The encampment at the Lincoln Park campus had been been in place since April 30. The action came after school officials said they had reached an impasse with the protesters.
Bears President Kevin Warren has rejected the 48.6-acre Michael Reese site, saying it’s too narrow and doesn’t work because the stadium would have to be built “over an active train line.”
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Jareli Reyes, 32, is accused of fraudulently obtaining $41,666 in loans in 2021 through the federal Paycheck Protection Program that was established to provide relief to businesses hit hard by the COVID-19 pandemic. Reyes, who resigned last year, is charged with theft, income-tax fraud and wire fraud.
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Andrew Holmes is accused of sexually assaulting a Dolton village employee in a Las Vegas hotel room in May 2023. He has denied wrongdoing.
Officials responded about 4:10 p.m. to a report of a person on the tracks near the Clark and Division station at 1200 N. Clark St. Southbound trains are operating normally.
Neighbors awoke to FBI agents shouting commands on a bullhorn, then using grenades in a quiet residential area. The local alderperson says the Chicago police district was not informed prior to the action.
Holmes is accused of sexually assaulting a Dolton village employee in a Las Vegas hotel room in May 2023. He has denied wrongdoing.
Mr. Pollock taught political rhetoric and communication for more than two decades and was a friend and mentor to a flock of former students as well as an expert on the German-Jewish philosopher Hannah Arendt.
Experts say the pandemic disrupted the pathways that helped teens get a job or an education after high school. Young adults are “discouraged” about not getting hired, a youth mentor says.
To name the Museum of Science and Industry after Ken Griffin, who repeatedly badmouths our city and fled to Florida with his company, is a shameful stain on a once-beloved institution.
The CTA said it recorded its highest ridership day since 2020 on May 8, with more than a million rides. The rosy news comes amid growing calls for CTA President Dorval Carter Jr. to step down.
EA’s first college football game in more than a decade will launch for PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X/S this summer.
The Sun’s win over the Fever on Tuesday drew an average of 2.1 million viewers on ESPN2, ESPN+ and Disney+. That topped ESPN’s previous mark of nearly 1.5 million viewers for a Mercury-Sun game on May 22, 2004, in Diana Taurasi’s rookie season.
Dining areas could be set up in curb lanes on Clark from Grand to Kinzie, with vehicles still able to use the middle lanes. Ald. Brendan Reilly is not happy.
The unidentified victim was shot in the 2400 block of East 91st Street but ended up in the 9000 block of South Yates Boulevard, police said.
The items she gives to family members often are used, incomplete or broken.
Bet on it: Successful college football bettor crunches numbers in offseason to unearth value picks.
Garrett Crochet and three relievers combine to shut out the Nationals as the Sox win a second straight series.
The team designated outfielder Rafael Ortega for assignment to free up the roster space.
It’s the infield’s turn to manage a spike in injuries.
The Wings’ frontcourt, led by Teaira McCown, who had 18 points and 13 rebounds, was a difficult matchup for the undersized Sky without center Kamilla Cardoso.
“Flights that are across the country, crossing multiple time zones, or flights that usually require a connection, those were the priorities,” Sky center Elizabeth Williams told the Sun-Times.
Karl Hall, 44, was in the 1300 block of South Halsted Street Wednesday night when someone in a car hit him and fled, police said.
Officers responding about 8:50 p.m. Wednesday to the 800 block of West 59th Street found the 35-year-old in a pickup truck with multiple gunshot wounds to his body, police said.
The Bears face three teams that had winning records in their first four games and have all their NFC North showdowns between Weeks 11 and 18.
One side roots passionately for the league’s success. The other resents being told to root passionately for the league’s success.
Notes: Nico Hoerner and Ian Happ were out of the lineup Wednesday for the second straight game, but for different reasons.
Heather Bergdahl, an ex-administrator, allegedly sent checks worth nearly $500,000 to another individual and received thousands in return. The charges derive from an ongoing federal grand jury investigation into the hospital’s COVID-19 vaccination program.
Students and faculty walked out of class to gather at the pro-Palestinian encampment and call for divestment from companies doing business with Israel.
The men were in a store parking lot in the 700 block of West 71st Street about 9:40 p.m. Tuesday when someone fired shots, Chicago police said. A 35-year-old man was killed. Two others were wounded.
Headquartered in Munster, Indiana, the company said it’s the country’s largest family-owned packaged meats manufacturer and it has about 1,500 employees.