57+ min ago   (163+ words) Amateur scouting director Mike Shirley resigned and is no longer with the Chicago White Sox organization, the team announced Saturday. The Athletic reported Saturday evening that the resignation came after an internal investigation into allegations of verbal harassment. According to…...

1+ day, 3+ hour ago   (356+ words) “It’s about celebrating youth across Chicagoland that are doing phenomenal things in the community,” Walker-West said. “We have categories celebrating kids for dancing, singing, being scholars, athletes, humanitarians. There’s award events for adults, but we don’t have anything for kids....

1+ day, 8+ hour ago   (595+ words) Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to flood the City of Chicago to celebrate Mexican Independence Day this weekend at the city’s signature parades and festivals. A crowd of around 400,000 people is expected at the annual Mexican Independence Parade…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (159+ words) CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (WAND) - University of Illinois Athletics will host a 9/11 Memorial Climb to commemorate 25 years since the attacks and honor the lives lost. According to U of I Athletics, the southeast and southwest gates of Gies Memorial Stadium will open at…...

3+ week, 4+ day ago   (474+ words) Here’s a look back at what happened in the Chicago area on Aug. 19, according to the Tribune’s archives. Flashback: Aug. 19, 1895 1886: Eight radicals who had been rounded up after the Haymarket Affair on May 4, 1886 — in which a bomb was thrown during…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (317+ words) Illinois State Fair officials have announced the winners of the 2026 Miles of Smiles Parade, highlighting top entries in marching band, float and specialty unit competitions during the annual fair in Springfield. The awards were presented following the parade, according to…...