Chicago-born Pope Leo XIV, a registered voter in Illinois, has voted by mail ahead of midterm elections on Nov. 3, the Sun-Times reported. The Vatican on Friday confirmed he has submitted his mail ballot in Illinois. The Vatican also confirmed that the pope exercised his right to vote whenever he was eligible to do so, including when he lived in Peru.Is ...

Patrick Finley and Jason Lieser break down the Bears' trade for Jeffery Simmons. New episodes of Halas Intrigue will be published regularly with accompanying stories collected on the podcasts hub page. You can also listen to Halas Intrigue wherever you get your podcasts, including Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Amazon Music. Related ...

The Bears got new defensive tackle Jeffery Simmons in Halas Hall on Thursday and expect to have him on the field when they visit the Seahawks on Monday.General manager Ryan Poles said he would leave that decision to coach Ben Johnson, but "would assume" Simmons will make his Bears debut Monday.The Bears traded two first-round picks to the Titans for Simmons ...

A 15-year-old boy is accused of robbing eight people at gunpoint in under two hours last summer in neighborhoods across the city, Chicago police said. The teen was arrested Thursday and cited in a juvenile petition with eight felony counts of armed robbery and one count of possessing a stolen vehicle, Chicago police said. Between 5:30 a.m. and 7:15 a.m. ...

Hall of Fame linebacker Brian Urlacher will join ESPNs Manningcast alternate broadcast of the Bears-Seahawks game Monday. Hes expected to join Peyton and Eli Manning in the second quarter.Urlacher played his entire career for the Bears from 2000 through 12 and made eight Pro Bowls. He was part of their only Super Bowl team since 1985 when he spearheaded ...

Un candidato que busca la reeleccin en una reida contienda por la junta escolar de Chicago fue suspendido de su trabajo en una escuela chrter en 2018 despus de que una investigacin del operador de la escuela concluy que se embriag en un evento de trabajo y actu de forma inapropiada con una compaera, segn una carta obtenida por el Chicago Sun-Times.La carta, ...

Whats scarier than your Halloween costumes? Trying to make sure everyone is enjoying the music at your costume party. If youre at a loss for a playlist, look no further. The Vocalo team plus some colleagues at WBEZ and the Sun-Times put together two-plus hours of music, with no Monster Mash, Ghostbusters, Time Warp or Thriller in sight. Dance along ...

Good morning, Chicago. Below: Wastewater dumped into the Chicago River is threatening human health and wildlife. Plus: Pope Leo XIV will vote by mail in Illinois midterms, our favorite front-yard Halloween display and more news you need to know below. Keeping score: The Blackhawks fell to the Red Wings, 4-1. Today's weather: Partly sunny with a high near ...

The Vatican on Friday confirmed that Pope Leo has submitted his mail ballot in Chicago, saying the leader of the Catholic church believes in the right "to participate in democratic processes.""Pope Leo XIV has exercised his right to vote as a United States citizen, whenever he was eligible to do so. The Holy See Press Office confirms that in keeping with ...

Dexter Fowler cant believe how long it has been since the Welcome to the team! texts poured in before the 2016 season.They came from Manny Machado, Adam Jones, Ubaldo Jimenez and others all members of the Orioles after some erroneous reporting in the media. A couple of days later, the free-agent outfielder re-signed with the Cubs and then hid in a car for ...

A Week 9 Halloween Saturday in college football?Its rather anticlimactic, at least in terms of boos and frights.Thats because the top teams in the country already spent much of October holding on to the walls in a desperate attempt failing, in many cases to make it through a haunted house of a month without soiling themselves.In Week 6, No. 1 Texas lost ...

A person was found dead in a burning car early Friday in Roseland on the Far South Side. Around 12:15 a.m., officers responded to a vehicle fire in the 10800 block of South Eggleston Avenue where the person was found and pronounced dead at the scene, according to Chicago police and the Cook County medical examiner's office. An autopsy is scheduled for ...

