Good morning, Chicago.
The city of Chicago will host a celebration of the WNBA champion Chicago Sky on Tuesday at Millennium Park, Mayor Lori Lightfoot said.
The parade will start at Wintrust Arena at 11 a.m., with the team headed north up Michigan Avenue to the Pritzker Pavilion in Millennium Park for a celebration starting at noon. Fans are encouraged to cheer along the parade route — and the weather should cooperate, with temperatures in the 70s.
Millennium Park will open at 8 a.m. Tuesday and Pritzker Pavilion will open at 10 a.m., according to the city.
The Sky won their first-ever WNBA title in a come from behind 80-74 victory over the Phoenix Mercury on Sunday at Wintrust Arena.
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On Saturday morning, Dixmoor resident Martha Montero turned on her shower to find nothing. But she had water stored in a cupboard from the numerous other times this had happened.
“We can’t trust our water supply,” Montero said. “We weren’t surprised, because we’re just like ‘Oh, it’s just another day in Dixmoor, where our water is getting shut off for no reason.’ “
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A “very small number” of Chicago police officers have been placed on no-pay status for refusing to comply with the city’s requirement that they report whether they’ve received a COVID-19 vaccination, Mayor Lori Lightfoot said Monday afternoon.
But the president of the local Fraternal Order of Police, who publicly encouraged his members not to comply with the mandate before a judge ordered him to stop, reiterated his belief that the number could eventually reach about 3,000.
The developer behind the proposed $20 billion One Central development revealed details for the project’s first phase: a transit center surrounded by roughly 1.4 million square feet of retail, dining and entertainment space on a 35-acre site above the train tracks near Soldier Field.
The $3.8 billion first phase, which Landmark calls the “Civic Build,” includes a transit center linking Metra, Amtrak and CTA trains and a new bus or tram route stopping at destinations such as Soldier Field, Navy Pier, the Museum Campus, Grant and Millennium parks and McCormick Place.
Chicagoans looking to jump on the Chicago Sky bandwagon after the team won its first WNBA title may have a tough time tracking down jerseys and T-shirts to show off their fandom before the team’s championship celebration Tuesday.
“There’s just not as much as you’d like for a league with people who are so willing to buy,” said Brian Panganiban, creator of social media fan account The Sky Show Chi. “I feel like merch is such a big part of sports fandom. You want to rep, contribute and show off your engagement with the team.”
Autumn color in full splendor in the Keweenaw Peninsula of Upper Michigan
You’d have to drive a long way from Chicago to find more dazzling and prolific displays of autumn leaves than those in the Keweenaw Peninsula of Michigan.
Actually, you still have to drive a long way from Chicago anyway to see these — about seven hours. But if foliage fireworks are what you’re looking for, you won’t be disappointed.
Keweenaw, a tail of land jutting into Lake Superior, is the northernmost part of the Upper Peninsula, which means it is also probably the least-known and least-visited. In summer, it attracts sailors, kayakers, mountain bikers and hikers eager to enjoy its waters and hills. It’s also a jumping-off point for visitors to Isle Royale National Park, which can be reached by ferry or seaplane. But in mid-October, when my wife, Cyn, and I got there, the tourists were scarce, and the attractions uncrowded.