Stefano Esposito
Staff reporter
Stefano Esposito is a staff reporter at the Chicago Sun-Times.
Recent college graduate Andrew Sokolowski and his buddies headed to Florida to vacation, but ended up helping a friend go python hunting. They caught the record-length snake while driving through the Big Cyprus National Preserve.
Robert E. Crimo Jr. is set to go on trial Nov. 6 in Lake County Court.
Eleven tornadoes have been confirmed from Wednesday’s storms. An EF1 twister tore through Burr Ridge with winds up to 110 mph. Two tornadoes were reported near O’Hare.
La lluvia ha llegado en forma de diluvios repetidos de hasta 4.6 pulgadas.
The recent downpours have helped, but we’ll need consistent rain through early September to end the drought, a climate scientist says.
James Lewis was found unresponsive at his residence in Cambridge, Mass. His death was determined to be not suspicious, police said.
Henry W. Clark, a World War II veteran from Harvey, plans to be on board a July 12 Honor Flight Chicago bound for Washington, D.C. So does the Rev. George Kane, a retired Catholic priest, who was a chaplain during the Vietnam War.
Sunday’s storm dropped as much as 9 inches of rain in some places. Chicago’s Northwest and West sides were hard-hit.
Friday rating follows two days this week of “very unhealthy” air.