Chicago Sun-Times

1 day ago | chicago.suntimes.com | Keerti Gopal |Juanpablo Ramirez-Franco

This story is a partnership between WBEZ, Grist and Inside Climate News. Growing up in Chicago, Chakena D. Perry knew not to trust the water coming out of her tap. “It was just one of these unspoken truths within households like mine — low-income, Black households — that there was some sort of distrust with the water,” said Perry, who later learned that Chicago is the city with the most lead service lines in the country.

2 days ago | chicago.suntimes.com | Joe Cowley

Arturas Karnisovas has been adamant in sticking to his plan and building around players that fit the Bulls’ new up-tempo style of play. Position or size be damned. That was the mentality going into the first round of Wednesday’s NBA Draft, and when the team’s No. 12 overall pick came around that was the mentality that won out, as the Bulls selected athletic forward Noa Essengue.

2 days ago | chicago.suntimes.com | Michael O'Brien

Joliet native Jeremiah Fears was selected No. 7 in the 2025 NBA Draft by the New Orleans Pelicans on Wednesday. It’s the highest a local player has been picked since Young’s Jahlil Okafor was drafted by Philadelphia with the No. 3 pick in 2015. Fears didn’t receive the early attention from national evaluators that some players enjoy.

2 days ago | chicago.suntimes.com | Ben Pope

During this past season, then-Kraken forward Andre Burakovsky’s wife Johanna told him she wanted to visit Chicago someday. As it turns out, she won’t just get to visit the city — she’ll get to live in it. Following Burakovsky’s trade Saturday to the Blackhawks, the 30-year-old Austria native and Sweden national said Wednesday he’s excited for a new chapter in his career. “I’m going to bring the feeling that I had when I was playing [well],” Burakovsky said.

2 days ago | chicago.suntimes.com | Abby Miller

Nautilus Solar Energy is relocating its corporate headquarters from New Jersey to Chicago, ahead of projections that place Illinois as the company’s fastest-growing market. The community solar provider is moving into 200 N. La Salle St. on July 1, according to Chief Financial Officer Camelia Miu. Nautilus was previously headquartered in Summit, New Jersey, though its employees worked remotely.