A resident was hospitalized following a fire Tuesday night at a home in St. Charles, according to the St. Charles Fire Department.

At around 10:46 p.m. on Tuesday, the fire department responded to a report of a fire in the first block of North Avenue, according to a news release from the department. The fire had been reported by a resident who was home at the time.

Upon arrival, personnel from the fire department forced entry into the home via an exterior staircase leading to a second floor exterior door, the news release said, finding moderate smoke conditions on the second floor.

Responding personnel began a search for victims and found the resident on the second floor, the department said. The resident was assisted out of the structure and moved to an ambulance on the scene for treatment, and was later taken to Northwestern Medicine Delnor Hospital in Geneva for non-life-threatening injuries.

No updates on the individual’s condition were available as of early Wednesday afternoon, according to St. Charles Fire Department Battalion Chief Dave Chmelar.

Crews ultimately extinguished the fire in about 15 minutes, per the news release. The fire was confined to the contents on the second floor and did not extend into the structure. Crews remained on scene conducting a fire investigation until just after midnight, the release said.

The department was assisted by the fire departments from Geneva, Batavia, Elburn, West Chicago, North Aurora and Fermilab, the release said, as well as by the St. Charles Police Department and St. Charles Emergency Management Agency.

https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/01/28/one-hospitalized-fire-st-charles/ 

A Harvey City Council meeting scheduled for Monday was canceled with only three hours notice, continuing a trend of City Council meetings being called off with little or no explanation.

Harvey’s second City Council meeting of the month was scheduled for 7 p.m. Monday, and was set to be preceded by a public forum at 6 p.m. Second Ward Ald. Colby Chapman shared on social media that a notice both meetings were canceled was sent out at 3:35 p.m.

“These meetings are a critical part of local government and public oversight,” Chapman said in her post. “Canceling them especially on short notice limits resident participation, delays city business, and raises transparency concerns, particularly during a time when Harvey is facing financial distress and residents are seeking answers.”

A spokesperson for the city declined to comment on the cancellation.

One item on the agenda was a settlement agreement for a lawsuit brought by local activist Ryan Sinwelski, who runs the Harvey Historical Society. Sinwelski sued the city last May over failures to respond to Freedom of Information Act requests he made in 2024, according to court records.

“A lot of times, the only way we can get any answers is through FOIA,” Sinwelski said in a livestream Monday night. “And a lot of times, Harvey still doesn’t answer the FOIAs, so you have to try to sue or get the public access counselors through the attorney general to help. So this one had to come to a lawsuit.”

There were three unanswered FOIA requests at issue in the lawsuit, according to court documents. The most substantial request was seeking records related to the acquisition and transfer of deeds by the city.

Harvey eventually did respond to the requests, though well outside the timeframe required by FOIA, Sinwelski said. FOIA requests are supposed to be answered within five business days.

His FOIA request regarding deed transfers was filed June 27, 2024, and the city provided responsive records Aug. 8, 2025, more than a year later, according to the settlement agreement.

“They did eventually send some of the deeds,” Sinwelski said. “At the end of the day I still don’t think it’s a complete list.”

If the settlement agreement is approved by the City Council, the city will pay $5,500 dollars to settle the lawsuit. Sinwelski said that money is going entirely to his law firm, Loevy & Loevy, as they worked on contingency.

“I don’t get paid from that,” Sinwelski said. “That goes to the lawyers.”

Violations of FOIA have also been central to still-ongoing legal proceedings involving former Dolton mayor Tiffany Henyard. The Illinois attorney general’s office received more than 50 complaints of Dolton ignoring or denying records requests under Henyard’s administration.

Scheduled City Council meetings were not held in Harvey in November and December, following the city’s declaration of financial distress and mass layoffs in October. Harvey City Council meetings are scheduled for the second and fourth Monday of each month, according to the city’s website.

A City Council meeting was held Jan. 12, though Mayor Christopher Clark was not in attendance.

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Geneva residents who want to learn more or ask questions of staff on the city’s upcoming bond measure for a new police station can attend open houses happening throughout February, the city said this week.

