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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…
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…
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…
St. Nick’s Scouts beautify traffic circle
A traffic circle at 61st Place and Homan, once overgrown with unsightly weeds and litter, was recently transformed into a cheerful, colorful centerpiece by members of Girl Scout Troop 20713…
Crime fighters to surge back
‘National Night Out’ event set for West Lawn Park By Joan Hadac Hundreds and perhaps more than a thousand Southwest Side men, women and children are expected to take a…
‘A secret to his success’
Mourning the passing of RoseMarie Lipinski By Ray Hanania Special to the Greater Southwest News-Herald I’ve known Bill Lipinski for nearly all my journalism career. I met him as a…
Nobody’s pawns
Cook County Jail Chess Team is one of the best in the world By Max Hornung They came close to checkmating Russia and say they are looking forward to a…
ACE to hold Annual Gigantic Garage Sale
The Argo Coalition for Education will hold its annual garage sale fundraiser on Saturday, July 17, at 7600 W. 64th St. in Summit. The sale will take place from 9…
Tickets for Argo High School’s Centennial Gala on sale now
The final rescheduled date for Argo’s Centennial Gala is September 11. The Summit school celebrated its centennial year during the 2019-2020 school year. The gala was originally planned for June…
Quick turnaround on tap for football
By Jeff Vorva Correspondent The high school football season is off to a goofy start and the first kickoff is two months away. This is about the time of year…
OG is MVP for Red Stars in bizarre win over Houston
By Jeff Vorva Correspondent The most valuable player for the Chicago Red Stars the past few weeks has been Own Goal. Well, that’s not really a player. In soccer stat…
Cracking a joke at the crack of dawn
By Karen Sala Your correspondent in Gage Park (773) 471-1429 • [email protected] I am up at the crack of dawn on my day off. The first thing I have to do…
Plenty of ideas from West Lawn ‘mayors’
By Peggy Zabicki Your correspondent in West Lawn 3633 W. 60th Place • (773) 504-9327 Do you remember last week’s column in which I posed the question: What would you…
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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…
