The Night Out In The Parks event in Little Village scheduled for Saturday has been postponed, officials said Friday. The family event at La Villita Park, 2800 S. Sacramento Ave., was postponed "out of an abundance of caution taking into account multiple contributing factors and a range of concerns raised in connection to a few recent situations," Adler ...

COLLEGE PARK, Ga. There were stretches of the Skys game Friday against the Dream in which they looked exactly like the team coach Tyler Marsh has been imagining they could become. Even through three quarters, they held their ground against one of the best teams in the WNBA.It fell apart fast in the fourth quarter, though, as the Dream stormed to a 88-70 ...

ARLINGTON, Texas With the trade Friday of first baseman Andrew Vaughn and cash to the Brewers for right-hander Aaron Civale, only center fielder Luis Robert Jr. remains from the 2021 White Sox team that won the American League Central.When I got the job, Andrew was the first player I called, Sox manager Will Venable said. Just knowing his history here, his ...

The gloomy forecast wasn't going to dampen the mood for those attending the Puerto Rican festivities over the weekend in Humboldt Park. Mary Camargo, 63, has attended the Puerto Rican Festival for more than 40 years a tradition she shares with her family across four generations and a little rain wasn't going to stop her from celebrating.Camargo, along ...

An employee of an Edgewater store was stabbed Friday after confronting a customer who was allegedly stealing.The incident happened just after 2 p.m. at a store in the 6200 block of North Broadway, Chicago police said.The worker, a 41-year-old man, confronted the male customer who then pulled out a sharp object and swung it, striking the victim in the leg, ...

A water utility company serving residents south of Chicago has lifted a drinking water advisory for infants after testing last week showed the water had elevated nitrate levels, possibly from runoff of farm fertilizer.Aqua Illinois issued the all-clear Friday after consulting with the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency, the utility said.Around 111,000 ...

Sophomore Quinn Rooney was a star Little League pitcher in Hinsdale, and his arm initially earned him a spot on Benets varsity baseball team.Rooney pitched eight innings this season, but hes made his mark on the best team in school history with clutch hitting. The 6-5, 190-pound lefty has come through in several big moments and he came through again on ...

COLLEGE PARK, Ga. Young players take time to adjust defensively because their opponents are much better, faster and stronger. Opponents are also unfamiliar.With a year under her belt, Angel Reese feels like shes learning their tendencies.I know my matchups, she told the Sun-Times. I know the things they like to do and the things that I know I can get away ...

COLLEGE PARK, Ga. As Sky coach Tyler Marsh tinkers with his rotation, he has two sides of the same coin at the wing position with Kia Nurse and Rebecca Allen. Nurse began the season as his starter, then he flipped them this week against the Liberty to see if Allens hot shooting could spark the starting lineup.They both started Friday against the Dream, as ...

On Tuesday, Shantel Robinson looked directly into the hidden camera the feds installed in her Oak Lawn apartment complex during a drug investigation, authorities say.She and her boyfriend disconnected it, and on Wednesday investigators raided her apartment, where they say they discovered a clandestine laboratory used to package illegal drugs.The ...

Chicago police are searching for a man who allegedly sexually abused two girls at a South Loop park Wednesday night.The two girls were at the playground in Jones Park, 1240 S. Plymouth Court, about 7:40 p.m. when the man approached one of them and grabbed her as she crawled underneath the playground equipment, Chicago police said.He then walked toward ...

Last Friday, it was Ben Brown stepping up against the best pitcher in the American League.A week later, another young Cubs starter got to test his mettle against the best pitcher in the National League.The Cubs have seen plenty of Paul Skenes to know hes a tough nut to crack. In fact, the Cy Young candidate has now faced them more than any other team in his ...

The Blackhawks made their first transaction of the 2025 offseason Friday, although it won't move any needles in regards to their overall summer plan.They traded the rights to Swedish defenseman Victor Soderstrom to the Bruins for prospect defenseman Ryan Mast and a 2025 seventh-round draft pick (No. 197 overall).Soderstrom, 24, is a former Coyotes ...

Metra trains were backed up Friday afternoon near La Grange after a freight train struck a semi-truck.Trains in both directions on the Metra BNSF line were delayed when another train hit a vehicle about 2 p.m. near LaGrange Road in the southwest suburb, the rail service said.BNSF trains were only running between Chicago and Berwyn, and from Aurora to ...

In the days before he graduates from Northwestern University, Bryan Carcamo has sent his parents in California photos of himself in a black suit draped in a purple gown with honor cords he plans to wear for the ceremony.They tell me of how proud they are of me, he said.Seeing Carcamo through a screen will be the closest his parents will get to his ...

Ian Happ is an outfielder. But he might have just made a huge impact on the Cubs closer situation.Ryan Pressly, who the Cubs acquired in an offseason trade and started the season as their ninth-inning man before an extra-inning blow-up against the Giants early last month, seemingly has his hat back in the ring when it comes to getting the final three outs ...

As I write this, multiple news outlets have reported that the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is preparing to deploy its Special Response Teams to five major cities, including Chicago, in the very near future.Mayor Brandon Johnsons chief of staff Cristina Pacione-Zayas told reporters last week: "There will be tactical teams, mini-tanks, other tools ...

There are many disturbing things circulating inside of the world of sports. Sports-betting companies taking over sponsorship of every broadcast show, podcast and stadium. Athletes calling out members of the media for not knowing the game when most members of the sports media are former players. Etc.There exists one greater. Lets call this a sartorial ...

Cuando la cantautora mexicana Natalia Lafourcade comenz el proceso creativo de Cancionera, su dcimo lbum de estudio grabado en 2024, lo hizo como una especie de regalo propio para celebrar sus 40 aos de vida. Quera ser ms introspectiva y sin juicio, analizar su camino personal y musical ms que como artista, ms como una persona que compone e interpreta ...

Pope Leo XIV is a man of the cloth, and some of the ancestral threads woven to make the worlds first U.S. and Chicago pope are stained in blood, scandal and even glitter with celebrity.The Dolton-born pontiffs roots have been under a microscope ever since his election to head the Catholic Church May 8, but perhaps no one has offered a sharper focus than ...

Former Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan has been sentenced to 7 years in prison for corruption involving the abuse of the powerful state office he held for decades.A jury in February convicted Madigan on 10 criminal counts, including bribery conspiracy, wire fraud and other crimes. The jury delivered its verdict at the end of a four-month trial ...

The years first mosquitoes with West Nile Virus have been identified, Chicago Department of Public Health announced Friday morning.At least 16 counties across the state have had cases of West Nile Virus in birds, mosquitoes and horses, though no human cases have been reported yet this year. Cook and McHenry Counties have seen the bulk of the infected ...

ROME Pope Leo XIV on Friday set Sept. 7 as the rescheduled date to canonize the Catholic Churchs first millennial-era saint Carlo Acutis.Leo made the announcement during a meeting of cardinals, known as a consistory, to set the dates for a handful of new saints.Acutis canonization was originally scheduled for April 27, but was postponed following the death ...

Conductor Riccardo Muti returned Thursday evening to lead the Chicago Symphony Orchestra in the first of its two final sets of concerts of the 2024-25 season, and there is always something reassuring about having him in on the podium.Serving since 2010 first as music director and now music director emeritus for life, audiences know what to expect ...

Round three of the 50 speed cameras tied to Mayor Brandon Johnsons 2025 budget will soon start nailing motorists driving too fast near schools and parks.The seven new locations announced Friday bring to 34 the number of speed cameras installed by the city so far this year. Sixteen additional speed cameras will be installed by Dec. 31 in hopes of generating ...