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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...
Attacks on USPS workers prompt employees to demand greater protection on the job
U.S. Postal Service workers across the Rockford area are joining letter carriers from across the country to demand greater protection on the job after recent attacks on mail delivery people. Rockford mail carrier Jay Larson was killed March 27 during a mass stabbing in southeast Rockford. Postal worker Octavia Redmond was shot to death...
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...
Illinois cheer families could be owed money after massive settlement against Varsity Brands
Illinois will now be part of a proposed settlement of a class-action lawsuit against Varsity Brands, a company that puts on cheer camps and competitions and that was accused of using monopolistic tactics to raise prices and undercut competition. According to Attorney General Kwame Raoul, Illinois has signed onto the...
Hear Rangers, White Sox announcers call Travis Jankowski’s game-saving catch
Texas Rangers left fielder Travis Jankowski made what may be the play of the season on Wednesday. That was the opinion of Chicago White Sox announcers John Schriffen and Steve Stone and in this case, we can’t argue. The play in question came in the bottom of the ninth inning, during the second game of Read more... The post Hear Rangers, White Sox announcers call Travis Jankowski’s game-saving catch appeared first on Awful Announcing.
Botched college financial aid form snarls students’ enrollment plans
WASHINGTON (AP) — After a long summer of technical glitches, most of America’s prospective college students finally applied for federal financial aid — an annual process upended by a redesign-gone-bad. The number of high school seniors who have completed their Free Application for Federal Student Aid is...
Lee & Associates negotiates 101,577-square-foot industrial sale in Itasca
Lee & Associates, has closed the 101,577-square-foot sale of 701 Rohlwing Road in Itasca, Illinois. This is the largest user sale in the O’Hare submarket this year by both sale price and square foot. The sale transaction closed Aug. 1. Jeffrey J. Janda and Jeff Galante, principals at Lee...
Local music roundup: Aug. 29-Sept. 4
Here comes Labor Day! It’s been quite a summer for music in Evanston. I’ve been lucky to attend shows by the great hip-hop band Arrested Development and jazz guitar superstar John Pizzarelli in the past week. This demonstrates the range of artists we host locally. Evanston is a great town for music fans!
Chicago youth soccer league says fire that burned equipment shed could have been arson
CHICAGO (CBS) -- A fire at a park Chicago's Southwest Side not far from Midway International Airport destroyed thousands of dollars' worth of youth soccer equipment.Daniel Nunez said earlier this month, he was sent a video in real time of a fire at Vittum Park—in the area of 49th Street and LeClaire Avenue in the Garfield Ridge neighborhood."It smelled like burned plastic," Nunez said.Vittum Park is where Nunez's youth soccer program, Academia de Fútbol Atlas FC Chicago, plays—serving kids from just 4 years old up to 17."I noticed that there was no more shed," said Nunez. "Once I got closer,...
Chicago men arrested after back-to-back armed robberies
CHICAGO - Two Chicago men are behind bars after back-to-back armed robberies earlier this week, according to Chicago police. Rayshawn Warship, 19, is charged with the following:. Two felony counts – Robbery - Armed with Firearm. Two felony counts – Aggravated UUW/Loaded-No FCCA-FOID. Two misdemeanor counts – Resisting/Obstruct/Pc...
Who Are The Chicago School Board Candidates For The 2024 Election?
CHICAGO — Chicago school board candidates have submitted petitions for the city’s first school board elections on Nov. 5. School board hopefuls need 1,000 valid signatures from residents of their district in order for their name to be printed on the ballot. The deadline to submit signatures was June 24 at 5p.m.
R Kelly Shouldn’t Expect Privacy, Ex-Prison Employee Accused Of Leaking Info Argues
The former Chicago prison employee denies any wrongdoing. Last year, R Kelly hit Tasha K and various employees at a Chicago prison with a civil lawsuit, accusing them of working together to leak his personal information while he was behind bars. Allegedly, the correctional officers would send the information from internal devices to Tasha K, who would then publish it on her blog. He accused them of intentionally damaging his reputation and causing him emotional distress.
Congressional Democrats urge Harris to focus on character over policy on campaign trail
Many congressional Democrats are arguing that Vice President Kamala Harris does not need to focus on laying out a detailed policy agenda as election day looms and should instead highlight the contrast in values between herself and former President Donald Trump.
2nd Police District Councilor resigns
A 2nd Police District Council member is resigning from her role following months of acrimony between councilors. In her August 17 resignation letter to the Mayor’s Office, Julia Kline wrote that “interpersonal conflict has plagued the Wentworth Police District Council since its inception” and that her attempts at conflict resolution have been unsuccessful.
Social media influencer hired to promote DNC got robbed at gunpoint outside his hotel
CHICAGO — A 20-year-old man who was a credentialed social media influencer at the Democratic National Convention was robbed by the same gunmen who robbed a convention delegate from Texas last week. Like the man from Texas who was robbed outside his Loop hotel, the influencer and his friend...
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