Sometimes people don’t bother to call 911 after hearing shots. ShotSpotter can lead cops and paramedics directly to victims.
Brian Crowder, ex decano de los estudiantes en la Greater Lawndale High School for Social Justice, se declaró culpable el miércoles en un acuerdo con los fiscales, sólo para pedir un aplazamiento cuando se enteró que tendría que registrarse como ofensor sexual de por vida.
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“He takes it upon himself to go out there in the seventh with 100-plus pitches and give us everything that he’s got, and that’s why everybody loves him,” catcher Yan Gomes said.
Piping plovers Imani and Searocket have produced four eggs in a protected area of the beach.
“We got a big hit and a little bit of exhale for sure,” manager Craig Counsell said. “It’s a game changer.”
While local events are energetic and entertaining, many participants also say they take time to reflect on Black history and teach younger generations about the realities of race in America.
The 30-year-old man, and the woman, 31, were in a car about 2:30 a.m. in the 3000 block of North Cicero Avenue when someone in another car fired shots.
Firefighters responded to the fire, which broke out in an apartment on the top floor of a building in the 2400 block of East 78th Street around 2:30 a.m.
According to Chicago police, the building in the 3100 block of South Green Street caught fire when someone threw an incendiary device through the window around 2:20 a.m.
In celebration of the holiday, the Juneteenth Jumpoff, an annual cabaret-burlesque show, takes the stage on two nights — Tuesday and Wednesday — at the Baton Show Lounge and the Den Theatre, and allows Black performers to express themselves for “Jubilee Day.”
It’s not a great draft class, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t gems to be found. Considering the recent state of the Bulls and the confusing direction of the organization, exec Arturas Karnisovas & Co. need to hit it big.
The Fire scored two goals for the first time since April 6 and generated 11 shots, but had an open week following the win over LA.
After a memorable five-plus-year run for our “Sports Saturday” editions, we’re shifting the best, thickest sports section in town back a day. Get ready for “Sports Sunday.”
Paul Vriend’s photograph of a lively fawn at Rosehill Cemetery and Todd Cook explaining cicada-imitating flies working on Salt Creek are among the notes from around Chicago outdoors and beyond.
After the Sharks take Macklin Celebrini at No. 1 overall, the order gets a lot murkier. Here’s a rough guess for how all 32 first-round picks will play out, including the Hawks’ No. 2 and No. 18 selections.
Keith Zerbian writes that he used to enjoy going out in Boystown not for the drinks but for the camaraderie, which would often end with a late-night coffee. He talks about what it’s like to get a coffee today as a gay man at his suburban Dunkin’ Donuts.
Bet on it: Following in the footsteps of her father and grandfather, she has become a handicapper to watch
Council members made a forward-thinking move by approving bonds to create apartments in four LaSalle Street corridor buildings. We urge the council to move forward on a plan to bring back coach houses and other accessory dwelling units.
She’s not just a friend, she’s also a business associate, and she keeps spilling details about her involvement with a married man.
The treatment Clark is getting in her debut season “has persuaded me to return to my longstanding policy of total indifference to the WNBA,” columnist Gene Lyons writes.
‘‘That was a rough one,” said Flexen, who had posted a 3.00 ERA over his last three starts. “I thought my stuff was terrible. Terrible execution, especially in big moments. That’s one I’ll try to flush.”
“You get an MVP one night and an All-Star the next night,” Mystics coach Eric Thibault said. “Especially at the position that Angel and Aaliyah are playing, you don’t get many breaks.”
The Sky’s three-game losing streak, a symptom of another bad start, begs the question: is a change to the starting lineup needed?
‘‘It means the world,’’ said Kuhl, who nearly a year ago was designated for assignment by the Nationals after a rough outing.
The boy was shot while on a sidewalk just before 8:30 p.m. in the 1300 block of South Independence Boulevard.
The Skywest Airlines flight from Joplin, Missouri, to Chicago made an emergency landing at Peoria International Airport Thursday morning.
Brumby and Willum, a pair of 2-year-old male koalas, will be viewable to the public at 2 p.m. Tuesday — the first time koalas will inhabit Brookfield Zoo Chicago.
Thomas Pavey and Raheim Hamilton are accused of owning and operating Empire Market, an online site where thousands of vendors sold illegal goods and services, including heroin, methamphetamine, cocaine, LSD, counterfeit currency and stolen credit card information, according to the indictment.
Plans for the new Morgridge Family Lakeside Learning Studios were unveiled Friday, along with an expansion of the Shedd’s youth education programs in South and West side neighborhoods. The learning center, she added, will serve about 300,000 young people very year.
The June 21-22 event is one of the latest music festivals to emerge in the suburbs.
The 39-year-old was shot multiple times in the 7700 block of South South Chicago Avenue early Monday morning, police said.
More than 20 people were shot in Chicago in little more than four hours early Monday, including another mass shooting in Englewood that wounded seven people.
If Grandma won’t store the 4-year-old’s stuff at her place, the only alternative is to start donating and trashing.
Broadcast highlights include electrifying performance by Alicia Keys, Jay-Z.
After parting ways with Nathan’s, 16-time champ says he’ll compete against Takeru Kobayashi on Netflix.
DeChambeau got up-and-down from 55 yards in a bunker — one of the toughest shots in golf — to deliver a celebration at Pinehurst just as raucous as when his hero, Payne Stewart, won with a big par putt in 1999.
Grifol knows it’s a hot topic every time he starts veteran Martin Maldonado and his .083 batting average behind the plate. But Grifol emphasized the importance of giving Korey Lee a break from his catching duties.
‘‘It’s a different animal up here,‘‘ Thorpe, 23, said after allowing six hits and five walks. ’’It’s good to get it out of the way, move on and get better for the next one.‘‘
Two men were shot about 3:20 p.m. Sunday in the 11500 block of South LaSalle Street, police said. One man died at Christ Hospital. The other man is in serious condition. No one is in custody.