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All Blackhawks eyes are focused on incoming top prospect Anton Frondell, who will make his NHL debut Tuesday at the Islanders or Thursday at the Flyers. A year ago at this time, however, all Hawks eyes were focused on incoming top prospects Oliver Moore and Sam Rinzel, who since have become regulars
A man with a history of burning tents in Chicago parks was feeling "suicidal" when he ignited a mattress at a Rogers Park apartment last week and sparked a blaze that led to the death of a Chicago firefighter, Cook County prosecutors said Monday. Sheaves Slate, 27, appeared confused throughout his i
Un mural del Distrito de Parques de Chicago que representa a César Chávez ha sido pintado de nuevo mientras crece la presión para retirar memoriales y cambiar los nombres de edificios públicos que honran al fallecido líder de derechos civiles. Esto sucede después de que una investigación del New Yor
The city will see near-record warmth Thursday — but then the return of chillier weather. That's just how spring weather is in Chicago, a meteorologist said.
As President Donald Trump used the “devastating” killing of Loyola University Chicago student Sheridan Gorman to justify his push for mass deportations on Monday, the alleged gunman remained hospitalized and missed his initial court hearing later in the day. Jose G. Medina, a Venezuelan immigrant, w
As editor/publisher of the City/Suburban Hoops Report, a longtime recruiting service for college basketball programs across the country and a high school basketball publication that began in 1996, there has been an annual 10-player all-state first-team and a 10-player all-state second team for the p
Después de que el presidente Donald Trump amenazara con enviar agentes federales de inmigración a los aeropuertos en medio de una disputa por el financiamiento del Departamento de Seguridad Nacional (DHS) en el Congreso, los miembros del sindicato en el Medio Oeste están expresando su preocupación p
As Editor/Publisher of the City/Suburban Hoops Report, a longtime recruiting service for college basketball programs across the country and a high school basketball publication that began in 1996, I have awarded a Player of the Year in Illinois for the past 30 years. Here is the 31st recipient of th
A 4-year-old child is dead following a house fire in Mundelein overnight, according the Lake County coroner’s office. An autopsy is scheduled for later today. Fire officials said multiple people attempted to make entry into the home on the 200 block of Dalton Avenue, but were driven back because of
This coverage is made possible through a partnership between WBEZ and Grist, a nonprofit environmental media organization. Illinois is in the midst of a public health crisis. Nearly 1.5 million service lines — the pipes that carry drinking water to homes and businesses — contain or are suspected to
The Pilsen-based pizzeria opened in Hyde Park in 2023. The closure follows the chain's decision to shut down its Evanston shop last fall.
Good morning, Chicago. ✶ 🔎 Below: Lebanese Americans in the Chicago area mourn those killed in U.S.-Israeli war and attempt to help loved ones. 🗞️ Plus: Union TSA workers push back on plan to deploy ICE agents to airports, Chance the Rapper prevails in rights trial and more. 📝 Keeping score: The
Interfaith clergy, immigrant rights advocates, and a former prisoner of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) gathered at Evanston’s Sherman Plaza on Friday to announce their opposition to Chicago-based real estate investment trust Highlands Real Estate Investment Trust’s plan to lease a va
Interfaith clergy, immigrant rights advocates, and a former prisoner of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) gathered at Evanston’s Sherman Plaza on Friday to announce their opposition to Chicago-based real estate investment trust Highlands Real Estate Investment Trust’s plan to lease a va
Jeff Blashill finally gave Blackhawks rookie forward Nick Lardis an opportunity on the second line Sunday, and Lardis promptly rewarded his faith. "That was Nick’s best game since he’s been up," Blashill said after the Hawks' 3-2 overtime loss to the Predators. Lardis scored his sixth goal of the se
DEAR ABBY: A former boyfriend, "Ray," is an alcoholic. He has been through rehab twice, but it didn't do any good. He won't stop. He keeps saying we'll work it out. I don't understand why Ray can't get it through his head that I no longer want to be with him. I gave him two chances. Nobody else want
I was born in Chicago, grew up in the suburbs and went to Notre Dame for undergraduate and law school. I completed a fellowship at Harvard University, and thought I know a thing or two about life. Like everyone, I had some great joys and some great heartbreaks. I practiced law, served in the Clinton
Chicago’s Steppenwolf Theatre will reboot a program that supports new plays after receiving a grant from the Stephen Sondheim Foundation, an organization established under the will of the revered composer-lyricist. The foundation has announced an inaugural round of cultural grant funding. Neither St
Giacomo Puccini’s “Madama Butterfly,” one of the most popular and frequently performed operas in the world, is a searing story of the exploitation of a teenage geisha set against a backdrop of imperialist ignorance and hubris. But sometimes forgotten or overlooked is that the 1904 opera itself is a
My son could not have been more excited, shouting across the aquarium to come look. Was it a turtle? A small shark? When I meandered over to the aquarium window inside the Little Red Schoolhouse Nature Center in Willow Springs, I found what had captured his attention: a strange swimming white blob w
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