An air quality alert was issued for Sunday and Monday as hot weather can increase levels of pollutants in the atmosphere.
Day: June 17, 2024
70 concerts for summer 2024: Missy Elliott to Metallica, live music for the next few months
Starting with Janet Jackson this week, here’s a simple list of as many shows as we could fit through mid-September.
Olmec Trails display opens with family fiesta at College of DuPage
The Olmec Family Fiesta will be from 2 to 6 p.m. June 30 at the Lakeside Pavilion at College of DuPage in Glen Ellyn.
Talking to Kevin Costner about ‘Horizon’: He’s bet everything, will it pay off?
The filmmaker and star says he’s paying the price for “doing the story I want to do.”
CTA could play a key role in reducing Chicago emissions. But first, it will have to get riders back.
Making buses and trains attractive alternatives to personal cars is a key strategy in efforts to limit emissions.
Column: St. Rest #2 Country Kitchen, a soul food restaurant legacy saved in Chicago
One of the oldest Black-owned soul food restaurants in the city had been saved, but it nearly cost a daughter everything.
Joe Grogan: Access to new Alzheimer’s treatments bogged down by Medicare policy
There are now two Alzheimer’s treatments with significant clinical benefit. It’s not clear how quickly patients will be able to benefit.
Editorial: Donald Trump and that ‘horrible’ city to our north
Did Donald Trump call Milwaukee “horrible”? Either way, we say it’s a beautiful city.
Today in History: O.J. Simpson arrested and charged with murder
On June 17, 1994, after leading police on a slow-speed chase on Southern California freeways, O.J. Simpson was arrested and charged with murder in the slayings of his ex-wife, Nicole, and her friend, Ronald Goldman. (Simpson was later acquitted in a criminal trial but held liable in a civil trial.)
Ask Amy: I got pranked with this reader question
Dear Readers: I don’t really have any way of “fool-proofing” the queries sent in to me, and so I’ve treated most of them as if they are serious – or at least genuine. But sometimes, I’m the fool, and here is proof.