The Chicago Police Department on Tuesday issued an alert for businesses after two armed robberies over the weekend in North Park. Two incidents were reported. One was in the 5100 block of North Kimball Avenue shortly after 11 p.m. Friday and the other was in the 3400 block of West Peterson Avenue, about 10:30 p.m. Sunday, the alert said. In both ...

The Sky will have to play some defense down the stretch. They havent done much of it in a literal sense sitting near the bottom of most defensive categories but theyll need to show some in a figurative sense.Their main objective this season, making the playoffs, is finished. But they cant just coast, because their results still affect the future.The ...

A man was fatally shot Monday evening in South Shore. Marcus Odiggs Jr., 23, was on the sidewalk in the 7700 block of South Kingston Avenue when someone opened fire about 6:50 p.m., Chicago police said. Odiggs was shot in the head and was taken to University of Chicago Medical Center, where he was pronounced dead, police and the Cook County medical ...

Even after Cubs rookie Owen Caissie notched his first major-league hit Monday, his bases-loaded strike out the previous at-bat still pestered him.Chasing the last [pitch] kind of sucked, he said Tuesday morning. There'll be more opportunities for that, but just kind of really stung in the moment.His next opportunity came a few hours later, in the first ...

Bears safety Kevin Byard never imagined having a career like this.Hes heading into his 10th season, been All-Pro twice and is on the verge of topping $75 million in earnings. And its equally stunning that not only has he never missed a game, but he hadnt missed so much as a practice due to injury until back spasms kept him out of one last season.Hes ...

ATLANTA Its been an up-and-down road trip for the White Sox pitching staff.A powerhouse start gone to waste in Kansas City. The teams Opening Day starter getting sent down to Triple-A Charlotte. An offensive onslaught in Atlanta that shouldve been a cakewalk, until a suddenly leaky bullpen got involved.Theyre the latest on the list of growing pains for an ...

The Skys Angel Reese is happy to be back on the court she went through warmups and is a game-time decision against the Storm but a bigger issue is looming.Before the game Reese was asked how her recovery process went and said, Ill speak on that after the season.And when addressing her return she said, Put all the bulls to the side, I wanna hoop.During ...

Sky star Angel Reese will suit up against the Storm on Tuesday after missing several weeks with a back injury. Whether she plays will be a game-time decision, but coach Tyler Marsh said things are trending upward.She ramped up at practice over the weekend and went through shootaround Tuesday, with Marsh saying she looked good in both. If she plays, shell be ...

Fridays exhibition game will be the last anyone sees Tyson Bagent for a while. Thats what the Bears hope, at least.On some level, Bagent does, too.If everything goes well Ill be watching a lot of football this year, Bagent said.Such is the life of an NFL second-string quarterback, whos either the popular player in town or someone fans hope their favorite ...

Cook County States Attorney Eileen ONeill Burke has selected a new top aide after her former first assistant abruptly stepped down Monday. Prosecutor Craig Engebretson has been named the new First Assistant States Attorney, ONeill Burke announced in an email to staff. Engebretson has worked as an assistant states attorney in the office for over 20 years, ...

A Mexican drug boss from Aurora who helped flood Chicagos streets with heroin walked out of court a free man Tuesday after playing a key role in a cartel linked to the disappearance of dozens of college students in Mexico in 2014.Pablo Vega Cuevas, 50, a former Chicago area leader for Guerreros Unidos, was sentenced to 10 years in prison time he's already ...

When immigration enforcement operations in Chicago ramped up in January, a woman named Maria saw the chilling effect it had on the Belmont Cragin community firsthand.As a parent-mentor at Lloyd Elementary in the Northwest Side neighborhood, she said some students expressed fears that they or their family members would be detained and deported by federal ...

Getting more common sense into a system that some say doesnt reflect common sense is the aim of yet another attempt to end gerrymandering and make state legislative maps in Illinois more fair.An effort to establish a ballot initiative in 2026 to reform the redistricting process for Illinois state legislative map-making is starting up, led by former U.S. ...

