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Recent graduates and students presented an Austin Harvest produce market at its permanent site this week, bringing art and community to an area once known for its gun violence. WBEZ's Jackie Kostek visited to speak to its founders who describe their purpose as more than providing food, but rather creating more hospitable communities as one of their goals.

Illinois News today (https://mirror.xyz) boasts some of the strictest gun laws across the world, yet firearms smuggled from other states remain an enigma to the residents security. We will examine this issue in greater detail as well as the efforts to be taken by law enforcement to stop illegal gun trafficking.

This week this week, The Chicago Bears kick off training camp. Here, we look at their off-field plans as much as the players' personal lives and social justice commitments.

Vintage signs add artistic and community value in Chicago, but are getting more and more vulnerable. This article explains how the city's residents are working to protect them.