Any conversation these days regarding Oswego East sophomore Mason Lockett will center on confidence. Oswego East basketball coach Ryan Velasquez saw it emerge over the course of this past season. Justin Brim, the coach and founder of Young and Reckless, …
Mason Lockett emerges as Oswego East’s next star Read MoreDavid Moore of St. John’s, Indiana, faces multiple charges in an alleged cheating case in a Cal Sag Bass Anglers event on May 11. He was allegedly videotaped stashing smallmouth bass in a Calumet slip by an alert tug engineer, …
Indiana man faces multiple charges for alleged cheating in Calumet bass tournament Read MoreIn 1983, the Art Institute of Chicago hosted a big exhibition of Vatican treasures. My brother and I went but split up at one point. “I’ll meet you under the picture of Jesus,” I said, and he laughed, the joke …
Over ShotSpotter debate, ghost of Adam Toledo hovers Read MoreCook County jurors declined to find two pharmaceutical companies responsible for an elderly Brookfield woman’s colon cancer. She sued them alleging the popular heartburn drug Zantac was a culprit for her disease. Jurors deliberated for just over four hours from …
Zantac did not cause Brookfield woman’s colon cancer, Cook County jury rules Read MoreLOUISVILLE, Ky. — The Kentucky police officer who arrested top-ranked golfer Scottie Scheffler outside the PGA Championship is receiving “corrective action” for not having his body-worn camera activated when he approached the golfer’s vehicle — an interaction that allegedly resulted …
Louisville police officer who arrested Scottie Scheffler disciplined for not having bodycam activated Read MoreTwo members of Mayor Brandon Johnson’s political inner circle are under fire for making inflammatory and “hateful comments” on social media. Ald. Ray Lopez (15th) is demanding that Johnson fire Communications Director Ronnie Reese for a 2010 tweet that said, …
Mayoral allies in hot water over social media posts Read MoreBrynne Frauenhoffer has a thing for dramatic workplaces. The Chicago-based playwright has set previous plays in a vape shop and a Pizza Hut. Frauenhoffer’s new play, “Pro-Am,” produced by First Floor Theatre and premiering at The Den Theater in Wicker …
Brynne Frauenhoffer sets her play ‘Pro-Am’ in the Miami porn scene: ‘It’s a hustle all the time’ Read MoreThe former federal prosecutor overseeing police reform in Chicago urged officials Thursday “to not lose focus on making deliberate progress” as they prepare for the Democratic National Convention this summer. In her latest report on a federal consent decree mandating …
Police must ‘not lose focus’ on reform as Democratic Convention nears, former federal prosecutor warns Read MoreWhen Illinois legalized recreational marijuana in 2020, state legislators sought to correct the effects of the drug war on Black and Brown communities with “the most equity-centric law in the nation.” The government did so by issuing special “social equity” …
Cook County offers loans to social-equity marijuana businesses Read MoreBears quarterback Caleb Williams is in his first week of organized team activities — and it hasn’t been perfect. “This is the first time going against a pro defense, and a pretty good one,” coach Matt Eberflus said after Thursday’s …
Bears coach: ‘I see progress’ in QB Caleb Williams in first week of OTAs Read MoreAld. Byron Sigcho-Lopez (25th) was quoted Wednesday branding those questioning Mayor Brandon Johnson’s shuffle of council chairmanships as “the new Vrdolyak 29.” Johnson is reportedly reneging on a promise to make Ald. Emma Mitts (37th) housing chair in order to …
Brandon Johnson’s critics are nothing like the old ‘Vrdolyak 29’ Read MoreHouse Republicans attacked Northwestern University President Michael Schill during a Congressional hearing on Thursday about the agreement he made with pro-Palestinian student organizers to end an encampment on his campus, blasting the deal as a capitulation to what they allege …
Northwestern president grilled by Republicans about deal with pro-Palestinian protesters Read MoreA judge in Springfield this week sided with a group of Republican office seekers who say they are blocked from November’s ballot under a controversial new law that’s been derided as a “dictator-style tactic of stealing an election.” Gov. J.B. …
Judge halts election law that kept Republican candidates from appearing on November ballot Read MoreSam Butcher, the artist who created the Precious Moments figurines depicting angelic teardrop-eyed children, has died. He was 85. The company said in a Facebook post that he died early Monday surrounded by family. It said his life’s mission was …
Sam Butcher dead: Artist who created Precious Moments figurines was 85 Read MoreWayfair, the popular online retailer, opened its first brick-and-mortar store in Wilmette on Thursday. But before the doors officially opened at 10 a.m., hundreds of shoppers had gathered outside — some arriving as early as 5:30 a.m. for a chance …
Wayfair opens first store, drawing a crowd to Wilmette as Chicago suburb welcomes popular online retailer Read MoreUn popular medicamento contra la acidez estomacal con un ingrediente activo que se degrada en un carcinógeno tan virulento que “es el Terminator del cáncer”. O un medicamento seguro y eficaz utilizado por una mujer cuyo cáncer de colon fue …
¿Causante del cáncer o curativo de la acidez estomacal? Abogados hacen sus argumentos finales sobre Zantac Read MoreEl debut de Kamilla Cardoso en la temporada regular de la WNBA ya es un hecho. Tras sufrir una lesión en el hombro en el primer partido de pretemporada de las Sky el 3 de mayo contra las Minnesota Lynx, …
La debutante en el Sky Kamilla Cardoso quiere regresar a jugar con fuerza Read MoreNEW YORK — Major League Baseball says robot home plate umpires are unlikely for 2025. “We still have some technical issues,” baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred said Thursday at a news conference following an owners meeting. “We haven’t made as much …
MLB says automated ball-strike call system unlikely for 2025 Read MoreAdvocates say more than 120 Chicago Public Schools stand to lose vital after-school programs this summer due to a funding error by state officials and are calling on leaders in Springfield and Chicago to keep the initiatives running. For decades, …
Advocates worry 120 schools could lose after-school programs this summer Read MoreCuando las vacunas COVID-19 entraron en el mercado comercial, el gobierno federal presentó un programa para hacer que las vacunas fueran accesibles a las personas con cobertura limitada o sin seguro. Ese programa, que proporcionó millones de vacunas gratuitas a …
Las vacunas COVID-19 gratuitas podrían ser cosa del pasado; el programa federal va a finalizar Read More