Adyson Sipes

Staff writer for the Chicago Morning Star

adyson.sipes@chicagomorningstar.com

Aurora Downtown’s BAR Committee offers grants to small businesses

The Business Attraction and Retention (BAR) Committee of Aurora Downtown is offering small business grants in the Special Service Area…

5 years ago

Davenport man convicted for sexual exploitation of a child

A federal jury has returned a guilty verdict late Wednesday afternoon, Jan. 22, 2020 against Timothy Brandon Fredrickson. The 30-year…

6 years ago

IDOR begins accepting 2019 individual income tax returns on January 27

The tax filing season for the year 2020 will begin on Monday, January 27, 2020. The Illinois Department of Revenue…

6 years ago

French publisher apologizes for declaring CIA responsible for 9/11 attack

A French publisher declared the CIA responsible for the planning of the 9/11 attack in a teaching book. According to…

6 years ago

Steel beat Lancers, stretch their winning streak to 13 games

It was a convincing win for the Chicago Steel on Saturday night against the Omaha Lancers at Fox Valley Ice…

6 years ago

Tax Flight: Reality versus Myth

The forces fighting against the fair tax advocated by Gov. Pritzker are saying that the tax prompt will prompt wealthy…

6 years ago

16 ½ years for man in cocaine trafficking conspiracy

A Bloomington man has been sentenced to 16 years and 8 months in prison for his role in McLean County…

6 years ago

Union teacher contracts improved education

A new study has praised the range and flexibility of union teacher contracts for improving education across Illinois. However, the…

6 years ago

Sergeant and driver rescues woman from burning car in Florida

The Martin County sergeant and a driver teamed up to rescue a 21-year-old Florida woman, Rosie Ramirez, from a burning…

6 years ago

Only Iranian Olympics Medalist female athlete leaves her country

Kimia Alizadeh is one and only female athlete of Iran who won a medal in the Olympics. She won a…

6 years ago

Chicago Steel make franchise record

The Chicago Steel made a last-minute comeback against the Dubuque Fighting Saints to make a franchise record of winning eleven…

6 years ago

Trump says ‘American Justice’ delivered by killing Iran General

President Donald Trump used the killing of Iranian General Qassem Suleimani the theme of his re-election campaign on Thursday. He…

6 years ago

Charges of pornography and child exploitation filed against Decatur man

Daniel A. Betty, a 27-year-old man, has been indicted on the charges of child exploitation and pornography. According to the…

6 years ago

Pew Charitable Trusts study says attacking poverty across state could bring Illinois together

Poverty is one of the major issues in the US as it is increasing in almost a third of the…

6 years ago

Steel return home for Superheroes night

The Chicago Steel are back at home ice. They will face the Dubuque Fighting Saints on Friday, January 10, 2020,…

6 years ago

Iran does not want escalation or war with US: Javad Zarif

Javad Zarif, the foreign minister of Iran, said that Iran did not seek an escalation or war following an attack…

6 years ago

Bangladeshi court orders to arrest former chief justice

A court of Bangladesh ordered to arrest former chief justice, Surendra Kumar Sinha, and other people on the charges of…

6 years ago

Freeport Rotary Club Holding Fundraising Event to Support Youth

The Freeport Rotary Club is holding an upcoming event to raise funds for the youth in our community. Applebee’s in…

6 years ago

Sam Colangelo Nets First-career Hat Trick As Chicago Extends Win Streak To Nine Games

Playing in the first outdoor game in franchise history, the Chicago Steel (23-4-1-0, 47 pts) took down the Green Bay…

6 years ago

Naperville Firefighters Battle Structure Fire on 1200 Block of Andria Court

At 7:29 p.m. on Tuesday Dec. 31, 2019, Naperville’s Public Safety Answering Point (PSAP) received a 911 call for the…

6 years ago

Court sentences a suburban gun dealer to 12 years in federal prison

A suburban gun dealer has been sentenced to 12 years in federal. He was proven guilty in the court over…

6 years ago

BLS and IDES release preliminary data of Illinois unemployment rate

The US Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) and the Illinois Department of Employment Security (IDES) released the preliminary data today.…

6 years ago

Lake Zurich firefighters take control on house fire quickly

The firefighters/paramedics of Lake Zurich responded to a report of a house fire on December 25, 2019, at 8:39 am.…

6 years ago

Rivian adds 1.3 billion at the end of year

Rivian is an electric-truck manufacturing company and it added $1.3 billion investment on Monday. The total investment made by the…

6 years ago

Indian student denies taking gold metal against Citizenship Act

The protests against the controversial Citizenship Act have been increasing with the passage of every single day. A female student…

6 years ago

Chicago man convicted of illegal possession of gun

A jury found a Chicago man guilty on the charges of possessing a handgun gun illegally and offering to pay…

6 years ago

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign reveals funding schools would relieve property taxes

The Illinois Economic Policy Institute and the Project for Middle-Class Renewal at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign conducted a study,…

6 years ago