The theme of this year’s Chicago Cubs seems to be that they can’t do anything easy. But a little bit of anxiety beats apathy every time.
Day: May 4, 2024
Body found inside home in South Deering neighborhood: police
A body was discovered Saturday afternoon inside a townhouse in the South Deering neighborhood on the city’s South Side, according to Chicago police. Authorities did not indicate an apparent cause of death for the unidentified body found inside the home in the 9800 block of South Hoxie Avenue around 12:45 p.m., police said in a […]
Chicago Sky’s preseason opener widely watched on social media livestream after WNBA is unable to broadcast it
The WNBA debuts of Angel Reese and Kamilla Cardoso were widely watched on a social media livestream from a fan who stepped in when the league’s app couldn’t broadcast the game.
Chicago White Sox call up 3B Bryan Ramos, their No. 4 prospect, from Double A: ‘He’s here to play’
While Bryan Ramos wasn’t in the Chicago White Sox lineup Saturday, manager Pedro Grifol said “he’ll get a lot of playing time.”
Family tradition of beekeeping keeps Fox Valley farmer buzzing with activity
Robert White, 86, has been hanging out with honey bees “for the past 70 years” and watched his father and grandfather before him do the same.
Troops fired on Kent State students in 1970. Survivors see echoes in today’s campus protests
It was a watershed moment in U.S. history — a violent bookend to the turbulent 1960s — that galvanized campus protests nationwide and forced the temporary shutdown of hundreds of colleges and universities.
For fans of food truck fare, Aurora festival really hits the spot
The ninth annual Food Truck Fest staged by the Aurora Downtown group drew big crowds Friday evening to downtown Aurora.
Former Boy Scout volunteer sentenced to 22 years in prison for hiding cameras in camp bathrooms
A former Boy Scout volunteer has been sentenced to 22 years in prison for hiding cameras in a bathroom at a Missouri camp.
St. Charles’ Dam Task Force raises questions on who owns the dam
About 70 people attended the second St. Charles Dam Task Force meeting on May 2, where members were appointed to subcommittees, heard presentations from city and park district staff and concerns from the public.
From promises of no new taxes to Burnham, Bears’ latest stadium presentation sounded familiar
As Chicago Bears executives last week presented glossy renderings and extolled the virtues of building a new stadium on the city’s lakefront, one could hear echoes of similar remarks some of those same leaders made a year-and-a-half before to a suburban audience at John Hersey High School in Arlington Heights.