In the March 17 primary election, Geneva voters will be asked whether the city should issue $59.4 million in bonds to pay for a new police station.

The city had been planning to put the question to voters in last April’s election, but the measure was ultimately pulled from the ballot after the city discovered a calculation error that would have doubled the projected property tax payment.

But, having since revisited the idea, the city is now moving forward with putting the question to residents in March.

Geneva’s current police station is located just off the Fox River at 20 Police Plaza, and is a conglomeration of three buildings built in 1915, 1953 and 1987, according to the city. The building previously housed the police department, fire department and Tri-Com Central Dispatch, but the latter two entities have since gotten their own facilities. It currently houses the city’s finance department as well as the police department.

Earlier this year, the city adopted a facilities master plan, which identified a new police station as a top priority. City staff previously pointed to issues like a lack of office space, flooding, sewer back-ups and a partial roof collapse at the current police station.

If the upcoming referendum question is approved, the city will build a new station on city-owned property on South Street, adjacent to the city’s Public Works facility, replacing two city-owned and maintained baseball fields.

The open houses next month, which will be hosted by the city’s Strategic Plan Advisory Committee, will be happening at the Geneva Public Library at 227 S. Seventh St. from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. on Feb. 4, 10 a.m. to noon on Feb. 18 and 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Feb. 25, according to a news release from the city.

At the events, residents can speak with city staff about the current police station and proposed future facility, the city said. Representatives from the Geneva Police Department, as well as experts in architecture, finance and project management, will be there to answer questions, officials said.

The city is asking interested residents to register online for the open houses at this link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd_UqVYr_Z_pQWqPw6hZ5mzxVEdkxSmxoovvY71ZtmTZU3MPg/viewform. That form can also be used to submit questions to the city in advance of the open houses.

The city is also offering tours of the current police station in the lead-up to the election in March. Registration is also required for the tours.

https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/01/28/geneva-holding-open-houses-in-february-on-bond-measure-for-new-police-station/ 

Arrick Jackson, chancellor of Indiana University Northwest, first met Sylvia Crawley Spann in an elevator following the Women’s National Basketball Association all-star game.

During that interaction, Crawley Spann made a “memorable impression,” Jackson said, giving him advice on how to give the best handshake.

Indiana University Northwest Chancellor Arrick Jackson introduces former professional basketball player and coach Sylvia Crawley Spann during a speaking engagement on Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2026. (Kyle Telechan/for the Post-Tribune)

“First of all, I want to say, you never get a second chance to make a first impression,” Crawley Spann said. “So, I’m glad that I was on my best behavior in that elevator.”

Jackson and Crawley Spann’s interaction opened the door for the former basketball player to spend a day on IUN’s campus.

“(The student government association) told me that they want more engagement between the students and the community, and I immediately thought of Sylvia,” Jackson said. “I remembered she was a motivational speaker, and I reached out to her to see if she would talk to us … and she agreed.”

On Wednesday morning, Crawley Spann gave a motivational talk at IUN as part of her SLAM Leadership program. SLAM stands for self-confidence, leadership, accountability and mindset. The university also planned for her to have a public meet and greet and serve as the honorary coach for the women’s basketball team during their Wednesday night game.

Former professional basketball player and coach Sylvia Crawley Spann, on left, speaks with Edison Lake Station students Brooklynne Walker, center, and Alexander Burts after an exercise during her visit to Indiana University Northwest on Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2026. (Kyle Telechan/for the Post-Tribune)

Crawley Spann, 53, grew up in Steubenville, Ohio, and she played basketball, volleyball, and track as a child. She played college basketball at the University of North Carolina, and she played professional basketball at multiple teams. She was the first women’s slam dunk contest winner and coached collegiate and professional basketball, including for the Indiana Fever.

“I love the opportunity to impact lives without a jersey and now with a (microphone) in my hand,” she said. “I like to show them that there’s going to be opposition, and there’s going to be people that don’t believe in you, but you have to look yourself in the mirror and believe in yourself.”

Through her talk, Crawley Spann used her basketball experience to relate to her talk. She told various stories, including a time when she worked a basketball camp with former NBA star Michael Jordan.

