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PAWS Chicago Pet of the Week: Meet Hawthorne
CHICAGO — This Saturday’s PAWS Chicago Pet of the Week is a friendly feline named Hawthorne! If you’re interested in becoming the landing spot for Hawthorne’s furrever home, in-person adoption appointments can be made with PAWS Chicago’s Lincoln Park adoption center.
Renewed calls to end Chicago’s sanctuary status ahead of expected migrant surge
(The Center Square) – With the city of Chicago already spending as much as $1.5 million a day for migrant housing and thousands of new arrivals expected in the weeks ahead, local activist Tio Hardiman is renewing his call for the city to reverse its sanctuary city status. For the past two years, Chicago has received more than 45,000 foreign nationals from the southern U.S. border, where border communities have been inundated with border crossers. The taxpayer costs for Illinois and the city of Chicago...
Baseball player caught in funny video thanks to incredible camera angle
A Chicago Cubs prospect is going viral after poor timing and an incredible camera angle resulted in a hilarious video. The post Baseball player caught in funny video thanks to incredible camera angle appeared first on Larry Brown Sports.
Jorge Polanco homers twice as Mariners hand White Sox 80th loss of the season
CHICAGO (AP) -- Jorge Polanco hit two solo homers and added an RBI single to help the Seattle Mariners beat the Chicago White Sox 6-3 on Saturday night. The Mariners remained a game behind first-place Houston in the AL West. Cal Raleigh cracked his team-leading 21st homer, and Victor Robles...
Olympic Soccer Star Mallory Swanson and MLB Husband Dansby Swanson’s Relationship Timeline
Married professional athletes Mallory Swanson and Dansby Swanson are each other’s biggest fans. Mallory is a forward on the Chicago Red Stars soccer team, who landed a place on the U.S. Women’s squad at the 2024 Paris Olympics. Dansby, meanwhile, plays shortstop for the Chicago Cubs baseball team. “[Mallory is] obviously my human,” Dansby told […]
Bears Leave Door Open for Veteran QB to Beat Out Tyson Bagent
Second-year quarterback Tyson Bagent returns to the Chicago Bears in 2024 looking to retain his backup job behind new starter Caleb Williams, but the team’s first depth chart suggests the No. 2 role is still up for grabs. The Bears listed Bagent as the No. 2 quarterback on their...
NBA Rumors: Lakers shopping big name, Brandon Ingram update, Bulls resignation
With several potential contributors still available in NBA Free Agency, we have not heard the last of this offseason. Focus will momentarily shift toward the Paris Olympics for many fans, but front offices remain hard at work fleshing out rosters and seeking advantages over the competition. Here are the latest...
Search crews find body believed to be warehouse employee who went missing after roof collapse
PHOENIX (KTVK/KPHO/Gray News) - An intensive search and rescue operation ended in tragedy when a body believed to be that of a Phoenix warehouse employee was found. The employee went missing after the warehouse’s roof collapsed during monsoon storms. Phoenix Fire Capt. Todd Keller said the body, believed to...
Village of Plainfield, IL, Considering a 5% Self-Storage Sales Tax
The Plainfield, Illinois, Village Board is discussing whether to impose a 5% sales tax on self-storage rentals. Under the proposal, the facility operator would be responsible for maintaining records and making payments to the village, according to a source. The tax was proposed in a memo by Jake Melrose, development...
Iowa Black Alumni Association to host bi-annual family picnic
Iowa Black Alumni Association (IBAA) will host their bi-annual cookout for Hawkeye alumni. The picnic will take place from noon to 6:30 p.m. , Saturday, August 3. at Dan Ryan Woods #6, Western Ave and 87th St. in Chicago, IL. For more information about the event, contact the IBAA president, Joey Thurman by email: joeysthurman@yahoo.com or contact 224-628-3849.
29th Annual Black Women’s Expo to Feature Career Fair and Leadership Conference
Participants invite to network, gather resources, explore career paths. Black Women’s Expo founder and executive producer Merry Green has announced a newly added component to this year’s line-up. The first day of the show on August 2, 2024, will feature a Leadership Conference and Career Fair from 10:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m. at McCormick Place in Chicago. Attendees can attend career readiness workshops, panel discussions on leadership, meet with a host of employers and have their resumes reviewed.
Freedom Alliance leader addresses issues with energy sources
(The Center Square) – Concerns are being raised as solar energy facilities displace Midwestern farmland. The Institute for Energy Research reports that the target for solar operations is increasingly in the Midwest, where government subsidies allow solar companies to pay more to rent land than the farmers feeding the nation. Myke Luebbers of the Illinois Freedom Alliance […]
Deadly Listeria Outbreak Hits Midwest States
Dozens sick and 2 dead as a new listeria outbreak from deli meat spreads through the Midwest to the East Coast. The CDC is currently investigating the source of this most recent listeria outbreak and has so far connected this issue to meat sliced at delis,. Many people in this...
State lawmaker says new diploma proposal is lacking in important subject areas
INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — A Hamilton County lawmaker is worried a proposed redesign of Indiana’s high school diploma requirements is lacking in important subject areas. The Indiana Department of Education unveiled plans to revise the current requirements so they include more work-based learning opportunities. Rep. Victoria Garcia Wilburn (D-Fishers) said language, health education, and world history […]
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