Photos of the Chicago Cubs’ 5-1 victory over the Los Angeles Angels on Friday, July 5, 2024, at Wrigley Field.
Day: July 5, 2024
Court action puts Carpentersville in driver’s seat in developing 150 acres of newly annexed land
When Carpentersville annexed 150 acres west of Randall Road earlier this year — the village’s largest annexation since the late 1990s — it did so by employing a rarely used tool known as a judicial annexation.
Boy, 8, becomes third fatality in Grand Crossing mass shooting: authorities
The Thursday mass shooting in Chicago’s Grand Crossing neighborhood also left two women dead and two other children critically injured, authorities said.
Chicagoan Patrick Bertoletti celebrates hot dog eating contest win: ‘I still can’t really believe it’
A day after chowing down on 58 hot dogs and buns to win Nathan’s Famous Fourth of July eating contest, Patrick Bertoletti is in a bit of a “hot dog coma.”
Mundelein festival temporarily evacuated Friday after suspicious package found
Mundelein police temporarily evacuated the village’s Community Days festival Friday morning to investigate a suspicious package a patron had reported.
Illinois appellate court affirms $33.5M verdict from fatal Dolton police chase; court freezes funds in another case
A $33.5 million verdict against Dolton awarded for a fatal 2016 police chase in Dolton was affirmed by an Illinois appellate court.
Man charged with stalking, shooting woman lashes out at judge for rejected plea
A man angry that Lake County Judge Gina Jones rejected his plea deal for stalking and shooting a woman in the head lashed out at the judge and the courtroom bailiff in a profanity-laced tirade on Tuesday afternoon in a Crown Point courtroom.
From the Farm: Oldest sister’s farm blueberry patch includes lessons from the Spenner family
It’s been a fast picking season for fruits during our summer of 2024.
Elgin’s Sustainability Commission has a solution for repurposing some of those hard-to-recycle items
Not sure how to recycle that empty toothpaste tube or old shaving razor? A collaboration between Elgin’s Sustainability Commission and TerraCycle Regulated Waste makes it easier to recycle items that are typically harder to repurpose.
Is air travel getting worse? Rising passenger complaints seem to indicate so.
Air travel got more miserable last year, if the number of consumer complaints filed with the U.S. government is any measure.