MESA, Ariz. Those three home runs Cubs pitcher Cade Horton allowed against the Rangers last week were much less concerning after Hortons next start, a 10-strikeout performance against the Guardians on Monday night in Goodyear, where he allowed three hits and one walk.Horton commanded his changeup exceptionally well against the four lefties in Clevelands ...

A 32-year-old firefighter who was seriously hurt battling a fire in Rogers Mark Monday morning has died. The firefighter, Michael Altman, was taken to Stroger Hospital with serious injuries and was pronounced dead Tuesday, according to authorities.Fire officials told reporters outside Stroger Altman would have made two years of service for the department in ...

GLENDALE, Ariz. The White Sox bullpen took a major hit after the team announced that Mike Vasil would be undergoing season-ending Tommy John Surgery.I think for me and all these years of being able to pitch healthy and throwing a lot of innings, its just something that happens in todays game, Vasil said Monday. Sometimes you cant avoid it.Vasil exited ...

This certainly isnt the Rob Dillingham that arrived to the Bulls back at the Feb. 5 trade deadline. This isnt even the same Dillingham from a week ago.Im renewed, the guard said with a proud grin.One way to look at it. More accurately, Dillingham is less broken.Theres no question that his year-and-a-half in Minnesota was not a great experience. Drafted No. ...

In 1969, student demonstrations at Woodrow Wilson Junior College forced a renaming to Kennedy-King College to honor Robert F. Kennedy and civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr., both of whom had been assassinated the year before.If the chair of the City Councils Black Caucus has her way, a third name would be added to the college in the South Sides ...

The Museum of Contemporary Art has put on blockbuster shows featuring the work of Nick Cave, David Bowie and, most recently, Yoko Ono and seen its endowment triple in the past two decades.But the downtown institution has also struggled with labor issues, ones that have afflicted countless other arts organizations in the post-COVID world.Madeleine ...

The Chicago Housing Authority appointed a new CEO: Keith Pettigrew, the executive director of the District of Columbia Housing Authority.The vote comes after 18 months without a permanent CEO at the housing authority and marks a win for the CHA board over Mayor Brandon Johnson. The CHA voted seven to two with one abstention at its Tuesday board meeting.The ...

A Chicago man was charged with allegedly shooting his mother and a Chicago police sergeant Saturday night in Pullman on the Far South Side. Treavor Taylor, of the 11300 block of South Indiana Avenue, was charged with two counts of attempted first degree murder, aggravated battery of a peace officer and aggravated battery by discharging a firearm among other ...

Tonika Lewis Johnson, the artist behind the Folded Map Project, NPRs Peter Sagal, Top Chef host Padma Lakshmi and author Xochitl Gonzalez will give talks at this years Chicago Humanities Spring Festival, the non-profit organization announced Tuesday.Tickets go on sale to the public Thursday.The festival, running from March 24 to June 28, offers events ...

Charli XCX, Lorde, Olivia Dean, Tate McRae, Chicago rock band The Smashing Pumpkins and K-pop star JENNIE are among this years Lollapalooza headliners, the festival revealed Tuesday. The four-day event runs July 30-Aug. 2 in Grant Park.Other notable acts include R&B artist Leon Thomas, rapper Freddie Gibbs, singer-songwriter Sombr, pop vocalist Zara ...

A 20-year-old man died of an apparent gunshot wound after police found him in a car reportedly involved in several crashes Monday night, Palatine police said.Palatine police were called to the 1200 block of East Prairie Brook Drive at 9:39 p.m. for a report of a vehicle that had struck multiple parked vehicles and a dumpster.Officers found the man in the ...

Good morning, Chicago. It's Election Day! Well, for the primaries at least. With Democratic and Republican voters across Illinois filling in ballots for offices including U.S. Senate, several seats in the U.S. House of Representatives, Cook County Board President and Cook County Assessor, there will be a lot to follow.The Sun-Times and WBEZ will have ...

