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Jonathan Toews' time with the Blackhawks is done

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:30:50 GMT

CHICAGO - A memorable and historic run for one of the best players in Blackhawks' history has come to an end with the franchise.On Thursday morning, the team announced that they will not be re-signing captain Jonathan Toews this offseason as his contract expires. The Blackhawks face the Flyers in their 2022-2023 regular season finale on Thursday at the United Center. "I've had a number of conversations with Jonathan throughout the season about his future with the Blackhawks, and recently, we had the difficult conversation that we won't be resigning him this offseason," said general manager Kyle Davidson in a statement on Thursday morning. "Tonight will be his final game as a Blackhawk, and it was very important to us to provide the proper send off to Jonathan and our fans."He has done so much for our organization, and no matter where he plays next, we're excited our fans get the chance to show Jonathan exactly how much he means to them." Jonathan Toews discusses his future as he r...

Missing 65-year-old man safely located in Skokie

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:30:50 GMT

SKOKIE, Ill. — A man was safely located after he was reported missing in Skokie Wednesday.

Dean speaks with screenwriter of 'Air'

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:30:50 GMT

Dean speaks with the screenwriter of 'Air,' where Sonny Vaccaro and Nike pursue basketball rookie Michael Jordan, creating a partnership that revolutionizes the world of sports and contemporary culture.Get Dean's reviews and A-List interviews delivered right to your inbox. Sign up for Dean's Downloads weekly newsletter. You'll also get his Dean Cooks recipes too!

Dean's Streaming Picks: 'Penguin'

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:30:50 GMT

Dean Richards shares his picks for new streaming offers this week.Get Dean's reviews and A-List interviews delivered right to your inbox. Sign up for Dean's Downloads weekly newsletter. You'll also get his Dean Cooks recipes too!

$2 billion CTA Red and Purple modernization project is underway

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:30:50 GMT

CHICAGO — Construction crews will descend on the Chicago Transit Authority's (CTA) Red and Purple Line tracks in the city's Uptown and Edgewater neighborhoods later this year.They will be working to remove "nearly all of the century-old embankment structure and walls" between W. Lawrence and W. Ardmore avenues, creating more than one-mile of open space underneath the lines, according to a press release from the CTA. Jonathan Toews’ time with the Blackhawks is done The $2.1 billion project is the largest capital improvement project in CTA history, according to the project's website. The work highlighted Thursday is part of phase one, with multiple phases set to take place. Phase one construction is scheduled to run through 2025.CTA leaderships plans to discuss the launch of the modernization project at a Thursday morning press conference.WGN plans to livestream the event in its entirety within this story beginning at approximately 10 a.m.

NOAA issues El Niño watch: Here's where and when we will feel the impact

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:30:50 GMT

(NEXSTAR) – Move aside La Niña – it's almost time for El Niño to take over.National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s Climate Prediction Center issued an "El Niño watch" Thursday morning, saying the climate pattern is expected to form sooner than previously anticipated. After La Niña ended last month, we entered "ENSO-neutral" conditions, which means neither La Niña nor El Niño is present. Those neutral conditions were expected to end at some point in the summer or early fall. But as of Thursday, it looks as though the timeline has moved up. Forecasters said there is a 62% chance El Niño will take over between May and July. The probability that El Niño will form by fall is even higher, between 80% and 90%. La Niña is officially over, NOAA announces: What does that mean? What would that mean for our weather? We usually feel the strongest effects of El Niño as we get closer to winter. An El Niño fall and winter would be the inverse of what we’ve seen the last ...

Renderings of new Uvalde school include tribute to Robb Elementary victims

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:30:50 GMT

UVALDE, Texas (KXAN) -- Last month, Uvalde parents and students got to see what the new elementary school replacing Robb Elementary could look like. Renderings of the school include a tribute to the 21 victims who were killed in the mass shooting at Robb Elementary last May. The proposed tribute is a tree, designed with two large branches to represent the teachers and 19 smaller branches to represent the students who lost their lives. Uvalde parents get rendering photos of new school replacing Robb Elementary after mass shooting The renderings and a video that simulates a drone flying above and through the new school were presented at a community meeting Tuesday evening. You can view the full renderings in the file below:VIEW: Uvalde new elementary school renderingsDownloadAt the meeting, the Uvalde Consolidated Independent School District Moving Forward Foundation and Uvalde CISD Community Advisory Committee gave an update on the progress of the new school, includ...

Juror: Texas governor's rush to pardon Daniel Perry a 'travesty'

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:30:50 GMT

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — An alternate juror in the trial of a U.S. Army sergeant convicted of murder said Wednesday that Texas Gov. Greg Abbott's rush for a pardon is an “egregious overreach” to wipe aside the jury's unanimous decision over a 2020 shooting during a Black Lives Matter protest. TIMELINE: The latest with the Daniel Perry case In an interview with The Associated Press, Jere Dowell said prosecutors put on a convincing case against Daniel Perry, who was in his car working as a ride-share driver when he shot 28-year-old Garrett Foster, who had been legally carrying an AK-47 while marching with demonstrators through downtown Austin. As an alternate, Dowell did not have a vote in convicting Perry but said she was in the room for deliberations and she agreed with the verdict handed down Friday. “I just think it’s a travesty,” Dowell said of Abbott already seeking a pardon. Abbott calls for pardon of Daniel Perry after guilty murder verdict Her comments are the first time a j...

St. Paul looks to add more duplexes, triplexes and other ‘missing middle’ housing

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:30:50 GMT

St. Paul’s heavily single-family neighborhoods could soon be a thing of the past.An effort to rewrite the city’s zoning codes to allow denser housing like duplexes in all of the city’s residential districts is gaining steam at City Hall with the support of many housing advocates and to the chagrin of some of the city’s traditionalists.More than half of St. Paul’s housing stock is composed of single-family homes, and more than a third is nestled inside sizable apartment buildings. City planners see a “missing middle” — ample opportunity to install more duplexes, triplexes and fourplexes, as well as townhomes, mother-in-law apartments and small cottage-style houses clustered around a courtyard.In fact, 72% of the city’s residentially-zoned land only allows detached, single-family houses, a major impediment to housing growth at a time when the Twin Cities are believed to be short 80,000 units to meet housing demand. St. Paul’s...

Amsterdam Mohawks seeking new bat boys

Published Thu, 20 Feb 2025 19:30:50 GMT

AMSTERDAM, N.Y. (NEWS10) -- Batter up! The Amsterdam Mohawks are seeking six new bat boys for the 2023 season, each committing to eight games. Anyone interested in signing up can contact [email protected]. The team is looking for bat boys 8 years old and up. Get the latest, news, weather, sports and community events delivered right to your inbox! The Amsterdam Mohawks, established in 1978, are a collegiate summer baseball team that plays in the Perfect Game Collegiate Baseball League (PGCBL). Before joining the PGCBL in 2011, the team played in the New York Collegiate Baseball League. The Mohawks are nine-time league champions, most recently winning in 2019, and have several former players currently playing professional baseball.