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Steve Millar’s 3 takeaways from Week 6 of high school football season in Southland
We are ready to go into the home stretch of the regular season as Week 7 kicks off. Now is the time when conference championships start to get decided and playoff bids are secured or lost. Some teams — I’m looking at you, Brother Rice — helped themselves majorly in Week 6. Others are dealing with some adversity. Mount Carmel and St. Laurence both played without their starting quarterbacks and ...
Latino Outdoors Great Lake Chapter helping others step out of their comfort zone, embrace nature
Enjoying the outdoors is something a lot of Chicagoans like to do before that long cold-weather season begins and yet numbers show that Latinos are less likely than other groups to do this.The national non-profit Latino Outdoors was created to help others step out of their comfort zone and connect them to nature.Juan Reyes is the co-founder of the Latino Outdoors Great Lakes Chapter. Last month he helped organize a kayaking event on the Chicago River.With a $60 price tag for a two-hour sunset paddle, the price of entry is steep for some. And that is where Latino Outdoors comes...
Survivor of Oct. 7 attack at Nova Music Festival shares her story
NORTHFIELD, Ill. (CBS) -- Monday marked one year since the Hamas attack at the Nova Music Festival in Israel, which was part of a larger attack that triggered the ongoing war in Gaza.Hundreds were killed in that attack. Dozens more were kidnapped and taken hostage.A 24-year-old woman who survived the horror was in the Chicago area recently to share her story."I feel like we are still living the same day," said Amit Ganish.She was just about to go to sleep after a night of music and dancing when she heard and saw rockets, then gunfire.The law school student and her...
Chicago Marathon 2024: Course map, tips for spectators and participants — and how to drive downtown (or avoid it)
Some of the most elite runners from around the world — and about 47,000 other committed participants — are here to run 26.2 miles as part of the Chicago Marathon. The race begins in waves starting at 7:20 a.m. Sunday in Grant Park and follows a route through 29 neighborhoods. It is a flat, fast course considered one of the world’s six major marathons. But it didn’t start out that way … nor was ...
T-shirt display at Northbrook Jewish center remembers Israeli hostages
In Chicago, people marked one year since the Oct. 7 attacks by Hamas in Israel in many different ways, but in the north suburbs, the Jewish Community Center has been keeping the hostages in their hearts all year long."When October 7 happened, as a community center open to everybody, we felt the need to say or do something," said Addie Goodman.Workers at the Jewish Community Center in Northbrook hung up t-shirts, one for each person who was taken hostage on Oct. 7."We chose t-shirts because that really represents a person," said Goodman, the president and CEO of the community center.She...
Gorgeous Tuesday, uninterrupted sunshine and big warmth Friday
Cooler conditions settled in on Monday as temperatures dropped to more typical early October norms. Afternoon temperatures were some 5-10 degrees cooler than Sunday Gorgeous conditions ahead Tuesday with uninterrupted sunshine expected and temperatures in the lower 70s—warming trend continues the rest of the workweek. Looking ahead: Friday appears to be the warmest day of […]
Reinberg Elementary School Holds Peace Rally After Loss Of Two Young Students, Online Threat
PORTAGE PARK — For Isabella, a Reinberg Elementary seventh-grader, peace means “knowing you are safe wherever you are.”. The 12-year-old shared her thoughts about peace while reading an original poem before a crowd of about 700 of her peers during a Friday rally held outside Peter A. Reinberg Elementary School. Last year, the Reinberg community lost one young student to gun violence and another to illness. At the start of this school year, the Reinberg community was shaken again when the school received an online threat.
Cooler conditions Monday night in Chicago with a pleasant week ahead
CHICAGO (CBS) — While lovely autumn weather continues this week in the Chicago area, we are tracking another powerful hurricane in the Gulf headed toward Florida.Lows will drop to the 40s on Monday night. Hurricane Milton reached category 5 intensity on Monday -- the third-fastest intensifying Atlantic storm on record, and likely to become the strongest Gulf of Mexico hurricane on record so late in the year. Hurricane and storm surge watches are in effect for the Florida Gulf Coast where storm surge may reach 8-12 feet and devastating winds will damage homes and knock out power. While Milton is expected to lose some intensity before making landfall, it will still be a powerful major hurricane.In the meantime, the Chicago area will enjoy cool, dry northwesterly breezes, which will lead to mild, sunny days and brisk, clear nights.A series of cold fronts this weekend are forecast to lead to mainly dry, breezy, and cool weather for the Chicago Marathon. Sunrise temperatures are currently forecast to sit at 51 degrees with gusty north-to-south winds.
Make those 26.2 miles a little more exciting
Carey Pinkowski, Race Director of the Bank of America Chicago Marathon, joins Lisa Dent to shine some light on the upcoming Chicago Marathon on October 13th. With over 50,000 runners participating and nearly as many spectators, it may be hard to keep track of your friend or family that may be in the race. Search for […]
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