The two players faced off in a pickup basketball game at the camp, and Jordan “dunked on” Crawley Spann. She said she was so embarrassed at the moment, but she used the challenge to teach her how to dunk better.

Former professional basketball player and coach Sylvia Crawley Spann describes learning from the time Michael Jordan dunked on her during an exercise as she speaks to students and visitors at Indiana University Northwest on Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2026. (Kyle Telechan/for the Post-Tribune)

“When you view challenges, mistakes and failures as stepping stones, it eliminates the fear of failure,” Crawley Spann said. “Now, I’m not afraid to fail, and I’m not afraid to mess up.”

Crawley Spann likes to connect basketball to real life in her talks because those experiences define who she is and taught her life lessons. Because of her basketball career, Crawley Spann has lived in 16 countries and learned to speak four languages, so she says that she has “a wealth of knowledge and intellectual property to share.”

“I believe everyone’s journey is somebody else’s survival guide,” Crawley Spann said. “You live through it, not just for you, but to help the people who are currently going through it. You’re a living witness, a testimony that you can survive this.”

Crawley Spann also had activities for participants, including a drill that would outline multiple difficult scenarios for students — including not starting during a basketball game or not being asked to the school dance — and had volunteers respond to the scenarios, talking into a mirror and saying something encouraging to themselves.

Former professional basketball player and coach Sylvia Crawley Spann speaks to students and visitors at Indiana University Northwest on Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2026. (Kyle Telechan/for the Post-Tribune)

“You’ve got to be able to look at yourself in a mirror and say, ‘I can do it,’” Crawley Spann said. “‘I am great. I’m still going to go in the game, and I’m still true to who I am. I’m going to work hard, and that’s not going to change what I do and who I am.’”

Crawley Spann said it was rewarding to see attendees engaged with the motivational presentation, either through participating or asking questions afterwards. It makes her feel like she’s making a difference in their lives, she said.

“My goal is always to tell a ‘me story’ but make it a ‘we story,’” Crawley Spann said. “I don’t want to just talk about what I did, but I want them to understand how to apply it and make their lives better. That’s the impact I want to make.”

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INDIANAPOLIS — Coby White doesn’t pretend to ignore the trade chatter.

That would be pointless. He knows what’s going on. Barely a week away from the Feb. 5 NBA trade deadline, White is the centerpiece of the Chicago Bulls’ offerings on the market. Consensus around the team and the league as a whole seems to pile up in agreement — if one player is going to get dealt in the next week, it’s most likely to be White.

White knows that teams have shown interest. He also knows there’s not much he can do about it. Any of it. Sure, he can make a strong impression, something he has been happy to do by shooting 49.1% from 3-point range over the last six games. But ultimately, the decision of where he will play on Feb. 6 belongs to someone else.

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“A lot of it’s out of my control,” White told the Tribune. “Obviously there’s a lot of scenarios out there. And you’ve got to always look at it like — it’s good to be wanted, you know? But I don’t really know what’s going to happen. I don’t have any clue.”

The trade-deadline decision is connected to another choice the Bulls must make this summer — whether to re-sign either White or Ayo Dosunmu, both of whom are in line to hit unrestricted free agency for the first time in their careers.

White is a more prolific scorer and ball handler. But Dosunmu is a better defender and more accustomed to filling a complementary role. Most importantly, he’s expected to be considerably less expensive, which would allow the Bulls to maintain a through-line in their backcourt while still exploring the “flexibility” they’re seeking after the expiration of up to eight contracts.

This is a notable shift for the Bulls, who once saw White as a budding young star who could be a building block with whom to create the foundation for their future success. Time passes quickly in the NBA. In his seventh season, White has become an awkward fit in a rapidly lengthening timeline for the Bulls’ youth development project.

“I’m getting older,” White said. “I’m about to be 26, so I’m not really that young in the league anymore in terms of being in the NBA. …It depends on what direction they go in. If they just go into the total rebuild and go really young, super young, and just try to build over the years — if they feel like that’s what’s best for the organization, that’s it.”

