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Bears say they're eyeing a new home in Chicago, a shift in focus from a move to the suburbs

Mar. 11, 2024 12:54 PM EDT

CHICAGO (AP) — The Chicago Bears are prepared to provide more than $2 billion in funding toward a publicly owned stadium in the city, signaling a shift in focus away from building a new home in the suburbs. “The future stadium of the Chicago Bears will bring a transformative...

Minnesota man awaiting trial in teen's 1972 slaying is found dead in Illinois cell

Feb. 09, 2024 19:22 PM EST

JOLIET, Ill. (AP) — A Minnesota man charged in the stabbing death of a 15-year-old suburban Chicago girl more than half a century ago has died, authorities said. Barry Lee Whelpley, 79, was found unresponsive early Friday in his cell at the Will County Jail in Joliet. He was...

Renderings show a modern stadium in a ballpark village could be the next home for the White Sox

Feb. 07, 2024 22:57 PM EST

CHICAGO (AP) — The Chicago White Sox's next home could be a modern stadium in a ballpark village type of setting in the city's South Loop, according to renderings released Wednesday by the team and the company that owns the land. The pictures show an open-air ballpark surrounded by...

Report says White Sox in "serious" discussions about building new ballpark in Chicago's South Loop

Jan. 18, 2024 18:44 PM EST

CHICAGO (AP) — The Chicago White Sox are in “serious” discussions with the owner of a plot of land in the city's South Loop about building a new ballpark a few miles north of their longtime home at Guaranteed Rate Field, the Chicago Sun-Times reported. The Sun-Times, citing...