Former Blackhawks captain Jonathan Toews defied the odds with his NHL comeback with the Jets last season.That accomplished, he announced his official retirement from hockey Friday."I have to say Im satisfied, Im fulfilled," Toews said at a news conference in Winnipeg. "Im so thankful and grateful for the career I had.""There's some aspects to it that will ...

Video of a law enforcement officers shooting of a Markham teenager June 9 in Country Club Hills appears to contradict the account given to a federal judge last week in a sworn affidavit from an FBI special agent.U.S. Magistrate Judge Keri Holleb Hotaling ordered the videos public release Thursday after its discovery prompted federal prosecutors to drop ...

Yosmer Urrieta spent up to 25 hours on each of the 14 new alebrije murals that shine from business windows along North Clark Street between Devon Avenue and Howard Street in Rogers Park.A vibrant dragon bursts from the window of the Rogers Park branch library with a whimsical smile that might feel at home on a Pokmon card. Brilliant oranges, pinks, purples ...

A fire broke out Friday morning at a business in Austin on the West Side. Firefighters responded to the blaze that appeared to have started around 7 a.m. at a barbecue restaurant in the 5600 block of West Division Street, according to the Chicago Fire Department. The fire spread to neighboring businesses, fire officials said, but no injuries were reported. ...

Bears receiver Luther Burden wowed a group of local football campers by putting quarterback Caleb Williams on the phone with them.Burden was mingling with campers when they asked him if he could FaceTime Williams so they could say hello. Burden took out his phone, to the screams of the kids. Seconds later, Williams face appeared on his phone screen as ...

A 14-year-old boy was shot and killed late Thursday in the Auburn Gresham neighborhood.Officers responded to a call of a person shot around 11:30 p.m. in the 8000 block of South Carpenter Street and found the teenager suffering from multiple gunshot wounds, Chicago police said.The boy was treated by paramedics on the scene and was then taken to the ...

The approach of July 4 is making my heart hurt. Love of this country is deep-dyed in my soul, but pondering how or even whether to celebrate the semiquincentennial provokes a riot of mixed feelings.The right and not just the MAGA right responds to any queasiness about this particular anniversary with knee-jerk vituperation. Matthew Hennessey, writing in ...

June is LGBTQ Pride Month, a time for both celebration of how far we have come and acknowledgment of progress yet to be made. This year, however, LGBTQ people find themselves in an increasingly hostile environment.More Americans identify as LGBTQ than ever recorded 1 in 10 adults overall and 1 in 5 adults who are Gen Z, currently in their 20s. Despite ...

DEAR ABBY: My husband's best friend died when we were in our early 30s. His son, "Marty," recently moved back to the area with his wife and three boys. We think of them as family.My husband often needs help with heavy handyman jobs. (I was diagnosed with cancer and am unable to help him.) He frequently recruits Marty for this kind of help, and Marty always ...

I facilitate bringing speakers to sixth, seventh and eighth graders at Kilmer Elementary School in Rogers Park. The story Sun-Times reporter Amy Yee wrote in April about Zach Waickman turning cooking oil into biofuel in his lab at Loyola University Chicago seemed fascinating and relatable to the students. Amy helped me get in touch with Zach, who graciously ...

Pastor Jonathan Brooks says that, when you drive down Ogden Avenue in North Lawndale, youll see signs for Lawndale Christian Health Center, Lawndale Christian Development Corporation and Lawndale Christian Fitness. He says you might wonder: Wheres Lawndale Christian Community Church?Unlike churches with a large steeple or stained-glass windows, Lawndale ...

A painting thats been in City Halls sprawling collection of public art since the 1980s and was last known to have been hanging in the office of a top aide to former Mayor Lori Lightfoot is missing.It's an abstract work that artist Bill Cass says represented his exploration of storytelling, especially folk tales.If the painting started out as Brothers Grimm, ...