This was never really White’s team. Even in his breakout season as a Most Improved Player candidate, he was still always just a key part of the supporting cast behind Zach LaVine and DeMar DeRozan. Growing pains came and went when the Bulls moved White out of the point guard position last season in favor of Josh Giddey, a shift that began to re-center the offense around a new center of gravity.

Still, White has always been the heartbeat of the Bulls locker room. He marshals and rallies his teammates with the confidence of a captain. And although he is expected to at least test the market this summer if he remains in Chicago through the end of the season, White said he still feels the Bulls understand his value as both a player and a person.

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“I feel very wanted since I’ve been here,” White said. “I’ve had multiple great conversations with the front office. Obviously me and Billy (Donovan) are close. I’ve always felt wanted, especially the last couple years.”

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Trade conversations are frustrating. White regularly cracks a joke or two to that effect. Most NBA players are perfectionists. The lack of control — and, often, transparency — surrounding roster decisions rankles athletes who are used to spending hundreds of hours fixing the way their pointer finger drags into their follow-through.

But there’s more to it. These are decisions about people. The debate about whether to trade White or Dosunmu is mostly about basketball. But for White, it’s also a conversation about the future of himself and one of his best friends, a teammate he has supported and cheered on for years.

That doesn’t change, even when the stakes are raised. Neither do White’s feelings about his teammates and coaches and the Bulls as a whole. The guard hopes to carry this benevolent optimism with him as he enters this final week before the deadline — and whatever comes after.

“I just want to see everybody succeed,” White said. “Whatever direction they decide to go in or they’re deciding to go in, I want all these guys to succeed. I got drafted here, so I want the organization to succeed. I hope it works out for them, whatever they decide.”

https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/01/28/coby-white-chicago-bulls-trade-deadline/ 

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The Indiana Senate gave final approval to a gender definition bill Tuesday along party lines.

Senate Bill 182 defines female, male, gender, and sex for all Indiana statutes. The bill states that the Department of Correction has to assign an offender to a facility or program that is based on the inmate’s biological sex at birth.

The bill further states that a local health officer should mark the sex of an individual as male or female on a birth certificate. The bill would allow for amending a birth certificate for a medically verifiable disorder of sex development, external sex characteristics that are irrevocably ambiguous chromosomal issues, or both ovarian and testicular issues.

The bill was amended in the Senate Health and Provider Services Committee last week to include public schools, including charter schools, to designate multi-occupancy restrooms and changing areas for the exclusive use of the male and female sex.

The amendment also states public schools, including charter schools, can’t force students to share sleeping quarters with a member of the opposite sex, unless the students are family members.

The bill was amended Monday on second reading to allow for a child under 9 years old to go into a multiple occupancy restroom or changing area in a school or university with a parent or caregiver. The amendment was approved in a voice vote.

State Sen. Liz Brown, R-Fort Wayne, the author of the bill, said it started as a simple bill to codify what the Indiana Department of Corrections has done, which is place women in women’s prisons and men in men’s prisons.

Then, Brown said she realized that the definition of gender was different among various Indiana codes. So, the bill ensures the definition of gender is the same across all codes, she said.

State Sen. Shelli Yoder, D-Bloomington, said the birth certificate portion of the bill “creates the very situation that its supporters claim it fears.”

“It will legally force transgender men, who have lived as men for years, often with beards and masculine features, into women’s restrooms and locker rooms,” Yoder said. “This isn’t a privacy solution. It is a state mandate that will lead to massive confusion, public discomfort, and safety risks for everyone involved.”

State Sen. Gary Byrne, R-Byrneville, said he supported the bill because it addresses an issue with Indiana law.

“Statutory law has not kept pace with how certain terms are being used, leaving courts, agencies and public institutions without clear direction,” Byrne said. “Without definitions in law, it invites inconsistency for interpretation.”

Senate Bill 182 “does not regulate personal identity or target individuals,” but follows what legislators are supposed to do, like defining terms, setting boundaries, and including uniform standards,” Byrne said.

“Clear law protects everyone. It prevents unintended consequences. It ensures that decisions of this magnitude are made by elected law makers, not by courts or administrators interpreting vague language,” Byrne said.

Brown said the bill ensures women have private spaces.

