Funeral services have been scheduled for Chicago Fire Capt. David Meyer who died after the roof of a garage collapsed on him during a suspicious fire earlier this week. Meanwhile, a 44-year-old Austin neighborhood man remains in custody and no …
Funeral services announced for Chicago Fire Captain David Meyer; arson suspect remains in custody Read MoreDavion Thompson, the 2025 Sun-Times Player of the Year, has transferred from Bolingbrook to Link Academy, a prep school in Missouri. Thompson announced the move on Friday morning by posting a picture of himself in a Link Academy uniform on …
Davion Thompson transfers from Bolingbrook to Link Academy Read MoreGov. JB Pritzker on Friday endorsed Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton for the U.S. Senate, giving his longtime running mate an early bump in what’s expected to be a bruising Democratic primary for the seat that’ll soon be vacated by Sen. …
Gov. JB Pritzker endorses Juliana Stratton for Dick Durbin’s Senate seat Read MoreThe Board of Education approved the Chicago Teachers Union’s new contract agreement Thursday, putting the final touch on a deal that took almost a year to negotiate. The four-year, $1.5 billion contract is now official after union members also ratified …
CPS Board says yes to CTU contract, ending yearlong trial Read MoreGREEN BAY, Wis. — When Bears general manager Ryan Poles volunteered his prediction earlier this week that the first round of the NFL Draft could “be a little wild,” he might have been thinking about his own plans. Although they …
Bears select Michigan TE Colston Loveland with No. 10 pick in 2025 NFL Draft Read MoreChicago Public Schools is taking steps to get a long-awaited Black Student Success Committee underway, even as the Trump administration takes aim at initiatives that single out particular student groups for extra support. The committee will monitor the Black Student …
CPS moves ahead with a Black Student Success Plan, despite Trump administration threats Read MoreA man was fatally struck by a train Thursday night after he fell onto the tracks near a CTA Blue Line station in West Town. The man, whose age wasn’t known, was hit by a train after he fell onto …
Man fatally struck by train after falling onto CTA track in West Town Read MoreWhat the Bears did the last time they visited Lambeau Field led to what happened in the adjacent parking lot Thursday night. Had the Bears lost to the Packers in the season finale in January, they would’ve drafted seventh. Instead, …
Bears’ Colston Loveland pick feels anticlimactic with linemen, RBs off the board Read MoreGREEN BAY, Wis. — The NFC North arms race continued Thursday as the Packers selected a wide receiver in the first round of the draft for the first time since 2002. They’re hoping Texas’ Matthew Golden, whom they picked 23rd, …
NFC North still driven by offense as Bears, Packers, Vikings all go that way in Round 1 of draft Read MoreA man is in custody after a woman was fatally stabbed during an argument Thursday afternoon in Austin on the West Side. The woman, 25, and a man, whose age wasn’t known, were outside in the 300 block of North …
Woman fatally stabbed in Austin, 1 in custody Read MoreMoon alert After 3 a.m. Chicago time, there are no restrictions to shopping or important decisions. The moon is in Aries. Aries (March 21-April 19) A positive day This is a powerful day for you because the moon is in …
Horoscope for Friday, April 25, 2025 Read MoreSUMMERLIN, Nev. — With one more race until the Marlboro Cup at Belmont Park, that cold and wet first Saturday of October 1976, Mike Colucci examined his pockets. Six bucks. “Had been losing all day,” he said. “I’ll never forget …
Rampart Casino race and sports manager Duane Colucci has been called a horse-racing ambassador Read MoreWhen Carole Clancey Cotter retired, she didn’t slow down. She had raised seven kids — all attending Catholic schools — and worked with at-risk kids in Chicago for nearly two decades as a social worker. Then, in retirement, it was …
Carole Clancey Cotter, Chicago mother of 7 who put her foot on the gas pedal in retirement, has died at 93 Read MoreA 54-year-old patron of Rivers Casino in Des Plaines arrived on an unseasonably warm early morning in January 2023 only to be greeted by someone sticking a gun in his face in the parking lot. The victim was patted down, …
Casino crime logs show thefts, fights, patrons passing counterfeit bills Read MoreAs the second presidency of Donald Trump approaches its 100th day, nationwide protests have cropped up, attracting tens of thousands in many cities, including Chicago. Yet many have come away from the events, which they describe as attended by overwhelmingly …
Black people may be mostly absent at anti-Trump protests, but they aren’t sitting on their hands, leaders say Read MoreA couple who bought their first home in 2023 on the Northwest Side and soon discovered a “putrid” odor is suing the seller, their inspector and their real estate agent after finding voluminous amounts of cat feces and urine in …
First-time homebuyers’ find attic full of cat feces, bones in Chicago bungalow Read MoreThe animating beliefs of this administration range from dangerously wrong to head-spinningly crazy. Tariffs are in the first tranche, along with the myth that NATO has been ripping off the United States for decades, that immigrants commit more crimes than …
Trump administration can’t promote motherhood, marriage without sullying its message Read MoreHordes of horror films line up for Halloween and a sleigh full of Christmas movies arrive annually in December, but there is slightly less competition around the paper-pushing rite of Tax Day. Yet on the heels of tax season, here …
‘The Accountant 2’ review: Don’t quite write it off Read MoreSamarth Narang has only lived at 820 Michigan for 10 months, but he knows there’s a colorful history behind the South Loop building. “Just walking through the doors, you can get a sense that maybe it was something else,” Narang …
Offices in the Loop and beyond are being converted to apartments. Can the city do more? Read MoreThe dancers — eight of them — are young, lean and eager to please. The man directing them was that way too, years ago. He’s 65 now, and the sharp edges of his dancer’s physique are long gone. The dancers …
Choreographer Frank Chaves, in his damaged body, creates one more beautiful dance in Chicago Read More