It doesn’t get much better than when the MLB winter meetings, college football and basketball, and the NFL, NBA and NHL are all in motion at the same time.
Day: December 10, 2024
Gov JB Pritzker appoints former Chicago transportation official to head IDOT
Gov. JB Pritzker tapped Gia Biagi, who formerly ran Chicago’s transportation department, as the state’s new transportation secretary.
‘So much to be done’: Arlington Heights pastor, 90, reflects on decades of fighting for civil rights
The Rev. Clyde Brooks sees society sliding backwards on racial equality, but at age 90 and after more than 60 years of activism inspired by Martin Luther King Jr., the Arlington Heights pastor persists in carrying forward King’s legacy.
DuPage County OKs using part of fairgrounds for new transportation facility
DuPage County Board members have authorized the use of a part of the county fairgrounds in Wheaton for a new transportation facility, though the decision was not unanimous.
Here are the top 10 designs for Illinois’ new flag
From a butterfly surrounded by stars to a silhouetted profile of Abraham Lincoln facing the state’s western border, the top 10 designs for Illinois’ new flag are now public.
Elgin’s Larkin High School to finally have its own sports stadium
Construction will begin next year on a new outdoor sports stadium at Larkin High School in Elgin, School District U-46 has announced.
Column: Chicago filmmaker McKenzie Chinn made a beautiful short film. How could it get to be an Oscar contender?
Being a filmmaker means knowing, and ignoring, your odds of success wherever you are on whatever you’re doing. Chicago filmmaker McKenzie Chinn knows this. She knows about the knowing, and the ignoring. And the doing-it-anyway, regardless of the odds. Here’s an example, by way of Chinn’s exceptional 15-minute short film, “A Real One,” which she […]
“60 Minutes” spotlights Hobart High’s Khanmigo adventure
Hobart High is still basking in the real glow of Sunday’s “60 Minutes” appearance that chronicled the school’s experience with an artificial intelligence tutor called Khanmigo.
Robbie Gould named as new St. Viator football coach
A week after resigning from Rolling Meadows High School, former Bears kicker Robbie Gould was named the new head football coach at St. Viator High School
10 finalists chosen in state flag design competition
The public will be able to vote on 10 finalists in a competition for a new Illinois state flag.