Dawn Patrol: Cubs rally to win home opener
Cubs win home opener with late heroics
Addison Russell hit a 3-run home run off Jumbo Diaz in the bottom of the eighth inning to give the Cubs a 5-3 victory over the Cincinnati Reds. The Cubs rallied from an early 3-0 deficit. Read beat writer Bruce Miles' take here.
Details on education budget coming today
Gov. Bruce Rauner is releasing numbers today showing how individual school districts would do under his education funding plan as he continues to push lawmakers to approve it despite the ongoing state budget battle. Click here for the full story and to see if your school district would win or lose money.
Caputo grocery stores on auction block
Remaining Joe Caputo & Sons grocery stores in Algonquin, Palatine and Des Plaines will be auctioned next month. The embattled grocery chain's locations will go to auction beginning at 10 a.m. May 12 at the Hyatt Regency Rosemont. Full story.
Barrington shooting called an 'isolated incident'
Barrington police said Monday a shooting that left two people injured early Sunday morning just north of the village's downtown is an isolated incident and there is no threat to the public's safety. Police offered no other details regarding the identity of the shooting victims, the nature of their injuries, the circumstances of the shooting and its possible connection to a car crash Sunday near the shooting scene. Full story.
U-46 adopts full-day kindergarten curriculum, resources
Elgin schools officials Monday night approved the curriculum and resources for implementing full-day kindergarten districtwide this fall, with some dissension. The Elgin Area School District U-46 school board voted 5-2 in favor of the proposal. Full story.
Two firefighters hurt battling Lake in the Hills blaze
Two firefighters were injured Monday afternoon fighting a blaze in a townhouse in Lake in the Hills, fire officials said. Firefighters were called at 1:35 p.m. to the two-story building on the 0-100 block of West Acorn and arrived to find smoke showing from the roof and a small fire in the rear of the house, Algonquin-Lake in the Hills fire officials said in a news release. Full story.
Fox Lake school bus in fender-bender
A fender-bender between a Fox Lake school bus and an SUV in Spring Grove Monday afternoon delayed students from returning home, fire officials said. Nobody was injured in the minor crash that happened at 3:30 p.m. near the intersection of Sixth Street and Rowe Avenue, Fox Lake Capt. Brent Connelly said. Full story.
Weather
Clear and 34 degrees this morning. Temperatures will climb to 45 degrees this afternoon, before falling to 35 degrees overnight tonight. Full story.
Traffic
Work has closed Grand Avenue in both directions between Fairfield Road and Route 59 in Lake Villa until May. Full story.
Jackson lifts Sox to 4-1 win
Austin Jackson hit a two-run, two-out single in the fourth inning - one pitch after just missing a grand slam - lifting the Chicago White Sox to a 4-1 victory Monday that spoiled Minnesota's home opener and stuck the winless Twins with their seventh straight loss. Full story.