Nearly five years after Chicago police officer Ella French was killed, oversight officials on Wednesday released video footage of the on-duty shooting closing the book on a dark chapter in the citys history. Body camera footage shows the brief moments before a routine traffic stop turned deadly on Aug. 7, 2021. French was shot and killed and her partner, ...

COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. Billy Williams played his last game for the Cubs in 1976. It was the 100th year of the Cubs, the bicentennial of our nation, the summer that his teammate, center fielder and U.S. Marine Reservist Rick Monday, snatched an American flag away from two intruders, father and son, about to set it on fire on the Dodger Stadium grass.Now it is ...

Mayor Brandon Johnson scored a rare City Council victory on Wednesday when his allies snuffed out an attempt to ban sweepstakes machines that compete with and take revenue away from video gambling terminals.Ald. Anthony Beale (9th) muscled the sweepstakes ban through the Councils License Committee over the mayors objections and hoped to convince the full ...

TheaterMegan Mullally and Nick Offerman star in Iceboy! Or The Completely Untrue Story of How Eugene ONeill Came to Write The Iceman Cometh, a new satirical musical with a score by Mark Hollmann, lyrics by Hollmann and Jay Reiss and a book by Erin Quinn Purcell and Reiss. In 1938, a Broadway star (Megan Mullally) adopts a 40,000-year-old Neanderthal (Grey ...

Tiago Splitter has been watching the Bulls from afar.Not just Wednesday morning before his introductory press conference at the Advocate Center, not just earlier this season when he was a thousand miles away trying to right the ship in Portland, and not just years ago when he was a championship player in San Antonio.Im actually a Bulls fan myself, Splitter ...

El clima severo lleg a Chicago el pasado mircoles y el jueves, pero el impacto de las tormentas de la semana pasada se sinti hasta el fin de semana.Y mientras las ramas de los rboles caan, las llamadas a la lnea directa 311 aumentaban.Desde la tarde del mircoles hasta la noche del domingo, los habitantes de Chicago presentaron ms de 20,000 quejas ...

Comedian Tom Dreesen, who grew up in Harvey and toured with Frank Sinatra for 13 years, died Wednesday. He was 86.A post from Mr. Dreesen's children to his Facebook account Wednesday read: "My sister and I regret to inform you that our father passed away at 5:50 this morning. He wanted you all to know how much joy you brought him through the years. He said ...

Elk Grove Village will pay $10.5 million to the family of a man who was fatally shot by police officers while in emotional distress in 2023, despite objections from the mayor.Village board members voted Tuesday night to approve a settlement for the family of Jack Murray, who officers shot on Dec. 1, 2023, and the release of liability against the village and ...

Buyers and sellers of stolen air bags will now face harsher penalties under a new ordinance approved Wednesday by Chicagos City Council.Sponsored by Ald. Gilbert Villegas (36th), the ordinance is the first attempt to crack down on the citys skyrocketing rate of air bag thefts. It passed unanimously, without debate on the City Council floor.There were more ...

Expect to see even more of Bears receiver Rome Odunze on your television screen this year.The Bears receiver is part of Adidas national campaign, entitled Speed is Money and starring Chad Ochocinco Johnson. Johnson plays a speed broker who keeps track of nine fast football players, including six who play in the NFL Jaguars receiver/cornerback Travis Hunter, ...

The city could be running its first public-owned intercity bus terminal by late summer following a vote by City Council to buy the ailing South Loop Greyhound station.The ordinance passed Wednesday allows the city to purchase the terminal at 630 W. Harrison St. for $19 million. The deal also pumps millions into renovating the neglected terminal and saves ...

A former south suburban police officer was sentenced June 8 to more than five years and three months in federal prison for conspiring to steal cash and drugs from people during traffic stops.Antoine Larry, 50, of Bolingbrook, was a patrol officer for Illinois Phoenix Police Department when he was found to have conspired with another officer to solicit cash ...

