Larry Hoover is seeking release so, according to his lawyer, he can be with his family, "like every senior citizen or elder in our community would like to do.Let's not forget the murders he ordered, according to federal prosecutors. He prevented several people from reaching senior citizen status.This is an example of another criminal found guilty by laws ...

Bears quarterback Caleb Williams didnt have a bad week. Jets quarterback Justin Fields did.Williams posted a 61.7 passer rating, the fifth-worst of his career, in a 12-point victory against the Saints that gave the Bears their longest winning streak since the end of 2018. Another victory Sunday in Baltimore would give them their longest streak since the ...

Were gathering your questions about all things money and finances. Each week, we get your questions answered by the people who know best.We got this question from Richard: I have a living trust. I also have several financial accounts with my trust as the beneficiary. My two daughters are the trust beneficiaries, 50-50. I was told ...

The Bears prepared all week to face Lamar Jackson on Sunday.The Ravens quarterback being listed as questionable Friday didnt change any of that.Jackson was a full participant in practice Friday but was ruled questionable with a hamstring injury that cost him the previous two games. The Ravens could wait until 90 minutes before kickoff to make his return ...

More than 154 million people with health insurance through an employer face steep price increases, and the situation is likely to get worse, a new report shows.The increases are coming as the federal government shutdown has been spurred by a stalemate over health insurance for another group, the 22 million Americans on Affordable Care Act plans.Premiums for ...

Quentin Burrell and Mount Carmel had margin for error on Friday night, and Loyola didn't.Burrell shook off a lost fumble to score a key touchdown in the second half and the top-ranked Caravan beat the Ramblers 35-24 Friday night in Wilmette, pushing Loyola to the brink of playoff elimination.Emmett Dowling passed for 298 yards and two touchdowns and also ...

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

The area has been fortunate the past few years, with talented quarterbacks in every direction. More than one coach in the area believes he has the best quarterback in the state and possibly the best in the country.Carmel coach Jason McKie was comfortable letting junior quarterback Trae Taylors play do the talking on Friday in Mundelein.I dont have to say ...

1. Mount Carmel (9-0)Won 35-24 at Loyola2. Lincoln-Way East (7-2)Lost 21-13 vs. Sandburg3. Brother Rice (8-1)Won 21-13 vs. St. Ignatius4. Maine South (8-1)Won 56-14 at Deerfield5. Nazareth (8-1)Won 42-16 vs. No. 25 St. Francis6. Montini (9-0)Won 23-0 at St. Laurence7. Fenwick (6-3)Lost 38-24 at No. 12 Carmel8. Glenbard West (7-1)Saturday vs. Proviso West9. ...

Speaking to several hundred abortion-rights advocates and elected officials Friday, Gov. JB Pritzker spotlighted his steadfast approach in keeping Illinois a front-runner in reproductive health care access.After taking a victory lap around the measures hes signed into law that expand reproductive health care access, Pritzker painted a need for ...

At the end of the 2024 spring state legislative session, the Illinois Federation of Teachers issued a decidedly diplomatic press release. Federation President Dan Montgomery praised the new state budget as crucial for our state's success, and applauded increases in K-12 and early childhood education funding. Montgomery did criticize the meager increase in ...

PEORIA The cousin of a Springfield-area woman shot by an ex-cop accused of her murder said Friday he was devastated to learn his relative could have survived her gunshot wounds had first aid been administered sooner.Former Sangamon County Sheriffs Deputy Sean Grayson is facing three counts of first-degree murder for killing Sonya Massey, an unarmed Black ...

The Bears are in a unique situation in which general manager Ryan Poles has been building the roster for four years, so it should be ready to contend by now, yet new coach Ben Johnson is just at the onset of putting his fingerprints on the organization.Its a problem of their own making by sticking with former coach Matt Eberflus too long and exacerbated by ...

