Chicago police officers and officials in ceremonial dress joined family and friends of slain Chicago police Officer Enrique Martinez on Tuesday as Martinez's name was added to the Gold Star Families Memorial in Burnham Park.Martinezs brother, Officer Adrian Martinez Jr., removed tape covering his brother's name newly etched in stone. His name now stands at ...

The week before the NFL draft, Ryan Poles decided to pay Kyler Gordon for what he was perhaps the Bears general managers best college success story.The first player ever selected by Poles, the 2022 second-rounder signed a three-year, $40 million contract extension Tuesday that tie him to the Bears through 2028. The deal, which Gordon first agreed to ...

Mayor Brandon Johnson Tuesday his defended efforts to safeguard downtown Chicago from unsupervised youths summoned by social media, saying his administration successfully fended off two of three teen takeovers last weekend.Downtown Ald. Brian Hopkins (2nd) plans to use a parliamentary maneuver at Wednesdays City Council meeting to force a vote on his ...

Its rare to be inspired by government these days. The news feels heavy, bleak even. Since the 2024 election, weve seen the rapid dismantling of global alliances, veterans care, food support and education equity. Its been disorienting. And yet, just three months ago, that anguish dissolved when I welcomed a beautiful baby girl my daughter into the world. ...

Illinois Sen. Emil Jones III has taken the witness stand in his own defense as his bribery trial winds to a close, his defense attorney told the federal judge presiding over his case Tuesday.His appearance Tuesday afternoon comes three months after former Illinois House Speaker Michael J. Madigan took the stand in his own trial earlier this year, signaling ...

Could what started as an internet rumor turn out to be true?Earlier this month, UniWatch and other websites posted images of what were supposed to be the White Sox new City Connect jerseys. But the jersey looked more like some sort of baseball version of a Bulls uniform, spurring doubts that the leak was legit.Enter the White Sox X account. The team sent ...

Billy Donovan was talking about the Miami Heat.It could have easily been mistaken as a discussion on a single-minded predator.The one thing I respect from afar, people can look at where organizations are at a particular time, but with them its only about one thing, winning, the Bulls coach said about the Heat. It doesnt make a difference what their roster ...

Fans of Chicago's iconic Portillo's will now be able to get their fix bright and early.The hot dog and Italian beef chain launched a test program of breakfast items at five Chicago-area locations Tuesday. New menu items include three breakfast sandwiches, chocolate cake iced coffee and a chocolate cake donut. And yes, they'll serve Italian beef in the ...

PHOENIX Its Jackie Robinson Day on Tuesday, with every player wearing No. 42, teams holding ceremonies, ballparks showing video tributes, and Major League Baseball reminding America that he helped spearhead the Civil Rights movement in 1947 with the integration of its sport.Yet, here we are 78 years later, and the African-American player population on ...

Light and healthy, this orzo chicken salad is a vibrant dish for an easy dinner. The addition of orzo lends heft, teaming up with chunks of roasted chicken, leafy arugula and juicy tomatoes for a bright and fresh salad.Orzo is the Italian word for barley, which is deceiving since orzo is not a grain. And, to muddle its name even further, orzo is also known ...

Mario Vargas Llosa, premio Nobel de literatura y gigante de las letras latinoamericanas, falleci el 13 de abril a los 89 aos de edad.Autor de novelas como La ciudad y los perros y La fiesta del chivo, recibi el premio Nobel de literatura en 2010 por su cartografa de las estructuras de poder y sus imgenes incisivas de la resistencia, la revuelta y la derrota ...

A 14-year-old boy is accused of shooting a 15-year-old boy last month amid a large gathering of kids in Streeterville. The boy, who wasn't identified because he is underage, was cited in a juvenile petition with aggravated battery, reckless discharge of a firearm and unlawful possession of a handgun, according to Chicago police. He was arrested Monday ...

Coho salmon and smallmouth bass action on the lakefront and the general spread of spring action inland around Chicago fishing lead this sprawling raw-file Midwest Fishing Report.Jason Olinger messaged the photo at the top of the big northern pike with fishing with Jesse Granato off Chicago. More on their catches is in the Lakefront report.A fish like that ...

