Two people were found shot Wednesday night in Washington Heights, one fatally, according to Chicago police.Officers responded to a call of shots fired at a residence in the 9900 block of South Parnell Avenue at 1:57 p.m. and found a 59-year-old woman who had been shot multiple times; she was declared dead at the scene, police said.A 55-year-old man was also ...

Trust between federal prosecutors and judges in Chicago is under new strain after the feds dropped charges this week tied to an attempted robbery of undercover federal officers in Country Club Hills because new video of the incident came to light.Frustrated by what appeared to be a lack of due diligence by prosecutors, U.S. Magistrate Judge Keri Holleb ...

NEW YORK The White Sox have called up enough players to make their major-league debut this season to field half of a roster.If that sounds crazy and rare, its because it is. With the call-up of outfielder Junior Perez from Triple-A Charlotte on Thursday, the Sox tied the 1944 Reds for the most players to make their big-league debut before the All-Star ...

The city broke ground Thursday on Andersonvilles first pedestrian plaza, Elise Malary Plaza.The plaza will host farmers markets, art installations, community events and greenery on part of Catalpa Avenue between North Ashland Avenue and Clark Street. Its slated for completion next spring.Its namesake, Elise Malary, was a local Black trans woman who worked ...

After 50 years in the business, Chicago developer Peter Holsten is selling his portfolio of Chicago buildings totaling 2,638 units as he and his wife prepare to retire.Holsten founded Holsten Real Estate Development Corp. in 1975. The firm is listing 16 properties across Chicago, with another in Riverdale. Of the portfolio's 2,638 units, 758 are Chicago ...

A former foster child sued Illinois' child welfare agency this week alleging a pattern of sexual abuse at a South Side shelter.Lawyers for Yadira Escamilla, a former resident of Aunt Marthas shelter on the South Side, announced the lawsuit Thursday during a news conference Downtown. They argued the state failed to protect vulnerable children despite ...

Count Jed Hoyer among the legions of Cubs fans who spent the last five weeks wondering what the heck was going on with this offense.The offense has been a challenge, overall, the Cubs team president said Tuesday. It shouldnt be, in general. We should score plenty of runs, but that hasnt been the case.As a team, we need to score more runs. And especially we ...

Casi cinco aos despus de que la oficial de la Polica de Chicago, Ella French, fuera asesinada, los funcionarios de supervisin publicaron el mircoles imgenes de video del tiroteo en servicio, cerrando un captulo oscuro en la historia de la ciudad.El metraje de la cmara corporal muestra los breves momentos antes de que una parada de trfico de rutina se ...

The Strokes and Nancy Pelosi walk into the same hotel. It sounds like it could be a setup for a joke, but it was the situation the New York rockers found themselves in Last Nite as singer Julian Casablancas explained to the crowd Wednesday night at United Center. It was likely just one of the many random crossed paths in Chicago this week as celebrities and ...

The White Sox put outfielder Everson Pereira on the seven-day injured list with a concussion suffered on an incredible play Wednesday when he made a running, leaping catch and crashed into the wall in center field. The Sox called up outfielder Junior Prez from Triple-A Charlotte.Pereira lay on the field woozy after hitting his head on the wall, but he ...

Como periodista, hablo constantemente con personas. Con extraos. Personas que pueden estar muy molestas conmigo. Otras que pueden estar encantadas.Reconozco que puede resultar muy aterrador.Eso se debe a que, al crecer, para m hablar era algo que solo ocurra en casa y nicamente entre mi familia inmediata. Muchos de mis recuerdos de la infancia incluyen el ...

Foul play is not suspected after a 7-year-old child died after being pulled from a retention pond Wednesday evening, police in northwest Lake in the Hills said. Officers responded shortly before 6 p.m. to a report of a missing child on Steeplechase Way, according to the Village of Lake in the Hills Police Department. Family members told police they had seen ...

