BOOSTER HAS BEEN SLOW AND UNEVEN.

FOR EXAMPLE, ONLY 18.7% OF ELIGIBLE WHITE RESIDENCE IN CHICAGO GOT THE VACCINE.

NEARL A PERCENT OF BLACK RESIDENTS.

OF COURSE, YOUR OFFICE IS ENCOURAGING PEOPLE TO GET THE BOOSTER.

>> WE ARE ANTICIPATING SOME KIN OF COLD THIS SEASON.

ALMOST CERTAINLY SEE A SEARCH WITH COLD WEATHER.

TO BE TO GE THE UPDATED VACCINE, I WANT PEOPLE TO KNOW THAT IT IS DIFFERENT THAN THE BOOSTER YOU GOT IN THE PAST.

IS DIFFERENT THAN THE VACCINE YOU GOT IN THE BEGINNING.

WE KNOW THAT PEOPLE ARE SIX TIMES MORE LIKELY TO DI IF THEY ARE NOT VACCINATED.

I A GLAD YOU GOT IT IN THE PAST, BU IF YOU DIDN'T, IT IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN EVER THIS FALL T GET THAT UPDATED.

>> WHAT MORE CAN WE DO TO REACH THOSE DEMOGRAPHICS?

>> WE CONTINUE TO OPERATE OUR AT-HOME PROGRAM.

WE WILL BRING YOU VACCINES ALL OVER THE CITY.

WE WILL BRING IT TO YOUR HOME.

WE WILL BRING BOOSTERS FOR EVERYBODY.

YOUR NEIGHBORS.

EVERYBODY FROM THE AGES OF 5 AND UP, SHOULD GET THIS BOOSTER THAT IS ONE OF THE EASIEST WAYS NO MATTER WHAT YOUR ISSUE IS, W COME -- YOU CAN GET THIS VACCINE AND THE FLU VACCINE.

THEY ARE BOTH FREE.

>> WHAT IS THE RESISTANCE?

>> A LOT OF PATIENTS SAY THAT THEY ARE UP-TO-DATE WITH THEIR VACCINES.

BUT THEY SAY THEY HAVE NOT HAD IT SINCE APRIL.

THEY ARE WILLING TO GET IT, BU IT'S NOT .

>> YESTERDAY, THE GOVERNOR LOWERED THE MASK REQUIREMENT IN HEALTHCARE SETTINGS.

WHAT IS YOUR REACTION TO THIS?

>> THE SPECIFICS OF THAT, THE EMERGENCY ORDER WAS THAT THE GOVERNOR SAID YOU SHOULD FOLLO THE CDC ON THIS.

RIGHT NOW, OU HEALTHCARE FACILITIES ARE AT A SUBSTANTIAL LEVEL OF COVID .

HOSPITALS HERE IN CHICAGO ARE NOT TAKING THEIR MASKS OFF.

ANTICIPATE FOR SURE THAT PEOPLE WILL CONTINUE TO WEAR THEIR MASKS.

>> MONKEYPOX CASES IN THE U.S. IS WAY DOWN.

WHAT HAVE WE LEARNED ABOUT THAT VIRUS?

>> IT CONTINUES TO BE PRIMARILY TRANSMITTED THROUGH SEXUAL CONTACT.

THAT HAS BEEN VERY CLEAR.

WE NOW ARE REALLY ENCOURAGING ANY DOCTORS WHO TAKE CARE OF STI CLINICS TO RETURN ONLY OFFER MONKEYPOX VACCINES.

TO TEST AND SCREEN FOR.

I THINK THAT MONKEYPOX IS NOT GOING ANYWHERE.

I THINK IT' ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT SINCE IT CONTINUES TO SPREAD THROUGH COMMUNITIES, WE ENCOURAGE THOSE FOLKS TO GET THEIR VACCINES AS WELL.

>> A NEW NUMBER OF DIAGNOSIS OF HIV, WHAT DO YOU ATTRIBUTE T THAT?

>> WE HAVE BEEN DOING A LOT OF WORK WITH COMMUNITY PARTNERS TO BETTER THINK ABOUT SOMEONE LIVING WITH HIV.

WE WOULD FUND AN ORGANIZATION TO PROVIDE MEDICATION.

AND WE MIGHT FIGUR OUT WHAT MENTAL HEALTH NEEDS AR OVER HERE.

THE LAST FEW YEARS, WE BROUGHT ALL OF THIS TOGETHER OF THE CHICAGOANS, THERE ARE THOUSANDS AND THOUSANDS TAKING THE MEDICATION.

PEOPLE CONSISTENTLY TAKE THE MEDICATIO FOR HIV, IT BECOMES ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE .

ACROSS THE WHOLE COUNTRY, A LITTLE MORE THAN HAL OF PEOPLE LIVING WITH HIV ARE CONSISTENT WITH TAKING THEIR MEDS.

IN CHICAGO, MORE THAN 90% OF THEM ARE SUPPRESSED.

THEY ARE UNABLE TO SPREAD HIV.

THERE ARE A LOT OF PIECES TO THIS, IT HAS BEEN A LOT OF WORK FROM HUNDREDS AND HUNDREDS OF PARTNERS.

WE ARE GOING TOWARD, ZERO.

HE WILL BE THERE BY , 2030.

>> WE HAVE 30 SECONDS FOR THE LAST TIME YOU WERE IN STUDIO, MARCH, 2020.

I THINK YOU WERE ABOUT TWO OR THREE MONTHS ON THE JOB.

BRIEFLY, HOW DO YOU LOOK BACK ON THE LAST FEW YEARS >> I THINK IT HAS BEEN SUCH A DISRUPTIVE TIME FOR EVERYBODY , IN EVERY WAY.

WHEN I LOOK AT IT FROM A PERSPECTIVE OF A PUZZLE I AM SO PROUD OF HOW THE CITY HAS RESPONDED.

FOR THE MOST PART, THOUGHT ABOUT, HOW DO WE WORK TOGETHER TO HAVE THE COMMON ENEMY BE, COVID-19, AND NOT EACH OTHER.

WE THINK ABOUT SOME OF THOSE RESOURCES.

