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It does no good to help train and attract much-needed professionals if the Illinois Department of Financial & Professional Regulation can’t figure out how to approve first-time licenses and renewals in a timely fashion.
Periodical cicadas have been spotted from Lisle to Morgan Park. The last time the periodical cicadas were visible in northern Illinois, the iPhone was just being brought to market.
Scheffler’s attorney Steve Romines described the situation as a misunderstanding and told The Associated Press, “We will litigate the case as it goes.”
La reestructuración propuesta por el obispo Ron Hicks, líder de la Diócesis de Joliet, sigue a otras medidas de reducción de iglesias y escuelas anunciadas a principios de este año en Joliet y sus alrededores.
Happ’s strikeout rate has jumped this season. He’s still performing well against fastballs (.347 average) but is struggling against off-speed pitches (.114) and breaking balls (.093).
Los jóvenes y adultos jóvenes negros y latinos que ponen fin a sus vidas a edades más tempranas apuntan a la necesidad de una intervención temprana en las escuelas y clínicas comunitarias, escriben dos investigadores de la University of Chicago.
Infielder Braden Shewmake was optioned to Triple-A Charlotte.
That wafting aroma? It’s the sweet, sultry smell of glorious, inevitable victory. What, was that too much?
Cerca de 50 opositores de Invert, plan de desarrollo subterráneo masivo, interrumpieron una junta municipal después de que el concejal Peter Chico propusiera revocar una ley municipal para permitir la explotación minera.
The event at the BMO Tower in the West Loop is the 5th annual pitch competition by the Chicago-based nonprofit that supports entrepreneurs living in under-resourced neighborhoods.
Marine veterans asked the city to move the North Park memorial from behind a fence to a place that they can access it, possibly the Chicago Riverwalk, Navy Pier or Soldier Field. “The Marine Corps dropped the ball when they left it behind here,” said veteran Steven Chassee.
Pierre Tyler testified that Andris Wofford shot herself as he tried to grab a gun from her during an argument over child support. Tyler admitted making a “series of stupid, bad decisions” in a halfhearted attempt to cover up the fact that he’d been at the scene.
David Kwong says he’s created 22 puzzles for the New York Times, which may seem low compared to other prolific constructors, but his are deviously hard to solve.
Robert Christie wants City Hall to do more to protect his home from errant trucks that find they can’t fit through a nearby underpass. But City Hall went after him recently, citing him for failing to fix the damage the trucks had left. Now, he’s considering selling.
Mr. Weese helped save the Glessner House and found the Chicago Architecture Center.
Chicago Fire Department ambulance crews and police officers were called Friday morning to the Italian marketplace at 43 E. Ohio St.
“We’re determined to get them back,” Jason Hughes says. Otherwise, “It’s just a matter of time before they will get on fentanyl and die.”
The team rejects comparisons to George Lucas’ abandoned vision for Chicago’s lakefront, but Bears execs say they’ve learned from it and studied other legal battles as they push a $4.7 billion stadium development plan.
It happened about 9:05 p.m. in the 3200 block of West 55th Street, police said.
How fishing and access is handled at St. Johns County Ocean & Fishing Pier leads to considering the role of fishing in Chicago’s lakefront ambience.
The burglaries took place at restaurants or stores, began around midnight and lasted until past 3 a.m., police said.
Gaza is now a humanitarian catastrophe, with madmen and murderers on every side.
It’s the latest move to make access to medication abortions more widely available as the Supreme Court weighs whether to block access to the drug mifepristone.
The new law, which limits ballot access after primary elections, is likely to lead to claims of ‘stolen elections’ for years to come, the League of Women Voters writes. Republicans have now filed a lawsuit against the law.
As she mourns her husband, woman says people lucky enough to have a special someone should show their appreciation every day.
Hoerner went through a regular pregame warmup Thursday, testing his left hamstring as the Cubs evaluated his return timeline.
Officers found a man in the 9200 block of South Perry Avenue about 8:30 p.m. Thursday with multiple gunshot wounds to his body, police said.
Automated ball-strike calls can add excitement and make umpires accountable, players say. But the system can also remove part of the human element from the game.
DeShields had 14 points, shooting 7-for-12 from the field, three steals and two rebounds in the Sky’s opener. It was her first game back in good health in two years.
They were standing near the sidewalk around 7:30 p.m. in the 5500 block of West Quincy Street when a black Kia drove by and someone from inside the car opened fire.
Cozenn Johnson, 54, was inside a home in the 3800 block of West 85th Street when someone fired shots around 4:35 p.m.
The market had been operating on South Desplaines Street since 2008. This area has since become the city’s landing zone for migrants arriving by bus.
Opposite Dustin Hoffman in “Tootsie,” he was the obnoxious director of a daytime soap opera that Hoffman’s character joins by pretending to be a woman.
The survey is part of the commuter rail service’s ongoing effort to provide more off-peak service.
One of only 13 pitchers to make 250 starts with the Cubs, Hendricks has made 253, and — after a loss Friday that dropped him to 0-4 with a 10.57 ERA — it’s fair for anyone to be asking if there should be a 254th.
Around 5 p.m. Friday, a large group of protesters had surrounded the Institute of Politics. Shortly after that, a group of police officers, equipped with riot shields, burst into the building and scuffled with protesters.