Channing Foster was selected 32nd overall int he 2021 NWSL draft by the Chicago Red Stars. | Petre Thomas/Ole Miss Athletics Four of the five players selected won’t report to training camp Feb. 1, but their rights belong to the
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Carjackings show that, despite pandemic’s economic toll, parents must watch their kids
Chicago police at the scene Dec. 3 of an attempted carjacking during which Dwain Williams, a 67-year-old retired Chicago firefighter, was shot and killed after drawing a gun on the would-be carjackers in the 2400 block of West 118th Street
Lightfoot: ‘Lack of urgency’ from police union standing in way of new contract
Chicago police officers have been without a contract for several years. | Sun-Times file The mayor said FOP President John Catanzara waited until this week for the year’s first negotiating session. Catanzara said if the mayor “felt so bad” about
City moves to next phase of COVID-19 vaccinations but supply falls far short of need
Dr. Allison Arwady, commissioner of the Chicago Department of Public Health, receives her second dose of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine Thursday at Harry S Truman College on the North Side. | Ashlee Rezin Garcia/Sun-Times On Monday, hundreds of thousands of
So close to 2020 goal: Sey Jay comes up just short of lake trout aim
Sey Jay came close to his 2020 goal for lake trout on the Chicago lakefront. | Provided Sey Jay earned FOTW honors for nearly reaching his 2020 goal for lake trout. Sey Jay came close to his 2020 goal, catching
Inspector general clarifies investigation of botched police raid of social worker’s home
Anjanette Young, victim of a botched raid by the Chicago Police Department in 2019, speaks to the press outside CPD headquarters in December. | Pat Nabong/Sun-Times Inspector General Joe Ferguson said his investigation, one of three into the raid of
Lightfoot plans ‘re-union weekend’ to invite Blacks who fled Chicago to ‘come back home’
Mayor Lori Lightfoot said Wednesday that since Chicago has “lost a lot of population over the last 10-plus years,” she wants to reach out to those former residents, and urge them to give the city another look. | Ashlee Rezin
‘He Was Just Everywhere’: A Tired Country After Four Years of Trump
When Mr. Trump was inaugurated, Sarvin Haghighi, 41, an Iranian who had married an American man and moved to Chicago in 2013, was visiting her parents in Australia. Just after taking office, Mr. Trump issued an order barring Iranians and
Committee poised to eliminate exceptions to Chicago’s Welcoming City Ordinance
A Chicago protest march for immigrant rights in 2019. | Sun-Times file Mayor Lori Lightfoot had promised to prevent Chicago Police officers from working with immigration agents by eliminating loopholes that allowed police to cooperate with federal immigration authorities in
Lakers’ two stars have off nights in loss, but Steve Kerr still likes what he sees
Steve Kerr recognizes this. The Warriors coach saw it in Chicago, where he stepped into huge jump shots alongside Michael Jordan and Scottie Pippen and again in San Antonio when Tim Duncan and David Robinson patrolled the frontcourt for the
Report: Nationals sign Jon Lester to one-year deal
Jon Lester #34 of the Chicago Cubs pitches in the first inning against the Chicago White Sox at Guaranteed Rate Field on September 26, 2020 in Chicago | Quinn Harris/Getty Images He went 77-44 with a 3.64 ERA with the
Local leaders kick off City Year’s annual day of service
AmeriCorps members from City Year Chicago sorted and packed donated school supplies at Wintrust Arena on Monday. The supplies will be distributed to five Chicago Public Schools before the return of in-person learning. It was one of three major service
Black politicians launch training program for next generation
A new program hopes to recruit and train the next generation of Black political leaders in Chicago. | Sun-Times file The program, called the Black Bench, will launch on Martin Luther King Day and is co-chaired by Illinois Secretary of
Jantel Lavender remains baffled by trade from Sky but optimistic for possible future with Fever
Connecticut Sun center Jonquel Jones, left, battles Chicago Sky forward Jantel Lavender for a rebound during a WNBA basketball game Tuesday, July 30, 2019, in Uncasville, Conn. | Sean D. Elliot/AP The former Sky player is still trying to make
Midfield of dreams: Nikki Stanton back with Red Stars