I REALLY AM VERY APPRECIATIVE OF CHICAGOANS, THUS FAR.

WE ARE AT A GOOD POINT.

YOU CAN THINK ME BY GETTING YOUR BOOSTER.

WE WANT THOSE MEMORIES FROM 2022 STATE AS MEMORIES.

>> THANK YOU, FOR JOINING US.

>>> NOW, PARIS.

DETAILS ON THE QUESTION YOU MIGHT SEE ON YOUR BALLOT THIS ELECTION SEASON.

PARIS.

>>> AT HIS WERE WRITTEN WATCHDOG GROUPS RECOMMEND THAT RESIDENTS VOTE TO INCREASE THEIR PROPERTY TAXES.

THAT IS A QUESTION ON THE ELECTION BALLOT DO WE WANT TO PAY A LITTLE MORE TO FUND THE COOK COUNTY FOREST PRESERVE?

THEY CONVINCE VOTER TO SAY, YES, BECAUSE THEY BELIEVE IT WILL GROW DIFFIDENCE.

>> Reporter: A CLUSTER OF INVASIVE THORNS THREATENS THE ECOLOGY.

>> IT DOES NOT ALLOW SUNLIGHT TO GET TO THE FLOOR OF THE FOREST.

>> Reporter: ARNOLD RANDALL, WANTS TO REMOVE AND RESTORE THE FOREST.

LIKE IT DID ON THE OTHE SIDE OF THIS TRAIL.

>> YOU CAN SEE THAT THIS IS MUC CLEARER.

YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE THE GREEN.

>> Reporter: HE SAYS THE PRESERVES NEED MORE MONEY FOR THIS AND NEARLY 20,000 ACRES THAT ARE IN LINE FOR CLEARING.

>> A LOT OF THINGS THAT WE WANT TO DO THAT WE WOULD NOT BE ABL TO DO WITHOUT ADDITIONAL RESOURCES.

>> Reporter: THIS IS A SEPARATE UNIT OF COOK COUNTY GOVERNMENT.

MANAGES 70,000 ACRES OF PUBLIC LAND, ALONG WITH THE ZOO AND CHICAGO BOTANICAL GARDENS.

IT DOES NOT HAVE ITS OWN TAXING AUTHORITY, IT MUST GO DIRECTLY TO VOTERS.

FOR THE FIRST TIME I NEARLY A CENTURY, THE COMMISSIONERS VOTED TO PUT A REFERENDUM ON NOVEMBER'S BALLOT.

THEY ASKED VOTERS IF THEY WOULD SUPPORT HIKING THE FOREST LEVY, A FRACTION OF A PERCENT TO BRING IN $40 MILLION IN NEW ANIMAL REVENUE.

>> Reporter: THAT WILL BRING I ANNUALLY ON A HOUSE WORTH, 300,000.

>> I KNOW WHAT IS COOL.

I ALSO KNOW HOW IMPORTANT THE FOREST PRESERVES ARE TWO COOK COUNTY.

WE GET TO ENJOY THEM BECAUSE THEY WERE PRESERVED FOR US.

>> Reporter: NICK OFFERMAN CU AND ADD FOR AN EXPENDITURE GROUP CO., VOTE YES FOR CLEAN AIR AND WILDLIFE.

>> FRANKLY, IF YOU COMPARE TO OTHER CONSERVATIONISTS , THEY ARE UNDERFUNDED AND UNDERSTAFFED.

>> Reporter: THEY PRESERVE A ROLE IN PRESERVING AIR QUALITY.

IT HAS WON THE ENDORSEMENT OF THE EDITORIAL BOARD AND THE FEDERATION, A NONPARTISAN FISCAL WATCHDOG GROUP.

THE PRESIDENT, LAWRENCE, SAYS THAT THIS HIKE MAKES SENSE.

>> THIS MONEY WILL NOT JUST BE THROWN INTO THE SYSTEM.

>> Reporter: HE SAYS, $10 MILLION OF THE $40 MILLION IS EARMARKED .

NEARLY 60% FUNDING MAKES IT ONE OF THE HEALTHIEST OF ALL THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT PENSIONS.

HE SAYS THAT THE DISTRICT UNDER SUPERINTENDENT RANDALL, HAS CLEANED UP ITS ACT >> IN TERMS OF FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT, IN TERMS OF THEIR OPERATIONS, WHAT THEY HAVE BEEN ABLE TO DO TO BRING ACTIVITIES WE REALLY SAW DURING COVID-19, HOW MUCH THE PRESERVES WERE BENEFITED FOR PEOPLE TO GET OU AND USE THEM.

>> Reporter: THE REST IS FOR CONSERVATION PROGRAMS AND THE ACQUISITION OF THOUSANDS OF NEW ACRES.

A COOK COUNTY RESIDENT CAN ESCAPE TO NATURE OUTSIDE THE FRONT DOOR.

>> TO GO OUT WEST OF THE NATIONAL PARKS IS DIFFERENT, BU HERE, IT'S SO ACCESSIBLE, IT WOULD MAKE IT UNIQUE.

>> HE SAYS THAT THE PRESERVES MAKE UP ABOUT 11% OF ALL OF THE LAND IN COOK COUNTY, MAKING IT THE LARGEST PRISONER OF ITS KIN IN THE COUNTRY.

>>> UP NEXT, WE SIT DOWN WITH A LOCAL GENIUS.

STAY WITH US.

>>> I MADE A PROMISE TO MYSELF THAT I WOULD MAKE A PIECE OF AR DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF MENTORS, TO CHILDREN.

>> I AM PUSHING FORWARD TO BUIL A MOVEMENT TO CREATE THE WORLD.

>>> MASS INCARCERATION ARE THE SUBJECT OF RESEARCH FOR RECENTLY NAMED, GENIUS.

THIS IS OF COURSE THE NICKNAME GIVEN TO THE FOUNDATION WHICH RECOGNIZE EXTRAORDINARY DEDICATION AND PERSONALITY CREATIVE PEOPLE.

FOR ARTS AND ARCHITECTURE, AND EVERYTHING IN BETWEEN.

ONE SUCH FELLOW , REUBEN JONATHAN MILLER.

