The Bears don’t have to announce injuries officially until the Wednesday before the first game of the season, but Ryan Pace’s and John Fox’s credibility is listed as day-to-day.
And you know what? They don’t care.
And you know what else? Neither should you.
If the new Bears coach and general manager did care about their credibility, they wouldn’t have have lied or deceived fans about first-round draft pick Kevin White’s stress fracture in his left shin.
The video call came in as he headed to school. The "opps" — rival gang members — let the teen know they had just seen his "boy" and that he had run away.
"What you on?" challenged the caller, using street slang to ask if the teen would also flee. If they came for him, the teen promised, he wouldn't run.
Later that afternoon, they came gunning down the South Side block claimed by the rival faction. The teen was grazed by a bullet before anyone in his gang could get off a shot.
When Lombard's village manager cut a deal to retire, he not only got $103,000 in end-of-career payouts, but tucked into his exit agreement was a provision that could eventually be far more lucrative.
The deal included language that let him take his payouts for severance and unused vacation time well before he formally retired in 2014. Doing so let him dramatically boost his public pension checks — and cost taxpayers another $200,000.
In losing wide receiver Kevin White to a stress fracture the Bears downplayed from day one, general manager Ryan Pace gained a credibility problem.
When training camp opened July 29 in Bourbonnais, Pace and coach John Fox disingenuously described White's shin problem as day to day — not year to year. The injury both men consistently dismissed as not serious just knocked their first-round draft pick out for his rookie season.
Murder charges have been filed in the death of Ricardo "Ricky" Mendez-Bucio, who was fatally shot Thursday on the Southwest Side.
“I do feel better,’’ said his father, Ricardo Mendez Sr., 46, who was reached at home Saturday night. “But my son’s not coming back.’’
A 17-year-old boy was charged with murder, police said. He is being charged as an adult and is slated to appear in court Sunday. His name was not immediately available.
The Cubs admitted their ninth consecutive victory Saturday night wasn't a masterpiece.
"This is more like paint by numbers," manager Joe Maddon quipped after the Cubs overcame their own mistakes and some choppy moments by Jake Arrieta before seizing a 6-3 victory over the White Sox. "Dick Tracy with a little glitter. Remember those? You paint it up and drop a little glue, and the glitter comes on the top."
Nevertheless, the end result has never looked better to the Cubs, who won for the 15th time in 16 games.
The University of Illinois announced Friday that it is dropping dismissal proceedings against its embattled former chancellor a day after she submitted her resignation for a second time.
Former Chancellor Phyllis Wise will immediately begin a one-year sabbatical at $365,354. When she returns, she will be a tenured faculty member in the School of Molecular and Cellular Biology with a salary of $298,926.
She will not get a controversial $400,000 bonus that was part of her initial resignation agreement.
Alma Hernandez had recently sold her first home and was waiting for it to close after joining a real estate firm this year.
“She was beautiful, the kind of person who lit up the room when she walked into it,” said Molly Surowitz, managing broker at Baird & Warner in La Grange, where Hernandez was a broker. “She was very excited to be in real estate.”
Hernandez, a 44-year-old mother of four, also was a clerk at a Loop loan store. She was working Friday when her ex-boyfriend walked in around 2:30 p.m.
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