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Where will the Chicago Cubs be in 2032? It’s anyone’s guess, and the way the country is heading, we’re not even sure if there will be a 2032. But at least we know the Cubs are thinking ahead, making sure their fans will be excited about the team’s 2032 stretch run, which presumably will be led by manager Pat Murphy after future Cubs President Carter Hawkins steals him from the Milwaukee Brewers in 2030 to replace the retiring Craig Counsell. Hawkins, of course, is the current Cubs general manager who made the unfortunate decision to defend the team’s trade-deadline strategy…
Former Orland Park Mayor Keith Pekau has been ordered to remove confidential village information from his blog and social media and barred from publishing other information. Cook County Judge Kate Moreland granted a temporary restraining order Aug. 7 barring Pekau from publishing “future statements disclosing the village’s attorney-client privileged communications and confidential non-public information contained in village personnel files,” and ordered he remove any publications of such information. Moreland denied the village’s request that Pekau return village records containing confidential information and destroy copies of the records. She also denied their request for Pekau to “itemize the ways in which…
Today is Tuesday, Aug. 19, the 231st day of 2025. There are 134 days left in the year. Today in History: On Aug. 19, 1909, Indianapolis Motor Speedway hosted its first automobile race. Also on this date: In 1692, four men and one woman were hanged after being convicted of witchcraft at Salem in the Province of Massachusetts Bay; the story of one of the men, John Proctor, inspired Arthur Miller’s play “The Crucible.” In 1807, Robert Fulton’s North River Steamboat arrived in Albany, two days after leaving New York on its maiden voyage. In 1812, the USS Constitution defeated…
Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Aug. 19 according to the Tribune’s archives. Is an important event missing from this date? Email us. Weather records (from the National Weather Service, Chicago) High temperature: 99 degrees (1983) Low temperature: 51 degrees (1992) Precipitation: 2.07 inches (1921) Snowfall: None The 1886 Haymarket Square riot is part of Chicago’s labor history. (Chicago Tribune historic illustration) 1886: Eight radicals who had been rounded up after the Haymarket Affair on May 4, 1886 — in which a bomb was thrown during a Chicago labor rally that resulted in the death of eight police…
Dear Eric: We are a group of three female former co-workers who have gathered regularly for 10 years to celebrate birthdays and Christmas. We have taken turns at each other’s homes and always had a nice time eating, laughing and reminiscing together. This year, one member of our group ghosted the other two of us. She will not respond to phone calls or messages. We are totally in the dark and confused by this and don’t know if we should continue to reach out or let it go. She has given us no indication, at any time, of a problem. She recently became a…
A Lockport Township High School sophomore whose lemonade stand recently raised more than $15,000 to benefit children and young adults battling cancer said the two-day event far surpassed expectations. Austin Bielski, 15, has been running his Cups 4 Cancer lemonade stand each year since he was 8 years old. Over the years, the proceeds have supported several organizations that help children dealing with cancer, including the Pediatric Oncology Treasure Chest Foundation, CC2 Forever Foundation and Cal’s Angels. In seven years, he raised $34,917. But after hearing that Dylan Krestan, his former baseball teammate from Homer Junior High School, was diagnosed…
LONDON — What the skibidi is happening to the English language? “Skibidi,” pronounced SKIH-bih-dee, is one of the slang terms popularized by social media that are among more than 6,000 additions this year to the Cambridge Dictionary. “Internet culture is changing the English language and the effect is fascinating to observe and capture in the dictionary,” said Colin McIntosh, lexical program manager at Cambridge Dictionary, the world’s largest online dictionary. “Skibidi” is a gibberish term coined by the creator of an animated YouTube series and can mean “cool” or “bad” or be used with no real meaning as a joke.…
Information about homicides is released daily by the city of Chicago. The release of homicide victims’ names is delayed by two weeks to allow time for the victims’ families to be notified of a death by Chicago police. The homicide figures do not include killings that occurred in self-defense or in other circumstances not measured in Chicago police statistics. Homicide data from the Illinois State Police, which patrols the city’s expressways, also is not included here. After a two-year spike during the pandemic and national outrage over police accountability, Chicago began to see a decline in homicides in 2022. Homicide…
For 40 years he was the voice of the feisty Voice newspapers serving Chicago’s Far West Side neighborhoods of Austin, North Lawndale and Garfield Park. His voicemail — “This is Brad Cummings” — was bold and brassy, like a TV news anchor. He sure liked to talk. At the same time, he was always listening, always learning, always knitting people together. But on June 26 his bold voice fell forever silent when a tragic fire in the Austin neighborhood took three innocent lives, his among them. Fires change things. For the first time ever, the Voice missed its weekly publication date.…
The Tribune’s recent editorial about corporations leaving Chicago due to high taxation misses the mark when it comes to explaining company motives for locating in or leaving Chicago (“Brandon Johnson and friends think it’s ‘a privilege to do business in Chicago.’ Wrong,” Aug. 7). Let’s look at some of the examples: Boeing moved to Washington, D.C. to be closer to the Pentagon (its primary customer) and the Federal Aviation Administration (its regulator) as well as seeking engineering talent. Citadel leader Ken Griffin cited rising crime in the city as the primary reason for the company’s departure. (Since the departure, this administration’s investments in…