“We try to explain to them that standing in line right now, walking your dog into the shelter — and I hate to say it this way — but that could be the dog’s very last walk that it’s taking,” said the CACC spokesperson. For @chicago.suntimes.com

Berry and Seven's story isn't unique. Shelters in the area have experienced a jump in owner surrenders, many due to financial and housing reasons.

But owner surrenders are the first euthanized at the city-run shelter.

Thanks for sharing Stephanie!!

Veteran Affairs job cuts by the Trump admin have Doyle concerned. “My worry is that ... we will start to see homelessness and suicides again start to rise,” Mark Doyle said.

Read about Veteran Roasters plans to expand in Pullman to create a cafe-brewery-restaurant-roastery and more.

I originally wrote about the deal YB made to put this Black-owned coffee company in the Englewood store as a coffee bar back in Nov. 2023. At the time, it was the first promise made by the company that seemed to come to fruition: chicago.suntimes.com/business/202...

“Bronzeville’s a great community, once the most fabulous one in Chicago,” said one resident. “So why eliminate everything out of this community? It’s just not appropriate. We all need the best that we can get."