Westinghouse missed the IHSA playoffs last year and were dropped from the Public League's top Red division to the second tier this season.Neither development sat well with the Warriors, who are aiming to reestablish themselves as an upper-level team in the city."It definitely put a little chip on our shoulder for sure," junior two-way standout Ethan Wiley ...

Morgan Park opened the season with challenging road trips to Downers Grove North and Edwardsville and a matchup with Notre Dame. The Mustangs emerged with two wins and a five-point, resume-building loss to ranked Downers North.For coach Chris James, the challenge now is keeping his teams level high in Public League play.Im not as worried about it as I used ...

Chicago police are investigating three reports of sexual abuse in Avondale, according to an alert. Police said an unidentified man grabbed multiple women from behind and fondled them over their clothing before fleeing. The reported incidents occurred on Friday at the following locations between 8 and 9 p.m.:3400 block of North Springfield Avenue3900 block ...

A 33-year-old man died Saturday after he was shot in the chest in West Pullman, Chicago police said.Police said a verbal argument with an unknown group of people in the 11500 block of South Halsted Avenue at 4:34 p.m. turned physical when someone fired a gunshot, hitting the unidentified victim in the chest.The victim was transported by private vehicle to ...

Two people were injured after being struck by a vehicle Saturday afternoon on I-90 in Elk Grove, Illinois State Police said.Police at 2:34 p.m. responded to a reported three-vehicle crash in the eastbound lane of I-90, police said. Investigators at the scene said two people who were standing near their vehicles at the time were hit by another vehicle. They ...

ST. LOUIS, Mo. The White Sox announced that amateur scouting director Mike Shirley resigned on Saturday, and is no longer with the organization.The team has not yet shared any further details about the nature of Shirley's departure, nor the future of the amateur scouting department. Shirley has not yet responded to a request for comment at this time.A Sox ...

The Cubs beat the Pirates 4-3 on Saturday because the lineup was able to grind out a rally and the bullpen held when it was needed.Yes, the same bullpen thats been maligned and pointed to as potentially a fatal flaw threw 3 1/3 scoreless innings. Jacob Webb, who had a 17.36 ERA over his last six appearances, got four outs. He began his day by getting Oneil ...

Residents on Chicagos Northwest Side say they were outraged to learn federal immigration agents used police-run parking lots this month to stage and transfer detainees, in violation of an executive order barring federal immigration enforcement on city-owned property.Videos reviewed by the Sun-Times show federal immigration agents moving detainees from one ...

A Saturday autopsy determined the death of a male shot Friday afternoon in the city's Garfield Park neighborhood was a homicide.The victim, a male of an unknown age, was found about 12:05 p.m. unresponsive with multiple gunshot wounds to his chest inside a home in the 3300 block of West Flournoy Street, police said. He was pronounced dead on the scene and ...

The U.S. Justice Department failed to secure felony convictions against most of the 102 protesters arrested in four major cities last year on charges of assaulting federal authorities a record far below the norm in federal assault prosecutions.All of the dozen cases that made it to trial, mostly in Los Angeles, ended in acquittal, mistrial or dismissal. ...

When pitcher Edward Cabrera hasnt been hurt, hes been ineffective, giving the Cubs little return on the offseason trade with the Marlins that cost them prospect Owen Caissie.Activated Saturday from the injured list, the Cubs hope Cabrera will take to his new bullpen role in the way the Dodgers Roki Sasaki did in 2025. Despite having great stuff, Sasaki ...

About 50 people gathered Saturday morning at Grand Avenue and Emerson Street in Franklin Park for a mass at the site where Silverio Villegas Gonzlez was killed by federal immigration agents on the one year anniversary of his death.The Catholic mass was led by the Revs. Leandro Fossa and Brendan Curran. Visitors brought flowers, lit candles, and wore shirts ...

With quarterback Tyson Bagent dealing with a back injury, the Bears signed Miller Moss to the practice squad and gave him a standard elevation for Sunday's game.Moss, a rookie from Louisville who once teamed with Caleb Williams at USC, was with the Bears during training camp. Bagent is part of the Bears' traveling party flying to Charlotte, N.C., on ...

El primer reporte de polica sobre la muerte de Silverio Villegas Gonzlez contiene siete frases. No nombra al agente de inmigracin que le dispar. No identifica a ningn testigo, ni al personal del FBI que acudi a investigar.Y no dice nada sobre el arma que se us.Poco se ha revelado del caso desde que Villegas Gonzlez fue abatido por un agente de la Oficina de ...

Kyle Bickham loved Derrick Rose as much as he hated Aaron Rodgers.The true Chicago sports fan and his father, Christopher Bickham Sr., would play different NBA video games together between bouts on the actual court, and cried together when Rose tore his ACL in 2012.Just days after the younger Bickham had secured a new apartment for him and his girlfriend, ...