Is a Chicago-area bishop going to be the next Catholic archbishop of New York?Thats whats being reported by a number of religious-oriented news sources, including the Catholic News Agency, that Ronald Hicks, the current bishop of the Diocese of Joliet, is being appointed by Pope Leo XIV to oversee the Archdiocese of New York, taking over for the retiring ...

MONTREAL  At this point, prospects drafted by the Blackhawks should know there's a sizable chance their rights will be traded before they sign.The Hawks are reaching the stage of their rebuild where so-called "future assets" draft picks and prospects  are more valuable as trade chips than as building blocks.The youth movement within their NHL roster is ...

Good morning, Chicago. Below: Border Patrol Cmdr. Gregory Bovino returned Tuesday to Chicago, leading a new round of immigration raids.  Plus: Mayor Brandon Johnson's Council opposition passed an alternative budget plan, the people who showed out at the inaugural Chicago Fashion Awards and more news you need to know. Keeping score: The Blackhawks fell ...

A good Samaritan flagged down officers when they saw the victim, a 40-year-old woman, lying in the street after a vehicle hit her and left the scene early Wednesday on the West Side. The incident happened around 1:40 a.m. in the 3900 block of West 5th Avenue when a woman believed to be about 40 years old was in the street with multiple injuries, Chicago ...

A 14-year-old boy walked in to a hospital Wednesday night after being shot in a drive-by Tuesday evening in the Auburn Gresham neighborhood.Around 6 p.m., the teen was standing outside in the 800 block of West 87th Street when a vehicle passed by and someone inside opened fire, Chicago police. The boy was struck in the left shoulder and walked into Comer ...

My son attends Orville T. Bright Elementary in South Deering. He's in first grade in the cluster program for students with autism. I enrolled him at Bright two years ago because of the schools excellent special education programming. If my son didn't need that specialized program, Bright probably wouldnt have been my choice for him not because of what ...

DEAR ABBY: My wife and I stopped having sexual relations eight years ago. She keeps our two grandchildren 11 to 12 hours a day, five (and sometimes six) days a week. (That's 60 to 70 hours.) By the time they're picked up, she's irritated, agitated, frustrated and wants to be left alone. She doesn't want to talk or spend any time with me. She can't see that ...

A half hour into my dinner at Cellar Door Provisions with seven strangers from the Chicago Food Subreddit dining club, we were dividing up pearlescent slabs of kampachi crudo in golden tomatillo leche de tigre. Impulsively, I picked up the plate, now empty except for the tangy liquid. Does anyone mind if I sip this juice? I asked.Somehow I knew theyd ...

December always brings a flood of year-end music coverage, so-called Wrapped playlists and vast lists of the songwriters and sounds of the year. But our list aims to strike a more finite target, with our contributors from WBEZ/Chicago Sun-Times and sister station Vocalo combing through all of the local releases of the year to highlight the best in Chicago ...

Outside the iconic Garfield Park Fieldhouse on Chicagos West Side, Glydan Momma Hoffman stands in a large circle with about 50 people to warm up for a one-mile walk.She tries to jostle her knees high, one at a time.Oh, I hate that one, Hoffman says with a laugh.Music blares and people whoop to the beat. One heel out, arms up. Repeat.Then come the jumping ...

Diana Ezerins rarely pays with cash. So after filling her cart at an Albany Park Aldi, she payed little attention to the sign displayed near the checkout register: Due to the U.S. Mint discontinuing penny production, we may be unable to provide pennies as change. When pennies arent available, change due and refund totals will be rounded up to the nearest ...

The Goodmans Albert Theatre holds 856 seats, the balcony pitched steeply so that it feels almost as if the audience is on top of the stage.Chicago mayors, Illinois governors, U.S. senators and even the occasional Hollywood star have all sat in those seats to watch the theaters most-loved annual show: A Christmas Carol. ...

