Eleven Republicans who submitted a document to Congress falsely declaring that Donald Trump beat Joe Biden in Arizona in the 2020 presidential election were charged Wednesday with conspiracy, fraud and forgery.
Day: April 24, 2024
Editorial: The Bears may stir Chicago’s blood with splashy pitch for a lakefront stadium. We’re not convinced.
Beware a mayor badly in need of a PR win.
Column: Sure, give the Chicago Bears whatever they want for a new stadium after that pitch
The Chicago Bears and city officials announced a proposed $4.6 billion stadium project. There are so many reasons to get this done it boggles the mind.
Archdiocese of Chicago sued over priest accused of sexually abusing altar boy at elementary school and parish on Lower West Side in ’90s
The Archdiocese of Chicago is facing a lawsuit in connection with a former priest accused of sexually abusing and exploiting an altar boy at a now-closed elementary school and parish in the Lower West Side neighborhood.
Thieves abandon SUV stolen in Elgin after man thwarts second car theft in Carpentersville
Two men are being sought for stealing an SUV in Elgin and trying to steal a car in Carpentersville, authorities said.
Southwest flights from O’Hare to dip this summer amid Boeing fallout
As the company waits for more planes from Boeing, Southwest Airlines is scaling back O’Hare International Airport flights by about 40% this summer.
Southtowners: Oak Lawn high school staff lauded, and more
Area residents celebrated for doing great things.
NU hazing lawsuits on new track after claims school attorneys mishandled confidential information
The hot-button lawsuits related to Northwestern University’s hazing scandal — some alleging widespread abuse on the football team, another claiming ex-coach Pat Fitzgerald was wrongly fired — will be consolidated for the time being, a Cook County judge ruled this week. The decision came after attorneys representing ex-players accused Northwestern’s lawyers of using confidential information obtained in the ex-players’ lawsuit to help craft their strategy in the separate Fitzgerald case. A lawyer for Northwestern denied that accusation in court this week. But as a consequence, the cases are now on far different tracks than they were just a few weeks […]
Fire It Up Taco Fusion Grill in Naperville closing due to pandemic-related struggles
After 13 years spent serving Naperville-area customers — first by food truck and then from a brick-and-mortar location — Fire It Up Taco Fusion Grill is shutting down due to struggles that started with the COVID-19 pandemic, a Facebook announcement said.
‘So full of life’: WW South community remembers football star Adler
Philip Frederick Adler III, the former Wheaton Warrenville South All-State running back and consummate sportsman whose ego was smaller than that of a football team’s water boy, died after a long illness on April 21. He was 49.