Chicago has five straight multi-homer games and the club's 13 home runs during that stretch are most in the National League.

Joliet native and Sooners' star Jeremiah Fears has declared for the NBA draft after one standout season at Oklahoma.

Micaela "Mica" Ortiz Arredondo, described as "the heart of Hibbard Elementary School" in Albany Park, is a finalist for Custodian of the Year.

At Northwestern, surgeons are able to not only save a Chicago cartoonist's life but her fertility as well.