A SOCIAL WORKER WHOSE WORK HAS A LONG IMPACT ON INDIVIDUALS AND THEIR FAMILIES.

HE IS JOINING US NOW.

RUBEN, IT IS GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN.

W HAVE SPOKEN A LOT, SO I'M EXCITED FOR YOU.

WHAT WAS YOUR REACTION TO HEAR THE NEWS?

>> A DREAM.

>> WHAT HAS IT BEEN LIKE SINCE THEN?

>> LOTS OF PHONE CALLS.

CONGRATULATORY EMAILS.

>> WHAT DOES THE FELLOWSHIP MEAN?

>> I APPRECIATE THE SPOTLIGHT ON PEOPLE THAT WE THROW AWAY.

MOSTLY THE FOLKS WHO I SPENT TIME WITH HAVE COMMITTED SOME SORT OF CRIME.

FROM SMALL CRIMES, TWO REALLY HARD TO LIV WITH CRIMES.

EVERYONE NEEDS A PLACE IN THE WORLD.

I FEEL LIK THE FELLOWSHIP IS ALLOWING US T THINK MORE CRITICALLY ABOUT THEIR LIVES, THEIR NEEDS, WHO THEY ARE, THEIR FAMILIES -- >> IN YOUR BOOK, TO WRITE ABOU SOMETHING THAT WE OURSELVES TR TO EXPLORE A COUPLE WEEKS AGO.

WE THANK YOU FOR YOUR EXPERTISE.

YOU READ ABOUT THE EVER LISTING IMPACT OF OUTSIDE PRISON WALLS.

WHAT ARE SOME OF THE IMPACTS LONG AFTER PRISON?

>> THERE ARE SO MANY LAWS THAT TARGET PEOPLE OUTSIDE OF PRISON 900 LABOR MARKET RESTRICTIONS.

WHAT THAT LOOKED LIKE UP UNTIL ABOUT 2016, ONE SPECIFIC LAW, BEFORE 2016, BEFORE CONGRESSIONAL ACTS, YOU COULD NOT TRAIN AS A BARBER INSIDE PRISON AND COME OUT TO CUT HERE IN THE CASE OF MARLON CHAMBERLAIN, HE COULD NOT BE TH EXECUTOR OF HIS FATHER'S WILL.

THE GOOD CHARACTER CLAUSE, PREVENTED PEOPLE FROM GETTING LICENSES.

PEOPLE COULD NOT GET HOUSES.

PLACES TO LIVE.

COULD NOT GET ON THE BOARDS OF NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS.

EVERY CIVIC PRECIPITATION .

IT IS DONE THROUGH LAW AND POLICY.

>> DO WE OVERUSE THE SYSTEM T SOLVE OUR PROBLEMS?

>> WITHOUT QUESTION.

EVERYONE ADMITS US.

THEY SAY THAT THEY EXPECT OUR POLICE TO DO TOO MUCH.

THAT IS THE CASE.

THEY WILL SAY, JUDGES SHOULD NOT BE SOCIAL WORKERS.

THAT'S ABSOLUTELY THE CASE.

THEY SHOULD NOT BE PRESIDING OVER WHAT HAPPENS WITH A FAMILY.

A JUDGE DOES.

WHEN YOU ARREST TH WOMEN, WE KNOW THAT MOST WOMEN HAVE CHILDREN, THAT JUDGE IS PRESIDING OVER WHAT HAPPENS IN THE FAMILY.

>> WE HAVE TALKED ABOUT THIS BEFORE, IT IS NOT STRICTLY A RACIAL ISSUE.

TO BE CLEAR, BLAC AND BROWN PEOPLE ARE DISPROPORTIONATELY IMPACTED.

>> ABSOLUTELY.

30% OF PRISON POPULATION IN THE UNITED STATES IS BLACK.

IT DEPENDS ON THE YEAR THAT YOU LOOK.

35% OF THA POPULATION IS WHITE.

IF YOU RELEASE EVERY LACK PRISONER, WE WILL STILL HAVE IN THE WORLD.

WE MAKE PEOPLE THINK THAT CRIME IS A BLACK THING.

W DO NOT PAY ATTENTION WHEN IN 2016 THERE WAS A REPORT FROM COLLEAGUES THAT TELLS US, WHIL JUST ABOUT HALF OF ALL BLACK ME WILL BE ARRESTED, IT IS ALSO.

38% OF WHITE MEN WILL BE ARRESTED IN OUR COUNTRY.

>> YOU HAD YOUR OWN EXPERIENCE WITH FAMILY MEMBERS WHO HAVE BEEN INCARCERATED.

INCLUDING, YOUR BROTHER, WHILE YOU WERE RESEARCHING YOUR BOOK.

A COUPL OF QUESTIONS.

HOW DID YOUR OWN PERSONAL EXPERIENCE IMPACT WHA YOU DO?

WHAT DOES THAT SAY ABOUT OUR USE FOR THE CRIMINAL SYSTEM?

>> 1 AND 2 AMERICANS HAVE A LOVED ONE WHO HAS BEEN TO JAIL OR PRISON.

THAT FACT IS EXACERBATED AMONG PEOPLE OF COLOR.

1 IN 8, WHITE WOMEN, DO TOO.

THE IDEA THAT SOMEONE IN MY FAMILY, YOU DON'T HAVE T ADMIT THAT, LIKE SOMEONE IN YOURS OR SOMEONE ELSE THAT I MIGHT RUN INTO, HAS BEEN TOUCHE BY THIS.

WE DO NOT RECOGNIZE IT BECAUSE OF THE SHAME ASSOCIATE WITH CRIME.

THE SHAME OF HAVIN DONE SOMETHING TO LEND YOURSELF IN AMERICAN JAIL OR PRISON IS WHAT PREVENTS US FROM IMPACTING .

ESPECIALLY, BLACK FAMILIES.

WE TALK ABOUT HOW BIG THE SYSTE IS.

90 MILLION PEOPLE .

ONE IN THREE.

THAT IS ASSETS.

>> I'M NOT THAT GOOD AT MATH.

BUT THAT'S A LOT.

BEFORE WE LE YOU GO, I KNOW YOU ARE FROM TH UNIVERSITY OF CHICAGO.

