Adan Canto, featured in ‘X-Men: Days of Future Past’ and ‘The Cleaning Lady,’ dies at 42 Canto died of appendiceal cancer and had opted to keep his diagnosis private, according to his publicist. Chicago Sun-Times · Jan 10, 2024
CPS assistant principal stole $273K from after-school program, prosecutors say Details of the alleged embezzlement and criminal charges were laid out in an annual report CPS Inspector General Will Fletcher released this week. Chicago Sun-Times · Jan 10, 2024
Cubs nearing a deal with Shōta Imanaga, per reports Imanaga’s signing won’t be official until he’s undergone a physical. Chicago Sun-Times · Jan 10, 2024
10 ways to celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day in Chicago From family-friendly museum programming to a racial justice bike ride, there are plenty of ways to honor the life and legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. in Chicago. Chicago Sun-Times · Jan 10, 2024
Blackhawks piecing together roster as injury news begins to improve Forwards Taylor Raddysh (groin) and Joey Anderson (shoulder) returned to the Hawks’ lineup Tuesday, and defenseman Seth Jones (shoulder) isn’t far behind. But new acquisition Rem Pitlick’s immediate placement on the first line demonstrates how much flux remains, though. Chicago Sun-Times · Jan 10, 2024
City must move quickly on bollards to curb crash-and-grabs in Streeterville But the relatively widespread nature of the crimes means the city must also sit down with merchants in other neighborhoods to discuss installing bollards. Chicago Sun-Times · Jan 10, 2024
Off-duty police officer OK after Chicago Lawn shootout The officer exchanged fire with an armed suspect who fled in the 7200 block of South Spaulding Avenue Tuesday afternoon, police said. Chicago Sun-Times · Jan 10, 2024
First big snow of season hits Chicago area; winter weather advisory issued, storm warning extended Dropping temperatures and increased winds were expected to create snow drifts and possibly hazardous road conditions. Temps will dip to single digits Saturday. Chicago Sun-Times · Jan 9, 2024
Kim Foxx touts accomplishing her ‘mission’ as Cook County state’s attorney: ‘No one drove me out of this job’ ‘I honestly don’t know what I’m going to do next,’ she told a Tuesday meeting of the Leaders Network at the Columbus Park Refectory. Chicago Sun-Times · Jan 9, 2024
SEC chair denies a bitcoin ETF has been approved, says account on X was ‘compromised’ The confusion came as crypto fans anxiously await the approval of the first bitcoin exchange-traded fund. The ETF would provide a way to invest in bitcoin without having to buy the cryptocurrency outright on an exchange such as Binance or Coinbase. Chicago Sun-Times · Jan 9, 2024
Dealin’ Cease: GM Chris Getz updates ongoing talks to trade White Sox ace “All it takes is one team to want to jump out and get a deal done,” Getz said. “I don’t think there’s a club out there that hasn’t expressed some level of interest in him.” Chicago Sun-Times · Jan 9, 2024
Tuesday’s high school basketball scores All the results from around the area. Chicago Sun-Times · Jan 9, 2024
Lessons or liabilities? Bears must assess where Matt Eberflus would lead them Going from 3-14 to 7-10 reflects progress, but the details and detours along the way make the Eberflus decision more complicated. Chicago Sun-Times · Jan 9, 2024
EPA considers cleanup of toxic Southwest Side Chicago waterway Little Village group wants the EPA to force action taken on a heavily polluted channel off the Chicago Sanitary and Ship Canal. Chicago Sun-Times · Jan 9, 2024
Chicago Sun-Times · Jan 9, 2024 Bally’s Chicago casino closes out year $9.7M short of Lightfoot’s budget bet The temporary casino at the historic Medinah Temple made less than a quarter of the money former Mayor Lori Lightfoot had estimated it would churn out for police and firefighter pension funds.
Chicago Sun-Times · Jan 9, 2024 Sinead O’Connor died from natural causes, coroner says The singer was found unresponsive at a home in southeast London on July 26. O’Connor was 56.
Chicago Sun-Times · Jan 9, 2024 Chicago’s acting planning commissioner vows to “get more shovels in the ground and more ribbons cut” Ciere Boatright says she will use tax increment financing, the Neighborhood Opportunity Fund and what she called the “entire financial toolbox” to remove roadblocks she encountered as a real estate executive known for her work on community revival.
Chicago Sun-Times · Jan 9, 2024 Aaron Rodgers denies linking Jimmy Kimmel to Jeffrey Epstein, doesn’t offer apology Rodgers returned to ESPN’s “The Pat McAfee Show” on Tuesday for his weekly appearance and addressed comments he made the week before that appeared to suggest Kimmel’s name might appear on a list of associates of Epstein, a millionaire accused of sex trafficking involving underage victims before he…
Chicago Sun-Times · Jan 9, 2024 Cloud of uncertainty hangs over Halas Hall as Bears’ meetings lead to waiting game Coach Matt Eberflus’ bosses have not publicly endorsed him as the head coach in 2024, though both Poles and Warren have, within the last week, praised the culture inside Halas Hall.
Chicago Sun-Times · Jan 9, 2024 Waukegan Airport runway expansion plan is for the birds Using 52 acres of forest preserve property to expand a runway is a poor use of land designated as natural space for the public, the president of the Audubon Council of Illinois writes.
Chicago Sun-Times · Jan 9, 2024 Federal and Illinois 2024 tax season starts Jan. 29 The IRS announced the official start of the 2024 tax season and that includes Illinois taxpayers, who can start filing individual income tax returns.
Chicago Sun-Times · Jan 9, 2024 Ray Epps, target of Jan. 6 conspiracy theories, gets a year of probation in Capitol riot Right-wing media amplified conspiracy theories that Epps was an undercover government agent who helped incite the Capitol attack to entrap Trump supporters. Epps filed a defamation lawsuit against Fox News last year, blaming the network for spreading baseless claims about him.
Chicago Sun-Times · Jan 9, 2024 Duane ‘Keffe D’ Davis to serve house arrest while awaiting trial in Tupac Shakur case Davis will be released from jail with electronic monitoring ahead of his trial in June, a Las Vegas judge decided Tuesday.
Chicago Sun-Times · Jan 9, 2024 1st-and-10: By George, let Bears hire Jim Harbaugh With a golden opportunity, Bears’ chairman George McCaskey needs to give his blessing and open the Halas Hall vault to hire a former Bear who can make a difference as head coach — just as George Halas did with Mike Ditka in 1982.
Chicago Sun-Times · Jan 9, 2024 Thornton’s Morez Johnson is a dream teammate, recruiting coup for Illinois Morez Johnson is averaging 19 points, 15 rebounds and four blocks while often being double and triple-teamed.