Here are White Sox Draft picks from Day 2, Chicago

Illinois quick hits: $13 million for electric school buses; man sentenced for threatening FEMA, police

The grants are funded by a multi-billion dollar Volkswagen settlement and will be distributed by the Illinois Environmental ...

Here are White Sox Draft picks from Day 2

The White Sox had a focused plan over these two days of the 2025 Draft, involving input from numerous people and departments ...

These top MLB Draft picks could soon play for (or against) the Smokies in Knoxville

MLB teams with affiliates in the Knoxville Smokies' Southern League picked up top talent in the 2025 draft. Who could be ...

CPS parents concerned about looming budget cuts following layoffs

Chicago Public Schools parents and community members sounded off on Monday, three days after the district announced layoffs.

Former Powell catcher Poteet has clear path to Smokies after being picked by Cubs

Logan Poteet was recruited out of Powell High School as the No. 2 catcher in the state, helping the Panthers reach its first ...

Tampa Bay Rays draft two Georgia Tech pitchers

The Tampa Bay Rays selected Brady Jones in the 12th round with pick No. 357, and Riley Stanford was also drafted by the Rays in the 16th round with pick No. 477.

True Crime shows are causing more students to study Forensic Psychology

Ana Belmonte, Psy.D. is the division chair for the forensic psychology department at The Chicago School, joins Lisa Dent to ...

Local Draft pick Fauske has special connection with HOFer Thome

Jaden Fauske, White Sox fan, to Jaden Fauske, White Sox stalwart? Nothing is guaranteed, but the first steps have been taken ...

Humboldt Park’s historic Pioneer Arcade closer to being redeveloped into affordable senior housing

The remodel of the Spanish Baroque Revival-style building into a 61-unit affordable housing complex secured its final funding ...

CPS hosts community meetings for public input on budget following layoffs

Chicago Public Schools is hosting five community listening sessions over the next week, giving parents a chance to weigh in ...

Cubs Star Prospect Increased Already High Value With Strong MLB Futures Game

Chicago Cubs prospect Owen Caissie has been a popular name in the baseball world in recent weeks. With the MLB trade deadline quickly approaching, he is one of ...

Chicago White Sox Take Their First Pitcher Of 2025 MLB Draft In Fifth Round

The White Sox selected 6-foot-9 right-handed pitcher Gabe Davis out of Oklahoma State University in the fifth round.

3 Jayhawks selected in MLB Draft, including 2 with remaining eligibility

Three Kansas baseball players, including one graduating senior in Brady Counsell and two players with additional collegiate ...

WVU’s Logan Sauve is picked in the MLB Draft

It took 200 picks before Major League Baseball finally got around to realizing they play the game in West Virginia, too. That was when the Athletics — not quite sure what city to identify as their ...

Forbes Taken 31st In Draft

Patrick Forbes threw his final pitch for the University of Louisville at the College World Series last month in Omaha, ...

Patrick Forbes picked 31st in MLB Draft

Patrick Forbes threw his final pitch for the University of Louisville at the College World Series last month in Omaha, ...

WVU’s Sauve selected in MLB draft

Home Run Derby is a spectacle

It was more than a Major League Baseball All-Star Game and other festivities when the spectacle came to Pittsburgh in 1994. I remember my stepbrother Dave Zook and I — along with a few of Babe Ruth ...

$150 million redevelopment plan proposed for Ford City Mall

Midwest RE Acquisitions, LLC, an affiliate of Chicago-based developer Bridge Industrial, plans to purchase the Ford City Mall and invest $150 million to build warehouses and create 400-450 jobs.

John Hooker, first of ‘ComEd Four’ to be sentenced, gets 1½ years in prison

A former executive for electric utility ComEd has been sentenced to 18 months in prison for his role in bribing ex-Illinois ...

On the Record: Rep. Kelly talks Senate run, impact of reconciliation bill on healthcare in Illinois

U.S. Rep. Robin Kelly (D-Ill.) is warning that the reconciliation bill will devastate rural communities in Illinois, while ...

Chicago-area officials are bracing as summer storms roll in following Texas tragedy and weather service budget cuts

The Chicago area has felt less of an impact from the Trump administration’s National Weather Service cuts than offices in the ...

Ex-ComEd lobbyist sentenced in scheme to bribe ex-Speaker Michael Madigan

Former ComEd lobbyist John Hooker was sentenced to a year and a half in prison for his role in a scheme to funnel $1.3 ...

Your C-store MBA Awaits in Chicago

In a few months, the convenience store industry will convene in Chicago for the 2025 NACS Show, scheduled for October 14-17.