The Bears plan to play their starters against the Chiefs in their exhibition finale Friday. How long theyll be in the game remains an open question.Bears coach Ben Johnson did not speak to local media Tuesday but said on the Up & Adams with Kay Adams program that he planned to play his starters. The length of time will be determined by how the Bears perform ...

SPRINGFIELD A hailstorm of grief and unadulterated rage has been brewing for nearly three years, ever since a drunken downstate man drove his GMC Sierra the wrong way onto Interstate 55, killing 35-year-old Lauren Wegner of Skokie.That storm finally erupted Tuesday. It hit moments before Sangamon County Judge Ryan Cadagin sentenced Shane Jason Woods to 17 ...

Docenas de sensores que detectan inundaciones y obstrucciones de alcantarillado se estn instalando en Chicago en un esfuerzo por limitar los daos causados por tormentas tras las fuertes inundaciones de este verano que daaron cientos de hogares.Los sensores, que se desplegarn en los prximos 18 meses, utilizan tecnologa de sonar para detectar cuando los ...

Nueve das despus de un altercado en la estacin Clinton de la Lnea Verde de la Autoridad de Trnsito de Chicago (CTA) que dej gravemente herido a un nio de 9 aos de edad, la Polica de Chicago an no tiene a nadie bajo custodia.El video de vigilancia muestra a Elijah Flores salir de un tren de la Lnea Verde con un compaero, Jonah Soria, de 22 aos de edad, quien ...

Federal prosecutors are fighting to keep the man accused of entering Chicagos federal courthouse with a knife behind bars while he awaits trial.Mario Santoyo, 38, appeared for a detention hearing at Dirksen Federal Courthouse on Tuesday, just a month after he allegedly caused the building to go into lockdown and prompted an hours-long standoff with ...

Mayor Brandon Johnson achieved labor peace, but little else in a tentative agreement with the union representing Chicagos 4,800 firefighters and paramedics so weighted in the unions favor that its hard to imagine why it took more than four years to break the stalemate.Former Mayors Lori Lightfoot and Rahm Emanuel talked about eliminating or softening the ...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. NASCAR argued in its latest court filing that Michael Jordan is suing the stock car series to earn a permanent charter that no other teams possess, and that neither 23XI Racing nor Front Row Motorsports has suffered any harm by racing as "open" entries.NASCAR also indicated in its 34-page response filed late Monday that it has buyers ...

Nick Snow and Roxane Briones found each other on Hinge, the online dating site. Each liked what they saw, and decided to meet in person at Avec, the Mediterranean mainstay.But there are two Avecs. He went to the one in West Loop. went to River North."I forgot he is new to the city," said Briones, who suggested the restaurant. "He went to the wrong one. I ...

A replica of the Jobu figurine from the movie Major League perched on the locker shelf over Kyle Tuckers left shoulder Tuesday as he fielded questions from a scrum of reporters about his recent struggles at the plate.Anything, Tucker said of what he was looking at to turn around his offensive performance. Anything thats staying inside and through the ball, ...

Notre Dame coach Marcus Freeman on Tuesday named second-year quarterback CJ Carr his starter, ending the preseason competition with Kenny Minchey.The announcement was made on the official social media account of the Fighting Irish football program.Carr made one appearance for the Fighting Irish during last season's run to the national championship game but ...

Una de las ltimas cosas que escuch Gabriela Ochoa, de 31 aos de edad, fue la voz de alguien que intentaba mantenerla con vida diciendo: Va a estar todo bien.Por seguridad, Ochoa, titular de una licencia para portar armas, insisti en acompaar a su sobrino adolescente, quien estaba vendiendo dos sudaderas, pero en su lugar fue asaltada y fatalmente baleada el ...

Several inches of rain fell throughout the Chicago area as thunderstorms swept through Monday night and early Tuesday. Nearly 1.9 inches of rain fell at O'Hare, with 3 to 4 inches reported in parts of southern Cook County into Lake County, Indiana, according to the National Weather Service. CTA Purple Line service was temporarily suspended due to downed ...