Author: staff
Fun fact: Chicago was built on swamp land. So it should be no surprise that as we enter the height of summer, the days become long and humid. Of course, Chicago is a playground in summertime, even as sweaty, muggy heat waves punctuate the more temperate weeks. Thankfully, this city is full of ice cream and frozen treat spots that will help fight the heat. Looking for nostalgic flavors of bygone eras? Check out mainstay Margie’s Candies for humongous sundaes, or more contemporary Spinning J’s for a hit of throwback charm. Want something more adventurous? Don’t miss frozen cookie dough from Cookie Dough Creations, paletas made from fresh tropical fruit at any number of vendors, or even trendy Thai rolled ice cream, which is popping up around town. There’s no better time to be an ice cream lover, and we’ve got the scoop.
Mike Counter, head of media relations for St. Norbert College in De Pere, Wisconsin, holds a 1976 Holy Cross High School class ring belonging to John Daciolas. Counter, a metal-detecting enthusiast, found the ring on the St. Norbert campus recently, 45 years afer Daciolas lost the ring in the snow. (Mike Counter / HANDOUT)
Jimenez, 28, had been on the police force for two years when he was gunned down coming to the aid of other officers during the Mercy Hospital shooting. He was married with three small children. Two other people, including the shooter’s former fiancee and a pharmacy resident, were killed during the attack.
“He still has hockey left to go,” Bowman said during exit interviews in May, “but he’s a player we’d like to get over here to North America. Whether he’s in Chicago or not, we’ll see. But he had a great season, so pretty optimistic about his potential, whether it’s next year or the year after.”
Illinois House Republican Leader Jim Durkin, left, R-Western Springs, speaks with a reporter along with Illinois Senate Minority Leader Dan McConchie, R-Hawthorn Woods, after a leaders meeting in the governor’s office at the Illinois State Capitol in Springfield on May 26, 2021. (Justin L. Fowler / AP)
“I saw the car heading northbound (on Port de L’eau Court), and then I assume it turned right on the service road there to get back out,” Ciesielski said, pointing to the T in the road. “It was a small maroon car — like a two-door Honda Civic — that I’d never seen. I’ve lived here 16 years, so I know the cars that belong here usually.
On May 14, the 42-year-old woman was walking on the sidewalk in the 500 block of West Hawthorne Place, when her ex-husband, Paul Woebel, 47, came up behind her and struck her in the head, Assistant State’s Attorney James Murphy said in a bond hearing streamed live Wednesday on YouTube. The woman fell to the ground and Woebel continued hitting her in the arms and head as she tried to shield herself from the blows, Murphy said.
Dr. Anthony Fauci, the nation’s top infectious disease expert, warned Tuesday that the delta virus variant first detected in India is becoming more prevalent in the U.S. He said vaccines have proven less effective against that variant when people are not fully immunized, and evidence points to it being more transmissible and more deadly.
“Skating is much more of an individual sport, and then there is a team event once the team is picked,” he said. “Even though these are guys that I’ve known for a long time, you still have to mesh together to bring it together for the team event and baseball. There’s a lot of pieces to the puzzle, but thankfully I’ve grown up playing both sports, so I’ve always had that team atmosphere with me. I was always so excited for the team event in speedskating. And I think that had to do a lot with growing up playing baseball and the amount of friendships and bonds that I created.”
This computer-generated image shows a Gucci virtual garden on Roblox. Anyone whose avatar is traipsing around the Roblox online game platform these days might run into other avatars sporting Gucci handbags, sunglasses or hats. The digital-only items are part of Gucci’s time-limited collection for Roblox. (AP)