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Three-star 2025 Plainfield Central OL Kaveon Lee plans Illini visit: 'I just want to see the team work'
Kaveon Lee could've entered his senior season with his football future solidified. But after six months as a Northern Illinois commitment, the three-star Plainfield (Ill.) Central Class of 2025 offensive tackle decided to open up his recruitment. "I just felt I committed too early," Lee said. "That was my first...
Last piping plover chick returns, yet again, to Montrose Beach
Yet again, the last surviving piping plover chick has returned to Montrose Beach after a few trips this month that had bird watchers bidding farewell. Nagamo, the only piping plover chick that survived from a full clutch of eggs hatched in June, was spotted at the beach Wednesday, according to Chicago Piping Plovers, a volunteer group dedicated to protecting the endangered birds.
NW suburban sneaker shop victim of smash-and-grab for 3rd time this year
For the third time this year, a sneaker shop in Park Ridge has been hit by burglars. Thieves used a stolen SUV to ram through the front window and security gate at HQ Chicago Sneaker and Streetwear on Northwest Highway.
VPT Grill Is Bringing Its Famous Deep-Fried Burgers To Portage Park
PORTAGE PARK — VPT Grill and the restaurant’s famous deep-fried burger are making a comeback. The West Ridge restaurant closed in 2022 after a 50-year run. Starting this week, VPT Grill will be partnering with Tatas Kitchen and Social, 5700 W. Irving Park Road, bringing their Latin-inspired burger menu to Portage Park.
Some Logan Square Neighbors Outraged After Workers Mistakenly Remove Bike Lanes, Traffic Markings
LOGAN SQUARE — Neighbors around Palmer Square Park criticized their local alderman after crews began removing parking spaces and bike lanes for a project that was supposed to be on pause until next year, saying they had no warning any construction was planned for the area. A traffic construction...
Police release images of suspect wanted in last week's South Loop diner shooting
Police have released images of a man wanted for a shooting at a South Loop diner last week that was witnessed by some Democratic Convention delegates. The incident occurred at the White Palace Grill at Roosevelt and Canal, at about 3 a.m.
Perspective: Ending poverty is the smart thing to do
On August 19th, I traveled to the Democratic National Convention in Chicago – not to participate, but to protest. I chose to walk with a small group called the Poor People’s Army. They are correct: neither major party ever seems to address the deprivations and despair of being poor.
Caitlin Clark, Fever Teammates Had Priceless Reactions to Meeting Simone Biles
Caitlin Clark and the Indiana Fever stayed red-hot on Wednesday night as they beat the Connecticut Sun, 84-80, in front of a fired-up home crowd at Gainbridge Fieldhouse. The Fever have now won four of their last five games since the Olympic break and are playing their best basketball at the most important time of the season.
Chicago’s reigning blues queen takes a detour through folk and Americana
On her new album, Shemekia Copeland sings of an influential Black musician who helped change popular music and of telling the devil to go to hell. In another song, she rhapsodizes about drinking a good glass of wine. The blues singer couldn’t help it, she said. “I wanted to make...
2 people rescued from 4th floor in South Shore apartment building fire, cause under investigation
CHICAGO — State investigators are looking into the cause of an early-morning fire Thursday that required two people to be rescued by firefighters from the fourth floor of an apartment building in the city’s South Shore neighborhood. Chicago Fire Department officials said around 5:45 a.m. that the fire was extinguished in the building, located in […]
Career bank robber charged with robbing banks in Rogers Park and Dunning
CHICAGO — The FBI says a man on supervised release for bank robbery is responsible for robbing two banks on the city’s Far North Side this month. Jeffrey Sulaski, 64, will be arraigned at the federal courthouse downtown this afternoon. All together, Sulaski is suspected of robbing at...
Overnight Construction Along Weber Road In Crest Hill
Overnight roadwork along Weber Road. The contractor performing the work at Weber Rd and Knapp for Will County and the City of Crest Hill will be working overnight Thursday, August 29th and Friday, August 30th. The work will begin around 2:00 AM each morning and will require lane to be restricted to perform the work. The city encourages that alternative routes be used during these times.”
Stateville prison employees to picket, urge “No chaos, no layoffs!”
Stateville Correctional Center employees say the looming threat to close the prison and the abrupt transfer of Stateville’s incarcerated population has the prison system in disarray and their jobs in doubt. Calling for “No Chaos, No Layoffs,” Stateville employees will demonstrate outside the prison near Joliet on Thursday, Aug. 29.
Stateville begins transferring out prisoners amid concerns over conditions
Dozens of men have begun to be transferred out of Stateville Correctional Center just north of Joliet as debates continue over the condition of the century-old prison and Gov. JB Pritzker’s plans to rebuild it in the coming years. So far, 75 people in custody have been transferred out of Stateville, Illinois Department of Corrections spokesperson Naomi Puzzello said Wednesday. Those men went ...
Chicago Teachers pension considers latest HighVista fund
The $12.5 billion Chicago Teachers Pension Fund trustees discussed a $10 million add-on commitment to HighVista Strategies' latest venture capital offering allocating to managers in IT, biotech and blockchain technology. The retirement system has been overweight on its $1.1 billion private equity program, which has a long-term target allocation of 5%. Ultimately, trustees tabled the […]
Chicago weather: Warm and muggy with afternoon sun
CHICAGO - Chicago will be warm and humid today with clouds this morning yielding to a sunnier afternoon. Highs will be in the mid 80s. Tonight, a line of showers and storms will approach from the west, likely reaching our viewing area by daybreak in a weakening phase. As a...
SWAT response ends with gunman detained in Logan Square
CHICAGO — A man is in custody after a Chicago Police Department SWAT team was called in to handle a “shots fired” incident in Logan Square on Wednesday night. Witnesses called 911 around 10 p.m., reporting that a man had fired shots from a back yard and a second-floor window in the 3000 block of West Wellington. According to CPD, responding officers saw a man with a gun enter a home, and they summoned the SWAT team.
Lyric Opera of Chicago & Chicago Opera Theater to Spotlight ‘Fidelio’ & ‘Leonora’ in Special Panel Discussion
The Lyric Opera of Chicago Opera and Chicago Opera Theater are teaming up for a free panel event on Sept. 21, 2024. The focus of the panel will be Beethoven’s “Fidelio” and Paër’s “Leonora,” two operas based on the same story. WFMT program...
As climate change worsens, deadly prison heat is increasingly an everywhere problem
This story was produced by The Appeal and co-published with Grist. On June 19, Michael Broadway struggled to breathe inside his cell at Stateville Correctional Center, a dilapidated Illinois state prison about 40 miles southwest of Chicago. Outside, temperatures hovered in the 90s, with a heat index — what the...
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