Fans came out to celebrate Willie Mays and other Negro Leaguers in several events and festivities around the historic Rickwood Field on Thursday in Birmingham, Ala.
Preliminary figures show the number of people arrested by Border Patrol agents fell by 25% since President Joe Biden announced new rules restricting asylum access two weeks ago.
The Chicago White Sox saw a late lead slip away Thursday in a 5-3 loss to the Houston Astros. The Sox lost 2 of 3 and are 0-9-1 in their last 10 series.
The Chicago Planning Commission, dominated by Johnson appointees, voted 11-1 to recommend a 615-unit Lincoln Park housing complex near the stalled Lincoln Yards megadevelopment.
The Oak Brook Polo Club has postponed its 2024 season.
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An electronic billboard towering near the former site of Arlington International Racecourse, which the Chicago Bears now owns, will stay up another year – over one village trustee’s objection, despite the town’s ban on such advertising and because it could show “good faith” as Arlington Heights continues to woo the NFL football team there. The Village Board voted 8-1 at its meeting Tuesday night to allow the team to continue to have the billboard, located on Illinois Route 53 at Northwest Highway in the northwest suburb, until June 30, 2025. Trustee Wendy Dunnington was the lone “no” vote. Initially, the […]
Israel has established a corridor for the delivery of aid into southern Gaza but a declared “tactical pause” in its war with Hamas has brought little relief to desperate Palestinians.
There’s nothing better than seeing a historical event celebration capture the spirit in which it’s supposed to be meant, if you ask Tina Davis-Powell. Davis-Powell has DJ’ed several Juneteenth events this month, with Wednesday’s at Purdue Northwest as her last stop. Each event she was at was better than the last, she said, and light […]
Roundup of small news items for the Naperville area.