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Sports Editor Dealing With Stage 5 Kidney Disease
Almost since he was born, Times-Union Sports Editor Connor McCann has had issues with his kidneys. Now, the 26-year-old, originally from Glenview, Ill., is hoping to find a donor. “I was born with two kidneys, only one of them functioning. One of them had problems and caused a bunch of...
Retired Cook County probation officer shoots woman in NYC murder-suicide, police say
A mother and grandmother, who was a retired Cook County probation officer, are dead after a confrontation in a child custody dispute on the Upper East Side of Manhattan on Friday, NYPD said.It happened just before 9 a.m.People were out enjoying the day, many with baby strollers, and they ran for cover when the shots rang out.The NYPD's Chief of Detectives Joseph Kenny said that a custody dispute was the cause of the tragic murder-suicide.Marissa Galloway, 45, had just placed her child in the car, and was putting a stroller in the trunk when the grandmother of the child approached.Police...
Beyond Hunger to host benefit concert in November
Beyond Hunger is hosting a fundraising concert this fall to support its hunger-relief initiatives in communities like Oak Park and River Forest. The fall benefit concert will kick off at 6:30 p.m. Nov. 23 at The Salt Shed in Chicago. The event, at 1357 N. Elston Ave., will feature CAKE, a California-based rock band.
State, county, city announce 'leap of faith' quantum computing facility in Chicago
(The Center Square) – The State of Illinois, Cook County and the city of Chicago have announced that the new Illinois Quantum and Microelectronics Park will be built on former U.S. Steel property on Chicago’s Southeast Side. The South Works site has been mostly dormant since the mill closed in 1992. In opening the announcement of the project Thursday, and to the backing by taxpayers, Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker called it a "leap of faith." ...
City faces engineering staff vacancies
Despite challenges like understaffing and past underinvestment in park infrastructure, the city continues to make slow progress on park renovations that meet community needs and Parks and Recreation Board goals. Capital Planning and Engineering Bureau Chief Lara Biggs presented a list of in-progress and planned renovations included in a draft...
5th Ward residents hear proposal for soccer pitch, updates on Envision Evanston
Divided reactions greeted a proposal to develop a soccer pitch on an empty grass plot at Jackson Avenue and Emerson Street that was described Thursday at a virtual Fifth Ward meeting. An update also was shared about plans for the next phase in the Envision Evanston 2045 initiative. Neal Levin...
Trees come down on Central as Independence Park renovations begin
Outside Backlot Coffee Thursday morning, customers were surprised to see city arborists armed with chainsaws cutting down a row of trees just across Central Street. Evanston wouldn’t just take down trees, someone wondered aloud. So what was going on?. It turns out that the removals are part of a...
Information for the city’s 2025 Consolidated Elections is now available
For those interested in running for municipal office in the upcoming 2025 Consolidated Election, information is now available. Consolidated primary election petition circulation begins on Tuesday, July 30, 2024. Filing Deadlines:. First day for filing petitions is on Monday, October 21, 2024. First day to file nomination petitions with the...
Breaking down Northwestern field hockey’s 2024 schedule
We are one month away from the start of the Northwestern field hockey season. But before the season starts at the end of the August, a few Wildcats in head coach Tracey Fuchs, Maddie Zimmer and Ashley Sessa will represent the USA in Paris. The road to four consecutive championship...
Latest news from Evanston: Your Friday daily digest
Newsletter images missing? Read this on the web instead. Good Friday morning, Evanston. Above, family members of the late Bill Logan, Evanston’s first Black police chief, stand in front of a Police Department squad car decorated with flowers and bunting currently parked in front of his former home on McDaniel Avenue, where they now live. “He’s a hero. He’s a leader,” Police Chief Schenita Stewart said of Logan. (At This Time photo by Richard Cahan.)
I-80 Football Show: Can Northwestern build on last season or will Wildcats take a step back?
Welcome to a new episode of Land-Grant Podcast Network’s I-80 Football Show. On this show, we travel down I-80 to talk all things Big Ten Football. This is the only Big Ten Podcast that’ll cover all 18 teams. After every week of action, we will catch you up on all the conference’s games and look ahead at the matchups, storylines, and players you should be paying attention to for the next week. My name is Jordan Williams, and I am joined by my co-host Dante Morgan.
Could Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker become Kamala Harris’ VP running mate?
Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker is a possibility for Vice President on the Democratic ticket in the 2024 Presidential Election, as he has been listed on a shortlist of potential candidates and has received a call from Harris' campaign.
Kroger-Albertson's merger halted; future of 35 Illinois Mariano's, Jewel stores uncertain
The Kroger-Albertson's merger has been halted.The state of Colorado has filed a lawsuit to permanently block Kroger and Albertson's business plans until a court rules on the "megamerger," the state's attorney general said. Friday.ABC7 Chicago is now streaming 24/7. Click here to watchThe block on the merger puts the future of 35 Mariano's and Jewel Osco stores in Illinois into uncertainty. Kroger and Albertson's had previously released a full list of all the stores they would sell off if their merger is approved, which included the 35 Illinois stores.The two grocery chains had committed in September 2023 to selling more...
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