BUFFALO, N.Y.  Kyle Davidson used to attend all of 60 or so of the Blackhawks' mind-numbing prospect interviews during NHL combine week.This year, the Hawks' general manager attended only 25 or 30 interviews with the most intriguing prospects, letting scouting director Mike Doneghey otherwise run things. Davidson used his newfound free time to meet with ...

The new murals in Lincoln Parks LaSalle Drive underpass started with two girls, a dream and a lemonade stand.It ended up, says artist Cheri Charlton, as this larger than life, illustrated storybook that you walk through, featuring flora and fauna found in and around Chicago.Titled Day into Night: Lincoln Park's Living Canvas, the two 100-foot murals stretch ...

The College of DuPage is celebrating the countrys 250th anniversary with a towering artistic tribute.The campus, located about 23 miles west of Chicago in Glen Ellyn, is now hosting a walkable new exhibition that features 10 sculptures depicting influential artists from American history. They include Aretha Franklin, Dolly Parton, Jean-Michel Basquiat, ...

Former Sky forward and first-round draft pick Angel Reese is planning to sell her Lemont home for $1.45 million.The property is expected to hit the market on Monday, according to listing details on Redfin. This comes roughly two months after the two-time WNBA All-Star was traded to the Dream, in a deal that included the Dream's first-round draft picks in ...

DEAR ABBY: My wife and I have scheduled a long road trip with another couple. All four of us are retired with a zest to explore. We share common interests, enjoy each other's company and intend to share the driving. The catch is, we recently experienced the erratic driving of the other gentleman, and my wife is understandably unwilling to be in the car with ...

Theres a striking divergence between the way the football world seems to be celebrating Bears quarterback Caleb Williams as though he already has arrived and coach Ben Johnsons hard-driving approach to a player who still has plenty to learn.The louder the hype gets around Williams, the more of a test itll be of his character: He pleaded for relentless ...

In Chicago culture right now, the only thing more tiresome than the "no ketchup on hot dogs" discourse is the endless soap opera around the Chicago Bears desire to have taxpayers subsidize their multibillion-dollar private business.A prediction: The Bears will not be able to build a new stadium in Illinois due to lawmakers' righteous reluctance to foot the ...

Seven people were shot, two fatally, in a hail of gunfire early Friday in the Back of the Yards on the South Side.Witnesses told police two masked gunmen began walking down the block and opened fire at a group of people in the 5100 block of South Wood Street around 12:25 a.m., police reports said. A person whose age wasnt immediately known was shot in the ...

In Kim Thayils upcoming memoir, the guitarist sheds light on a rather Superunknown fact about his band Soundgarden and the genesis of Seattles grunge scene it all started in the Chicago suburbs.While Seattle is where Soundgarden began, the true roots of the Seattle Sound and the grunge story can be traced to a suburb of Chicago Park Forest, writes Thayil ...

When the Bears lose a big game, theres usually a team full of players to blame. Its almost never one players fault. The same goes for the stadium saga that has yet to have its final chapter written in the choice between Illinois and Indiana.The General Assemblys breathtaking decision to fumble the ball and adjourn without doing anything for the Bears has ...

The Uptown-based Chicago Poetry Center is one of 40 literary arts organizations across the United States set to share $7.7 million in grant money intended to boost support for one of the nations most chronically underfunded art forms.The poetry center, which celebrated its 50th anniversary last year, is a small literary arts organization with an annual ...

With summer break days away, Julian Hosek pulled up to Lane Tech College Prep on an e-scooter and locked it to a pole. He was running late to class.I use [scooters] because I usually get to the train stops a little late, said Hosek, a 17-year-old junior. The bus is slower than the scooter. Or sometimes the bus won't come.The bell rang, and more students ...

Amy Eickhoff says the charter buses that idle outside her 62-floor building spew fumes so noxious that residents avoid sitting on their balconies.All those fumes do is go right up the side of the building like a chimney, said Eickhoff, whos worked for 14 years as the building manager of 340 On The Park, a downtown Chicago luxury residential tower. If you ...

Ryan Poles is out as Bears general manager, and Vince Vaughn is in.That's the comedic premise of EA Sports' trailed for the upcoming Madden 27 video game that features Bears quarterback Caleb Williams on the cover. Williams and Vaughn shot parts of the four-minute video at Halas Hall, including a scene in which Vaughn pushes a "Previous GM" nameplate off ...

Moon Alert Avoid shopping (except food and gas) and important decisions after 2 p.m. The moon is in Aquarius.Aries (March 21-April 19) A positive day .HoroscopeStarbox { background: #f8f8f8; display: flex; align-items: center; } ...

The Cubs were heading for rock bottom Thursday night.It sure looked like an ugly stretch was about to get uglier, with Pete Crow-Armstrong making a rare fielding gaffe in center and Shota Imanaga tagged for four home runs.A loss would have taken them to last place in the NL Central, by the smallest of percentage points, an unthinkable landing spot for a ...

Bears quarterback Caleb Williams has another edge rusher to worry about. Or at least he hopes so, come playoff time.The Bears dont have the Rams on their schedule this year. If they play at all, it would have to be a rematch of last seasons playoff thriller. But theres no question the Bears took notice this week when the Rams, already a Super Bowl favorite, ...

When Ian Happ made his big league debut, the champagne had been soaked up, the confetti swept away and Grant Park changed back into a summer playground after serving as party central the previous November.But the guys Happ called his teammates on his first day with the Cubs were the ones who broke the curse. And though those guys are long gone by now, Happs ...

No one would have predicted Ben Brown would be the Cubs best pitcher two months into a championship-or-bust season.Brown landing in the All-Star Game after a woeful 2025 campaign would have been an even more outrageous prediction.But here the Cubs stand in early June, and Brown is the most obvious candidate to represent the club at the Midsummer ...

Chicago recorded the fewest homicides last month of any May since 2007, but overall killings this year have so far ticked up compared to last year.There were 36 homicides last month in the city, one fewer than May 2025, according to Chicago police.The past two Mays follow a pandemic-era peak in homicides, when 86 people were killed in May 2020, and when the ...

A shelter in place order in Lansing, Illinois was lifted Thursday afternoon despite an ongoing manhunt following an earlier shooting at aLansing police said the shooting occurred at the Nippon Paint Automotive Americas in the 2700 block of 170th Street around 1 p.m. and they found one person dead at the scene; the male suspect was last seen going south of ...

A group of Edgewater residents is calling on the Chicago Park District to purchase what many consider to be the largest and only parcel of developable lakefront property left in the North Side neighborhood.The site at 5959 N. Sheridan Road is where Emanuel Congregation plans to redevelop into retail, residences and a new synagogue with developer Fern ...

Nearly every incumbent running for school board aligned with the politically powerful Chicago Teachers Union is facing a challenge to their candidacy and could be thrown off the ballot.Hilario Dominguez, the CTUs deputy political director who is running for school board president, is also facing a challenge. So are three of the four other candidates for ...

When Sky forward Maddy Westbeld was a junior at Notre Dame, she started working with a mind coach, who turned her on to the importance of being centered and present.Meditation became a morning practice. Still half asleep, she'd make her coffee, then sit down to meditate."I would always wait until I could feel my heartbeat, and then I would center the idea ...

Jason Benetti didnt leave the White Sox TV booth on the best of terms. But you would never know it these days.He has been back to Rate Field many times since becoming the Tigers TV voice in late 2023, including last weekend. He enjoys his visits, Sox fans have been good to him and those he butted heads with at the end of his eight-year run have been, too.I ...