DEAR ABBY: I'm 78, and my husband is 79. This past year, he lost $500,000 through a fraudulent bitcoin site. Fortunately, we have $500,000 left, but I'm so angry about this, you can't imagine all of my hard-earned savings, gone. I've had a lifelong dream to go to Italy to see all the amazing art and sculptures. I have scoliosis and suffer from chronic ...

I'm not a fan of professional sports. It's too expensive for a family. The best thing about my divorce was that I never had to endure another football game. That said, I don't understand why fans aren't revolting over the Bears threats to leave Illinois and the Sox toying with moving away from their devoted fan base. Don't pay. Don't go until they stop ...

After years of pleading for help, employees at an Illinois mental health prison plagued by deadly fires said that the state made important safety changes following an investigation by the Marshall Project, WBEZ and the Chicago Sun-Times that detailed 70 fires and two deaths there. But the changes dont go far enough to ensure workers can prevent and ...

In 1985, Gloria Washington was living in a subsidized apartment in Chicagos Englewood neighborhood. She says it was infested with rats and roaches, and there were always people drinking and doing drugs outside the building.I didnt want that life for my two little kids, recalls Washington, now 70.She heard from her cousin about the Gautreaux Assisted Housing ...

When Susie Jendro and Mike Colesworthy moved into their Galewood Georgian in the summer of 2017, they were given some neighborly advice: Start getting ready for Halloween now.The couple did not shrink from the challenge.We called his bluff, Jendro told us this week.Its that kind of fearless enthusiasm that has the couple taking home first prize in the ...

A Cook County judge who presides over domestic violence cases says she was a victim of a convicted felon who posed as the son of a Colombian drug lord.Jeanne Wrenn is among at least three influential women with whom Jawad Fakroune had relationships as he moved through Chicago social circles, befriending power brokers and celebrities including an NBA player, ...

Joe Gamble knows what to expect when he arrives at work at the Bridgeport Art Center after days of heavy rain.There was raw sewage floating in the creek, Gamble says after storms in early October. The wind carried the smell for at least a block or two.The Bridgeport Art Center sits along the South Branch of the Chicago River at a spot known as Bubbly Creek, ...

Moon Alert There are no restrictions to shopping or important decisions today. The moon is in Cancer.Aries (March 21-April 19) An average day .HoroscopeStarbox { background: #f8f8f8; display: flex; align-items: center; } ...

Bears quarterback Caleb Williams will continue wearing Caddix cleats, and the NFL will keep fining him.One week after he was first fined $11,941 for wearing the cleats against the Falcons specifically, for showing a logo that wasnt Nike, Adidas or Under Armour on game day Williams was fined for donning them against the Patriots, a source said. ESPN ...

DETROIT  Blackhawks coach Jeff Blashill struck a relatively positive tone after many of his team's first eight losses this season, sometimes to a surprising degree considering what the games looked like.But after the ninth loss a 4-1 defeat Thursday against the Red Wings that was more lopsided than the score suggested  there was no positive rhetoric to ...

A man was critically injured after being shot while inside a home in West Englewood Thursday night, according to Chicago police.The man, 53, was at a residence in the 6900 block of South Oakley Avenue he wasnt authorized to be in at 7:24 p.m. when a 46-year-old man shot him in the chest, police said. He was taken to Christ Medical Center in critical ...

Class 5ANo. 24 Providence at No. 18 Kankakee1 p.m. Saturday: Kankakee (7-2) has only one loss on the field 22-14 vs. No. 1 Lincoln-Way East; the Kays had to forfeit a win against Lincoln-Way West for using an ineligible player. Senior Phillip Turner is an electric dual-threat quarterback who has 1,691 total yards and 22 touchdowns with five interceptions. ...

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration issued an alert about Northfield-based medical supply company Medlines beds Thursday after two people died and 16 others were seriously injured by the product.The FDA issued an Early Alert warning Thursday about Medline beds for patients in home or long-term care as well as their accessories, such as mattresses, side ...