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About 9:30 p.m., officers responded to reports of a person stabbed and found the man in the 4300 block of West 26th Street.
A dedicated servant to the team, Klopas is bothered by the fact that he can’t find a fix for the Fire, who are winless in six matches.
A tutorial on photographing sunspots, a report on a coyote at Palmisano Park and a favor request from a tug engineer are among the notes from around Chicago outdoors and beyond.
The Bulls and executive vice president of basketball operations Arturas Karnisovas might not be able to get rid of LaVine’s max contract with a trade this offseason, but it won’t be from a lack of trying.
Despite the team’s poor record, Connor Bedard’s popularity and the team’s ticket-sales strategies have kept fans coming to the United Center. The Hawks ranked fourth in the NHL with 18,836 fans per game and have a season-ticket renewal rate of 96% this spring.
We urge lawmakers to approve Karina’s Bill, legislation named in memory of domestic violence victim Karina González.
Daughter is starting to feel it’s unhealthy to keep helping her selfish, dishonest mom through her medical crises.
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.
Tommy Pham had three hits in the 4-2 defeat.
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.
As the 2024 presidential election approaches, officials, advocates and experts have expressed concern over misinformation and disinformation about candidates and elections in Chicago, Cook County and Illinois.
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.
Skenes, the No. 1 pick in the 2023 draft, was in complete control in his second major-league start, leading the Pirates to a 9-3 victory.
The LGBTQ+ dating app will expand its Chicago presence and hire more software engineers.
The Northwest Center plans a “healthy housing” workshop for residents Saturday at Belmont-Cragin School.
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?
Scottie Scheffler’s recent arrest brings up a man who followed an ideal.
Those two teens were among five people in a vehicle “traveling at a high rate of speed” Saturday in the 3800 block of Harrison Street when it failed to yield to a traffic signal and collided with another vehicle about 11:10 p.m., police said.
Police responded to a reported kidnapping Sunday in the 5500 block of North Austin Avenue about 4:39 p.m. where a witness said they saw a woman and child being forced into an SUV by two men, police said.
Protesters marched through the neighborhood, flying Palestinian flags and wearing kaffiyehs. They called on Chicago leaders to divest from Israel and also sought the release of Illinois inmates wrongfully convicted and sentenced.
On May 21, 1924, Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb kidnapped Bobby Franks and bludgeoned him to death. The “thrill killing,” one of many to be dubbed “the crime of the century,” remains a puzzle.
“Guys have stepped up, but we’re not playing our best baseball,” reliever Hayden Wesneski said.
Schauffele closed with a 6-under 65 to beat Bryson DeChambeau, who was entertaining to the end with a 10-foot birdie on the 18th hole for a 64.
A boy, 15, was in an alley near the 3800 block of West Lawrence Avenue at 3 p.m. when someone in a black sedan drove by and shot at him, hitting him in the left leg, police said.
Any frustration is welcome after school at GLOW: Trauma-Informed Mentoring for Girls. “This club is the only one we can express ourselves in,” one youth said while the girls create a “zen garden.”
Longtime Bears fans were taken aback after the cost of ticket packages for some of them rose nearly 50% per game, even with one less game at Soldier Field.