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Cubs superstar Kris Bryant met his biggest fan yesterday at Wrigley Field, a 12-year-old girl who traveled all the way from New Mexico to see him.
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Cubs superstar Kris Bryant met his biggest fan yesterday at Wrigley Field, a 12-year-old girl who traveled all the way from New Mexico to see him.
It was a dream come true for a 12-year-old girl as she met her favorite baseball player, Kris Bryant, Monday night at Wrigley Field.
Although the Milwaukee Brewers still trail in the NL Central, they believe the pressure has shifted to the first-place Cubs.
The 30-year-old, who has Down Syndrome, earned the opportunity after he wrote a letter to Cubs owner, Tom Rickett, asking to sing if he raised at least $5,000 for Special Olympics.
September is here, along with fun and exciting activities throughout the Chicago area. Here is a list of the top happenings in Chicago September 7 to 9.
Chicago Cubs fan Stefan Xidas had one wish: To sing the national anthem at Wrigley Field. And because he crushed his goal of raising $5,000 for the Special Olympics, his dream is coming true.
Pearl Jam is scheduled to perform at Wrigley Field. The band said, "Due to impending inclement weather, we are forced to clear the field and lower bowl seating area for tonight's show."
Tom Ricketts owns the Cubs and most of Wrigleyville. Now some are saying he wants to own the alderman.
After 8-8-88, the quaint, intimate ballpark and neighborhood would never be the same.
Protesters plan to shut down streets in Lakeview to alert North Siders to violent crime and recent police shootings in Chicago.
Chicago police have released a picture of the man suspected of sexually assaulting a 23-year-old woman at Wrigley Field during the Foo Fighters concert on Sunday.
Kyle McAleer feels lucky to be alive, a week after a piece of the Wrigley Field scoreboard pelted the bucket-wearing Cubs fan on the head.
The underlying behavior is more common than you think.
There haven't been many firsts at Wrigley Field since the Cubs won the World series, but Tuesday night proved different.
The Chicago Cubs will cater to so-called "Dead Heads" (Grateful Dead fans) with a special night in August.
Addison Russell hit his second career grand slam, Jason Heyward and Ben Zobrist each had two-run homers and the Chicago Cubs rallied to beat the Minnesota Twins 10-6 on Friday.
The Los Angeles Dodgers came back to edge the Chicago Cubs 4-3 on Tuesday in the first game of a day-night doubleheader.
Skybox on Sheffield and Lakeview Baseball Club sued the Cubs in 2015, arguing in part that a right-field video board the team was adding would block their views of the ballpark and violate terms of a 2004 revenue-sharing agreement.
Northwestern will play Wisconsin at Wrigley Field in 2020.
When you think of baseball at Wrigley Field, you probably don't imagine snow for the Cubs' home opener.
Bright construction vests outnumber fans in Cubby blue, but signs of a new season begin to fly again.
The changes up and down Clark and Addison are stunning.
Kenney's concern in getting the All-Star Game awarded to Wrigley Field is political red tape.
After Wrigley Field renovations, the wheelchair seating area in several areas was changed, the suit alleges.
Cubs Fans are getting ready with their gear to cheer for the home team
Hiring in August was more than double economists' forecast of 65,000 payroll gains.
Safety is top of mind for city officials ahead of one of Chicago's busiest weekends of the summer.
The Homeland Security and Further Additional Continuing Appropriations Act set aside $140 million to give controllers a 3.8% pay raise, but they have so far only received the 1% raise given to all government employees.
An Oak Park boy's swift and unexpected death from a rare fatal cancer has spurred his mother to work to raise money for more research and maybe one day a treatment.
Pete Crow-Armstrong hit his 39th homer, Kevin Gausman threw seven sharp innings and the Chicago Cubs beat the Milwaukee Brewers 2-1 on Thursday night.
The Homeland Security and Further Additional Continuing Appropriations Act set aside $140 million to give controllers a 3.8% pay raise, but they have so far only received the 1% raise given to all government employees.
Thomas Ross allegedly tried to get his campaign manager to plant cocaine and Adderall on his opponent, federal prosecutors in Missouri said.
One official in California said that scanning individual ballots for every voter in the state would take roughly 43 years based on the Postal Service's estimates.
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson released his 2027 budget forecast on Thursday and said the city's financial hole is not as deep as once feared.
The Pentagon will begin requiring male service members ages 30 and older to get screened for testosterone deficiency, after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth called for the change over the summer.
Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul filed a lawsuit Thursday against ABC Plumbing, Heating, Cooling & Electric Inc., alleging deceptive business practices.
Cook County homeowners are again facing a sharper increase in property taxes this year than businesses, the Office of Cook County Treasurer Maria Pappas announced Monday.
Contracted linemen from out of state sat idle in a Griffith church parking lot for hours without work orders from NIPSCO, as residents in Northwest Indiana approach two weeks without power.
A law firm has filed a class action lawsuit against NIPSCO, alleging the utility's failure to manage trees and vegetation has left thousands of Northwest Indiana residents without power for up to two weeks.
Dozens of cases of E. coli and salmonella in multiple states are linked to an alfalfa grower in Minnesota, health officials say.
