A candidate running for reelection in a heated Chicago School Board race was suspended from his job at a charter school in 2018 after an investigation by the charter school operator found he became intoxicated at a work event and acted inappropriately with a co-worker, according to a letter obtained by the Chicago Sun-Times.The letter, sent to Carlos Rivas ...

Declining attendance has been a hot-button topic around the NHL in recent weeks, and the Blackhawks have been cited as one of several relevant examples.A sparse crowd of 15,028 on Oct. 15 against the Jets  the Hawks' smallest in more than three years was what really got national attention.But through the Hawks' first eight home games this season, their ...

Patrick Finley and Jason Lieser preview Monday night's matchup between the Bears and the defending Super Bowl champs. 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 ...

Bears quarterback Caleb Williams likes to hum on the sideline.That, combined with his focus on deep breathing, helps him to relax. Hes been doing it for years.Its calming, he said of humming. It calms your nervous system.The Seahawks, though, are really humming. And that cant be relaxing for the Bears quarterback in the least.Mike Macdonald's defense is ...

It says a lot about how much coach Ben Johnson elevated the Bears rushing attack that theyre in a three-week slump and still rank first in the NFL.Theyve mostly gotten by regardless, thanks to quarterback Caleb Williams coming in hot off his injury, but they cant count on that Monday when they visit the defending champion Seahawks. Every part of the offense ...

Bears quarterback Caleb Williams will continue wearing what he calls his science cleats, even if the NFL keeps fining him.Williams was fined $11,941 for wearing Caddix cleats against the Falcons. The NFL allows only Nike, Adidas and Under Armour shoes to display their logos on game day. Williams wore black cleats with a prominent Caddix logo against the ...

Met with cheers, T-shirts and voter guides, hundreds of Chicago high school students flooded the Loop early voting supersite Wednesday as part of a push for young voter participation.Chicago Votes, a political organization with a focus on young people, sponsored the Parade to the Polls, busing students from school to the Loop site so they could cast their ...

Civic Federation President Joe Ferguson has accused Mayor Brandon Johnson of chopping away at the Chicago Police Department to help balance his pre-election budget after three years of shrinking CPD by attrition, but the mayor apparently wanted to go further.Acting Police Superintendent Fred Waller told the City Council Wednesday that he had to fight to ...

Every time Chicagoans flush a toilet, run a sink or prepare for a heavy downpour, they rely on the work of an agency many may know little about: the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago. This November, voters will elect four commissioners to the districts nine-member board, which oversees wastewater treatment and prevents flooding ...

Dolores Huerta, quien cofund el sindicato United Farm Workers para mejorar las condiciones laborales de los trabajadores en los campos de frutas y verduras del pas y acu la frase "S se puede!", que se convirti en un grito de lucha, ha fallecido a los 96 aos.La familia de Huerta dijo que falleci el mircoles en su casa.Sabemos que muchos de ustedes en todo el ...

Coby Bryant UpdateBen Johnson is keeping it vague on Coby Bryant. The Bears safety is progressing through rehab but Johnson was non-committal about whether hell return this season.From what I understand, he's right on track, Johnson said. He's working his tail off. Love seeing him in the building. He's around these guys all the time. And really, over the ...

A Chicago architectural firm on Wednesday released a proposal that would put the Bears in a new domed stadium at the site of Bridgeports Rate Field and potentially help bolster a plan for the Chicago White Sox to move to the South Loop.Skidmore, Owings and Merrill posted the renderings to their Instagram page Wednesday, saying the plan would create a new ...

Every time Chicagoans flush a toilet, run a sink or prepare for a heavy downpour, they rely on the work of an agency many may know little about: the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District of Greater Chicago. This November, voters will elect four commissioners to the districts nine-member board, which oversees wastewater treatment and flood-prevention ...

A Far South Side man is accused of posing as a basketball coach in order to sexually abuse a 15-year-old earlier this year, Chicago police said Wednesday. Andre D. Jackson, 56, was charged with indecent solicitation/aggravated criminal sexual abuse and grooming, both of which are felonies, police said. Jackson, of West Pullman, was arrested Monday after ...

Ella Kelly usually votes early, but shes especially happy she got it done Tuesday.The grandmother from Gary, Indiana, visited the Lake County Government Complex in Crown Point to cast her ballot a week before the Nov. 3 midterm election.Its much more convenient, Kelly said. Thats why Ive been voting like this for the past five years.The Department of ...

Dolores Huerta, who co-founded the United Farm Workers union to improve working conditions in the nations fruit and vegetable fields and coined the phrase S, se puede! that became a widespread rallying cry, has died. She was 96.Huertas family said she died Wednesday at home.We know that many of you around the world share in our mourning, and we will be ...

Nearly a decade has gone by since the former Ebony/Jet Building was sold to a residential developer, and the most original, intact and supremely funky 1970s corporate interiors in the U.S. was lost.Designed by Black Chicago architect John Moutoussamy and opening in 1972, the 11-story Johnson Publishing Company headquarters still retains its regal, modernist ...

A person was killed Wednesday morning in a shooting involving an FBI agent in south suburban Dixmoor, the agency said.The shooting happened around 7 a.m. during "court-authorized law enforcement activity,'' the FBI said in a statement. The statement didn't include the address of the incident or note whether anyone was taken into custody. "The FBI takes all ...

Good morning, Chicago. Below: An off-duty FBI agent fatally shot a 27-year-old in Pilsen on Monday evening. We look into the agency's account and what records show. Plus: Gov. JB Pritzker backs Dems in battleground states, what this year's unusual weather means for winter and more news you need to know. Keeping score: The Blackhawks beat the Kings, 2-1. ...

Pete Crow-Armstrong didnt need to wait till now to start clearing space on his mantle.But as baseball's award season gets underway in the wake of Crow-Armstrongs spectacular campaign, the hardware is starting to roll in.The Cubs center fielder was named Player of the Year and National League Outstanding Player when the players union announced the winners of ...

Jessica Biggs found a dream school for her artistic daughter where she gets drama and visual arts classes and is in an after-school dance troupe.Its a fine and performing arts magnet school far from her home on the South Side.She is incredibly talented, and as she was moving into middle school, we wanted to make sure that she was in a place that had ...

Two men were shot, one fatally, early Wednesday in the Loop. The two were found in the first block of East Lake Street around 2:40 a.m., Chicago police said. One man, whose age was unknown, was shot multiple times in the body and taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital where he was pronounced dead. The other man, 38, was shot in the right leg and also taken ...

Blackhawks coach Jeff Blashill has clearly worried less about letting expletives slip into his interviews lately. His latest curse came Tuesday morning  before the Hawks' 2-1 win over the Kings when quoting actor Robert Downey Jr., who once described his response to feedback from directors as, "Listen, smile, agree, and then do whatever the [bleep] you ...

After 40 years of practicing obstetrics in Chicago, I never imagined that one of the greatest threats to maternal and newborn safety would not be a medical complication, but the closure of hospital maternity units that have served generations of families.I have witnessed extraordinary advances in medicine and cared for thousands of mothers and babies. Yet ...

Time served in prison should be just that: time served. Once men and women have completed their sentences, theyve paid their debt to society, as the saying goes. But for too many people, their sentence stretches far beyond the amount of time set by a judge. Their record stands in the way of jobs, stable housing, education and opportunities for decades to ...