A batch of up to 50 mosquitoes collected Monday in north suburban Wilmette have tested positive for the West Nile virus, officials said Wednesday. The infected mosquitoes were uncovered in a trap on June 17, adding to the list of cases in the Chicago area this summer. This comes days after the Chicago Sun-Times reported that the first case of West Nile ...

Billionaire Chicago Fire owner Joe Mansueto is an outlier among Chicago sports moguls for his willingness to bankroll his own, 22,000-seat, $750 million stadium on the long-dormant South Loop parcel known as the 78.But there is a cost for Chicago taxpayers: a $425 million tax increment financing subsidy.Mayor Brandon Johnson dropped the other shoe at ...

Cuando el Concejo Municipal aprob sin reservas el plan de 75 aos y $1.15 mil millones del alcalde Richard M. Daley para privatizar los parqumetros de Chicago, el entonces concejal George Cardenas (12.) se abstuvo porque no tena los nmeros para tomar una decisin informada.Los votantes de Chicago no dirn lo mismo sobre la campaa poco probable para alcalde de ...

Andre Moseleys Austin home was hammered by flooding twice in the summer of 2023, causing a lot of damage and leaving a stale smell of sewage in his basement.It was horrible, he says. It was coming at such a fast rate.The 2023 floods drenched tens of thousands of homes on the West Side, South Side and nearby suburbs with 8 to 9 inches over a short ...

Theres no question in Mike Singletarys mind who the best player in the league is.Its not Bears quarterback Caleb Williams though Williams reminds Singletary a lot of his choice, Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes.Hands down, Im going to take Patrick Mahomes every day of the week, Singletary told Up and Adams on Tuesday. But Caleb Williams is in that ...

DEAR ABBY: My husband of 31 years died suddenly five years ago. Our family four kids, six grandkids was devastated. We still haven't recovered. We used to be a happy bunch, spending time at the lake, backyard barbecues by the pool and football games. My husband was an integral part of this. With him gone, we now get together only on major holidays. The ...

We are living through a political moment where fear, surveillance and the threat of immigration enforcement have become part of daily life for many immigrant families. Across the country, enforcement actions and the possibility of detention or deportation have reshaped how people move through the world. Decisions about where to go, whom to trust and whether ...

At a youth baseball game in Maryland, I told another parent I was from Chicago. He'd lived in Lincoln Park after college, and when I said I grew up in Naperville, he replied, "It's funny how people from suburbs claim they're from Chicago." Naperville has become a punchline in this regard. Although he was right that I never lived in Chicago, I felt ...

The House Judiciary Committees top Democrat is calling for an immediate investigation of U.S. Attorney Andrew Boutros over revelations in the tainted Broadview Six case, accusing Chicagos top federal prosecutor of incalculable damage to public confidence in his office.Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Maryland, demanded the probe in a letter sent Tuesday to the Justice ...

Were calling it now. Newly opened Naia in River North is going to be Chicagos "it" restaurant patio this summer. Soon, if not already, photos of its prime riverfront location will flood your Instagram feed. Remember when Cindys, the rooftop restaurant and bar at the Chicago Athletic Association Hotel, opened and images of the Bean and Millennium Park across ...

What do you think of when you read the words nutmeg, howler or Cruyff turn?If you answered: an apple pie spice, a shrieking Harry Potter letter and I dont have a clue, then this story probably isnt for you.The worlds greatest sporting event is under way: the FIFA World Cup. You dont have tickets, but you like the idea of watching the matches with people ...

A man was hospitalized after an exchange of gunfire in Washington Heights Tuesday night, according to Chicago police.The man, 23, was in a domestic dispute with another man inside a residence in the 12200 block of South Ada Street at 8:21 p.m. when both men shot at each other, police said. The 23-year-old was taken to Christ Medical Center in critical ...

Moon Alert Avoid shopping (except food and gas) or important decisions from 2:15 a.m. to 7:30 a.m. After that, the moon moves from Cancer into Leo.Aries (March 21-April 19) An average day .HoroscopeStarbox { background: #f8f8f8; display: flex; align-items: ...