The state championship was the trophy Chicago Hope Academy's well-known coach Ronny Fields never won when he was one of the best high school basketball players in state history in the mid-90s.

Mayor Brandon Johnson on Thursday hosted student athletes from Hope Academy, as well as the Class 2A state champs Walter H. Dyett High School for the Arts.

Former Illinois state Sen. Jim Oberweis — a Republican now living in Bonita Springs, Florida — was the first Republican to ...