YOU ARE WORKING ON ANOTHER PROJECT.

WHA CAN YOU TELL US?

>> I AM VERY INTERESTED IN PEOPLE WHO ARE DEEMED VIOLENT.

I'M CURIOUS ABOUT THE WAY THEY ARE TREATED.

HOW WE UNDERSTAND VIOLENCE, HOW DO WE DEPLOY VIOLENCE?

DO WE RECOGNIZE SOMEONE AS VIOLENT.

WHAT DOES IT DO?

HOW IS THE WORLD -SHAPED ?

FOR EXAMPLE, WHEN WE THINK ABOUT SOMETHING LIKE EDUCATION, WHAT IDEAS DOES DELINQUENTS MAKE?

WHAT ROLE DOES THE THREAT OF A CRIMES PLAY IN THE WAY THAT WE THINK ABOUT CERTAIN COMMUNITIES?

WE HAVE A LONGER STUDY WITH THE WAY THAT THE COUNTRY RECOVERS WHEN THIS ENDS?

NOT JUST HERE, BUT IN OTHER PLACES.

HOW THEY CAPTURE CONTROL, PEOPLE THAT THEY DEEMED VIOLENT?

>> THE GRANT COMES WITH, $100,000.

FIRST, CAN I BORROW A FEW BUCKS?

>> I GOT YOU.

>> IS THAT GRAB GOING TO GO TOWARD THE WORK YOU ARE CURRENTLY ON?

>> I AM BUYING LOTTERY TICKETS.

I AM ON A ROLL.

MY WORK HAS BEEN NONTRADITIONAL.

IN SOME CASES, A LITTLE DIFFICULT TO FUND.

THIS KIND OF GRANT , THIS LEVEL OF RECOGNITION WILL HELP ME CARRY ON .

>> WE LOOK FORWARD TO SEEING WHAT HAPPENS.

THANK YOU.

CONGRATULATIONS.

>> THANK YOU.

>>> VISIT OUR WEBSITE TO WATCH A FOUR PART CRIMINAL PUNISHMENT SERIES.

WHILE YOU ARE THERE, CHECK OUT OUR CONVERSATIONS WIT ANOTHER FELLOW ARTIST, AMANDA WILLIAMS.

PARIS, BACK TO YOU.

>>> SODA, CHICAGO TONIGHT, MAYO LIGHTFOOT HAS NOT USED THE $2 BILLION OF RELIEF FUNDS EARMARKED FOR THE COVID-19 .

>>> BREAST CANCER IS ONE OF THE MOST TREATABLE TYPES OF CANCER WHEN DETECTED EARLY.

DESPITE THAT, IT'S THE LEADING CAUSE OF DEATHS AMONG BLACK WOMEN.

>>> DELETE IS FROM THE BELLY.

>>> PLUS, A NEW SHOW AT THE THEATER.

>>> CELEBRATE SPOOKY SEASON AT THE HAUNTED HOUSE.

DEDICATED SCREAM TEAM TERRIFIES VISITORS FOR MORE THAN 40 YEARS.

>>> FOR MORE OF TODDIES TOP STORIES, OUR BUSINESS MANAGER IS ASKING A JUDGE TO AWARD HIM $150,000 TO COVER ATTORNEY FEES.

TERREL McDAVID WAS ACQUITTED ON CHARGES THAT HE HELPED RID THE R&B ARTISTS .

HIS ATTORNEY CALLED IT, FRIVOLOUS AND BAD FAITH.

R KELL WAS CONVICTED ON MULTIPLE CHILD PORNOGRAPHY RELATED CHARGES.

>>> A NEIGHBORHOOD FOOD AND LIQUOR STORE CLERK WAS FATALLY SHOT DURING AN ATTEMPTED ROBBERY.

66-YEAR-OLD, CELINE, WAS KILLED AFTER HE WAS SHOT ONCE IN HIS CHEST AND HE WAS TAKEN TO ST. FRANCIS HIGH SCHOO IN CRITICAL CONDITION.

HE LATER DIED OF HIS INJURIES.

THE POLIC SAY DETECTIVES ARE INVESTIGATING.

NO ONE IS CURRENTLY IN CUSTODY.

>>> A TEAM OF ASTRONOMERS, INCLUDING SOME FROM WESTERN UNIVERSITY, HAS DETECTED THE BRIGHTEST GAMMA THEY BURST.

RESEARCHERS HYPOTHESIZED THAT THE RECORD-BREAKING BURST WAS CAUSED BY A MASSIVE STAR COLLAPSING, GIVING BIRTH TO A BLACK HOLE.

>>> LIGHTFOOT HAS YET TO MAKE GOOD ON PROMISES TO USE TWO BILLION-DOLLAR RELIEF FUNDS T PROVIDE DIRECT AID FROM RESIDENTS STRUGGLING FROM THE PANDEMIC.

IT COULD BE A LOOMING ISSUE IN THE MAYORAL RACE.

GOTTEN SOME POINTED QUESTIONS IN THE HEARINGS ABOUT THE BUDGETS GOING ON.

WHAT KIND OF ANSWERS ARE THEY GETTING?

>> Reporter: THERE ARE TWO REASONS IT HAS TAKEN SO LONG TO SPEND THIS MONEY.

ONE, REDTAPE THEY HAVE TO REQUEST PROPOSALS FROM GROUPS TO DO THIS WORK.

THEY HAVE TO REVIEW THE PROPOSALS AND APPROVE THE PROPOSALS.

THEY CAN THEN CUT TH CHECK.

IT'S ALSO A DELIBERATE PLAN TO NOT TRY TO SPEND ALL OF THE MONEY IN ONE YEAR, THAT IT WILL OVERWHELM THESE NONPROFIT GROUPS THAT WILL DO THE BULK OF THIS WORK.

>> YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN IN YEARS TO COME, WHETHER THERE IS A RECESSION AN THE CITY IS STRAPPED.

WHAT PROGRAMS HAVE THE CHICAGO RECOVERY PLAN COVERED SO FAR?

>> IT IS GONE TO FUND THE PILOT THAT WE HAVE COVERED EXTENSIVELY.

