Local News
Youth Softball: Lyons-McCook 14U takes 5th in state
By Steve Metsch Correspondent David Sandoval and his players won’t soon forget the summer of 2021. Sandoval manages the 14-U girls softball team in the Lyons-McCook Little League, a team…
High School Football: O’Connor is back in the saddle at Chicago Christian
By Steve Metsch Correspondent The new head football coach at Chicago Christian is a familiar face to Knights fans. Tom O’Connor served the past five seasons as special teams coordinator…
Services set for Nathanial Phillips, Rieves brothers
Visitation for Nathanial Phillips, 17, will be from 3-6 p.m. Saturday at Damar-Kaminski Funeral Home in Justice, and for Omarion and Jemerrio Rieves from 4-7 p.m. on Wednesday, August 4,…
Ridgefest returns after a one-year absence for pandemic
By Bob Bong Chicago Ridge is bringing back its popular Ridgefest for three days starting Friday at 5 p.m. at Freedom Park, 6200 Birmingham St. “This was the fastest we…
Hernandez, Zalewski host free community shred day Saturday
State Rep. Elizabeth “Lisa” Hernandez will be hosting a free community shredding event this Saturday, July 24, with state Rep. Michael Zalewski (D-Riverside). “Theft of personal data has steadily increased…
Visitation Friday for Destini Giera, teen killed in Hickory Hills car crash
Visitation for Destini Giera, 16, one of the four Justice teenagers killed last weekend in a car crash in Hickory Hills will be held Friday from 3-8 p.m. at Lawn…
Historical marker to be placed at site of Emmett Till childhood home in Summit
By Carol McGowan The Summit Community Task Force, Till Family, Emmett Till’s classmates, local/state officials, and visitors will celebrate the 80th birthday of Emmett Till on Sunday, July 25. They…
Another pro soccer team in Chicago is in the House
By Jeff Vorva Peter Wilt is at it again. The man who was a huge influence in bringing the Chicago Fire and Chicago Red Stars to the area and helped…
4 teens killed in Hickory Hills crash were Argo students
Driver charged with reckless homicide By Bob Bong and Carol McGowan Four teenagers from Justice were killed Saturday in what Hickory Hills Police believe was an attempt to go airborne…
Two more own-goals help vault Red Stars into second place
By Jeff Vorva Correspondent For a few hours on July 18, the Chicago Red Stars were in first place. After a 3-1 victory over the OL Reign in front of…
Block party raises money for center that services special needs kids
By Steve Metsch Rides on a mechanical bull, a visit from the Oscar Mayer Wienermobile, and plenty of hot dogs – of course – were part of a fundraiser held…
Buttigieg touts Biden infrastructure plan in visit to Bedford Park
By Jeff Vorva When it comes to President Joe Biden’s American Jobs Plan, Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said, “I am going to fight [it] every step of the way,” in…
Summit streets set to undergo rehab
By Carol McGowan Extensive rehab work is getting underway on some residential streets in Summit. The Summit Village Board recently approved a recommendation from Novotny Engineering to award a contract…
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Illinois News
UPDATED: IDPH ‘fully aligns’ with new stricter CDC mask guidance
By JERRY NOWICKI Capitol News Illinois [email protected] SPRINGFIELD – The state will have new COVID-19 guidance on face coverings after the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention updated its…
Pritzker signs law repealing criminal penalties for HIV transmission
By PETER HANCOCK Capitol News Illinois [email protected] SPRINGFIELD – Gov. JB Pritzker signed a bill into law Tuesday that repeals criminal penalties for people who transmit HIV to others. House…
Pritzker to review state masking guidance amid CDC reversal
By JERRY NOWICKI Capitol News Illinois [email protected] SPRINGFIELD – Gov. JB Pritzker will reexamine the state’s guidance on face coverings after the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention updated…
Bills expanding access to mental health care are among several signed into law
By PETER HANCOCK Capitol News Illinois [email protected] SPRINGFIELD – Illinois residents will soon have greater access to mental health services under measures Gov. JB Pritzker signed into law Friday. Starting…
CAPITOL RECAP: Pritzker launches second-term campaign with media tour
By Capitol News Illinois SPRINGFIELD – Gov. JB Pritzker isn’t considering using federal American Rescue Plan Act funding to pay down a multi-billion-dollar Unemployment Insurance Trust Fund deficit, he told…
WITH PODCAST: Pritzker talks plans for Unemployment Trust Fund, pandemic response
By JERRY NOWICKI Capitol News Illinois [email protected] SPRINGFIELD – Gov. JB Pritzker isn’t considering using federal American Rescue Plan Act funding to pay down a multi-billion-dollar Unemployment Insurance Trust Fund…
Democratic leaders seek to dismiss redistricting lawsuits
By JERRY NOWICKI Capitol News Illinois [email protected] SPRINGFIELD – Lawyers for Illinois’ Democratic legislative leaders last week filed a motion to dismiss a lawsuit from Republicans and a Mexican American…
