For those who grew up in the 1980s and ’90s, their basketball idols included Michael Jordan, Magic Johnson, Larry Bird, Isiah Thomas and Dr. J.
Day: February 11, 2024
Good News Sunday: Batavia High's Jim Nazos enjoying opportunity to coach son Nate
In this week’s Good News Sunday column, we look at a father coaching his son in basketball, how forest preserve volunteers help keep trails safe, and a longtime Wheeling volunteer honored by the village.
Blue Island Fourth of July parade will return in 2024
Blue Island’s connection to July 4 festivities is etched in the town’s history books, making it’s way into “The First Hundred Years, 1835 – 1935: A History of Blue Island” by John Volp.
Mayor Johnson hasn’t acted on Lightfoot order aimed at aldermanic ward power
Nine months into his term, Mayor Brandon Johnson has not implemented changes his predecessor ordered to bring transparency to zoning.
Clarence Page: How to fight Donald Trump as a Republican and survive
Nikki Haley keeps losing primaries to Donald Trump. But she keeps bringing in campaign cash anyway. Is there a lesson here for the GOP?
Winter is the best time to prune fruit trees
Prune your trees to keep them healthy and flowering come spring.
A migrant family in peril: He’s paralyzed. She just had a C-section and is caring for her husband and children. And their immigration papers just got tossed.
A young Chicago migrant encounters setbacks as she tends to her paralyzed husband, newborn and 4-year-old daughter
Jens Ludwig: Pandemic learning loss is Chicago’s next big crisis
I worry Chicago is missing the next gun violence crisis developing right in front of us, as a result of unresolved pandemic learning loss.
Storer H. Rowley: A match has been lit in the Middle East. President Joe Biden is trying to control the fire.
President Joe Biden is rightly focusing on diplomacy. There is no upside to get the U.S. involved in another Mideast conflict.
Today in History: Pope Benedict XVI announces resignation
On Feb. 11, 2013, with a few words in Latin, Pope Benedict XVI did what no pope had done in more than half a millennium: announced his resignation. The bombshell came during a routine morning meeting of Vatican cardinals. (The 85-year-old pontiff was succeeded by Pope Francis.)