Nurses at St. Mary of Nazareth Hospital in Chicago voted in favor of forming a union weeks after six of their colleagues were fired just as the group prepared to unionize.About 96% of nurses who were eligible to cast a ballot Wednesday voted in favor of being represented by the National Nurses Organizing Committee, an affiliate of the National Nurses ...

Beatrice Lumpkin wasn't just liberal, or left-leaning, or a secret communist sympathizer. She was an open, enthusiastic, dues-paying member of the Communist Party for nearly 90 years, whose passion for workers' rights put her on the front lines of post-World War II labor struggles in Chicago, from working with Black Panther Fred Hampton to the fight to ...

Ya con tres miembros de su rotacin inicial fuera por lesiones, los Cubs ahora tambin deben encontrar la forma de vivir sin su cerrador.El diestro Daniel Palencia fue colocado en la lista de lesionados por inflamacin en el codo el martes, lo que marca su segunda visita a la lista de lesionados (IL) esta temporada. Anteriormente haba estado fuera por una ...

Good morning, Chicago. Below: Mayor Brandon Johnson's administration says it will spend more than $520 million to fix homes and the sewer infrastructure needed to help prevent future floods, as Chicagoans still deal with the effects of 2023's historic flooding. Plus: Footage of a Chicago police officer's fatal shooting, a City Council meeting recap, the ...

DEAR ABBY: For years, my only daughter and I got along pretty well. Then she stopped visiting or speaking to us, meaning we didn't see our grandchildren or my son-in-law. That went on for six to eight years. Suddenly, she has responded on Facebook but refuses to tell me what the problem was.When you don't communicate with somebody for this long, it's ...

My grandmother met Harold Washington once. I was young when she told me the story, so I don't remember every detail. What I remember is what she kept: a mug he gave her, which she held onto until the day she died. I grew up on South Shore Drive, sold the Sun-Times for a quarter at a paper stand at 75th and Stony Island, right in front of the KFC, and ...

If you've attended a funeral in Chicago, you've probably witnessed the reach of Tim Kowalski's work.Over the span of 30-plus years teaching at the Worsham College of Mortuary Science in Wheeling, he schooled more than 3,000 students on how to embalm and prepare bodies for viewing. And, as important, he worked to make sure they knew to pay attention to the ...

Spoiler alert: Actors Nick Offerman and Megan Mullally are in love. Perhaps that shouldn't be surprising, as the celebrity duo have been in a very public marriage for 26 years.In the new world premiere musical IceBoy! opening June 20 at the Goodman Theatre, the two dont couple up unlike their pairing in the hit NBC comedy Parks and Recreation, where their ...

Coby Bryants biggest piece of advice to the Bears first-round pick, fellow safety Dillon Thieneman, was to slow down.The Super Bowl champ wasnt being metaphorical, metaphysical or deep. He wanted the rookie not to run so fast during the first part of mandatory minicamp practices last week.He wants to go full speed in everything Bryant said. [In] Individual ...

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NEW YORK The White Sox have been a revelation playing at home this season. Theyve had fantastic finishes and drawn big, loud crowds. And theyve repaid the fans efforts, going 24-12 at Rate Field with a plus-32 run differential.But when they leave town, they often forget to pack their mojo.Away from home, the Sox are 14-22 with a minus-35 run differential ...

Police are conducting a death investigation of a man who died after being found shot and stabbed in a South Loop fire, according to Chicago police.Officers responded to a call of a fire at 5:11 p.m in the 1300 block of South Wabash Avenue and found the man who had been shot in the head and cut on his neck, police said. The man, who was also suffering from ...

Sky guard Sydney Taylor was flowing against the Fever last week.When defenders crowded her, she crossed over and accelerated past them. When they sat flat-footed, she sidestepped and rose for a three-pointer.By the time she was done, the undrafted rookie had scored 30 points in 21 minutes of an overtime loss the highest-scoring game by a rookie this ...