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CHICAGO – Rain and thunderstorms are expected across the Chicago area Saturday, though the wet weather will not last all day. A 60 to 70% chance of showers is predicted, with most of the city and surrounding areas, including the Lakeshore and the Illinois-Indiana line, likely to see rainfall. Some locations could pick up about a half-inch of rain before conditions begin to clear by late afternoon. Skies are expected to turn partly cloudy Saturday evening and clear overnight. High temperatures will reach the low 80s, though showers could keep readings slightly cooler. Sunday is forecast to be the sunnier…
Why the Chicago Bears need to improve the running game, and why they can get it right quickly It depends on who you ask about it at Halas Hall. If you ask Chicago Bears head coach Ben Johnson, the buck stops with him. He has to do more of a job to get the running game going. “I need to call more runs,” Johnson said this week. If you ask Bears running back D’Andre Swift, he tipped his cap to the Vikings’ defense that kept the run game in check. “They did a good job, Minnesota did, of showing us…
CHICAGO – A man sitting in an SUV was struck and killed Friday afternoon when another driver crashed into his vehicle on Chicago’s West Side, police said. What we know: The crash happened about 1:55 p.m. in the 900 block of South Sacramento Boulevard. Police said a 42-year-old woman driving a Chevrolet was heading south when she struck the Nissan SUV, where the man was sitting. He was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital, where he later died of his injuries, according to police. His name has not been released. What’s next: It is not yet known whether the woman will…
Michael Soroka is on his way back to the Chicago Cubs after being sidelined by a shoulder strain. Soroka pitched 2 1/3 innings of one-run ball in a rehab appearance with Triple-A Iowa on Thursday. His fastball was clocked as high as 96.6 mph — a significant improvement on his velocity right before his injury. “He’ll be activated with us for his next outing,” manager Craig Counsell said before Friday’s game against Tampa Bay. “We’ll see on the date right now.” The backstory: Soroka was acquired in a trade deadline deal with Washington. The right-hander started on Aug. 4 against…
Ian Happ homered and Moisés Ballesteros hit a tiebreaking triple, helping the Chicago Cubs beat the slumping Tampa Bay Rays 6-4 on Friday. Happ finished with three hits and two RBIs as Chicago posted its third consecutive victory. Nico Hoerner had two hits and scored twice for the NL wild-card leaders. Matthew Boyd (13-8) pitched five innings and allowed four runs in his first win since Aug. 19. The All-Star left-hander is 2-4 with a 5.31 ERA in his last seven starts. Christopher Morel hit a three-run homer for Tampa Bay in his first game against his former team. Morel…
CHICAGO – A man has been charged after robbing an armored truck driver on Wednesday in Chicago’s Loop, according to authorities. What we know: According to a criminal complaint filed on Friday, Dajon Harris, 23, of Evergreen Park, robbed a Brinks armored truck driver on Wednesday in the first block of S. State Street. The driver had exited a store carrying bags of cash when Harris allegedly approached him and tried to take a bag of cash. A struggle ensued and Harris punched the driver, stealing a bag. During the struggle, the driver fired shots at Harris. Harris fled…
CHICAGO – Two men were caught stealing boxes of vodka from a cargo container in a Chicago railyard, according to the Cook County Sheriff’s Office. What we know: Around 8 a.m. Aug. 27, railroad staff alerted sheriff’s police that two men slipped under a fence near 63rd Street and Michigan Avenue, broke into a shipping container, took three boxes of Tito’s vodka and left. When officers approached them, the men fled but were caught and taken into custody nearby. Angel Villegas-Mendez, 30, of Chicago, and Erik Salcedo-Circa, 34, of Chicago, were charged with burglary and misdemeanor counts of damage to…
VERNON HILLS, Ill. – An arrest has been made in connection to a complex scam that cost an elderly Vernon Hills resident $27,000, according to police. What we know: On Aug. 8, the victim reported the scam, claiming that she delivered money on two separate occasions to people claiming to be federal government agents. It all started in July when the victim received a fake email indicating there had been an unauthorized withdrawal from her bank account. A pop-up message on the victim’s computer told her to call an unknown phone number. She then spoke to a man who claimed…
The man accused of assassinating Charlie Kirk had expressed opposition to the conservative activist’s viewpoints and indicated that he was responsible for the shooting, authorities said Friday as they announced an arrest in the killing that raised fresh alarms about political violence in a deeply polarized United States. Tyler Robinson, 22, had become “more political” in the run-up to the shooting and mentioned during a dinner with family that Kirk would be visiting Utah, Gov. Spencer Cox told a news conference. The governor cited as evidence engravings on unspent bullet casings found in the rifle that authorities believe was used…
NEW YORK — The Republican governor of Tennessee said Friday he was working with the Trump administration to deploy National Guard troops to Memphis as part of a new crime-fighting mission, hours after the president said the city was the latest target for his unprecedented military deployments. Gov. Bill Lee said the plan will bring in the National Guard alongside the FBI, state troopers and local police, building on an FBI task force. Lee said he planned to speak with the president on Friday to work out details of the mission. THIS IS A BREAKING NEWS UPDATE. AP’s earlier story…