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Published September 13In 1893, several from Orleans County visited World’s Fair in Chicago
By Catherine Cooper, Orleans County Historian “Illuminating Orleans” – Volume 6, No. 25 A small, modest notebook with a brown cover. It is easy to overlook. Its condition belies its age though, it is a surprise to open it, read the date and the first page: Sept. 4, 1893 “Left…
GPB News
Published September 12'Wait Wait' for September 12, 2026: With Not My Job guest Leslie Jones
This week, Wait Wait is live in Chicago with host Peter Sagal, special guest Leslie Jones and panelists Negin Farsad, Peter Grosz, and Sureni Weerasekera
WVIA Public Media
Published September 12'Wait Wait' for September 12, 2026: With Not My Job guest Leslie Jones
This week, Wait Wait is live in Chicago with host Peter Sagal, special guest Leslie Jones and panelists Negin Farsad, Peter Grosz, and Sureni Weerasekera
WCCS Radio
Published September 12PIRATES WIN STREAK SNAPPED WITH LOSS TO CUBS
The Pirates four-game winning streak was snapped on Chicago's North Side as the Cubs demolished the Bucs. Joe Block reports. The Pirates and the Cubs ...
‘Anything can change at any minute’: Evanstonians remember Sept. 11 on its 25th anniversary
As the country collectively experienced the horror of the terrorist attacks on Sept. 11, 2001, for Evanston firefighter and paramedic Tom Moon, that day was especially terrifying because for a good portion of the day he did not know if his mother, a United Airlines flight…
Pro Frisbee team leaving Evanston for Elmhurst next year
The Chicago Union, a professional Ultimate Frisbee Association team that has called Evanston home for its last three seasons, is packing up and moving back to Elmhurst University’s Langhorst Field in the west suburbs starting next year, the team announced Sept. 4. “We’ve loved…
GPB News
Published September 08New report shows the economic toll of ICE raids
A new study shows the steep economic cost of 2025's ICE raids in Chicago. Fear kept many immigrants home, draining the area of more than $1.26 billion in lost retail, restaurant, and sales-tax revenue.
ButlerRadio.com
Published September 08Pirates in Chicago for the next six games/On WISR tonight against White Sox
The Pittsburgh Pirates open a six-game road trip to Chicago tonight, with the first of three games with the White Sox. First pitch is 7:40pm. WISR pre-game begins at 7:15pm. Bubba Chandler will start for the Pirates. He is 6-9 this season with a 4.30 ERA. The Pirates begin the…
WCCS Radio
Published September 08PIRATES SET TO START WEEK IN CHICAGO
The Pirates start a nine-game road trip with two series in one city. Greg Brown previews tonight's opener, the first of six games in Chicago. After sp...
Queens Ledger
Published September 01Mets Haunted Again!
PCA is on pace to win MVP… as a Cub By Noah Zimmerman noah@queensledger.com CHICAGO, IL – Former top Mets prospect Pete Crow-Armstrong left the yard three times last Saturday at Wrigley Field. The next day he sent another pair of homers out of the park. New York traded…
The secret behind clownfish stripes and more fishy fascinations
We reeled in science reporter Ari Daniel for this episode who grants us three wishes in the form of three fishes. He takes us on a trip around the world to learn about how a clownfish in the western Pacific loses its stripes as it grows up just to fit in, a fat French fry of a…