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Notre Dame’s New AD Feels Better About Independence Now Than Upon Taking Job
The college sports world is a crazy place right now as TV deals mean more than traditions that have forever shaped the sports, and conference realignment and the speculation surrounding it only continues. Despite that, and despite the differences in money Notre Dame is getting from NBC by remaining independent instead of joining the Big Ten, Notre Dame athletic director Ken Bevacqua feels better about independent status now than he did upon taking the job. “I feel better about our independence sitting here right now than I felt even when I first came into the role,” said Bevacqua, who spent eight months shadowing...
Man found fatally shot on Albany Park sidewalk
CHICAGO — A man found unresponsive on a sidewalk in Albany Park early Tuesday was shot to death, officials say. Officers responding to calls of a person down found the 59-year-old Evanston man lying near a strip mall in the 3300 block of West Lawrence around 2:37 a.m. Chicago Fire Department personnel attempted to save the man, but he succumbed to his injuries at Swedish Hospital a short time later.
Notre Dame reportedly offers 2027 Delaware guard Jezelle “GG” Banks
Hannah Hidalgo is coming off the best season any Notre Dame freshman has had. Given the Irish’s ability to successfully recruit top talent, it wouldn’t be shocking if someone tried to top being named a First Team All-American among other things. It could happen if the Irish get their way. The Irish reportedly are among three schools who are the latest to extend on offer to Jezelle “GG” Banks, a 2027 guard from Ursuline Academy in Wilmington, Delaware: 2027 PG Jezelle “GG” Banks has picked up offers from LSU, NOTRE DAME, and FLORIDA STATE! — RareFootage (@RareFootageNews) July 17, 2024 Banks already has received...
River Rats to release new CD, working on new EP
South Bend, Indiana's River Rats are releasing a new CD ep. It's called Enchantment and it's the physical version of a previously release digital-only set. That's out at the end of July and you can hear it below. The band is working on a follow up EP right now. The...
Advanced Photon Source reopens at Argonne National Laboratory in Lemont after being upgraded
One of the most complex high-tech machines on Earth is back up and running Wednesday in Lemont at the Argonne National Laboratory.Illinois Governor JB Pritzker, U.S. Department of Energy officials and Argonne representatives gathered to celebrate the upgrade of the "Advanced Photon Source."ABC7 Chicago is now streaming 24/7. Click here to watchThe machine is responsible for some of the most innovative research in the world.Argonne National Laboratory's newly-upgraded Advanced Photon Source, or APS, is open again for research. The machine is used in nearly every scientific field from drugs and medical treatments to advanced battery technology and clean energy."You are...
Man arrested after breaking into Tippecanoe Place, found drinking beer and cooking
SOUTH BEND, Ind. -- South Bend Police Department officers responded to a call at Tippecanoe Place on July 6 of a man who had broken into the restaurant and made himself at home, cooking a sandwich and pouring a pitcher of beer. Responding officers spoke with Chef Mark Lofton, who...
Vinyette Teague: New image raises hope in decades-old Chicago missing persons case
CHICAGO - More than four decades after a young girl went missing on the South Side of Chicago, her family is hoping a new image can bring her home. Vinyette Teague was last seen 41 years ago on July 17, before she vanished from an apartment complex in Bronzeville. The...
Who's going to take over the Penn swim coach vacancy? Here's who
SOUTH BEND — The musical chairs of the local high school swimming coaching world continued Wednesday, when veteran South Bend Riley coach John VanDriessche moved to Penn High School. The opening at Penn lasted 24 hours — at least, publicly. On Tuesday, longtime Kingsmen coach Jess Preston was named the new coach at Noblesville High School just north of Indianapolis. ...
30-Mile Tornado Rips Through Manhattan, Frankfort, Leaving Destruction Across Will, Cook Counties
Channahon, IL – A powerful EF-2 tornado tore through Illinois on Monday night, leaving a 28.9-mile path of destruction from Channahon to Matteson. The tornado, which struck between 9:17 p.m. and 9:40 p.m., featured peak winds of 120 mph and a maximum width of 200 yards. According to the...
Tornado damage in North Aurora called worst ever seen
NORTH AURORA, Ill. (CBS) -- The tornado total from the storms Sunday and Monday night is growing—with even more surveying under way.The National Weather Service has now confirmed 18 tornadoes in Northern Illinois and Northwest Indiana between the storms Sunday and Monday night.One of those 18 tornadoes cut a path through North Aurora. The tornado, which spun up in Sugar Grove, was an EF-0—the lowest ranking on the Enhanced Fujita Scale with 3-second gusts of 65 to 85 mph.Nonetheless, it was the worst damage a team with decades of experience had ever seen. The team hit the streets in North...
Details of recent car theft and robbery at Notre Dame Federal Credit Union
SOUTH BEND, Ind. -- The details of the July 3 car theft and robbery at the Notre Dame Federal Credit Union have been released via the official court affidavit. Documents state on July 3 around 9:30 a.m., officers responded to the Gates Toyota Dealership on W Ireland Road in South Bend.
Alpha Phi Alpha, a prominent Black fraternity, moves to bar transgender members
Alpha Phi Alpha, one of the most prominent historically Black fraternities in the country, has taken a first step toward barring transgender members. Delegates to the fraternity’s constitutional convention, held Wednesday through Sunday in Chicago, voted “overwhelmingly” in favor of a bylaw amendment limiting membership to “naturally born” males, sources told GLAAD. A spokesman for Alpha Phi Alpha, reached by The Advocate, had no comment.
The Feds Sent Millions To The CHA For Lathrop Homes. After 2 Decades, 300 Apartments Are Still Empty
LATHROP HOMES — J.L. Gross has waited years to see the vacant homes get fixed up at his longtime community. For more than two decades, hundreds of apartments at the Lathrop Homes have sat empty while the Chicago Housing Authority slowly converted the North Side public housing complex into a mixed-income development.
Ahead of DNC, Brandon Johnson puts homeless on the street to make room for tent city occupants
Mayor Brandon Johnson’s administration is putting unhoused people back on the streets to make room for relocated tent encampment occupants who are being moved before the Democratic National Convention next month. More than half a dozen people told the Sun-Times that they were thrown out or fear they are...
Girl, 11, among 5 juveniles charged in violent attack, robbery on CTA train
CHICAGO - An 11-year-old girl and four other juveniles were charged in a violent attack that happened on a CTA train in the Loop last week. The incident occurred on July 8 on an Orange Line train. According to police, the group of at least 10 young people approached the male victim, engaged him in a physical altercation and then forcibly took his debit card.
2 women shot outside Near South Side apartment
CHICAGO — Two women were shot early Wednesday morning outside an apartment building on the Near South Side. Just before 12:40 a.m., officers responded to the 2900 block of South Dearborn on the report of a shooting. CPD believes a 24-year-old woman and a 28-year old woman were standing outside an apartment building when they […]
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