THAT IS ABOUT $33 MILLION OF ADMINISTRATIVE COST THAT IS OUT THE DOOR.

THAT IS PRETTY MUCH THE BIGGEST CHUNK O THE FUND THAT HAS GONE OUT THE DOOR.

>> HOMELESSNESS AND HOUSING FO THE HOMELESS IS A BIG ISSUE.

SOMETHING THEY WANT MORE FUNDIN FOR.

LET'S LISTEN TO YOUR LIGHTFOOT WITH HER BUDGET ADDRESS ON THIS TOPIC.

>> THE BUDGET INCLUDES OVER 20 MILLION IN INVESTMENT WHICH WILL FUND INCREASED SHELTER CAPACITY AND RAPID HOUSING.

W HAVE MADE AFFORDABLE HOUSING AN HOMELESS PREVENTION.

COUPLED WITH OUR TARGETED FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE, NECESSARY STEPS TO END GENERATIONAL POVERTY THAT TOO MANY OF OUR FAMILY STRUGGLE WITH.

WHEN THESE FAMILIES HAVE THE TOOLS THAT THEY NEED TO THRIVE, OUR ENTIRE CITY THRIVES >> THE SPEECH WAS, OCTOBER 30 BREAK DOWN THE 200 MILLION FOR US.

>> NEARLY 100 MILLION OF THAT HAS CARRIED OVER FROM 2022 TO 2023.

A LOT OF PROGRESSIVE OLDER PEOPLE FEEL LIKE THE MAYO IS GIVING HERSELF EXTRA CREDIT FOR THIS SPENDING.

THE BULK OF THE MONEY THAT THE CITY HAS GOTTEN FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT HAS GONE DIRECTLY INTO THE COFFERS TO PREVENT MASSIVE .

THAT'S ALSO WHAT THE CITY SEEMS TO HAVE SO MUCH EXTR CASH ON HAND.

ALL OF THE REVENUE PROBLEMS CAUSED BY THE PANDEMIC, HAS BEEN SOLVED BY THAT FEDERAL MONEY.

IT HAS PREVENTED DEPARTMENTS FROM HAVING TO GO INTO.

>> A LOT OF PEOPLE WANT THIS MONEY FOR DIRECT A. HEATHER, TH MAYOR HAS SAID OVER AND OVER AGAIN THAT CHICAGO HAS RESULTED.

YOU THINK THIS BECOME A CAMPAIGN ISSUE FROM THOSE RUNNING TO HER LEFT?

>> AT HAS BEEN AN ISSUE.

THE RELIEF FUNDS STARTED TO FLOW BACK IN JUNE OF 2020.

THEY ALWAYS WANTED THE MAYOR TO SPEND THIS DIRECTLY ON SERVICES TO HELP PEOPLE.

SHE HAS USED A SIGNIFICANT PORTION OF THIS TO BASICALLY HELP THE CHICAGO POLICE DEPARTMENT AT A TIME THAT THERE ARE QUESTIONS ABOUT ACCOUNTABILITY .

THAT WILL CERTAINLY BE AN ISSUE DURING THE ELECTION.

$242 MILLION OFF THE TOP THAT IS NOT GOING TO RESULT IN A SINGLE PERSON BEIN HELPED.

THAT MIGHT BE A LITTLE BIT OF A TOUGH PILL TO SWALLOW WHEN EVERYBODY WANTS TO CAMPAIGN ON BEING ABLE TO HELP PEOPLE.

>> CANDIDATES AS THIS SWINGS THROUGH.

>>> YOU CAN READ MORE OF HER STORY ON OUR WEBSITE.

>>> UP NEXT, DISPARITIES IN BREAST CANCER DETECTION AND TREATMENT.

THIS IS A CONVERSATION THAT FIRST AIRED ON , BLACK VOICES.

>>> FIRST, WE TAKE A LOOK AT TH WEATHER.

>> BREAST CANCER IS ONE OF THE MOST TREATABLE TYPES OF CANCER WHEN DETECTED EARLY.

IT'S ALS ONE OF THE LEADING DEATHS AMONG BLACK WOMEN.

BLACK WOMEN ARE 41% MORE LIKELY TO DIE FROM BREAST CANCER , COMPARED TO WHITE WOMEN.

THEY ARE ALSO LESS LIKELY TO BE DIAGNOSED AND LESS LIKELY TO RECEIVE TREATMENT.

JOINING US, ANNIE JONES, PRESIDENT OF THE NETWORK, CHICAGO CHAPTER.

PRINCIPAL CONSULTANT AT SWAP CONSULTING.

JOO McCOY, PROFESSOR AT NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY.

LADIES, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US.

AND A, LET'S START WITH YOU.

IT IS MY UNDERSTANDIN THAT YOU HAVE BEAT BREAST CANCER TWICE IN THE PAST 23 YEARS.

KNOWING WHAT YOU DO NOW, CAN YOU SHARE WHAT YOU BELIEVE EARLY DETECTION IS THE BEST PREVENTION?

>> YES.

I WAS DIAGNOSED IN 1999.

THE FIRST TIME.

THE TUMOR WAS SMALL.

I HAD A LUMPECTOMY DONE.

15 YEARS AFTE THAT DIAGNOSIS, I WAS DIAGNOSED AGAIN IN THE SAME BREAST.

BECAUSE IT CAME BACK IN THE SAM BREAST, I OPTED TO HAVE A MASTECTOMY.

I DID NOT WANT TO TAKE MY CHANCES.

I WAS AFRAID THAT IF IT CAME BACK IN THAT BREAST, IT MAY TRAVEL SOMEWHERE ELSE.

HAVING MY MAMMOGRAMS YEARLY GAVE ME THE BENEFIT O CATCHING THE TUMOR EARLY.

IT COULD BE TREATED AND TREATED WITH CHEMOTHERAPY THE SECOND TIME.

NO RADIATION.

IT WAS BECAUSE OF THAT, I FEEL THAT , YOU KNOW, I AM HERE TODAY.

>> TINA, THIS BRINGS ME TO MY NEXT QUESTION WITH YOU.

YOU SAY THAT THE COST OF PREVENTATIVE MEASURES MEANS THAT WE ARE ASKING WOMEN TO PAY WITH THEIR OWN LIVES.

