Emergency bridge repairs close I-80 lanes in Joliet

Sun-Times Wire

Emergency bridge repairs shut down multiple lanes of Interstate 80 Friday morning in Joliet.

Lanes were closed on the structure that carries I-80 over Route 53 for emergency bridge deck repairs, according to the Illinois Department of Transportation. The ramp from northbound Route 53 to westbound I-80 was also closed.

The repairs are expected to be finished by Friday evening, IDOT said.

IL Lottery

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) _ These Illinois lotteries were drawn Wednesday:

LuckyDay Lotto Midday

09-25-28-29-44

(nine, twenty-five, twenty-eight, twenty-nine, forty-four)

Pick Three-Midday

0-8-4, Fireball: 6

(zero, eight, four; Fireball: six)

Pick Three-Evening

5-9-2, Fireball: 2

(five, nine, two; Fireball: two)

Pick Four-Midday

0-1-7-6, Fireball: 5

(zero, one, seven, six; Fireball: five)

Pick Four-Evening

5-1-1-0, Fireball: 6

(five, one, one, zero; Fireball: six)

Lucky Day Lotto

01-07-08-39-41

(one, seven, eight, thirty-nine, forty-one)

Estimated jackpot: $500,000

Mega Millions

Estimated jackpot: $174 million

Powerball

08-15-31-36-62, Powerball: 11, Power Play: 3

(eight, fifteen, thirty-one, thirty-six, sixty-two; Powerball: eleven; Power Play: three)

Estimated jackpot: $50 million

IL Lottery

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) _ These Illinois lotteries were drawn Tuesday:

LuckyDay Lotto Midday

03-04-28-40-43

(three, four, twenty-eight, forty, forty-three)

Pick Three-Midday

1-7-0, Fireball: 4

(one, seven, zero; Fireball: four)

Pick Three-Evening

6-2-0, Fireball: 5

(six, two, zero; Fireball: five)

Pick Four-Midday

0-3-0-0, Fireball: 4

(zero, three, zero, zero; Fireball: four)

Pick Four-Evening

6-2-8-7, Fireball: 2

(six, two, eight, seven; Fireball: two)

Lucky Day Lotto

02-17-23-30-36

(two, seventeen, twenty-three, thirty, thirty-six)

Estimated jackpot: $400,000

Mega Millions

30-33-35-37-46, Mega Ball: 10, Megaplier: 5

(thirty, thirty-three, thirty-five, thirty-seven, forty-six; Mega Ball: ten; Megaplier: five)

Estimated jackpot: $162 million

Powerball

Estimated jackpot: $50 million

Six wounded in Monday shootings across Chicago

Sun-Times Wire

Six people, including four teenage boys, were wounded in shootings Monday across Chicago.

The day’s latest shooting happened about 11:45 p.m. on the North Side. An 18-year-old man was shot in the left leg and walked into Illinois Masonic Medical Center, where he was listed in good condition, according to Chicago Police. He told investigators he was walking in the 2600 block of North Sheffield in the Lincoln Park neighborhood when two males, one of whom was armed, walked up and demanded his belongings. The man said the would-be robbers opened fire when he tried to run away. Police said the man told officers “he was intoxicated and unsure of the exact location of the incident.”

About 5 minutes earlier, another 18-year-old man was seriously wounded in a Back of the Yards neighborhood shooting on the South Side. He suffered gunshot wounds to the left shoulder and right side about 11:40 p.m. in the 5200 block of South Peoria, police said. He was taken in serious condition to Stroger Hospital.

Just after 4:30 p.m., a 17-year-old boy was sitting inside a car in the 1800 block of West 64th Street in the Chicago Lawn neighborhood on the Southwest Side, when someone fired shots from a passing vehicle. The boy suffered a gunshot wound to the neck and drove himself to Holy Cross Hospital, police said. He was later transported to Mount Sinai Hospital in serious condition. Two persons of interest were being questioned Monday evening.

