From first employee to owner: AU Sports Memorabilia’s Scott Beatty is still betting on the business of the hobby
By Bianca Javate Medill Reports Scott Beatty was 17 years old when he first stepped foot in AU Sports Memorabilia, Chicagoland’s oldest purveyor of sports collectibles. He worked part-time at the store alongside the owner’s sons, Bruce and Steve, with whom he was childhood friends. “I was their first employee,” Beatty said. “I worked a […]
WATCH: Off the Clock — Episode 1
By Alexia Kadota-Browner, Catie Lacovara, Amanda Pirkowski and Simone Roberts Medill Reports This week on “Off The Clock”: Our team covers every facet of the NASCAR street race, a free workout at one of Chicago’s iconic landmarks and an organization helping college athletes after their athletic careers are over. “Off the Clock” is a half-hour […]
From heat waves to harvests: How Vienna’s winemakers grapple with climate change
By Zhiyu Solstice Luo Medill Reports VIENNA — Moni Wagner still remembered the snow reaching to her knees in February as a child in Vienna. Now, 61, sipping the wine she made in her own winery-cafe on Beethovengang on a reminiscently snowy day, she explained how the record-breaking summer heat in 2024 had caused irrigation […]