Bears mascot delights students in Tinley Park A special friend stopped by last week at the Lt. Joseph P. Kennedy School for Exceptional Children in Tinley Park to help everyone shake off the winter blues. Staley Da Bear, the official … Continued
When Chicago was selecting sites for a new casino in 2022, we endorsed the bid that would have landed the giant entertainment center on the plot of land known as The 78, the name being a concise riff on Chicago … Continued
Any performance review of Ryan Poles’ first two years as Chicago Bears general manager has to be stamped with a big, red “Incomplete.” As Poles said at the Bears end-of-season news conference earlier this month, his rebuild of the Bears, … Continued
Sergio Santos always dreamed of playing in the major leagues. He reached that goal in 2010, pitching for the Chicago White Sox. When his playing career — which included 194 relief appearances during six big-league seasons with the Sox (2010-11), … Continued
Criminal vehicular homicide charges have been filed against a southeastern Minnesota woman who allegedly tried to shift blame to her identical twin sister for a September collision with a horse-drawn buggy that killed two Amish children. Samantha Jo Petersen, 35, … Continued
It was early — very early — on a Monday in early January and Keith Marler needed to update the FOX 9 Morning News viewers about the snow. He was moving as fast as he could, which wasn’t fast — … Continued