Ravens superstar quarterback Lamar Jackson has been hobbled lately by a bum hamstring. Think of it as a flat tire on a Maserati. Also think of it as maybe the reason the Bears can win Sunday in Baltimore. Did we mention maybe?In this weeks Polling Place, your home for Sun-Times sports polls on the social platform X, we began with the game in which the ...

This weeks top photo comes from Visual Journalist Tyler Pasciak LaRiviere. Follow him on X, Bluesky and Instagram.What makes this photo important?For most of my career at the Chicago Sun-Times, I've been covering gun violence mostly as breaking news arriving just moments after it happens while investigators attempt to piece together a crime scene and try ...

Before the start of the college football season, I predicted the order of finish in the Big Ten.Very, very badly, I might add. On brand, you say? Yeah, yeah.Now, with five regular-season games to go (not counting the championship game) for each team in the conference, its time for my annual Big Ten Re-Rankings column a tradition so rich and illustrious, I ...

The birthday boy should have been talking about life as a now newly-turned 35-year-old or his return to his stomping grounds in Orlando fresh off a 28-point opening night, but instead Bulls big man Nikola Vucevic was caught up in the only story suffocating the NBA these days.One day after Portland Trail Blazers head coach Chauncey Billups, Miami Heat guard ...

Mayor Brandon Johnson is returning to the disreputable bad practices of the past with a $16.6 billion proposed budget balanced with unsustainable, short-term fixes and nearly $600 million in tax increases that send the wrong message to the business community at a time when Chicago needs jobs and economic growth, the Civic Federation concluded in an analysis ...

Lukas Reichel's frustrating Blackhawks tenure has reached a quiet end.After the team's umpteenth attempt to get Reichel going on the top line Thursday flamed out after just two periods, the Hawks decided they had finally seen enough. They traded him Friday to the Canucks for a 2027 fourth-round draft pick.It marks an extremely underwhelming, anticlimactic ...

The Bears drafted tight end Colston Loveland with plans hed play alongside veteran Cole Kmet, at least this year.Kmet didnt practice all week because of a back injury he suffered last week against the Saints, though, leaving the No. 10 overall pick to go it alone against the Ravens on Sunday.It could be a glimpse of the Bears future Kmet, who has never ...

Do you know what to do in the event of a nuclear attack one aimed at Chicago?Director Kathryn Bigelows latest film, A House of Dynamite, is appearing today on Netflix and at select Chicago theaters, including the Davis Theater and Landmark Century Centre Cinema. In the movie, Chicago faces getting blown off the map by an enemy missile. Idris Elba stars as ...

No, the Bears werent trolling the Ravens with a sponsored video they posted to social media this week.Amid a 1-5 start, a report this week said Ravens coach John Harbaugh decided to rid the locker room of its games, from cornhole to video games to ping-pong tables. When the Bears posted a sponsored video this week of linebackers Tremaine Edmunds and T.J. ...

While the Ravens are rested and fresh coming off their bye week, the Bears ruled out three starters for their game Sunday: tight end Cole Kmet, cornerback Tyrique Stevenson and nickel cornerback Kyler Gordon. All three missed practice due to injury Friday. It will be Kmets first game missed in six seasons with the Bears after playing all 91, including ...

TAMPA, Fla.  Just like the ocean waves lapping up on Florida's Gulf Coast, Blackhawks rookie defenseman Sam Rinzel relies on a relationship between salt and water to keep him healthy.The 21-year-old Minnesota native has to think about such things because of a fact he's always been aware of: He tends to lose more weight during the course of a game than ...

Algunos miembros de la junta de las Escuelas Pblicas de Chicago (CPS) estn haciendo sonar la alarma sobre la agresiva y continua campaa de cumplimiento de la ley de inmigracin del gobierno federal, pidiendo a los lderes del distrito escolar a hacer ms para proteger a las familias que temen ir a la escuela, incluyendo la insistencia en el aprendizaje remoto ...