High School Sports

Illinois lands another one

By Michael O’Brien

According to Illinois Wolves AAU coach Mike Mullins, Sterling guard Joseph Bertrand gave an oral commitment to Illinois Thursday night.

I’ve updated the story on our new preps site http://highschoolsports.suntimes.com/index.html and we’ll be getting a Bertrand photo in soon. What a day for Illinois!

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Outdoors

Chicago outdoors: Turkey and shed story along with record youth turkey harvest

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Horoscopes

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By Georgia Nicols

Environment

Hundreds protest in Global Climate Strike, demand that U.S. declare a climate emergency

Led by Fridays For Future, hundreds of environmental activists took to the streets to urge President Joe Biden to declare a climate emergency and call for investment in clean energy, sustainable transportation, resilient infrastructure, quality healthcare, clean air, safe water and nutritious food, according to youth speakers.

By Sun-Times staff

Crime

Woman killed, man injured in West Garfield Park

The two were driving in an alley just before 5 p.m. when several people started shooting from two cars, police said.

By Sun-Times Wire

Bulls

A long offseason begins as Bulls fall to Heat in final play-in game

The Heat jumped on the Bulls midway through the first quarter and never let go the rest of the night. With this Bulls roster falling short yet again, there is some serious soul-searching to do, starting with free agent DeMar DeRozan.

By Joe Cowley