Pope Leo XIV has appointed a new bishop of the Diocese of Joliet. Bishop Brendan J. Cahill will serve as the seventh bishop of the Diocese of Joliet. Cahill has served as bishop of the Diocese of Victoria, Texas, since his appointment by Pope Francis in 2015, the diocese said. His installation Mass will be scheduled for November 2026.The Diocese of Joliet ...

A city staffer who works as a timekeeper for the Chicago Police Department was charged Thursday with sexually abusing a 14-year-old he met on a teen dating app, according to police and court records.Oswaldo Lorenzana de La Rosa, 30, was arrested Tuesday in Albany Park following a brief foot pursuit, according to a police report and a department ...

West Suburban Medical Center and Weiss Memorial Hospital will be sold to Insight Health Systems, bringing a monthslong bitter legal fight over the hospitals to an end.The hospitals landlord, Rathnakar Reddy Patlola, made a late-night deal Wednesday to buy Resilience Healthcare CEO Manoj Prasad's stake in the hospitals. Insight will then buy the hospitals ...

Adam Schilling could be forgiven for feeling a full circle moment this week.It was this Friday last year, against the same opponent, that the Wheaton North tight end/linebackers season ended. On the last play of the game against St. Charles East, Schilling took a wrong step on a pass route. A Grade 2 PCL tear put Schilling in a knee brace for 2-3 months, ...

The Sun-Times Bears experts make their picks for Sunday's home opener: Patrick FinleyBears, 28-24: I'm more concerned about the Vikings defense giving up the third-fewest rushing yards in the NFL last week than I am their blitz scheme, which Caleb Williams traditionally handles with aplomb. When he was sacked 68 times in 2024, only five came from the Vikes. ...

Pedro Ramirez did his job.The 22-year-old rookie was thrust into everyday duty on the Cubs infield when shortstop Dansby Swanson went down with an oblique injury a month ago.Swanson is due back Friday, returning Ramirez to his reserve role with the Cubs fighting to secure a wild-card spot.But Ramirez, as inexperienced as he was coming into the season, ...

Early morning thunderstorms caused ground stops at O'Hare and Midway airports and one to three inches of rain fell throughout the Chicago area in "the most rain we've seen in a month," according to forecasters. Roughly three inches of rain fell in Aurora and two inches of rain was reported in Romeoville, according to the National Weather Service. About ...

Fifteen years after ending The Oprah Winfrey Show in Chicago, the media mogul is returning to deliver more engaging conversations and aha moments in front of an audience outside of the Midwest.She will bring Oprah Winfreys AHA to Sphere in Las Vegas April 2-4, 2027. The venture is not a televised talk show but an immersive live experience, featuring music, ...

In Illinois, terminally ill residents with less than six months to live can now request a prescription for medication to end their lives.Illinois joins 12 other states and Washington D.C., in legalizing medical aid in dying. In Illinois, its called Debs Law, inspired by Deb Robertson, a former social worker in suburban Lombard who has an aggressive form of ...

A man was seriously injured after a dog-walker attacked him and ordered his dog to bite him early Wednesday in Edgewater.The 44-year-old man was outside in the 5900 block of North Sheridan Road around 3 a.m. Wednesday when the dog-walker approached him and began yelling at him, Chicago police said. The man walked away when the dog-walker struck him in the ...

Good morning, Chicago. Below: Five Illinois public universities use controversial Flock cameras for surveillance in hopes of combating crime and keeping campuses safe. We look into why some students and faculty are pushing back against the tech. Plus: The first violator of a new city ordinance, some can't-miss picks for free jazz this month and more news ...

Detectives were speaking with a witness and trying to find video evidence after a 13-year-old boy was beaten and critically wounded Saturday in Roseland near Gately Park on the Far South Side. Calumet District police officers responded to a call of a battery in progress about noon on Saturday in the 10200 block of South Cottage Grove Avenue. There, they ...

DEAR ABBY: My husband (80) and I (72) have been married 25 years. This is the second marriage for both of us. Until three years ago, I felt I had a wonderful relationship with his family, so it's hard to deal with what he's done to me and my relationships with them.A new daughter-in-law, "Jean," who has a granddaughter, "Sophie," has fostered a secret ...

Unless you have some business at the Chase bank at Green Bay Road and Central Street in Evanston, it's easy to pass through the busy intersection without ever really noticing the one-story building.But the cool little brick-and-glass bank branch is worth a look while it's still there.JPMorgan Chase & Co wants to demolish the 47-year-old building and erect ...

Bears quarterback Caleb Williams summer was all flashbulbs and viral videos, a pre-celebration of where the world believed he was headed.Then he delivered on the hype with boring, fundamental play from the pocket.That was what the Bears had been waiting for since they drafted him No. 1 overall in 2024. The off-the-charts talent has been there since college, ...

As towns, cities and colleges in Illinois and across the country cut ties with Flock Safety, a comprehensive review of contracts by WBEZ found that five of the states 12 public universities still work with the controversial surveillance technology company.That includes the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, the largest campus in the state, and the ...

Not a lot of classical music performances sell out nowadays. The time when Lyric Opera of Chicago could sell 103 percent of its capacity (because of people handing back tickets they couldnt use as a donation) is nearly 30 years in the past. ...

A decade ago while a trustee on the Alsip village board, John Ryan led the charge to impose term limits on the mayor and other elected officials in the south suburb so nobody would be able to serve more than three consecutive four-year terms.He marshaled enough support on the village board to get a binding referendum placed on the 2016 ballot, letting Alsip ...

A new documentary captures the discipline, creativity and heart behind the Joffrey Ballets trailblazing Winning Works program for emerging artists historically excluded from ballet.Joffrey Ballet: The Next Movement premieres Friday at 9 p.m. Eastern (8 p.m. Central) on PBS, PBS.org and the PBS app. The film was produced by Chicago-based Kartemquin Films and ...

In less than a month, about 45,000 cinephiles will descend on local theaters for the 62nd Chicago International Film Festival, which released its full lineup of 113 feature films and 57 shorts on Thursday.The festival will open on Oct. 14 with a screening of Jordan Firstmans acclaimed debut feature film, Club Kid (A24). It will close on Oct. 25 with Tony ...

The decades-long fight to clear Chester Wegers name as the notorious "Starved Rock Killer" isnt ending with his death.Wegers family will get a chance next month to argue that the man who spent nearly six decades behind bars was wrongly convicted in one of Illinois most infamous murder cases.The Illinois Prisoner Review Board has scheduled a rare Oct. 6 ...

Little Village faced displacement and gentrification pressures long before Operation Midway Blitz. Its part of South Lawndale, where in 2024, nearly half of renters were spending more than 30% of their income on housing. The neighborhoods proximity to downtown and rapidly gentrifying PilsenLittle Village's boundaries are roughly from Cermak to 31st Street, ...

In 2021, Illinois passed a law requiring every public elementary and high school to teach a unit of Asian American and Pacific Islander history.Five years later, many schools throughout the state have yet to fully implement the Teaching Equitable Asian American Community History Act.The Illinois State Board of Education developed a resource guide to help ...

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A 20-year-old Indiana man is facing charges after he allegedly attempted an armed robbery Tuesday morning at an Orland Park gas station.Orland Park police responded at about 9 a.m. to reports of gunfire at a Shell gas station at 15100 Harlem Ave., village officials said in a statement.Police said Christopher Brown, who was masked, approached a man pumping ...