Notes: Cubs reliever Adbert Alzolay is expected to be shut down from throwing for at least two weeks.
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Se han visto cigarras periódicas de Lisle a Morgan Park. La última vez que las cigarras periódicas se dejaron ver en el norte de Illinois, el iPhone acababa de salir a la venta.
Red Lobster dijo que utilizará el proceso de bancarrota para simplificar sus operaciones, cerrar restaurantes y buscar su venta.
Ald. Emma Mitts said she accepted the mayor’s offer to chair the Housing Committee and thought she had a deal — until Tuesday, when she was told the job has been promised to Ald. Carlos Ramirez-Rosa, who resigned as Zoning chair after being accused of bullying Mitts.
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On the eve of a City Council showdown, Ralph Clark argued “people will die” if Mayor Brandon Johnson is allowed to follow through on his promise to cancel the controversial gunshot detection technology contract on Nov. 22.
Onlookers observed the water rescue drill, organized to inform beachgoers on water safety ahead of the scheduled Friday opening of Chicago beaches. “I didn’t know if it was real or not,” one observer said. “It was a good display.”
A board member of the Illinois chapter of the American Society for Suicide Prevention writes about his experiences dealing with mental health and how self-care can help while people seek professional help.
Fields also said his departure from the Bears was inevitable after an awkward meeting at the end of last season.
After winning the Hustle Award, Caruso earned second-team All-Defensive honors. He made the first team last season.
If it makes him feel any better (it doesn’t), Vaughn is not alone in the classy company of struggling hitters.
Family physicians perform nearly 40% of all visits by patients seeking treatment for depression, anxiety, substance use disorder and other mental health concerns.
It happened about 9:30 p.m. at a residential apartment building in the 1300 block of South Throop Street in the Little Italy/UIC neighborhood, officials said.
President Joe Biden and Donald Trump have bypassed the commission and agreed to debates organized directly by media outlets, without in-studio audiences. The head of the National Urban League explains why that’s better for our democracy.
Ruth never clarified if he really called his shot or was actually taunting the Cubs’ dugout.
The powers that be in Boston, despite representing a metropolis founded in 1630, haven’t managed to run the train all the way to the airport. It stops 1,000 yards away.
As befits May, all forms of fishing are going and so are the cicadas to lead this sprawling raw-file Midwest Fishing Report.
The children, all of whom suffered ‘minor injuries’ were taken to area hospitals after the wreck, which happened at 8:35 a.m. in Will County.
The current Georgia quarterback is suing Gators coach Billy Napier and the program’s top booster.
Loose pedal swans at Humboldt Park were among the topics brought up Thursday at the Chicago fishing advisory committee meeting.
According to a recent study by the Chicago Department of Transportation, cycling has been growing faster in Chicago than in any other major city in America. Here’s what some Sun-Times readers had to say about their own biking habits.
The man, 21, was driving a motorcycle when he ran a red light and ran into a Jeep SUV, police said.
His wife doesn’t mind his marijuana use but wishes he’d stop lying about it.
Roughly 60% percent of the state’s 102 counties do not have a full-time public defender. That needs to change for Illinois to meet its legal obligation to provide criminal defendants with legal counsel.
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Expanded weekend services, including road tests and written tests, will be offered June 1 through Aug. 31, historically the busiest season for teenagers looking to get behind the wheel.
Crochet hasn’t allowed a run in his last two starts.
The right-hander allowed four home runs against the Yankees on Saturday.
The Champions thought they had won the city title after a groundout to first, but they had to do it all over again after an umpire revealed his call.
The pitchers “have been helping us out a lot, so there’s going to be a time where we can help them sometime, and that’s what we’re going to do,” outfielder Seiya Suzuki said.
The trial — a first for thousands of similar cases across the country to make it to a jury — has lasted three weeks. The jury of nine women and three men will now deliberate over whether the heartburn drug caused an 89-year-old Brookfield woman’s colon cancer.
For tourists, Illinois is the place to be for the historic cicada emergence. The 17-year brood in the state’s northern half and the 13-year brood in the southern part are set to converge near Springfield.
Auction of the Memphis tourist attraction had been scheduled for Thursday.
Lawmakers were on track to blow their self-imposed deadline to pass a state spending plan, as Democratic leaders tangle over a proposed increase to the tax rate paid by sportsbooks, as well as a rollback of tax discounts for retailers.
The risk to the public remains low, but farmworkers exposed to infected animals are at higher risk, health officials said. As of Wednesday, the virus had been confirmed in 51 dairy herds in nine states.
A record number of nearly 1.9 million of them will do so by car, according to AAA.
The extremely rare bugs were found this week in Beverly, Orland Park and Warrenville. One was donated to the Field Museum.
Sueños regresa a Grant Park el 25 y 26 de mayo y traerá a Chicago miles de aficionados a la música. Esto es lo que debes saber si planeas ir.
In the wake of the expert’s deposition in a case the district later settled for $800,000, state Rep. Curtis Tarver, D-Chicago, introduced a bill in Springfield this week to protect child sex abuse victims in court.
La decisión de la Municipalidad de regresar temporalmente a los comerciantes de Maxwell Street a su hogar histórico a partir del próximo domingo, es una bonita manera de homenajear a un lugar que sirvió de punto de partida a una oleada tras otra de migrantes.