A 16-year-old boy was shot at 9:09 a.m. about six blocks away in the same neighborhood. He was walking in an alley in the 6800 block of South Washtenaw when a black minivan drove down the alley, almost striking him, police said. Someone in the van then fired shots, striking the boy in the left leg. He was taken in good condition to Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn.

About 2 hours earlier, two teenage boys were shot in the West Side Austin neighborhood. The shooting happened at 6:59 a.m. in the 1600 block of North Austin, police said. A 15-year-old boy was shot in the right thigh and taken to Stroger Hospital, where he was listed in critical condition. A 16-year-old boy was shot in the leg and taken in fair condition to Loyola University Medical Center in Maywood.

The day’s shootings followed a weekend in which three people were killed, including a 14-year-old boy, and 29 others were wounded in shootings across Chicago. More than 690 people have been shot in the city this year, according to Chicago Sun-Times data.

Additionally, a federal ICE agent shot a 53-year-old man about 6:20 a.m. Monday in the Belmont Central neighborhood on the Northwest Side. U.S. Department of Homeland Security Immigration and Customs Enforcement special agents were trying to make an arrest in the 6100 block of West Grand when a second person pointed a weapon at the agents, according to police and ICE spokesman Carl Rusnok. A special agent then discharged his firearm, striking the man at least once in the left arm. He was taken in serious condition to Stroger Hospital. The ICE Office of Professional Responsibility will review the shooting.

IL Lottery

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) _ These Illinois lotteries were drawn Sunday:

LuckyDay Lotto Midday

07-11-15-35-41

(seven, eleven, fifteen, thirty-five, forty-one)

Pick Three-Midday

0-9-8, Fireball: 3

(zero, nine, eight; Fireball: three)

Pick Three-Evening

1-9-5, Fireball:

(one, nine, five; Fireball: zero)

Pick Four-Midday

4-5-4-2, Fireball: 3

(four, five, four, two; Fireball: three)

Pick Four-Evening

0-1-7-8, Fireball: 4

(zero, one, seven, eight; Fireball: four)

Lucky Day Lotto

10-17-22-28-38

(ten, seventeen, twenty-two, twenty-eight, thirty-eight)

Estimated jackpot: $200,000

Mega Millions

Estimated jackpot: $162 million

Powerball

Estimated jackpot: $50 million

IL Lottery

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) _ These Illinois lotteries were drawn Saturday:

Lotto

02-23-26-28-38-42, Extra Shot: 11

(two, twenty-three, twenty-six, twenty-eight, thirty-eight, forty-two; Extra Shot: eleven)

Estimated jackpot: $6 million

LuckyDay Lotto Midday

02-12-15-22-40

(two, twelve, fifteen, twenty-two, forty)

Pick Three-Midday

3-1-9, Fireball: 6

(three, one, nine; Fireball: six)

Pick Three-Evening

6-4-5, Fireball: 3

(six, four, five; Fireball: three)

Pick Four-Midday

1-2-8-4, Fireball: 8

(one, two, eight, four; Fireball: eight)

Pick Four-Evening

7-5-2-9, Fireball: 6

(seven, five, two, nine; Fireball: six)

Lucky Day Lotto

10-12-26-34-36

(ten, twelve, twenty-six, thirty-four, thirty-six)

Estimated jackpot: $100,000

Mega Millions

Estimated jackpot: $162 million

Powerball

18-31-32-45-48, Powerball: 16, Power Play: 4

(eighteen, thirty-one, thirty-two, forty-five, forty-eight; Powerball: sixteen; Power Play: four)

Estimated jackpot: $40 million

IL Lottery

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) _ These Illinois lotteries were drawn Saturday:

LuckyDay Lotto Midday

02-12-15-22-40

(two, twelve, fifteen, twenty-two, forty)

Pick Three-Midday

3-1-9, Fireball: 6

(three, one, nine; Fireball: six)

Pick Four-Midday

1-2-8-4, Fireball: 8

(one, two, eight, four; Fireball: eight)

Mega Millions

Estimated jackpot: $162 million

Powerball

Estimated jackpot: $40 million

Blackhawks beat Stars 3-2 in SO

CHICAGO – Patrick Kane scored his team-leading 33rd goal in regulation and connected again in the shootout as the Chicago Blackhawks beat the Dallas Stars 3-2 on Thursday night to open an eight-point lead for first place in the Central Division.

