Chicago’s Wrigley Field will host the 2025 Winter Classic between the Blackhawks and St. Louis Blues, and Tyler Johnson says he was the victim of a ‘weird’ injury.
ESPN, Fox and Warner Bros. Discovery announced plans on Tuesday to launch a sports streaming platform in the fall that will include offerings from at least 15 networks and all four major professional sports leagues. A one-stop app to view most sports should be a welcome sight for fans, who continue to navigate rising costs by subscribing to multiple services. The three companies will each share one-third ownership in the joint venture. A name for the service and pricing will be announced at a later date.
Celebrate this Valentine’s Day in Chicago’s North Shore suburbs. The whole family can enjoy plenty of events in addition to adult-focused festivities. Evanston Valentine’s Day Family Event Evanston Art Center, 1717 Central Street Sunday, Feb. 11 at 10 to 11 a.m. The Evanston Art Center’s Teen Board is putting together a family-friendly Valentine’s Day event on Sunday, Feb. 11. Tickets to the free event are available on Eventbrite. Activities include making friendship bracelets and holiday cards. Galentine’s Night The Fat Shallot, 2902 Central Street Tuesday, Feb. 13, 7 to 10 p.m. The television sitcom “Parks and Recreation” brought a few […]
Fathers and daughters danced, dined and made memories together at the annual Franklin Park Daddy/Daughter Dance Saturday. The dance has become a popular tradition in the community, drawing familiar faces year after year for one of the most popular annual Park District fundraisers, according to organizers. “It’s funny because we were talking about it and I think it’s the fourth time we’ve come out,” said Miguel Valdez. His daughter is 7, and he admits he doesn’t get enough one-on-one time with her. So, he likes an evening they can have, just the two of them. “It’s a good time,” he […]
Glencoe officials are examining the village’s water situation as its water plant nears 100 years old. Meanwhile conversations are ongoing with another government agency regarding the possibility of transporting water from the village to the western suburbs. “Charting our water future is an extremely important long term project and we are going to work on it,” Village President Howard Roin said at a Jan. 31 forum featuring the elected leaders of Glencoe’s village board, park district and library board. Roin acknowledged conversations about the viability of the village’s water plant – it has been in operation since 1928 – have […]
The Indiana Senate passed an array of bills on Tuesday, which marked the deadline for the body to approve legislation originating in the Senate. Senate Bill 139, which would establish a pathway for funding psilocybin research, and Senate Bill 253, which would mandate the installation of safety equipment along Indiana’s Lake Michigan shoreline, were both passed by the body unanimously. “This bill provides hope to many individuals that are today in the hopeless situation,” SB 139 author Sen. Ed Charbonneau, R-Valparaiso, said of his bill, which he introduced after chairing an interim study committee that heard expert testimony on psilocybin’s […]
The first-ever edition of Beyond Wonderland Chicago is taking place June 1-2 at the Huntington Bank Pavilion.
After a pilot program in the fall semester, Indian Prairie School District 204 elementary schools will be fully adopting a new, comprehensive English language arts resource program for the 2024-25 school year. The resource, called SAVVAS – My View Literacy, was unanimously approved for use by the district’s Board of Education on Monday. A six-year license for the program will cost the district just under $3.3 million and will include both digital and physical resources for teachers and students in kindergarten through fifth grade. At an earlier meeting on Jan. 22, teachers and others in the district who led or […]
A Valparaiso man is in custody and charged with attempted murder after he told officers responding to the scene Monday afternoon that he “killed somebody in that house,” according to charging documents. Conner Kobold, 19, of the 1300 block of Diamond Boulevard in the Greenfield Creek subdivision, also is charged with aggravated battery, a Level […]
Jurors heard opening arguments Tuesday for a Munster man on trial for his 5-month-old daughter’s death. Justin Harling, now 28, was charged on Oct. 21, 2020 with murder and aggravated battery in the December 2019 death of Morgan Harling. Harling rejected a plea agreement in November 2022, saying he didn’t do it. During a supervised visit on Dec. 11, 2019, Harling, Kailani Strickland, the child’s mother, and Strickland’s aunt Jeralyn Kroll took Morgan and her half-brother, 8, to Texas Roadhouse in Dyer for the boy’s birthday. Afterwards, they stopped by Target in Munster. While in line at the self-checkout, Harling took […]