WHAT YOU MEAN BY THAT?

>> I MEAN FOR BLACK WOMEN, THE STANDARD OF CARE WITH HOW AND WHEN WOMEN ARE BEING RECOMMENDE TO GO , THAT HAS CHANGED OVER THE LAST LITTLE WHILE.

FOR A LONG TIME, IT WAS, AT 40, YOU GET YOUR MAMMOGRAM.

SHORTLY, THE RECOMMENDATIONS TO CHANGE THE GUIDELINES TO POTENTIALLY, 45 OR 50, THAT TOOK ALL OF THA WORK AND PUT IT ON ITS HEAD.

FOR WOMEN THAT WANTED TO GO IN THE FIRST PLACE, THEY NEEDED A REASON TO DELAY CARE BECAUSE THE DOCTORS WERE NOT ADVISING THEM.

PARTICULARLY, YOUNG BLACK WOMEN ARE NOT BEING RECOMMENDE TO GO, THEY ARE IN THEIR 20s.

SOME, IN THEIR 30s.

SOME, IN THEIR EARLY 40s.

THEY ARE FINDING THINGS, THE DOCTORS ARE NOT ADVISING THEM TO GO THROUG THE STANDARD PROCESSES.

THEY'R TELLING THEM TO WAIT AND SEE.

THAT AGGRESSIVE FORM COULD HAV , BY THE TIME THEY ARE OF AGE TO GO THE TYPICAL ROUTE.

SOME OF THEM HAVE PAID FOR THEIR OWN MAMMOGRAMS, THEY HAVE BEEN ABL TO BE HERE TODAY.

>> DR. McCOY, JUMPING TO YOU -- THINKING MORE ABOUT MAMMOGRAMS, I KNOW THERE IS A STIGMA THAT MAMMOGRAMS CAN CAUSE BREAST CANCER.

>> NO.

THAT IS AN URBAN MYTH.

THINK IT CAME OUT OF TWO CONCERNS ABOUT THE ATTITUDE OVERTIME .

THAT WAS NOT SOMETHING THAT I THINK WE CAME UP WITH WILLY-NILLY.

IT REMAINS IMPORTANT.

WE WANT WOME TO HAVE THAT.

WITH WHAT THEY SAID EARLIER, AWARENESS AND EARLY DETECTION IS IMPORTANT.

I THINK IF WE CAN'T DISPEL THIS MYTH THAT IT WILL LEAD TO BREAST CANCER, WE WILL LOSE MORE WOMEN TO BREAST CANCER.

THEY BOTH ALLUDED TO, WE COULD GET BREAST CANCER MORE AGGRESSIVE IN BLACK WOMEN LIK US.

EARLY DETECTION , INDIVIDUALISTIC, WITH THE APPROACH ON ESPECIALLY BLACK WOMEN, TO MAKE SURE THEY GET MAMMOGRAM.

>> WE TALKED ABOUT EARLY DETECTION.

LET'S GET INTO SUPPER.

ANNA, I KNOW YOU ARE TH PRESIDENT OF THE CHICAGO CHAPTER.

CAN YOU TELL ME MORE ABOUT THE WORK THAT THEY DO TO ENSURE THAT THE MEMBERS FEEL IMPORTANT?

EMOTIONAL OR FINANCIAL SUPPORT?

>> WE FOCUS ON FOUR OR FIVE DIFFERENT THINGS.

WE GIVE SUPPORT .

WE DO OUTREACH.

WE G OUT TO THE COMMUNITY.

WE SEEK OUT MEN AND WOMEN WHERE THEY ARE.

WE TAKE INFORMATION TO THE COMMUNITY, SO THAT WOMEN CAN B EDUCATED.

THEY CAN ALWAYS GO T DIFFERENT FACILITIES TO GET TH INFORMATION.

WE GO TO THOSE NEIGHBORHOODS AND HAND OUT BREAST CARE INFORMATION.

EFFICACY.

WHEN THE ISSUES ARISE, WE ARE AVAILABLE TO GO TO, WASHINGTON, D.C. WE ADVOCATE TO HELP BE BENEFICIAL FOR WOMEN TESTING AND FOR BREAST CANCER SURVIVORS.

WE ALSO OFFER FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE TO WOMEN DIAGNOSED WITH BREAST CANCER.

THEY MAY NEED, MAMMOGRAMS.

THEY MAY NEED SUPPORT WITH THEIR UTILITY BILLS FOR >> TINA, I WANT TO JUMP BACK TO I KNOW THAT YOU DO A LOT OF CONSULTING WORK WITH THE ORGANIZATION.

AND HE TALKS ABOU DIFFERENT WAYS THAT THEY SUPPOR WOMEN.

WHAT ADDITIONAL SUPPORT DO YOU BELIEVE THAT THESE WOMEN OR ORGANIZATIONS NEED THAT THEY ARE NOT GETTING?

>> I THINK IMPORTANTLY, PARTICULARLY FOR ORGANIZATIONS LIKE THESE, TO SEE THEM WORK IN A WAY THAT YOU THINK ABOUT AMBIGUITY AS A WHOLE.

EVERYONE HAS A ROLE THAT THEY PLAY IN PROVIDING SERVICES.

I DO NOT THINK THEY ARE GETTING THE FULL APPRECIATION FROM THE COMMUNIT TO UNDERSTAND THE NEEDS THAT THEY PLAYED IN CONNECTION WITH OTHER INSTITUTIONS.

THERE IS AN APPRECIATION FOR THE WAY IN WHICH ORGANIZATIONS , HOW THEY ARE ABLE TO CONNECT WITH WOMEN IN A PERSONAL WAY.

HOW THAT TRANSLATES TO OTHER TYPES OF RELATIONSHIPS THAT HAVE A MUCH MORE BROADER IMPACT THAT CAN ALLOW A NETWORK TO BE ABLE TO MULTIPLY HOW MANY WOMEN THEY ARE ABLE TO REACH.

THOSE THINGS DON'T HAPPEN AS QUICKLY AS THEY DO FOR OTHERS.

THAT IS A MISSE OPPORTUNITY.