“Just because you have decided today that you identify as a man doesn’t mean you can go into a women’s space. That’s a good thing. That protects women,” Brown said. “We’re not (singling) anyone out. You can continue to identify any which way you want. But if you’re born a male, you’re going to the male bathroom. If you’re born a female, you’re going to the female bathroom.”

The bill passed 37-8, with all Republicans present voting yes and all Democrats present voting no. State Sen. Rodney Pol Jr., D-Chesterton, was marked as not voting.

The bill moves forward for consideration by the House.

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https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/01/28/indiana-senate-passes-gender-definition-bill/ 

If Minnesota is raising “domestic terrorists,” as some government officials have proclaimed, those homegrowns seem to be quite friendly. At least from the smiling photos seen of Alex Pretti and Renee Good.

The two peaceniks were killed this month after being shot by federal agents during protests in Minneapolis in opposition to immigration roundups. Both of those gunned down by camo-clad Border Patrol and Immigration and Customs Enforcement lawmen were U.S. citizens.

The morning of Jan. 27 saw another person suffering critical injuries during an incident involving the Border Patrol in Arizona, near the Mexican border. Americans are getting the sense that federal agents are running amok as sworn vigilantes, with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security so far having fired bullets 16 times since July during enforcement arrests or at people protesting operations.

These same scenarios could have happened in Lake County during the government’s “Operation Midway Blitz” last fall as federal agents based at Naval Station Great Lakes in North Chicago tore across the county ferreting out undocumented immigrants, mainly Hispanic county residents, to rough and cuff. Reportedly, federal agents were in Waukegan the other day, taking at least one person into custody.

In Cook County during “The Blitz” surge, one man was shot to death and a woman survived after being riddled with five bullets during similar immigration grabs. If these were local law enforcement aiming their weapons willy-nilly at people, the outcry would recoil across Lake County.

If so, their bosses certainly wouldn’t rush to judgment as federal authorities did after the Jan. 24 death of Pretti, a 37-year-old intensive care nurse and native Illinoisan who worked at a Veterans Affairs medical center in Minneapolis. Good, a 37-year-old mom, was branded a “domestic terrorist” by U.S. Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem.

This undated photo provided by Michael Pretti shows Alex J. Pretti, the man who was shot by a federal officer in Minneapolis on Saturday, Jan. 24, 2026. (Michael Pretti via AP)

Noem also tagged Pretti “a would-be assassin,” alleging he was attacking ICE agents and was brandishing a concealed weapon. But then, as Mark Twain said more than a century ago, “Nothing spoils a good story like the arrival of an eyewitness.”

In the Pretti case, several eyewitnesses. Using cellphones, they filmed the agents’ actions.

The optics don’t look so good for once-respected lawmen who are rapidly losing the public’s trust while being members of this roughshod federal posse. If the officers had their body cameras rolling, showing an errant disregard for human life, the cries for heads to roll will escalate.

Of course, looks can be deceiving, intimated Border Patrol honcho Greg Bovino, who apparently has become a non-person in the administration of President Donald Trump as rage spreads across the nation following the Pretti shooting. Bovino noted the deceased came to a peaceful demonstration armed with a concealed semi-automatic pistol, for which he had a carry permit.

Renee Good. (Family photo)

Most of us wouldn’t have done that, but we don’t live in Minnesota, where gun laws are a shade different from those in the Land of Lincoln. But then former Antioch resident and Lakes High School dropout Kyle Rittenhouse went to a disturbance in Kenosha, Wisconsin, armed with a military assault-style rifle, and ended up shooting three people, two fatally.

You know you’re losing the public relations battle when a gun-rights group sides with a protester. On its webpage, the Minnesota Gun Owners Caucus stated, “Every peaceable Minnesotan has the right to keep and bear arms — including while attending protests, acting as observers, or exercising their First Amendment rights. These rights do not disappear when someone is lawfully armed, and they must be respected and protected at all times.”

The Minnesota business community has called for an end to federal agents’ presence in the Twin Cities, objecting to the “widespread disruption” in the state and the “tragic loss of life.” The 60 business leaders signing on to an open letter are a heavy lineup of C-suite executives, including those from 3M, Best Buy, Boston Scientific, Cargill, General Mills, Hormel, Medtronic, Toro and Target.