Cardinal Blase Cupich and a group of Catholic nuns have joined a federal lawsuit challenging Illinois' Medical Aid in Dying law, which is set to take effect in just over a week.
Flies have been everywhere this summer in the Chicago area, and some of them bite. But why is this happening?
Prime Healthcare is drawing criticism after announcing it will stop obstetrics services at three Chicago-area hospitals.
The Chicago Department of Public Health on Tuesday announced two human cases and one death from the West Nile virus in the city this year, and one of those two people has died.
The Jackson Chance Foundation supports the lives of families with babies in the NICU by removing the financial burden of finding parking near hospitals.
A new Whole Foods Market is coming to Chicago's Old Town neighborhood.
More than 100 Black-owned businesses were showcased at Soldier Field Sunday for Black on the Block.
A Wisconsin prosecutor says he will not file election bribery charges against billionaire Elon Musk even though the state's bipartisan elections commission said he likely broke state law.
An expert blames Illinois lawmakers and "internecine political problems" for the failure to seal a deal for a new stadium within the state for the Chicago Bears.
Real estate investment and development firm Concord Capital has acquired nine apartment buildings on Elaine Place, a single-block residential street in Chicago's East Lakeview community.
The stage was set and the air was humid as rapper Ye, formerly known as Kanye West, took the stage for the first of two Chicago concerts at Soldier Field Thursday night.
James Fulton Engstrom, now a healthy teenager, was born without a pulse in 2010 — and his survival is the miracle the Catholic Church credited to Fulton Sheen's intercession, clearing the way for beatification.
The Met's decision to highlight the work by designer John Galliano sparked widespread controversy due to his history of antisemitic and racist comments.
The Edgewater Music Festival was under way this weekend on Chicago's north lakefront.
People around the world, including Chicago, continued to gather Wednesday to pay tribute to the late Dolly Parton.
The heat wave continues in Chicago.
Safety is top of mind for city officials ahead of one of Chicago's busiest weekends of the summer.
Hot and humid of Friday with highs in the 90s.
An Oak Park boy's swift and unexpected death from a rare fatal cancer has spurred his mother to work to raise money for more research and maybe one day a treatment.
A Batavia chiropractor pleaded guilty to recording hundreds of patients, including children, secretly while they were undressing at his office and disseminating the videos online.
Safety is top of mind for city officials ahead of one of Chicago's busiest weekends of the summer.
A chiropractor from Batavia pleaded guilty Thursday to secretly videotaping patients, including children, as they took off their clothes in his office.
A family is blaming a pet resort in northwest suburban Wheeling for the death of their beloved dog, who they say was left inside a hot van for hours during this week's extreme heat.
A video of a swarm of Coco delivery robots in Lincoln Park has gone viral as residents vented frustration about traffic jams on sidewalks and other areas pedestrians need free access to.
Hiring in August was more than double economists' forecast of 65,000 payroll gains.
Back in 2023, ISP got a $10 million grant from the Illinois Secretary of State's Illinois Vehicle Hijacking and Motor Vehicle Theft Prevention and Insurance Verification Council.
Two years before dozens of decomposing bodies were found inside the South Chicago Chapel funeral home, police in nearby Evergreen Park found two bodies in the owners' minivan outside their home.
Hundreds of people are suing the Cook County Juvenile Temporary Detention Center, where they say they were sexually abused by staff. For the first time, survivors detailed their experience exclusively to CBS News Chicago.
Why has the family that runs South Chicago Chapel, where 56 decomposing bodies were found this month, never faced criminal charges, despite a history of mishandling human remains?
Red flags about a family behind two funeral homes and crematories shut down by the state for mishandling bodies were missed in part because two different agencies regulate the death industry in Illinois.
Pete Crow-Armstrong hit his 39th homer, Kevin Gausman threw seven sharp innings and the Chicago Cubs beat the Milwaukee Brewers 2-1 on Thursday night.
Chicago (78-62) dropped nine games behind Milwaukee in the NL Central. It also remained one game back of Philadelphia for the top NL wild card.
The White Sox had several chances to score in the eighth, but came up empty.
Advocate Children's Hospital flipped the script this week, having four pediatric patients sign autographs for Cubs baseball players before a game at Wrigley Field.
Sean Burke (8-6) allowed one hit and walked four with six strikeouts in 5 2/3 scoreless innings for the win after walking a career-high eight in just three innings in his last start.
A man was killed in a shooting in Chicago's South Shore neighborhood Thursday night, police said.
Thomas Ross allegedly tried to get his campaign manager to plant cocaine and Adderall on his opponent, federal prosecutors in Missouri said.
A chiropractor from Batavia, Illinois, pleaded guilty Thursday to felony counts related to secretly videotaping patients, including children, as they took off their clothes in his office.
Chicago police on Thursday issued a community alert about a robbery on a Chicago Transit Authority Blue Line train on the Near West Side this past weekend.
Two people are dead and at least five others are injured, including three officers, after a shooting near 15 East Grant Street Wednesday afternoon in downtown Minneapolis, according to police. The suspected shooter is also dead.