Artemi Panarin also scored in the shootout as Chicago rode a 42-save effort by Corey Crawford through overtime to improve to 6-0-1 in its last seven. It was also the Blackhawks’ 18th win in their last 22 games. Marian Hossa scored his 24th goal of the season midway through the third period.

Crawford was beaten only by Tyler Seguin in the shootout and twice in regulation by Ales Hemsky as he rebounded from giving up four goals on 10 shots to Vancouver on Tuesday night.

IL Lottery

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) _ These Illinois lotteries were drawn Wednesday:

LuckyDay Lotto Midday

01-11-14-31-33

(one, eleven, fourteen, thirty-one, thirty-three)

Pick Three-Midday

5-1-0, Fireball: 8

(five, one, zero; Fireball: eight)

Pick Three-Evening

6-9-0, Fireball: 8

(six, nine, zero; Fireball: eight)

Pick Four-Midday

4-2-4-6, Fireball: 8

(four, two, four, six; Fireball: eight)

Pick Four-Evening

5-8-6-7, Fireball: 8

(five, eight, six, seven; Fireball: eight)

Lucky Day Lotto

01-09-24-40-41

(one, nine, twenty-four, forty, forty-one)

Estimated jackpot: $300,000

Mega Millions

Estimated jackpot: $151 million

Powerball

02-09-27-29-42, Powerball: 9, Power Play: 2

(two, nine, twenty-seven, twenty-nine, forty-two; Powerball: nine; Power Play: two)

Estimated jackpot: $155 million

IL Lottery

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) _ These Illinois lotteries were drawn Tuesday:

LuckyDay Lotto Midday

07-14-36-37-41

(seven, fourteen, thirty-six, thirty-seven, forty-one)

Pick Three-Midday

4-4-2, Fireball: 7

(four, four, two; Fireball: seven)

Pick Three-Evening

2-5-6, Fireball:

(two, five, six; Fireball: zero)

Pick Four-Midday

7-4-4-2, Fireball: 9

(seven, four, four, two; Fireball: nine)

Pick Four-Evening

4-3-3-9, Fireball: 2

(four, three, three, nine; Fireball: two)

Lucky Day Lotto

04-06-09-21-22

(four, six, nine, twenty-one, twenty-two)

Estimated jackpot: $200,000

Mega Millions

04-45-53-73-75, Mega Ball: 7, Megaplier: 3

(four, forty-five, fifty-three, seventy-three, seventy-five; Mega Ball: seven; Megaplier: three)

Estimated jackpot: $140 million

Powerball

Estimated jackpot: $155 million

IL Lottery

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) _ These Illinois lotteries were drawn Monday:

Lotto

06-15-28-29-44-46, Extra Shot: 1

(six, fifteen, twenty-eight, twenty-nine, forty-four, forty-six; Extra Shot: one)

Estimated jackpot: $5.5 million

LuckyDay Lotto Midday

08-20-24-26-45

(eight, twenty, twenty-four, twenty-six, forty-five)

Pick Three-Midday

3-2-3, Fireball: 1

(three, two, three; Fireball: one)

Pick Three-Evening

2-0-0, Fireball: 2

(two, zero, zero; Fireball: two)

Pick Four-Midday

8-0-9-4, Fireball: 7

(eight, zero, nine, four; Fireball: seven)

Pick Four-Evening

9-9-8-5, Fireball: 6

(nine, nine, eight, five; Fireball: six)

Lucky Day Lotto

09-24-26-28-45

(nine, twenty-four, twenty-six, twenty-eight, forty-five)