When Texas Republican Gov. Greg Abbott, who was quick to send busloads of Venezuelan immigrants from his state to Illinois in 2022 and 2023, joins U.S. Rep. Brad Schneider, D-Highland Park, in calling for calm, you know you’ve lost the PR war. Abbott pointed out in an interview that the Trump administration needs to “recalibrate” immigration operations.

Schneider went further in a statement the day of the Pretti shooting: “For the second time this month, the US government has the blood of an American citizen on its hands.”

DHS agents, the congressman said, “are out of control” and Trump officials, “continue to encourage the violence and lie about the facts.” Noem, he added, joining a growing chorus, “has got to go… She needs to resign or be fired. If not, Congress must act.”

Schneider voted last week against legislation funding DHS saying, “It will allow ICE to continue its reign of terror unchecked,” and urging the Senate to reject a package of bills that includes some $10 billion for agency operations. We’ll see if the growing outrage over the deaths in Minneapolis will make a difference in the GOP-controlled Senate.

Charles Selle is a former News-Sun reporter, political editor and editor. 

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The town of Porter will contribute a 1.04-mile link to the Marquette Greenway Trail this year from the Burns Harbor border at Babcock Road to Howe Road.

The Redevelopment Commission took action Tuesday, awarding the contract to Milestone Contractors for $1,668,400, the lowest of three bidders. The bid came in close to the predicted estimate.

Construction is expected to start this spring with a completion date around September, said Michael Barry, the town’s director of development/building commissioner.

The Marquette Greenway Trail, when it’s completed, will stretch 56 miles from Calumet Park in Chicago to New Buffalo, Michigan. Communities between the two destination points are building their portions of the trail.

In 2024, Porter County government paved a 1.4-mile section of what had been the unpaved Calumet Trail, now part of the Marquette Greenway, from N. Mineral Spring Road to the South Shore’s Dune Park Station.

Burns Harbor is planning to soon build a 0.8-mile link for its portion of the Marquette Greenway to the border of Porter at Babcock Road.

Porter received a $2,077,016 grant from the state government’s Next Level Trails Program in December 2023 for the trail, which will traverse the Mnoke Prairie.

Barry said Porter will provide a $520,000 match toward the project.

When completed, the new portion of the trail will also intersect with the Porter Brickyard Trail, which provides a way to access the Prairie Duneland Trail in Chesterton.

In other business, the Redevelopment Commission and Town Council approved for the town to participate in an application for the Brownfields Coalition Grant.

Barry explained that the Northwestern Indiana Regional Planning Commission is coordinating the grant application for federal dollars, likely from the Environmental Protection Agency, to clean up polluted land.

The town’s Redevelopment Commission owns a now heavily wooded 33 acres off of Beam Street that years ago was the site of a brickyard facility. The contamination of the soil needs to be addressed before the land can be reused.

The Duneland School Corporation in 2021 had considered the brickyard as a potential site for Yost Elementary School, but decided instead to build a new school building at its present location.

Additionally, Clerk-Treasurer Corinne Peffers said that the town of Porter will begin the sale of its Porter Beach parking permits on March 16.

Applications for the parking permit will be accessed from the town’s website. The applicant must supply a copy of their driver’s license and car registration, which must match and show they live in the town of Porter. Applications can only be submitted through the mail.

Sale of the passes will be limited to town residents for two weeks until others are allowed to apply. The cost for Porter residents is $50 and $25 for seniors. Indiana residents would pay $80 and out-of-state residents $115.

The popular parking pass — which provides parking next to the beach — sells out every year. The town will sell 800 passes this year, the same number as last year.

In other business, Porter Fire Chief Jay Craig Jr. said that his volunteer fire department again set a record for the number of calls with 983 last year.

Craig said it really helped that the town provided him with part-time paid firefighters for the summer months, because his department fielded more than 100 calls for June, July and August.

Jim Woods is a freelance reporter for the Post-Tribune.

https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/01/28/porter-builds-portion-for-marquette-greenway/