High School Sports

Robert Hughes will attend …

By Steve Tucker

We’ll see where the area’s top uncommitted senior is headed in nine days.

The Hubbard running back has returned from the US Army All-American Bowl in San Antonio and he told Edgy Tim that he plans to announce his college choice Jan. 16 at a press conference at his high school where his family and friends can attend.

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Ronnie Carrasquillo, who was a gang member in 1976 when he shot Officer Terrence Loftus in the head at Fullerton Avenue and Central Park Avenue on the Northwest Side.

The Watchdogs

Appeals court tosses Chicago cop-killer’s ‘excessive sentence’ after he was denied parole more than 30 times

Ronnie Carrasquillo will be resentenced after 46 years in prison after the court ruled the Illinois Prisoner Review Board didn’t give him a “meaningful’ opportunity for parole.

By Grace Asiegbu | Injustice Watch

Emergency crews surround a home where four people were killed at 105th and La Salle in December 2016. A fifth victim died 10 months later.

Crime

Man gets life sentence for killing 5 in Far South Side home invasion

Cook County Judge William Gamboney handed down the sentence Thursday against Lionel Parks.

By Matthew Hendrickson

TF North’s Terrion Long (3) and Conner Trevon (2) celebrate Long’s touchdown.

High School Football

High school football scores from Week 5

All the scores from around the area.

By Michael O’Brien

Bears

Bears defensive assistants steer clear of discussing DC Alan Williams

Once they get past the Chiefs game this weekend, the Bears likely will restructure their staff and could install someone as the interim defensive coordinator.

By Jason Lieser

Acorns from an oak tree near DePaul University, Thursday, Sept. 21, 2023.

Environment

Acorns galore: ‘Mast year’ for oak trees means massive seed production across Chicago

An abundance in acorns this fall is the result of a “mast seeding event,” a phenomenon that only happens once every few years, when oak trees produce a much larger amount of acorns than normal.

By Cindy Hernandez