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Softball Game Recap: Lincoln Park Takes a Loss
The Lincoln Park Lions lost 11-1 to the Maine West Warriors on Saturday. Lincoln Park has now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games. Lincoln Park's defeat dropped their record down to 4-12-1. As for Maine West, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 12 of their last 13 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 16-3 record this season.
He proposed. She said ‘yes’ and the dog started to hallucinate
Kyrani Reneau and Ben Simon met on Facebook in March of 2016. Both grew up in Evanston and had several mutual friends on the social media platform. At the time, Reneau had no intention of dating anyone seriously; she was more concerned about getting out of the house to socialize and meet people.
Cicada video featured on Stephen Colbert's "Late Night" puts DuPage County in spotlight
CHICAGO (CBS) — The Forest Preserve District of DuPage County has been getting a lot of buzz for an entertaining video it posted on periodical cicadas.On Wednesday of last week, the forest preserve district featured "The Life Cycle of a 17-Year Cicada," in which district ecology supervisor Tom Velat explained how cicadas emerge from the ground, crawl out of their exoskeletal shells, and acquire their dark brown to black color, orange wings, and red eyes after a few days.The video also describes the mating cycle – with the help of a man in a cicada costume beating bongos and tossing out...
New details in Downers Grove hit-and-run: Police say victim was lying in road before collision
DOWNERS GROVE, Ill. - Investigators have released new details about a fatal hit-and-run crash that occurred in suburban Downers Grove Thursday night. The crash happened in the 600 block of West Ogden Avenue and resulted in the death of 65-year-old Robin Robinson. On Saturday, the Village of Downers Grove Police...
Evanston couple's market, ice cream parlor feeds their community
EVANSTON, Ill. (CBS) – An Evanston couple with a little store and big hearts is making a difference by fighting food insecurity in their community and beyond.Hunger knows no bounds. It can hide in unexpected places, even on Chicago's North Side, but Evanston couple Clarence and Wendy Weaver are trying to change that one bag of groceries at a time.Early one morning at the corner of Church and Dodge in Evanston, workers and volunteers were already busy over at the C&W Market & Ice Cream Parlor.It was food giveaway day.Twice a month, cars line up down the street and around...
Stormy 16-days produced 2,522 U.S. Severe Weather Reports
Very active 16 day stretch coming to an end—here are the details from the Storm Prediction Center Quiet weather settles in for the weekend before the next round of showers and possible thunderstorms early next week Saturday’s Severe Weather Outlook The quietest weather overall across the country in more than two weeks. Only one small area […]
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