Estimated jackpot: $100,000

Mega Millions

Estimated jackpot: $140 million

Powerball

Estimated jackpot: $155 million

IL Lottery

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) _ These Illinois lotteries were drawn Friday:

LuckyDay Lotto Midday

02-07-15-20-40

(two, seven, fifteen, twenty, forty)

Pick Three-Midday

9-0-0, Fireball: 4

(nine, zero, zero; Fireball: four)

Pick Three-Evening

6-1-5, Fireball:

(six, one, five; Fireball: zero)

Pick Four-Midday

5-0-6-8, Fireball: 5

(five, zero, six, eight; Fireball: five)

Pick Four-Evening

0-6-7-4, Fireball: 6

(zero, six, seven, four; Fireball: six)

Lucky Day Lotto

01-14-20-36-44

(one, fourteen, twenty, thirty-six, forty-four)

Estimated jackpot: $500,000

Mega Millions

11-27-31-58-60, Mega Ball: 10, Megaplier: 4

(eleven, twenty-seven, thirty-one, fifty-eight, sixty; Mega Ball: ten; Megaplier: four)

Estimated jackpot: $131 million

Powerball

Estimated jackpot: $141 million

Blackhawks beat Senators 2-1

OTTAWA, Ontario – Richard Panik scored the tiebreaking goal late in the third period, lifting the Chicago Blackhawks over the Ottawa Senators 2-1 on Thursday night.

Panik scored on the power play off a pass from Patrick Kane with 3:01 remaining. Duncan Keith also scored and Scott Darling made 33 saves to help the Blackhawks get their second straight win.

Kyle Turris scored for Ottawa, and Mike Condon finished with 26 saves as the Senators squandered a chance to move in to first place in the Atlantic Division.

The Blackhawks took a 1-0 lead at 8:04 of the third as Keith’s shot eventually found its way across the goal line.

IL Lottery

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) _ These Illinois lotteries were drawn Wednesday:

LuckyDay Lotto Midday

02-04-08-15-33

(two, four, eight, fifteen, thirty-three)

Pick Three-Midday

9-2-9, Fireball: 4

(nine, two, nine; Fireball: four)

Pick Three-Evening

5-5-4, Fireball: 4

(five, five, four; Fireball: four)

Pick Four-Midday

6-0-1-4, Fireball: 8

(six, zero, one, four; Fireball: eight)

Pick Four-Evening

0-9-0-2, Fireball: 3

(zero, nine, zero, two; Fireball: three)

Lucky Day Lotto

14-18-20-23-40

(fourteen, eighteen, twenty, twenty-three, forty)

Estimated jackpot: $300,000

Mega Millions

Estimated jackpot: $131 million

Powerball

16-30-41-48-53, Powerball: 16, Power Play: 3

(sixteen, thirty, forty-one, forty-eight, fifty-three; Powerball: sixteen; Power Play: three)

Estimated jackpot: $123 million

Blackhawks beat Canadiens 4-2

MONTREAL – Patrick Kane had a goal and two assists, and Corey Crawford made 40 saves to lead the Chicago Blackhawks past the Montreal Canadiens 4-2 on Tuesday night.

Johnny Oduya, Artemi Panarin and Jonathan Toews, into an empty net, scored for the Blackhawks, who jumped over Minnesota and lead the Central Division with 93 points.

Paul Byron and Shea Weber scored for Montreal.

Carey Price made 20 saves and became the third Canadiens goaltender to play 500 games, joining Patrick Roy (551) and Jacques Plante (556).

The Canadiens have not beaten Chicago since 2014 (0-6-1).

Crawford, a Montreal native coming off a season-best 42 saves against the Wild on Sunday, is 7-0-2 versus the Canadiens.

Bulls beat Hornets 115-109

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – Nikola Mirotic scored 24 points, Rajon Rondo had a season-high 20 in his return to the starting lineup and the Chicago Bulls beat the Charlotte Hornets 115-109 to snap a season-high, five-game losing streak.

