Opening day coming Saturday, May 3, in Wisconsin and true spring fishing (when the weather cooperates) settling in around Chicago fishing to lead this sprawling raw-file Midwest Fishing Report.Bob Johnson emailed the photo at the top of a big walleye caught on an outing with Tom Spence on Heidecke Lake. Full report at the Heidecke report.WISCONSIN OPENERThe ...

A wider, and whiter, pool of potential investors could get in on the action with shares of Chicagos future Ballys casino under a revised initial public offering from the gambling company.Ballys reopened its casino IPO last week to all investors with a preference for residents of Chicago and other parts of Illinois not just those from minority backgrounds, ...

One person was killed and another was injured in a fiery crash involving a semi and another vehicle early Tuesday on the Edens Expressway in north suburban Skokie. The two-vehicle crash happened around 3:50 a.m. in the southbound lanes just north of Touhy Avenue and for unknown reasons the semi rolled over and caught fire, Illinois state police said. One ...

A 25-year-old woman was killed when an SUV jumped a curb and crashed into her early Tuesday in North Lawndale on the West Side. The victim, an unidentified 25-year-old woman, was on a sidewalk around 4:15 a.m. when an Acura MDX being driven by a 21-year-old woman was traveling through an alley off Lawndale Avenue when she made a left turn onto 13th Street, ...

A Rolling Meadows police sergeant is on unpaid administrative leave following his arrest in connection with a road rage shooting last week in Elgin.Carlos Saez, a 19-year veteran of the force, was relieved of his police duties after department brass learned of the April 23 traffic dispute and arrest, said Rolling Meadows Police Chief John Nowacki.Saez, 58, ...

Police were looking for a red SUV that fled the scene after a drive-by shooting that left three teenagers wounded early Tuesday in Chatham.The victims, a 13-year-old boy, a 14-year-old boy and a 16-year-old girl, were in the 7900 block of South Maryland Avenue around 12:25 a.m. when a red SUV with two people inside approached and opened fire, Chicago ...

A man was fatally struck by a Red Line train late Monday night in Edgewater on the North Side. The man, 42, fell on the tracks around 11:35 p.m. in the 1100 block of West Granville Avenue and was hit by the train, Chicago police said. The unidentified man was dead at the scene, police said. Area 3 detectives were conducting a death investigation.

DEAR ABBY: Our son and his girlfriend had our first grandchild 18 months ago. We helped them move out of their rental house before the baby was born and buy a cute little house, which we made sure was in good shape before they moved in. (They had ruined the rental property with a couple of cats they had and their refusal to clean it at all.) We told them ...

Moon alertAfter 1:50 a.m. Chicago time, there are no restrictions to shopping or important decisions. The moon is in Gemini.Aries (March 21-April 19) A positive day .HoroscopeStarbox { background: #f8f8f8; display: flex; align-items: center; } ...

Several DuPage County offices were the victims of a ransomware attack, officials announced Monday.County officials say the attack affected the sheriffs office, the 18th Judicial Circuit Court and the DuPage County Circuit Court clerks office.This afternoon, DuPage County confirmed it had been the target of a ransomware attack, Chief Judge Bonnie Wheaton, ...

Four people were killed Monday afternoon after a car crashed into an after-school camp in downstate Chatham, according to the Illinois State Police.A driver fatally struck three people outside of YNOT After School Camp and killed one person inside after crashing into the building. Several others were injured in the crash, which occurred about 3:20 p.m., ...

When Mary Fabianski heard about the line-of-duty death of a Chicago firefighter last week, she recognized David Meyer's name.Fabianski realized that Fire Captain Meyer had done some remodeling work in her kitchen about 10 years ago through his side business.He was easy to work with, and he had a very small crew with him, Fabianski said. He was a very nice ...

Then Birmingham Barons bench coach Angel Rosario remembers the first conversation he had with catcher Edgar Quero in 2024.Quero didnt wait for his new coaches to come to him with ideas. He already had an idea on how he could improve.The only thing that he told us was, I want to be better, Rosario told the Sun-Times last week. I want to do everything that I ...

After displaying their resourceful supremacy over the Cubs for the last 6 1/2 seasons, the defending National League Central champion Brewers actually did their rivals a favor by not picking up the $5.5 million option on pitcher Colin Rea.That enabled the Cubs to sign Rea for the same amount to help stabilize a rotation after ace left-hander Justin Steele ...

Chicagos Doc10 film festival one of the only documentary-exclusive film fests in the country is celebrating its 10th anniversary at a high-pressure time for the art form.The festival programs a highly selective list of 10 films and screens them through May 4. Yet filmmakers say the surge of streaming sites like Netflix and Hulu has shifted demand away ...

Nearly two years have passed since widespread flooding devastated homes across the West Side.But many homeowners are still living with damaged basements, unable to pay to remove hazardous mold that can cause health problems. The struggles are worse for senior citizens on fixed incomes who can't foot the expensive repair bills."We don't have the money to do ...

PARIS A trial began Monday in Paris over the 2016 heist in which armed robbers tied up Kim Kardashian in her bedroom and stole millions of dollars worth of jewelry during Fashion Week.The robbery was considered the biggest heist targeting an individual that Paris had seen in decades. The jury of six citizens will conduct the trial along with three ...

The White Sox unveiled their 2025 City Connect uniforms on Monday. The jersey combines the stories of the Sox and the Chicago Bulls, both owned by Jerry Reinsdorf. The Sox will debut the uniforms this Friday against Houston. ...

The over 100-year-old Austin Bank of Chicago building, 5645 W. Corcoran Place, is now a space dedicated to the community.Alt Space Chicago, an arts-focused nonprofit that works with the city's Black communities, opened the old bank's grand halls and even its vault to the public this month to foster creativity and faith among residents of the West Side ...

A 1992-93 Michael Jordan game-worn Bulls uniform will be up for auction next month in Heritages Spring Sports Catalog Auction. Jordan wore the uniform in 17 games during the 1992-93 season, and on the Oct. 18, 1993, cover of Sports Illustrated.For all of his countless individual accolades, Michael Jordans greatest accomplishment is delivering championships ...

SPRINGFIELD Jurors chosen to weigh first-degree murder charges against a man on trial for the 2022 death of a Skokie woman learned right out of the gate Monday that hed once been accused, convicted and pardoned for his role in the Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol riot.Shane Jason Woods faces trial for the death of 35-year-old Lauren Wegner. But members of the ...

Can you imagine a state basketball champion being crowned in Chicago?Devon Morales Sr. can, and he will soon be in a position to help make it happen.Morales, who has been Clemente's principal since 2021, is taking over as executive director of Chicago Public Schools' Office of Sports Administration.He succeeds acting executive director Mickey Pruitt, who is ...

Chicago has big financial problems at the city, the schools and the CTA but youd never know it by the modest wish list Mayor Brandon Johnson is carrying with him to Springfield Tuesday.With five weeks to go in the spring session, Johnson wants to revive a tax on prepaid cell phones and calling cards, extend the $5-a-month 911 surcharge, ratchet up funding ...

Shane Riordan, The Score's executive producer of the "Spiegel & Holmes" show, posted on X that he's no longer at the station. His dismissal, which happened Monday, wasn't related to a behavioral issue or anything he said on the air, the Sun-Times has learned.Neither Riordan nor The Score returned requests for comment.During the transition between the ...

The WNBA will televise all of its preseason games, including a national broadcast of the Skys exhibition against the Brazilian national team at LSU on Friday. That game is part of a push to get stars like Angel Reese back to their college arenas, including the Fevers Caitlin Clark playing at Iowa and the Libertys Sabrina Ionescu taking the court at ...