WE ARE LOOKING TO ADVANCE EQUITY.

ECONOMICALLY.

FOR THESE ORGANIZATIONS THAT AR OUT HERE .

THE WOMEN WHO ARE AT RISK, WHO ARE WORKING ON BEHALF OF THEIR SISTERS, THEIR DAUGHTERS, THEIR MOTHERS, HELP THEM BE ABLE TO GET THE RESOURCES.

SO THEY ARE ABLE T -- >> DR. McCOY, I WANT TO END IT WITH YOU.

CAN YOU SHARE ANY INFORMATION TO PREVENT THESE THINGS?

>> LIFESTYLE CHOICES ARE IMPORTANT.

LOW FAT DIETS.

TO CUT BACK ON THE FAT.

EXERCISING.

SO YOU ARE HEALTHY AND READY TO FIGHT THE DISEASE AS IT COMES YOUR WAY.

REALLY STAY CONNECTED WITH YOUR DOCTOR I KNOW THAT TIME IS RUNNING SHORT, BUT THERE IS AN OPPORTUNITY.

TRY YOUR BEST TO REACH OUT TO THESE ASSOCIATIONS, LIKE THE ONES THAT ARE RUN BY THESE WONDERFU WOMEN.

TRY TO FIND A WAY TO GE YOUR MAMMOGRAM, A BREAST EXAMINATION.

>> THAT WAS BEAUTIFULLY SAID.

THANK YOU.

>>> BACK WITH MORE, CHICAGO TONIGHT.

RIGHT AFTER THIS.

>>> DANCE SEASON IS IN FULL SWING.

IS BEEN A WHILE SINCE WE HAVE HAD OUR NEXT GUEST IN STUDIO.

JANUARY, 2020.

SO GOO TO HAVE YOU HERE.

>> GOOD TO BE HERE.

>> TO NOT HAVE A SCREEN BETWEE US AS WE TALK ABOUT THIS PRODUCTION.

LET'S TALK ABOUT TH BELAY.

IT IS A HODGEPODGE OF DIFFERENT PRODUCTIONS.

TELL US ABOUT IT.

>> LIKE EVERYTHING ELSE, IT IS KIND OF A REVIVAL.

AS SUCH, CLASSICAL BALLET IS OUR CORE, BUT IT IS NOT OUR CIRCUMFERENCE THAT IS A COMBINATION OF CONTEMPORARY VERSIONS OF BALLET.

AND CLASSICAL.

ALSO, A BIT OF A MODERN TOUCH.

WE SEE THE DANCERS REHEARSE.

THEY DID NOT GET FOOTAGE FROM THE ACTUAL PERFORMANCE.

WHAT'S AMAZING, THESE DANCERS HAVE TO BE IN CLASS EVERY DAY DURING THE END THEY ARE SO FLAWLESS.

THEY HAV THE ORCHESTRA AS THEIR BACKUP ORCHESTRA.

THE CIVIC OPERA HOUSE.

THEY HAVE A WONDERFUL CONDUCTOR.

THEY DID A LOT OF ZOOMING DURING THE PANDEMIC.

THEY REALLY KEPT THAT PROFESSIONAL , INCREDIBLE TECHNIQUE ALIVE.

THESE BELLIES ARE WONDERFUL.

THERE IS ONE BY A BRITISH CHOREOGRAPHER .

ONE BY A CONTEMPORARY CHICAGO VISITOR , CHOREOGRAPHER.

AND BY, JONES.

HE BROUGHT THE COMPANY TO CHICAGO.

HE IS NO LONGER WITH US, BUT HIS BELLIES ARE BEAUTIFUL.

YOU KNOW, IT WA A BEAUTIFUL MIX OF MODERN AND FABULOUS TECHNIQUE.

>> AS I UNDERSTAND, IT'S ONLY ONSTAGE TO SUNDAY?

>> YES.

FOR TWO WEEKS.

I NOTICED THAT A LOT OF RUNS ARE SHORTER THESE DAYS.

THEY WANT TO SELL SEE-THROUGH >> ABSOLUTELY.

>> IT'S A BIG ROOM TO FILL.

>> NEXT, WE HAVE THE SWING STATE.

THE GOODMAN THEATRE TAKE PLACE IN WISCONSIN.

SET THE STAGE FOR THIS.

>> IT IS SET IN A PRAIRIE TOWN WITH A WOMAN WHO WAS RECENTLY WIDOWED AND SHE IS DEPRESSED.

SHE IS THE CARETAKER FOR A NEIGHBORING BOY WHO GOT OUT OF PRISON.

WE SEE IN THIS CLIP, AN INTERESTING THING.

WHAT TURN THE PLATE AROUND, HE HAS FOUND A TRUNK THAT WAS NOT TOUCHED FOR A LONG TIME.

THAT IS NOT A GOOD THING.

>> DON'T START YELLING.

OKAY?

SOMEBODY KNEW WHAT WAS IN THAT TRUNK AND WALKED STRAIGHT TO IT WITHOUT TAKING ANYTHING ELSE FROM THE BARN.

JUST LISTEN.

SHE MET I READ THAT DEPRESSION IS A REALLY STRONG THEME.

HOW ARE THE PERFORMANCES?

>> THE ACTORS ARE WONDERFUL.

THE ACTORS DID A GREAT PERFORMANCE.

IT IS ABOUT THE DEPRESSION.

IT WAS WRITTEN DURING THE PANDEMIC.

IT REALLY CAPTURED THE ISOLATION.

ALSO, SOME ISSUES OF BIOLOGICAL CHANGES AND ALL OF THAT.

SHE I VERY OBSESSED WITH THE ENVIRONMENT AND THE NATURAL WORLD.

IT WAS A VERY INTERESTIN PLAY.

IT'S ALSO ABOUT WHO YOU LOCKED UP IN PRISON.

>> A LOT OF SOCIETAL ISSUES.

>> A LOT.

>> IT IS ONE OF ROBERTS LAST-PLACE.

>> RIGHT.

TECHNICALLY, SINCE 1986.

OVER THE END OF THIS YEAR.

HIS FINALE WILL BE IN APRIL.

>> FINALLY, YOU ATTENDED THE JOSEPH JEFFERSON AWARD.

