Cook County's court system will begin responding sooner to violators of its home confinement program, the Office of the Chief Judge announced Wednesday.The reforms to the electronic monitoring program come nearly two months after newly sworn-in Chief Judge Charles Beach formed a committee to improve it. The program has faced criticism since before it was ...

MOBILE, Ala. The most intriguing offensive lineman at the Senior Bowl didnt play high school football.Max Iheanachor grew up in Nigeria, where he played soccer until he moved to Los Angeles area at age 13. He played basketball at King Drew Magnet High School, which didnt offer football.His AAU coach urged Iheanachor, who now stands 6-5, 325 pounds, to try ...

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Vowing to put working families before corporate billionaires, Democratic socialist Ald. Byron Sigcho-Lopez on Wednesday officially launched an independent bid to challenge Patty Garcia, U.S. Rep. Jesus "Chuy" Garcia's hand-picked successor."We are not tied down by party rules. We are not waiting for the Democratic Party to give us permission," Sigcho-Lopez ...

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker is weighing whether to opt the state into a new federal program that reduces how much people owe in taxes when they donate to student scholarships.Those scholarships can pay for private school tuition or help with public school costs like tutoring or after-school programs.In a statement to WBEZ, the governors office said hes ...

A man is facing felony charges after he was accused of shooting a man in Austin Monday afternoon, according to Chicago police.Curtis Conner, 43, faces a count of attempted first-degree murder, aggravated battery, armed violence with a weapon and a violation of sex offender registration.Conner is accused of causing serious injury to a 38-year-old man inside ...

A former Loretto Hospital executive accused of defrauding the federal government was taken into custody in Serbia, according to new court filings. Anosh Ahmed, the hospitals onetime chief financial officer who resigned in 2021 amid a series of COVID-19 controversies, was arrested in Serbia on Nov. 30, 2025, according to Wednesdays filing. A month later, a ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. Dos agentes federales dispararon durante el encuentro que result en la muerte del enfermero de cuidados intensivos Alex Pretti durante el fin de semana en Minneapolis, segn inform un funcionario de la Oficina de Aduanas y Proteccin Fronteriza (CBP) al Congreso en una notificacin enviada el martes, mientras que el ministro de relaciones ...

Two days after the Illinois Racing Board suspended the harness racing license for Hawthorne Race Course over financial strains, the courses general manager said hes confident theyll have their long-stalled racino plan back on track soon.The Stickney track has struggled to secure financing for its racino since the gambling law that passed in 2019 allowed the ...

Sen. Tammy Duckworth and top Illinois Democrats are denouncing Vice President JD Vance over "ableist" comments he made on Wednesday likening the Illinois senator to "Forrest Gump." The social media war was spurred by a tense exchange between Duckworth and Secretary of State Marco Rubio during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee Wednesday morning, which ...

Please send scores and corrections to preps@suntimes.com. Schedule provided by Jack Gleason. Send schedule updates to hsbballjg@gmail.com.Wednesday, January 28, 2026CHICAGO PREPRochelle Zell at Westmont, 7:00FOX VALLEYCrystal Lake Central at Dundee-Crown, 7:00LAKE SHORE ATHLETICBritish School at Intrinsic-Downtown, 6:00Roycemore at Beacon, 4:30Waldorf at ...

It didn't take Pat Fitzgerald long to start working his local connections again.Fitzgerald returned to college coaching in December when he was hired at Michigan State. It was too late to add any recruits for the NCAA early signing period, but he did snag a local prospect for the late signing period in February.While making the rounds of Chicago-area high ...

Claiming there is no such thing as absolute immunity in America, Mayor Brandon Johnson said Wednesday he plans to make Chicago the first city in the nation to hold the Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Border Patrol officers accountable for criminal conduct.In a defiant address to the National Press Club, Johnson said Chicagoans are asking us to do ...

Congressional candidate Kat Abughazaleh and five fellow Broadview demonstrators could face trial this spring on a federal conspiracy charge tied to Operation Midway Blitz that continues to raise questions about protesters First Amendment rights.Attorneys in the case sought a trial date Wednesday during a status hearing before U.S. District Judge April ...

Claiming there is no such thing as absolute immunity in America, Mayor Brandon Johnson said Wednesday he plans to make Chicago the first city in the nation to hold the Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Border Patrol officers accountable for criminal conduct.In a defiant address to the National Press Club, Johnson said Chicagoans are asking us to do ...

New music festival Forever Mine throws it back to the early 2000s for its inaugural event in Union Park on May 23 and 24. The festival will be hosted by Chicagos DJ Pharris and is described on their website as where R&B and house fall in love.The lineup, announced Wednesday, features main stage acts such as Keyshia Cole, Kaytranada, Monica, Kelly Rowland, ...

PITTSBURGH  Connor Murphy has lived in Chicago long enough to see a Blackhawks dynasty fall, get torn down to its studs, limp through a rebuild and now begin to rise again.He has also lived in Chicago long enough to call it home."I've been here nine years, and I feel like a Blackhawk to the core," Murphy, 32, said Monday. "I feel like I've gotten so close ...

The wait is over. The White Sox joined the 25 other major-league teams in having a jersey sponsor after Wednesdays announcement that they had reached a multiyear agreement with CME Group, a Chicago-based financial institution, as the teams inaugural jersey patch sponsor.Throughout this process, we understood the importance and significance of joining forces ...

Ann & Robert H. Lurie Childrens Hospital of Chicago are in the beginning stages of developing a new hospital in the southwest suburban Downers Grove area. The low-acuity pediatric hospital is expected to include a pediatric emergency department, surgery suites, inpatient beds and key pediatric sub-specialties such as oncology, cardiology,gastroenterologyand ...

Kenny Robinson Sr. se mueve rpidamente el lunes por la despensa de alimentos de una sola habitacin dentro de Chosen Bethel Family Ministries en Englewood, en el lado sur de Chicago.Deja caer bolsas de espagueti en ms de una docena de cajas de cartn que sern distribuidas a los adultos mayores del rea para ayudar a alimentarlos durante aproximadamente diez ...

Two people were injured in a four-vehicle crash Wednesday morning on the inbound Kennedy Expressway on the North Side. The crash happened around 6:25 a.m. in the southbound lanes of Interstate 90 at Division Street, Illinois state police said. Two people were taken to area hospitals with injuries, state police said. The left three lanes were temporarily ...

A 19-year-old man is expected to appear before a judge Wednesday, charged with murdering a pregnant woman and starting a fire Monday evening at a southwest suburban Downers Grove home. Nedas Revuckas, of Westmont, was charged with first-degree murder, armed robbery, aggravated arson, intentional homicide of an unborn child and animal cruelty, Downers Grove ...

A stolen car rammed into a viaduct leaving two teenagers inside critically hurt and also arrested early Wednesday in Chicago Lawn on the South Side. Officers on patrol noticed the silver car occupied by two males believed to be in their late teens around 1:20 a.m. in the 3500 block of West Marquette Road when it struck a viaduct, Chicago police said. Both ...

An outside investigation into the former head of the Cook County juvenile detention center determined he maintained legal residency in Illinois despite owning property and voting in Michigan, according to a report newly released by the Cook County chief judges office.According to the report, attorneys at the law firm Zuber Lawler reviewed bank statements, ...

DEAR ABBY: I am a longtime divorcee and a retiree with grown kids. What is troubling me is I've always had an issue with taking a shower and all the oil and dirt flowing down my body. I think it's gross, so I usually wash my hair in the kitchen sink. I also don't get in the shower to wash my body. I hate getting out of the shower and feeling cold, or trying ...