News

Chicago outdoors: Big government

By Sun-Times Wire

Click here for Sunday’s column about how central big government has been to conservation issues around Chicago outdoors–Chicago River to Wolf Lake to the Kankakee River.

Without the Clean Water Act, for example, the Chicago River would still be just a sewer. Instead it has become a fishing spot and place to paddle and row; with even talk of swimming in it soon.

That’s a product of big government.

Next Up In News

Netflix looks to curb password sharing, considers ads

Aiming to predict COVID, future pandemics better, CDC opens infectious diseases forecasting center

Joliet farmers wrangle cows thrown from semitrailer after crash on Interstate 80

1 killed, 3 wounded in shootings Tuesday in Chicago

Obama relatives sue Milwaukee school alleging racial bias

Unmasked transit: Pritzker ends mask mandates in public transportation, airports

The Latest

College Sports

Northwestern upsets No. 1 Purdue for second season in a row

Incredibly, this game was even better than the one on Super Bowl Sunday.

By Steve Greenberg

Fenwick’s Ty Macariola (21) reacts against Oak Park during the Chicago Elite Classic at UIC.

High School Basketball

Fenwick wins the Battle of Oak Park, takes down the Huskies at the Chicago Elite Classic

Ty Macariola scored a game-high 26 points as the Friars beat local rival Oak Park 56-47 in the Chicago Elite Classic at Credit Union 1 Arena.

By Mike Clark

Protesters holding signs stand Monday outside a construction site where the city of Chicago plans to set up a winterized base camp to house up to 1,500 migrants.

Environment

Brighton Park migrant tent site had mercury, arsenic, other contaminants — but city deems it ‘safe for temporary residential use’

City officials say the most problematic metals and chemicals have been removed. State environmental officials will have to sign off before the project is finalized.

By Brett Chase

Cots for migrants are set up in the Chicago City Life Center Wednesday. The community center and church welcomed about 40 migrants who were previously living at police stations and airports.

Immigration

Amid city delays, state pitching in additional $2M to feed migrants

Another $2 million will be matched by the Chicago Food Depository, which has already been providing meals to migrants since June, in partnership with 15 minority-owned restaurants in Chicago.

By Tina Sfondeles and Michael Loria

Crime

Elk Grove police fatally shoot man they say was wielding knife

Elk Grove police officers responded to reports of a man with a knife in the 200 block of Fern Drive, and once at the scene, a man exited a house with a knife, police said. He then confronted police in a nearby yard, and during the exchange, police shot him.

By Sun-Times Wire