Dwyane Wade and Jimmy Butler each had 23 points for the Bulls (32-35), who got a needed win to boost their hopes of earning the eighth playoff spot in the Eastern Conference.

Mirotic, who didn’t play in Chicago’s loss to Boston on Sunday, had five 3-pointers, while Rondo provided the spark for the Bulls in his first start since Dec. 30. Along with hitting a season-high three 3-pointers, he had six assists and seven rebounds.

Jeremy Lamb scored 26 points filling in for Nic Batum (migraine), while Michael Kidd-Gilchrist had 22 and Kemba Walker 21 for the struggling Hornets. Marvin Williams had 13 points and tied a career high with 18 rebounds.

Blackhawks beat Wild 4-2

CHICAGO -- Patrick Kane and Artemi Panarin scored on Chicago’s first two shots, Corey Crawford made 42 saves and the Blackhawks beat Minnesota 4-2 on Sunday to pull within a point of the Central Division-leading Wild.

Trevor van Riemsdyk and Marian Hossa also scored for the Blackhawks, who ended a two-game slide and won for the 13th time in their last 16. Kane’s goal was his team-leading 30th and 10th in eight games.

Eric Staal scored his 22nd goal and Mikael Granlund got his 23rd for Minnesota, which has dropped three of four. Minnesota outshot Chicago 44-22 for a season high allowed by the Blackhawks.

Minnesota goaltender Devan Dubnyk, looking for his career-high 37th win, was relieved by Darcy Kuemper less than five minutes into the game after allowing those early goals.

Celtics beat Bulls 100-80

BOSTON (AP) – Isaiah Thomas scored 22 points and later joined fans doing the wave as it circled TD Garden, and the Boston Celtics handed the Chicago Bulls its fifth straight loss, 100-80.

The Celtics rushed to a 13-0 lead, shutting out Chicago until Dwyane Wade’s jumper nearly six minutes into the game.

Thomas, the team’s leading scorer at 29.2 points per game, played only 24 minutes and sat the entire final quarter. He had some fun with the fans in the closing minutes of the blowout, taking part with teammate Jae Crowder in the crowd’s cheer.

Avery Bradley had 17 points. Robin Lopez and Denzel Valentine led the Bulls with 13 points apiece.

Ducks beat Blackhawks 1-0

CHICAGO (AP) -- Jonathan Bernier made 43 saves for his 100th NHL win, and Anaheim Ducks cooled off the Chicago Blackhawks with a 1-0 victory Thursday night.

Corey Perry scored in the second as Anaheim ended Chicago’s seven-game winning streak despite being outshot 43-26 on the night.

Corey Crawford stopped 25 shots for the Blackhawks. They lost for the second time in their past 14.

Bernier’s second shutout this season and 14th of his career helped the Ducks pull ahead of idle Edmonton for second place in the Pacific Division. Bernier made his sixth straight start with John Gibson sidelined by a lower-body injury.

Perry stopped a 10-game scoring drought with his 12th goal at 17:44. He hadn’t connected since scoring twice on Feb. 9 at Buffalo.

Magic beat Bulls 98-91

ORLANDO, Fla. – Elfrid Payton had 22 points, 14 assists and 14 rebounds for his second straight triple-double, and the Orlando Magic rallied to beat the Chicago Bulls 98-91 on Wednesday.

Evan Fournier added 20 points to help Orlando erase a 13-point, second-half deficit and snap a two-game losing streak. Jimmy Butler scored 21 points for Chicago. The Bulls have lost three straight.

Man critically injured in Washington Park crash

Sun-Times Wire
A man was critically injured in a crash early Wednesday in the Washington Park neighborhood on the South Side.

The 31-year-old was driving at 12:14 a.m. in the 5800 block of South Michigan when his vehicle struck several other vehicles, according to Chicago Police.

He suffered a head injury and was taken in critical condition to Stroger Hospital, police said. No other injuries were reported.

Additional details were not immediately available early Wednesday.

