This Week In College Football: 4 Takeaways From First 4 Weeks
Conference season ramps up this week, here's what I've learned so far.
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Conference season ramps up this week, here's what I've learned so far.
A West Side man is facing a litany of charges after leading Chicago Police on a chase Tuesday evening. Officers tried to stop 25-year-old Desmond Henry's vehicle during an investigation at Polk and California about 5:15 p.m., according to police.
Citing a migration crisis that has displaced more people this year than at any time since World War II, entrepreneur brothers Thomas and Timothy Pearson said Wednesday they are giving $100 million to the University of Chicago for a research institute aimed at using big data to study and resolve global conflicts.
Damien Padilla, 21, was charged with two felony counts of aggravated battery/discharge of a firearm, two felony counts of aggravated discharge of a firearm, and one misdemeanor count of aggravated assault of a peace officer, according to Chicago Police.
A ranking Republican lawmaker who abruptly resigned Tuesday from the Indiana House sent a text message last week apologizing for "anything offensive" that may have been sent from his cellphone recently.
Some aldermen were surprised and expressed concerns when the mayor announced plans to outsource operations at the 311 call center, a move he said would save about $1 million a year.
Kalyani Sudhir was found healthy and unharmed in Tulsa, Okla., according to Crystal Lake police. Authorities in Tulsa are working to reunite her with her family. She was found in the company of 31-year-old Mayank Nainwal, who was going by the name Nithin Nainwal, police said. He is currently in federal custody on unrelated charges.
While some high schools around the country have been dropping their football programs, an official with the Illinois High School Association said he's seeing no evidence of that here.
Antonio D. Lackey, 16; and Arreon T. Lackey, 18, were found shot to death in the 7000 block of Grand Avenue in Hobart, Ind., about 4:50 p.m. July 17. Seven suspects have been charged with murder, murder in perpetration of kidnapping, and kidnapping in connection with the deaths, Hobart police announced Wednesday morning.
Archbishop Blase Cupich talked to about 600 priests Tuesday at the Drury Lane conference center in Oakbrook Terrace. A source said topics discussed included possible church closings.
Chicago Public Schools officials say they've approved a $5.25 million deal for the sale of a former elementary school.
Kyrian Knox, 2, was reported missing Sept. 17, but police have said they believe he was last seen around Aug. 20. On Labor Day weekend, police found the severed hands, feet, and head of an unidentified toddler in the Garfield Park lagoon, but Kyrian's family does not believe those remains are Kyrian's.
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Gov. Bruce Rauner is set to close state museums and a sport-shooting complex because of Illinois' budget crisis, even though most staff will still report to work and the chairman of the museum's board says the savings will amount to "peanuts."