In the time that Sludgeworth waited to make a new LP, there have been five presidents, the birth of three generations and the turn of a whole millennium. But 35 years after the Chicago punk veterans released their debut Whats This? in 1991 and abruptly dissolved, theyre ready for the Second Time Around with an appropriately named new album out June 19 on ...

Beverly, Lake View, Mount Greenwood and Printers Row are at the front of the line for the citys first state-sanctioned slot machines outside of Ballys Chicago Casino.Six bars and restaurants in those neighborhoods have gotten the green light from Illinois regulators to install video gambling machines, but they still need city officials to sign off before ...

People loved Arnold Van Puymbroeck because, well, because he's Arnold.He wore a permanent smile, spoke with a thick, Flemish accent from early years spent in Belgium and, at 95, maintained his long-held tradition of watching "Jeopardy!" at Toons, a bar around the corner from his Wrigleyville home."He loved to yell out all the answers even though 99% of the ...

Five patients are at Advocate Lutheran General Hospital in Park Ridge for a diagnostic echocardiogram.For the same noninvasive test of the heart, the five patients could each get different prices as little as $973 or as much as $1,721, depending on their insurance provider and plan.If a patient is uninsured, theyd get a "discounted cash price of $1,155 ...

Smudging. Tracing. Blotting. Collaging. Erasing. Swishing.Showing himself to be one of the great draftsmen of the 20th century, famed abstract expressionist Willem de Kooning employed all these techniques and more to create at least 2,000 known drawings, with hundreds more used and discarded as part of his painting process. ...

Moon Alert Avoid shopping (except food and gas) and important decisions from 6 a.m. to 10:15 a.m. After that, the moon moves from Leo into Virgo.Aries (March 21-April 19) An average day .HoroscopeStarbox { background: #f8f8f8; display: flex; align-items: ...

A 32-year-old man was shot in Burnside Thursday evening, according to Chicago police.He was standing near an alley in the 600 block of East 92nd Place at 5:44 p.m. when he was shot by someone firing from an approaching vehicle, police said. He was taken to University of Chicago Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead.No one is in custody.

NEW YORK Facing the Yankees is personal for Sean Burke, having grown up as a Red Sox fan in Sutton, Massachusetts. So after holding the Bronx Bombers to one run in 7 innings, he had a message:This ones for my boys back home, he said.Its also for White Sox fans, who surely breathed a sigh of relief when Andrew Benintendi hit a tiebreaking pinch-hit, ...

A man has been charged in a the fatal shooting of a cyclist in Grant Park earlier this week, according to Chicago police.Eliel Argudo-Tenorio, 18, is charged with first-degree murder, police said.Officers responded about 12:15 a.m. to a report of a person shot in the 300 block of East Jackson Drive, Chicago police said. The 27-year-old victim was riding a ...

Two people were found shot Wednesday night in Washington Heights, one fatally, according to Chicago police.Officers responded to a call of shots fired at a residence in the 9900 block of South Parnell Avenue at 1:57 p.m. and found a 59-year-old woman who had been shot multiple times; she was declared dead at the scene, police said.A 55-year-old man was also ...

Trust between federal prosecutors and judges in Chicago is under new strain after the feds dropped charges this week tied to an attempted robbery of undercover federal officers in Country Club Hills because new video of the incident came to light.Frustrated by what appeared to be a lack of due diligence by prosecutors, U.S. Magistrate Judge Keri Holleb ...

NEW YORK The White Sox have called up enough players to make their major-league debut this season to field half of a roster.If that sounds crazy and rare, its because it is. With the call-up of outfielder Junior Perez from Triple-A Charlotte on Thursday, the Sox tied the 1944 Reds for the most players to make their big-league debut before the All-Star ...

The city broke ground Thursday on Andersonvilles first pedestrian plaza, Elise Malary Plaza.The plaza will host farmers markets, art installations, community events and greenery on part of Catalpa Avenue between North Ashland Avenue and Clark Street. Its slated for completion next spring.Its namesake, Elise Malary, was a local Black trans woman who worked ...