"When I won, it felt like it was a message from her."

CHICAGO (AP) Zach LaVine scored 26 points, Ayo Dosunmu and Coby White each had 20 and the Chicago Bulls beat the Atlanta Hawks 136-122 on Friday night in an NBA Cup game.Nikola Vucevic had 18 points and 13 rebounds for his 11th double-double and Josh Giddey scored 18 as all five Chicago starters and two bench players reached double figures. The Bulls shot a season-high 57...

When the St. Cloud State Huskies pulled their goaltender following a timeout with over two minutes to play Friday night at Ridder Arena and trailing the Gophers 4-2, it was no surprise that Gophers right winger Abbey Murphy was on the ice for the ensuing faceoff. Sure, the senior from Chicago is one of the […]

Illinois education leaders launch Vision 2030 plan to boost K-12 learning across the state.

Death Becomes Her, which has had some major plastic surgery since its Chicago tryout, has been nicely nipped, tucked, lifted and deftly de-flabbed, with a pair of gutsy, zesty and highly skilled lead performances from Meghan Hilty and Jennifer Simard.

* Lake County News-Sun…A Lake County judge Friday dismissed all criminal counts against Waukegan City Clerk Janet Kilkelly, ruling that misleading grand jury testimony compromised indictments that alleged Kilkelly illegally waived fees to local businesses as part of a COVID-era relief effort.Judge Patricia Fix said the flawed grand jury testimony from an Illinois State Police [...]

* The mayor’s people were telling city council members and at least some reporters this week that the Illinois Retail Merchants Association had blown a $40 million hole in the city budget. IRMA sent out a press release countering that argument…The Illinois Retail Merchants Association (IRMA) released the following statement regarding the mayors proposed [...]

Grab your green outfits. Pop singer Charli XCX is bringing her “BRAT” tour to Minneapolis in 2025. On Friday, she announced tour dates in four U.S. cities on social media. She also added tour stops in Austin, Brooklyn, and Rosemont, which is in a northern suburb of Chicago.Rumors started swirling about a possible concert in Minneapolis a day prior after images in eac...

The Illinois Supreme Court overturned the actor's conviction on charges of staging a racist and homophobic attack against himself in 2019

Megan Valentine appeared in court on Thursday as she faces multiple charges in the shooting of her husband, an Illinois judge.

The longtime NFC North rivals meet at noon Sunday at Soldier Field in Chicago.

CHICAGO (AP) Catcher Matt Thaiss has agreed to a one-year contract with the Chicago Cubs paying $1 million while in the major leagues and $400,000 while in the minors. Thaiss was acquired Wednesday from the Los Angeles Angels, who had designated him for assignment on Nov. 14. A 29-year-old who made his major league debut in 2019, Thaiss has a .208 average with 22 homers and 79 RBIs in six m...

Rahm Emanuel, the hard-charging Democratic operative from Chicago now serving as U.S. ambassador to Japan, is trying to sort out where he could best serve his party -- fueling speculation he could be interested in taking over the reins of the Democratic National Committee.

Rahm Emanuel, the hard-charging Democratic operative from Chicago now serving as U.S. ambassador to Japan, is trying to sort out where he could best serve his party -- fueling speculation he could be interested in taking over the reins of the Democratic National Committee.