The Chicago Red Stars announced the signing of midfielder Nikki Stanton Monday, returning to the club after a season with Norwegian Club Klepp IL. | Daniel Bartel/ISIPhotos.com She knows the team is deep and expects team to contend for title When Nikki Stanton left
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Chicago taxicab king no more: Empire of mogul linked to Daley son, ex-Trump fixer has crumbled
Cabs that were part of Symon Garber’s taxicab empire sit idle at his Chicago Carriage Cab Co. headquarters at 2617 S. Wabash Ave. He has sold the property to a developer, and no one is even answering the phones there
City’s water bill relief program helps forgive nearly $9 million of debt for low-income homeowners
Chicago Department of Water Management employees at a water main break in January 2019. | Ashlee Rezin/Sun-Times file The Utility Billing Relief program has helped 8,539 families since its launch last year. The city of Chicago announced Thursday it canceled
George McCaskey knew Bears fans would hate his decision — he did it anyway
Bears chairman George McCaskey and Chicago Mayor Rahm Emmanuel talk in 2016. | Kiichiro Sato, AP Photos The Bears chairman’s inbox full of “hate mail” got fuller after McCaskey announced that the Bears’ three principal leaders were returning. With no
Chicago doesn’t have to return impounded cars to bankrupt owners, U.S. Supreme Court rules
Hundreds of towed vehicles are parked at an auto pound owned by the city of Chicago. | Sun-Times file photo Justice Sonia Sotomayor concurred, but noted the impact of impoundments on low-income communities, saying bankruptcy courts aren’t powerless to work
Union: CPD suspended 17 officers, supervisors who lounged in congressman’s burglarized office
Chicago police officers in the burglarized office of U.S. Rep. Bobby Rush. Images of security video from the office were released at a news conference in June. In all, 13 officers can be seen, making coffee and popping popcorn at
CPS locked these teachers out of class after they refused to report in person. So they found other ways to teach their students
Meghan Hayes, who teaches at John Hay Community Academy, teaches her class outside Chicago Public Schools Board President Miguel del Valle’s home in the Cragin neighborhood on Wednesday morning. Further down the block, Tracy Royer logged in to teach her
Halas Intrigue Episode 154: What the heck was that?
Chicago football fans will have to bear down and cope with another season with the same leadership that led to back-to-back 8-8 seasons. | Nam Y. Huh/AP Bears leadership went through contortions to explain why they aren’t going to do
After 15 years, popular ‘Second City Cop’ blog goes dark
The Second City Cop blog offered rumors and opinions about what was going on in the Chicago Police Department and in city politics. | Sun-Times file photo Operators of the site — read by thousands of people and often referred
Stephen A. & Max’s ideal team for Deshaun Watson | First Take
Max Kellerman explains why the Chicago Bears are the team that needs to make a run for Houston Texans QB Deshaun Watson. Stephen A. disagrees because the Bears already passed on Watson in the 2017 NFL Draft and states that
Locked-out CPS employees teach outside home of Chicago Board of Education president
Meghan Hayes, who teaches at John Hay Community Academy, teaches her class outside Chicago Public Schools Board President Miguel del Valle’s home in the Cragin neighborhood on Wednesday morning. Further down the block, Tracy Royer logged in to teach her
Adolfo Quiñones, an Early Star of Street Dance, Dies at 65
Adolfo “Shabba-Doo” Quiñones, who grew up dancing in a bleak public housing project in Chicago and went on to become a pioneer of street dance in the 1980s and one of its first celebrities after appearing in the hit movie,
Harold Washington TV miniseries in the works by playwright Ike Holter
The late Harold Washington, mayor of Chicago from 1983 to 1987. | AP file A production company is lined up to develop the project about the influential Chicago politician’s hard-fought election and 1983-87 mayoral reign. Chicago’s first Black mayor, Harold
Ald. Carrie Austin’s 34th Ward campaign committee slapped with $145,500 fine
Ald. Carrie Austin (34th) chats with another alderman during a Chicago City Council meeting in June 2019. | Ashlee Rezin/Sun-Times Records show Benchmark Constructions made three contributions, totaling $55,000, from November 2017 to November 2018. None were reported by Austin