The Sky, like most of the WNBA, are in a strange position as they await the deluge of players who will hit free agency after this season.A startling 105 of the 132 players in the league before the draft Monday have structured their contracts to hit the market in 2026 in hope of a spike in salaries with a new collective bargaining agreement being negotiated. ...

Una mujer result herida en un tiroteo en La Villita el lunes por la noche, inform la polica de Chicago.La mujer, de 39 aos, se vio involucrada en un altercado fsico con una persona en la cuadra 4300 al oeste de 25th Place a las 6:32 p. m. cuando la otra persona le dispar, inform la polica. Recibi varios disparos y fue trasladada al Hospital Mount Sinai en ...

Los miembros del Sindicato de Maestros de Chicago (CTU) votaron abrumadoramente a favor de ratificar su nuevo contrato con las Escuelas Pblicas de Chicago (CPS), oficializando un acuerdo que ofrece mejoras para educadores y estudiantes, pero que deja tras de s agitacin poltica.Tras casi un ao de negociaciones, el 97% de los miembros que votaron a finales de ...

Las inscripciones para los populares campamentos de verano del Distrito de Parques de Chicago abren esta semana, pero algunos padres estn un poco sorprendidos por el precio.Las inscripciones en lnea comenzaron el lunes por la maana para los campamentos de verano del Distrito de Parques de Chicago ubicados al oeste de California Avenue y todos los programas ...

While much of the country reels from the federal government being torn apart jobs slashed, agencies gutted, funding withdrawn Alexi Giannoulias is facing the opposite problem: a mass of new federal requirements crushing his agency."I haven't been this frustrated, professionally, maybe ever," the Illinois secretary of state said Monday. "Because we've done ...

A Department of Streets and Sanitation truck driver who brought a firearm into a city building and left it in a bathroom.A construction laborer with an expired firearms owners identification card and no concealed carry license found with an illegal firearm in his or her personal vehicle.A Chicago police lieutenant with an unlawful interest in a company ...

Do not be fooled by the Jackie Robinson jersey giveaway the Los Angeles Dodgers are doing or any of the empty platitudes they and Major League Baseball spout.Their lionizing of Robinson this year is the epitome of rank hypocrisy given their actions, or rather inaction, of recent weeks. Never forget that these same people who will claim to treasure Robinson ...

My childhood growing up in Pacific Grove, California was blessed with the kind of exposure to and immersion in nature that all kids deserve. We played among towering redwood trees that seemed to reach all the way to heaven. We surfed at Asilomar Beach and marveled at both how small we are in our place in nature, yet how connected we all are. And, a ...

A 24-year-old man who is accused of weapons violations after the fatal shooting of a 61-year-old doorman near the UIC/Halsted Blue Line station during an altercation over a fare was an employee for the transit authority, according to a police report.Luther Hopkins, 24 and of Calumet City, was charged with unlawful use of a weapon, according to police. No ...

Mayor Brandon Johnson is now being forced to reconsider his decision to shut down the controversial ShotSpotter system a move that set off a search for police technologies that some business leaders have slammed as slipshod and frantic.SoundThinking, ShotSpotters parent company, is among eight firms that submitted proposals to provide citywide gun violence ...

The Chicago Sky looked to take another major step in their rebuild around Angel Reese and Kamilla Cardoso during the 2025 WNBA Draft on Monday night. The team had two picks late in the first round and used them on Slovenian forward Aja Sivka and TCU guard Hailey Van Lith.Sivka, the third European player off the board in the draft, brings some floor-spacing ...

The Teri brothers contributed a pair of turkeys to Illinois' record youth spring turkey seasons. In Stephenson County, Luke (left), 17, bagged a turkey with an 11-inch bear and 1 1/4-inch spurs and Joe, 14, shot a tom with a 10-inch beard and 3/4-inch spurs. Both used 12-gauge shotguns, their father Matt emailed.Illinois youth hunters harvested a ...