CTA Brown Line trains back on the move but facing "major" delays Tuesday morning due to a police investigation at the Belmont station in Lake View. The investigation began sometime after 5 a.m. at the station, located at 945 W. Belmont Ave., according to alerts and website information from CTA. Kimball-bound Brown Line trains were on the move again and ...

DEAR ABBY: My boyfriend, "Roy," is a quiet person. His ex-girlfriend put him and his family through something so terrible that he shuts down and pulls away from me a lot. He won't introduce me to his mother, although I have met his son. We've been together almost 18 months.Five months ago, Roy stopped making love with me. I accused him of cheating, but he ...

The U.S. Senate race to replace veteran Sen. Dick Durbin reached a fever pitch in the weeks leading up to Election Day, with millions in super PAC money working to influence the Democratic primary, accusations of MAGA money flying around and a series of debates that showed key policy differences and served as a public platform for attacks.The results, if ...

Samantha Steele, the Cook County elected official who gained widespread bad publicity for her 2024 arrest for allegedly driving drunk, faces a strong re-election challenger in Tuesdays Democratic primary.Steele seeks to fend off a challenge from longtime Democratic operative Liz Nicholson in the Cook County Board of Reviews District 2, which includes much ...

Eight Democrats vying to take U.S. Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthis 8th Congressional District seat are set to battle it out in Tuesdays primary.With Krishnamoorthi seeking Dick Durbins open U.S. Senate seat, three-time former U.S. Rep. Melissa Bean had amassed the largest war chest in her attempt to reclaim the seat she lost in 2010 in a Tea Party wave upset.Bean ...

Illinois Republicans will decide Tuesday whether theyre running it back with a familiar face or sending a new gubernatorial challenger to try to prevent another term for Democratic Gov. JB Pritzker.Former state Sen. Darren Bailey, R-Xenia, is back in the GOP primary four years after trouncing the field within his party before getting trounced himself by ...

When a seat in Congress opened up for the first time in nearly three decades, 15 Democrats wound up in one of the most competitive races Illinois has seen in years and now its expected to come down to one of three fundraising leaders.Former journalist Kat Abughazaleh, Evanston Mayor Daniel Biss and state Sen. Laura Fine, D-Glenview, appear to lead the pack ...

Ten candidates are vying to represent Illinois' 2nd Congressional District.Among the crowd is Jesse Jackson Jr., who once held the seat for 17 years and officially announced his political comeback in October. Cook County Commissioner Donna Miller leads the crowded race in fundraising, partially thanks to donors tied to the American Israel Public Affairs ...

Its the dawn of a new political era in Illinoiss 7th Congressional District, as voters look to replace retiring U.S. Rep. Danny Davis after nearly three decades in office.Thirteen Democratic candidates are vying for the seat Davis has held since 1997.Two of the candidates have already tried and failed to unseat him, and another wasnt yet born when the ...

Longtime Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle faces off Tuesday in the Democratic primary against veteran Chicago Ald. Brendan Reilly.Shes running for a fifth, four-year term.The campaign trail has been intense, with both candidates trying to woo voters through attack ads and heated debates.Reilly has repeatedly criticized Preckwinkle about a ...

Three state lawmakers and a county treasurer are seeking the Illinois comptrollers seat Tuesday in the Democratic primary.State Reps. Margaret Croke and Stephanie Kifowit, state Sen. Karina Villa, and Lake County Treasurer Holly Kim are vying to replace Comptroller Susana Mendoza, who announced last year she would not seek re-election.Mendoza has served as ...

Nilo Cruz, a Cuban-American playwright who won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 2003 for Anna in the Tropics, wrote a work with many similarities before that play. Two Sisters and a Piano, now receiving a semi-fulfilling production at Writers Theatre in suburban Glencoe, first premiered in the late 1990s, and its thematic and lyrical richness helped build ...

Voters going to the polls Tuesday will cast ballots in dozens of Illinois State Senate and Representative races, including several hotly contested races in Chicago districts.The outcome isnt expected to lead to a shift in the power balance in Springfield, but two state senate races to watch feature long-time incumbents facing challenges. In local races to ...