Good morning, Chicago.
For the past half-century, a tree-lined stretch of 48th Street in La Grange was named Linklater Court in memory of the west suburb’s longtime village attorney William John Linklater, who died in 1971.
Yet the La Grange Village Board recently stripped the street of this honorary moniker after the late lawyer’s daughter accused him of abusing her as a child during a stunning public comment session at a Village Board meeting.
Anne Brandt, 79, at a late June meeting, implored village officials to remove the street’s honorary name, alleging her father had sexually abused her as a child during the 1950s.
Read the full story from the Tribune’s Angie Leventis Lourgos.
Here are the top stories you need to know to start your day, including construction underway on a new terminal at O’Hare, when Game 2 of the Cubs doubleheader vs. the Brewers will be played after last night’s postponement and when the Christkindlmarket will reopen for the season in Chicago and Aurora.
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Over objections, Gov. JB Pritzker vetoes nonprofit investment bill, citing extremism concerns
A recent veto from Gov. JB Pritzker puts him at odds with nonprofits, labor unions and some state Democrats who say he blocked what would have been an advantageous investment option at a time when the organizations are feeling tightening pressure from Washington.
Construction gets underway on new O’Hare terminal
After years of negotiations and delays, construction is underway on the first of several major projects that represent a massive overhaul at O’Hare International Airport.
Building the terminal marks the first major step in the airport expansion, first negotiated by then-Mayor Rahm Emanuel in 2018.
Abbott Laboratories scores a win in federal court, as it faces hundreds of suits over formula for preterm babies
A federal judge has thrown out a second case against Abbott Laboratories over the safety of its formula for babies born prematurely — a decision with potential implications for hundreds of other similar cases.
Excitement amid cuts: CPS families on the first day
Across the city yesterday, children stepped into crisp uniforms and laced up brand-new shoes for the first day of school. Yellow buses wove through neighborhoods on soon-to-be familiar routes. Parents hugged their little ones and wished them well with their new teachers and friends.
Despite the first day buzz, Chicago Public Schools opened its school doors amid a time of serious financial uncertainty, felt most by the parents and community interacting with the district every day.
A father’s attempt to stand up for his daughter ends in his death and charges against a longtime family friend
Eric McMillen’s phone rang the morning of April 30 — his daughter was in a fight with the man she was seeing and needed a ride. What began as a discussion between the two men, prosecutors said, ended with McMillen shot three times and a weekslong search for the man whom had been longtime friend of the family,
Game 2 of Chicago Cubs doubleheader vs. Milwaukee Brewers postponed because of storm threat
The second game of yesterday’s split doubleheader between the Chicago Cubs and Milwaukee Brewers at Wrigley Field was postponed because of the threat of storms.
‘He needs to take another step’: Chicago White Sox option opening-day starter Sean Burke to Triple-A Charlotte
Sean Burke started opening day for the Chicago White Sox. Yesterday, the Sox optioned the right-hander to Triple-A Charlotte.
“We obviously have high expectations for Sean, and he’s got high expectations for himself,” Sox general manager Chris Getz said before yesterday’s game against the Atlanta Braves at Truist Park. “We had reached a point, and our assessment thus far is he needs to take another step.”
It’s been 20 years since ‘Batman Begins’ and ‘Dark Knight’ changed how the world saw Chicago
The plan was to film in Chicago for a few days, but Christopher Nolan took such a liking to the city — a place he had spent time in his youth — that he asked the studio for additional filming time. He filmed for three weeks in Chicago for “Batman Begins.” One memorable scene shows a four-minute Batmobile chase along Lower Wacker Drive, a location Nolan returned to for his next in the series. With “The Dark Knight,” he forever linked Chicago to Batman lore.
Column: Remembering Jim Dooley of The Dooley Brothers, the man and his music
Death arrives with regularity, but sometimes it can produce something in addition to tears. And so it was last week when Mike Dooley let Rick Kogan know that his brother, Jim Dooley, had died this month after a lengthy battle with colon cancer.
Jim, Mike, Joe and Bill were The Dooley Brothers band, as entertaining and durable as any band in the city’s musical history. They have been at it since the 1960s, a duration that earned them the title, bestowed by an NPR voice, of “the longest continuously running band in the Chicago area after the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.”
Dates announced for Christkindlmarket
The annual holiday market announced it will return to three locations this year: RiverEdge Park in Aurora and Daley Plaza and Gallagher Way in Chicago. This year marks the 29th season in Daley Plaza and fourth in Aurora’s RiverEdge Park.
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