Patrick Fazio

100-Year-Old World War 2 vet Howard Cain of Highland Park is honored on Veterans Day in the Chicago suburb of Deerfield. The village also set up a Field of Honor with flags. Anyone can dedicate one to a vet for $35. Proceeds benefit Midwest Veterans Closet & Lake Co. Honor Flight

Coach fired & football season cancelled before Chicago Prep Bowl. We asked Morgan Park High School why, but we never heard back. CPS sent us this: “principals have the autonomy and responsibility to make personnel decisions. The District does not comment on personnel matters.”

Protests over cancelled football season & fired coach. Students walk out of class at Morgan Park High School on Chicago’s South Side. Parents are speaking out & so is the sister of fired Head Coach Chris “CJ” James.

Preview tour of renovated Illinois Holocaust Museum & Education Center in Skokie before it reopens Wednesday on Veterans Day. Its Chicago location will stay open until the end of the year. Free admission at both locations Wednesday for all active/retired military & 4 relatives.

Back to back buzzer beaters in overtime & double overtime as Valparaiso University upsets #24 Purdue 83-80 at Mackey Arena!!

The story behind the sticker Bears Head Coach Ben Johnson wore while doing the ‘Stanky Leg’ dance in the locker room after Chicago’s Monday Night Football win. A Bears fan created the sticker & says general manager Ryan Poles saw it on social media… #nfl

Proposal would change high school football playoffs again in Illinois & reduce teams from 384 back to 256 next year. If the IHSA approves, it would overturn the playoff expansion that just started this year: ihsa-assets-prod.nyc3.digita…

Deadly shooting inside Walmart in northwest Indiana. Hammond Police say an 18-year-old man got into a fight with a 25-year-old female employee who he apparently knows & then shot her multiple times before putting down the gun & waiting a few aisles away for officers to arrest him

🚨HALLOWEEN CANDY WARNING🚨 Metal hairpins & wire found inside unopened candy in Chicago’s north suburb of Waukegan according to police there who are investigating & urge parents to carefully inspect all candy before allowing children to eat it.

Imagine opening your preserved wedding dress only to find it’s someone else’s. A Chicago woman says it happened to her mom. Now she’s on a mission to find it after reuniting the wrong dress with a heartbroken stranger. We reached out to David’s Bridal but we haven’t heard back

Too many playoff teams or is it good for football? Nearly 400 high schools now make the postseason in Illinois. The IHSA expanded to add 128 more schools this year. We asked Chicago area coaches what they think after this weekend’s extra round of playoff games.

👀 Eye Opening Thursday Night Football coming up in Chicago! Caleb Williams and the Bears host the New England Patriots at Soldier Field. #nfl

Congrats to the Illinois girls flag football state champions: St Charles North. The North Stars defeated Prospect High School over the weekend to win the IHSA title.

Passengers at Midway could face delays after a runway is shut down immediately. Chicago Department of Aviation: The closure is effective immediately & repairs are currently targeted for completion in mid-November. It has the potential to cause flight delays & cancellations.

Women's World Cup Soccer matches could be played in Chicago, according to the Sun-Times: the city put in a bid to host 2031 FIFA Women's World Cup. While the Chicago Sports Commission would lead the charge, a spokesperson for Mayor Johnson sent a letter to U.S. Soccer Federation:

Record largest crowd at a high school football game was set in Illinois. No, not 26K at New Trier-Evanston at Northwestern. Soldier Field says 115K attended Leo High vs Austin High in 1937. It was also the largest attended American football game until 2016’s Tennessee-VaTech:

New Trier beat Evanston 42-28 at Northwestern’s new Ryan Field in their rivalry that started in 1913. That’s older than the Chicago Bears vs Green Bay Packers rivalry which began in 1921 at Cubs Park (now Wrigley Field). That year, Chicago won the 1st of their 9 NFL Championships

26,000+ tickets sold for New Trier v Evanston High School football game at Ryan Field. That’s more than Saturday’s announced attendance for Northwestern’s home game v Ball State. IHSA tells me they usually see 20-30K fans for each year’s state football championship games combined

9-year-old girl is a tackle football champ in boys league. 4th grader Skylar Dixon’s parents say she scores touchdowns every game & inspired other girls to try it in Gurnee & Chicago suburbs The gymnast turned running back used to do backflips & dance until she got penalty flags

“Keep your mouth shut” is the advice to Bears Head Coach Ben Johnson after previously saying “F*** the Packers!” & giving Green Bay “bulletin board material” NFL Hall of Fame QB Terry Bradshaw told us that & his new memoir: Looking For Terry about depression, cancer, & divorce.