JPMorgan Chase announced Wednesday that it will open a new flagship branch on the Magnificent Mile, which will include services for high net worth individuals. The two-story branch at 830 N. Michigan Ave. will have a JPMorgan Financial Center on the second level the first of its kind in Chicago, according to the firm. A state-of-the-art Chase branch will ...

Moon Alert Avoid shopping (except food and gas) and important decisions from 9 a.m. to 10:45 a.m. After that, the moon moves from Scorpio into Sagittarius.Aries (March 21-April 19) A positive day .HoroscopeStarbox { background: #f8f8f8; display: flex; ...

On Thursday, vandals knocked down an outdoor Nativity scene in front of Evanston's Lake Street Church, smashing a statue of Mary. The Nativity display, which was put up in late November, was altered this year to pay tribute to community members targeted by President Donald Trumps deportation campaign.When church staff saw the scene the next morning, the ...

TORONTO The heartbreaking nature of the Blackhawks' 3-2 loss to the Maple Leafs on Tuesday requires some context to explain.The team had gone about work diligently over the past 48 hours, making strategic adjustments to give themselves a chance to compete without injured star Connor Bedard.The exact statistic the Sun-Times calculated Saturday Bedard had ...

A federal jury on Tuesday rejected claims and awarded no damages to a man who brought a lawsuit over his February 2020 shooting by a Chicago police officer inside a CTA Red Line station.The shooting followed a lengthy struggle during a rush-hour commute.The jury deliberated for a little less than two hours at the end of the seven-day civil trial. In the ...

The roots of the Bears rebuild that has them in position to take the North possibly this weekend after a disastrous 2024 season of discombobulation are pretty easy to trace: Lovie Smiths Texans beating the Colts in Week 18 in 2022 to give the Bears the No. 1 pick in the 2023 draft. General manager Ryan Poles parlaying that pick into a haul from the ...

The Illinois Department of Public Health this week issued its first-ever comprehensive statewide report on alcohol use by adults and teens statewide.The health department collected and analyzed data from multiple sources for the report, Alcohol Use in Illinois. The state agency also used its own Illinois Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance Survey and ...

The states vaccine advisory committee voted Tuesday to reaffirm and continue the practice of administering the hepatitis B vaccine to all healthy and stable infants within 24 hours of birth in Illinois.The recommendation once again puts the state at odds with federal health officials who this month voted to end longstanding guidance to give newborns the ...

Chicago-based Kraft Heinz announced Tuesday that Steve Cahillane will lead the global food company.Cahillane, who previously served as CEO of Chicago-based Kellanova, will become CEO Jan. 1 and will join the company's board of directors, according to Kraft Heinz.The announcement comes three months after the company said it would be splitting into two ...

A Berwyn man was sentenced to 10 years in prison after he pleaded guilty to two felony counts of burglary for his involvement in a statewide video gaming theft ring, Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul announced Tuesday.Joseph Montoro, 40, pleaded guilty to two Class 2 felony counts of burglary. He was sentenced to 10 years in prison by DuPage County ...

Root vegetables are fall and winter's best-kept secret. Packed with nutrients, natural sugars and starch, these humble ingredients make a healthy and flavorful alternative to the classic russet potato. They're also a wonderful way to boost your intake of vitamins and minerals during the colder months.Once peeled, these earthy gems reveal a rainbow of ...

As the CTAs holiday train was making the rounds through the Loop recently, Santa Claus was the one being naughty.Well, at least someone dressed up like him was.In videos circulating on social media, someone in a Santa outfit is shown subway surfing atop the holiday train, climbing to the trains roof and standing, walking and, at times, waving while engaging ...

The Bears held a walk-through Tuesday and issued an estimated injury report, their first of Packers Week.Wide receivers Rome Odunze and Luther Burden did not participate, with Burden dealing with an ankle injury he suffered in the third quarter Sunday and Odunze fighting a chronic foot issue. Odunze was cleared to play Sunday but felt pain shortly before ...