Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Jan. 3, according to the Tribune’s archives.
Today in Chicago History: Feds charge Ald. Edward Burke
Day: January 3, 2025
Letters: Mayor Brandon Johnson should resign from office
It is time for Chicago’s newspaper editorial boards to call for Mayor Brandon Johnson’s resignation.
What to do in Chicago: Kevin Hart and Bill Murray shows, plus rooftop curling
Things to do this weekend in Chicago include Pegasus Theatre’s Young Playwrights Festival and Howard Hawks movies at the Music Box.
Heidi Stevens: His wife told him to jump in the lake. More than 4 years later, he still is. ‘There’s just a lot of joy in jumping in the water’
In the summer of 2020, when a pandemic gripped the globe and civil unrest filled city streets and dread clouded the air like a low-hanging fog, Dan O’Conor would get up every morning, drive to a parking lot at Montrose Beach and stick a hand-scrawled sign inside his windshield: WENT TO JUMP IN THE LAKE. The sign was to keep his car from getting towed. The lake was to keep his sanity. Both …
Tom Montgomery Fate: What a literary critic’s memoir reveals about Chicago and its writers
Donna Seaman is not only adept at reading books but also at reading the city of Chicago itself.
Paul Vallas: Chicago’s City Council can address the financial crisis to come if it begins now
Chicago must begin the process of true zero-based budgeting requiring that all city activities and programs be closely re-evaluated.
Today in History: ‘Curse of the Bambino’ begins
On Jan. 3, 1920, Boston Red Sox owner Harry Frazee sold the contract of Babe Ruth to the New York Yankees, beginning a championship era for the Yankees and decades of heartache for Red Sox fans. (The Red Sox would ultimately break the “curse” in 2004, winning their first World Series in 86 years.)
Asking Eric: Husband relies on me to handle everything
Dear Eric: Every time an issue comes up, whether it’s the landlord knocking on the door or someone else, he comes running to me to deal with it and I am fed up with it.
Daily Horoscope for January 03, 2025
Balance wins over frustration. Dynamic Mars faces off with transformative Pluto at 2:21 am EST, rocking the boat with frustrating havoc — and the only way out is through. This intensity is softened by the emotional Moon entering gentle Pisces, adding an air of compassion and healing to our inner lives. Later, the Moon conjoins balanced Venus, adding an even more powerful harmonizing effect to the Pisces Moon. Let this soften confrontations and encourage compromise. We can find a solution that works for everyone.
No. 22 Illinois men make a statement with a 32-point blowout of No. 9 Oregon on the road
Tre White had 20 points and 11 rebounds as No. 22 Illinois made a resounding statement on the road with a 109-77 blowout of ninth-ranked Oregon.