Notes come from around Chicago outdoors. BUCK OF THE WEEK: UNPLUGGED Fritz Plous emailed that his daughter Julia photographed this strapping six-point buck in Catherine Chevalier Woods on the Northwest Side in late December. BOTW Unplugged, the celebration of live …
Chicago outdoors: Where frogs go in winter and a buck in winter Read MoreBears assistant general manager Ian Cunningham interviewed with the Titans on Sunday for their opening at general manager. General manager Ryan Poles hired Cunningham shortly after taking the job in January 2022, though he has always been prepared to lose …
Bears’ Ian Cunningham interviews for Titans’ general manager job Read MoreCross Mike Vrabel off the Bears‘ list. Vrabel, who interviewed with the Bears for their vacant head coaching job on Wednesday, was named the Patriots’ new head coach Sunday morning. Vrabel was the overwhelming favorite to get the job the …
Mike Vrabel, whom the Bears interviewed, named Patriots head coach Read MoreTracking the candidates in the Bears’ wide-ranging head-coaching search: Lions offensive coordinator Ben Johnson Status: The Bears interviewed him virtually Jan. 11. Background: Johnson is the hottest assistant coach candidate in the league after helping to turn the Lions into …
Bears head coach candidate tracker: Ex-Bear Ron Rivera completes interview Read MoreGlance at the next driver you see weaving through expressway traffic at an obscenely — and dangerous — high speed. Chances are, the driver is not an older adult. Nor, in all likelihood, is the person you see driving along …
Seniors have safe driving records overall, and should be treated that way Read MoreThe Blackhawks need defenseman Seth Jones to play better than he has in the last month. Disregarding all the over-the-top vitriol Jones gets on social media, that’s a fact. Since returning from a foot injury Dec. 21, he hasn’t anchored …
Blackhawks need struggling Seth Jones to resume anchoring defense Read MoreWhen did COVID start for you? Personally, I trace the beginning to Feb. 13, 2020. My wife and I were waiting for a plane at O’Hare when a group of Japan Airlines flight attendants walked past, wearing those masks I’d …
COVID, five years on: memories of a strange and scary time Read MoreThe death of an off-duty Chicago police detective found Friday in his Mount Greenwood home has been ruled a suicide. About noon Friday, the 59-year-old man was found inside a home in the 3900 block of West 104th Street, according …
Death of off-duty Chicago police detective found in Mount Greenwood home is ruled a suicide Read MoreEndometriosis, ovarian cysts, uterine fibroids and female orgasmic disorder now can be treated with medical cannabis in Illinois. The Illinois Department of Public Health added the medical conditions to the list of diseases that can be treated with cannabis. This …
State health department approves four more conditions for medical cannabis treatment Read MorePlease send scores and corrections to preps@suntimes.com. Sunday, January 12, 2025 NONCONFERENCEWatseka 54, Momence 43Johnson at Goode ST. MARTINWaukegan 63, Milwaukee Bradley Tech, Wis. 48Clark vs. West Allis Central, Wis.Zion-Benton vs. St. Martin TF NORTHCrete-Monee 48, Simeon 41Curie 70, Detroit …
Sunday’s high school basketball scores Read MoreIt figures. Mike Vrabel best fit the attribute “leader of men’’ that the Bears are seeking in a head coach. That job description was so pointed, so specific that it left observers with the sense that former coach Matt Eberflus …
Bears liked tough guy Mike Vrabel, but his heart was elsewhere. Figures. Read MoreThe Kennedy Expressway’s reversible express lanes will reopen Monday in time for morning rush hour after nearly a year of construction. The Illinois Department of Transportation said Sunday the lanes would be open by 5 a.m., weather permitting. Chicago is …
Kennedy express lanes to reopen Monday morning Read MoreA man died Sunday afternoon of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot after Oak Forest police warned residents of an armed person who was being sought, Oak Forest police said. Police initially warned people to avoid the Food 4 Less parking lot …
Man dead of ‘self-inflicted’ gunshot in Oak Forest after police warn of armed suspect Read MoreBefore Sunday, it had been almost three years since guard Lonzo Ball started for the Bulls. Ball started his first game since Jan. 14, 2022, in the Bulls’ 124-119 loss to the Kings. The front office likely didn’t anticipate his …
Bulls guard Lonzo Ball starts first game in almost three years Read MoreAnother Chicago charter school network has decided to close one of its schools, citing falling enrollment, increasing costs and inadequate funding. The ASPIRA network, which operates three publicly funded but privately managed charters under Chicago Public Schools, approved closure of …
ASPIRA charter to shut Haugan Middle School over enrollment drop, nearly ‘million-dollar deficit,’ CEO says Read MoreCORAL GABLES, Fla. — Sam Moore, the surviving half and higher voice of the 1960s duo Sam & Dave that was known for such definitive hits of the era as “Soul Man” and “Hold On, I’m Comin,’ ” has died. …
Sam Moore of soul music duo Sam & Dave dies at 89 Read MoreThree people, including a 4-year-old girl, were shot and wounded in Hegewisch on the southeast side on Sunday afternoon, Chicago police said. A 23-year-old man and 20-year-old woman were in a residence in the 14400 block of South Carondolet Avenue …
4-year-old girl, 2 adults shot, wounded in Hegewisch Read MoreThe Bulls have become experts at celebrating the past, which is wise because there’s not much to celebrate in the present. West Coast luminaries Kendrick Lamar and Nipsey Hussle were playing on the speaker near the Kings’ locker-room before the …
‘I tried to give my all to this organization’: DeMar DeRozan returns to Chicago with Kings Read MoreJosé “Cha Cha” Jiménez, a human rights activist who co-founded the Rainbow Coalition and served as chairperson of the Young Lords organization, died Friday. He was 76. Mr. Jiménez spent much of the late ’60s and early ’70s fighting gentrification …
José ‘Cha Cha’ Jiménez, human rights activist and former chair of Young Lords organization, dead at 76 Read MoreA busy week in the Super 25. There were plenty of upsets and several instances where ranked teams lost to good teams with lousy records. Expect a lot more of that over the second half of the season. The real …
Michael O’Brien’s Super 25 high school basketball rankings for Jan. 12, 2025 Read More