Pistons beat Bulls 109-95

AUBURN HILLS, Mich. – Reggie Jackson scored 24 of his 26 points in the second half, and the Detroit Pistons pulled away down the stretch for a victory over the Chicago Bulls, 109-95.

The Pistons climbed into a tie for the No. 7 spot in the Eastern Conference with the Bulls, who were playing without injured Dwyane Wade and Rajon Rondo.

Jackson’s performance has been spotty this season, and at times backup Ish Smith has seemed like a better option late in games. But Jackson was instrumental in helping the Pistons take control in a game Monday that was tied at 79 after three quarters.

Detroit started the fourth with a 12-3 run and held Chicago to 16 points in the quarter. A hanging jumper by Jackson from near the elbow turned into a three-point play when he was fouled, and that gave the Pistons a 102-88 lead with 3:13 to play.

Jimmy Butler scored 27 points for Chicago.

Two men wounded in East Garfield Park shooting

Sun-Times Wire

Two men were wounded in an East Garfield Park neighborhood shooting early Monday on the West Side.

The men, ages 27 and 30, were driving north about 2 a.m. in the 400 block of North Sacramento when a black vehicle pulled alongside and someone inside fired shots, according to Chicago Police.

The younger man was shot in the forehead and the older man suffered a graze wound to the left shoulder, police said. They drove to Norwegian American Hospital, where both of their conditions were stabilized.

Blackhawks beat Islanders 2-1 in SO

CHICAGO (AP) — Artemi Panarin scored with 1:14 left in regulation and then had the clinching goal in the shootout, helping the Chicago Blackhawks beat the New York Islanders 2-1 on Friday night for their sixth consecutive victory.

Jonathan Toews also scored in the tiebreaker as Chicago pulled within one point of idle Minnesota for the top spot in the Western Conference. Corey Crawford made 31 saves in his first start since Feb. 23.

After Toews beat Thomas Greiss with a wrist shot, Crawford turned away Joshua Ho-Sang. Patrick Kane was stopped by Greiss and Nikolay Kulemin shot it off the right post before Panarin finished off the victory for the Blackhawks.

Greiss made 30 stops for New York, and Brock Nelson scored his 14th goal in the second. The Islanders had won four of five, including a 5-4 victory at Dallas on Thursday night.

Bulls beat warriors 94-87

CHICAGO (AP) Jimmy Butler scored 22 points and the Chicago Bulls beat Golden State 94-87 on Thursday night in the Warriors’ first game since Kevin Durant injured his left leg.

Golden State was breathing a little easier after learning Durant probably will play again this season. He was hurt two nights earlier in a loss at Washington.

The NBA-leading Warriors’ league-record regular-season streak without consecutive losses ended at 146 games.

Stephen Curry scored 23 points, and Klay Thompson finished with 13. The star guards combined to shoot just 3 of 22 on 3-pointers, and the Warriors made it back-to-back losses for the first time since April 2015.

Bobby Portis added 17 points and a season-high 13 rebounds for Chicago. The Bulls outscored Golden State 10-2 over the final three minutes to wipe out a one-point deficit and come away with their fifth win in six games.

Blackhawks beat Penguins 4-1

CHICAGO (AP) Patrick Kane had his second hat trick in three games, Scott Darling made 36 saves and the Chicago Blackhawks beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 4-1 on Wednesday night for their fifth straight victory and 10th in 11 games.

Richard Panik also scored to help Chicago pull within three points of first-place Minnesota in the Central Division and Western Conference. Kane, last season’s MVP, has a team-leading 27 goals – scoring 12 times and adding seven assists in his last 11 games.

Scott Wilson scored for Pittsburgh as the Penguins fell short again after a 3-2 loss at Dallas on Tuesday night. It was the first meeting this season between the last two Stanley Cup winners.

Darling started a second straight game in place of Corey Crawford, the No. 1 goalie who has been fighting an illness. Marc-Andre Fleury stopped 25 shots for Pittsburgh in his first start in two weeks.