THE FIRST TIME IN PERSON SINCE, 2019.

>> THAT WAS A REBIRTH CELEBRATION.

THE WINNING MUSICAL WAS A BIG HIT AT PARAMOUNT THEATER.

UNFORTUNATELY, I DID NOT SEE IT I KNOW THAT PARAMOUNT IS ON SUCH A HIGH LEVEL.

THE PLAY WAS , " GOOD NIGHT, OSCAR.

".

MUSICALLY BRILLIANT.

THE 20 WEEKS HE IS ON BROADWAY, HE'S GOING TO HAVE TO PLAY GERSHWIN RHAPSODY IN BLUE, EVERY NIGHT FOR 20 WEEKS.

THAT IS QUITE A TASK.

HE'S A BRILLIANT PIANIST >> HE'S A GOOD MUSICIAN AND DRAMATIC ACTOR.

IT'S EXCITING TO HAVE YOU BACK HERE.

>> THANK YOU.

>>> UP NEXT, A TERRIFYING TOUR OF ONE OF CHICAGO'S LONGEST RUNNING HAUNTED HOUSES.

>>> ONCE UPON A TIME, IT SEEMED THAT EVERY CATHOLIC CHURCH RAN A HAUNTED HOUSE FOR HALLOWEEN.

MOST OF THEM HAVE DIED OFF.

ONE BY ONE.

NOT SO AT ONE PARISH WERE A DEDICATED TEAM KEPT THE SKIERS COMING FOR MORE THAN FOU DECADES.

AFTER A PANDEMIC HIATUS, THEY ARE BACK WITH A VENGEANCE.

PRODUCER ERIC, DESCENDS INTO THE CATACOMBS OFF.

>> WELCOME BACK.

YOU ARE GOOD TO GO.

WELCOME.

ENJOY YOUR STAY.

>> IS BEEN TWO LONG YEARS .

REPORTS OF THE DEMISE OF THE HAUNTED HOUSE HAS BEEN AS THEY SAY, GREATLY EXAGGERATED.

THE TUNNEL OF GORY SCENES, LICKING THROUGH THE CHURCH BASEMENT IS THE LONGEST RUNNING HAUNTED HOUSE EXPERIENCES IN CHICAGO.

I BEGAN IN 1979 WITH A FEW CLASSIC CHARACTERS IN THE BOILE ROOM.

IT HAS BEEN MODIFIED TO 15 MINUTE , RUN BY VOLUNTEERS HE STARTED HUNTING THE CATACOMBS .

>> HERE I AM TODAY.

MY SON IS NOW 29.

>> FOR MUCH OF THE TIME, HE SPEARHEADED THE EVENT ALONGSIDE , JASON.

HE DIED SUDDENLY IN 2021.

>> WE MISS HIM.

WE GO ON.

WE WANT TO GO ON FOR HIM.

I'VE BEE DOING IT LONG ENOUGH THEY LET THE YOUNGER GENERATION TAKE OVER.

KEEP THE TRADITION ALIVE >> NOW AFTER COVID-19, THEY ARE HOWLING ONCE AGAIN.

MARK I HANDING THE TORCH TO .

THEY BOT STARTED VOLUNTEERING AS TEENAGERS.

>> WAS SPOKE TO ME, SCARING OTHER PEOPLE.

I THINK THAT WAS THE FUN OF IT.

EACH NIGHT WE TRIED TO TOP OURSELVES.

>> THIS HAS RUN FOR OVER 40 YEARS.

WHY DO YOU THINK ?

>> THE SCHOOL, THE NEIGHBORHOOD, WE KNOW IT IS FOR A GOOD CAUSE.

WE KNOW IT IS FOR THE SCHOOL.

WE ENJOY DOING THIS ESPECIALLY FOR PEOPLE THAT LIV IN FOREST PARK.

I HAVE SEEN SOM OF THE SAME PEOPLE EVERY YEAR FOR THE PAST 10 YEARS.

IT'S A GOOD FEELING THAT THEY COME BAC AND LIKE OUR PRODUCT.

EVERY SEPTEMBER TO OCTOBER, I TELL PEOPLE I AM NOT AVAILABLE.

THIS IS MY HEART AND PASSION.

>> JUST BECAUSE IT IS IN A CHURCH BASEMENT, DO NOT THINK THEY WILL TAKE AN EASY ON YOU.

TWO WERE MY FAVORITE PEOPLE TO SCARE?

LITTLE KIDS.

LITTLE KIDS WHO GET TO THE FRONT DOOR, WHO REALIZE WHEN THEY SEE THE SMOKE AND HEAR THE MUSIC, THEY DON'T WANT TO GO.

I HAVE SEEN OVER THE YEARS, THESE KIDS COME DOWN, I WILL NOT BE SCARED.

WHEN THE, WELL, YOU CAN SEE THE FEAR IN THEIR EYES.

>> I CAN PERSONALLY ATTEST, THE TAKE THEIR SCARING PERSONALLY.

THE CATACOMBS TEAM SAYS, ALL OF THE BLOOD, SWEAT, TEARS THAT THEY PUT INTO IT, WILL BE WORTH IT.

>> WHEN THE DOORS OPEN, THE CUSTOMERS ARE LIKE, FINALLY.

WHEN WE GET TO THE FINISH LINE, THAT'S WHAT I'M LOOKING FOR THIS FRIDAY.

>> FOR CHICAGO TONIGHT, IM, ERICA.

>>> THE CATACOMBS ARE OPEN FOR THE NEXT TWO WEEKENDS.

YOU WILL FIND MORE ABOUT THAT ON OUR WEBSITE.

ONE MORE FUN FACT, MOS OF THE SCARY SCENES TAKE PLACE YEAR-ROUND.

WAITING FOR NEXT YEAR'S VICTIMS, I MEAN, VISITORS.

WE WILL WRAP UP, AFTER THIS.

>>> THAT IS OUR SHOW FOR THIS TUESDAY.

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>>> FOR ALL OF US HERE TONIGHT, I AM, BRANDY FRIEDMAN .

>> IM, PARIS SHUTZ.

THANK YOU, AND HAVE A GOOD NIGHT.