Tensions are mounting over trans athletes in girls’ sports in Illinois, as the state continues to allow males to compete against and beat out females in sports across the state.

A youth track meet became the focus of national controversy after a biological male competed in the seventh-grade competition against girls at the Naper Prairie Conference Meet last Wednesday. The incident prompted a series of heated debates, which went viral on social media, at the Naperville 203 Community School District Board meeting on Monday. 

Now, Illinoisans are speaking out, calling for President Donald Trump to crack down on the state and Gov. J.B. Pritzker to protect girls’ sports. 

Rep. Mary Miller, R-Ill., has addressed a second letter to the U.S. Department of Education and Department of Justice asking for federal intervention into the issue. Miller previously sent a letter in April and is now doubling-down on her pleas for the Trump administration to step in.

Miller’s latest letter asks U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi and Education Secretary Linda McMahon to specifically look into the Naperville incident and consider pulling federal funding from the state, as seen in a copy obtained by Fox News Digital.

“The Illinois Governor has made our beautiful state unfair and unsafe for women and girls by allowing men to compete in their sports and to use their showers and locker rooms. It is my strong opinion that any school district that allows these actions to continue should have its federal funds reviewed immediately for revocation,” Miller wrote.  “Ultimately, it is my understanding that violations of Title IX may have taken place at this track and field meet, and I write to bring this grave incident to your attention.” 

Illinois GOP state Rep. Blaine Wilhour is also calling for a federal investigation and potential consequences in the wake of the Naperville incident. 

“President Trump should freeze every penny of federal dollars until these schools come to their senses and do right by these kids,” Wilhour told Fox News Digital. “Either you believe in fairness, biological reality and common sense, or you don’t. This is not fair competition and Naperville 203 is engaged in what I consider abusive and illegal practices in violation of title 9. Wake up people, these are Jr. High kids being exploited and used as political pawns, and it’s disgusting.” 

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Wilhour was previously a leader in putting pressure on the Illinois High School Association (IHSA) to comply with Trump’s “Keeping Men Out of Women’s Sports” executive order that was signed on Feb. 5. However, the state’s Democrat leaders ensured the IHSA defied Trump on the issue. 

In a public letter to Wilhour and other state GOP lawmakers, the IHSA said Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul and the Illinois Department of Human Rights have declared that state law requires that transgender athletes be allowed to participate based on gender identity.

So girls around the state and their families have had to continue sharing teams and locker rooms with biological males, as they have since 2006. 

Even Chicago Bears legend Brian Urlacher has spoken out on the issue while his home state is ravaged by controversy.

“It’s just different because we are men, there are certain things we do better than women, and it’s just, number one, it’s not fair, and if I had a daughter who had to be forced to play against a man, I would not be okay with it and I would raise hell about it,” Urlacher said during an interview on the “Global View” podcast on May 9. “I just don’t get it, it’s a common sense thing, I just don’t see how you can push this and make someone thing they’re a different sex.”

Currently, there is one federal Title IX probe in Illinois regarding transgenders impeding on female spaces, but it is only against one school. 

Deerfield Public Schools District 109 is facing a probe by the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights after middle school girls were allegedly forced by school administrators to change in front of a trans student in the girls’ locker room. 

Illinois mother Nicole Georgas brought light to the situation in March after filing a complaint to the Justice Department and then delivering a school board meeting speech that went viral on social media. 

Now, Georgas is looking for more action to be taken as the issue continues to plague girls’ sports in Illinois and hopes the recent Naperville incident will be a turning point. She is pleading for the president’s administration to bring more pressure to Illinois on the issue. 

“The tides are going to turn after this. We as the parents have had enough,” Georgas told Fox News Digital. “We are at the forefront, we are in the crosshairs and we need help. We need help right now. In our state nothing has changed from March, and it’s getting worse!

“They’re using these kids to just almost test President Trump because they know they’re not doing anything. They’ve forgotten about Illinois. They’ve forgotten about us.” 

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• EAT Detroit draws more than a thousand diners for food sampling at select Corktown and downtown Detroit restaurants to benefit charity.

A dining frenzy tantalized the palates and taste buds of more than 1,000 patrons on Monday, June 10, with signature dishes from restaurants around downtown Detroit and Corktown.

Diners roamed the streets of Corktown and downtown at the annual EAT Detroit event, dashing into restaurants and feasting on samplings of signature dishes and drinks for the restaurant crawl-style event. A highlight of this year’s event is it began and ended with a VIP reception at the historic and renovated Michigan Central Station in Corktown.

Mitch Albom, Detroit Free Press columnist, founded and hosts EAT Detroit. The event is a fundraiser for SAY Detroit, the nonprofit Albom founded 20 years ago that helps Detroiters in need.

Albom mirrored, with permission, a José Andrés Dine-N-Dash event that he attended in Washington, D.C. The Andrés event follows a similar concept of visiting an array of restaurants and also has a charitable arm that benefits the renowned chef’s World Central Kitchen.

In its five years, Albom said the event has raised nearly $1 million.

“I think in our fifth year, this sort of cements the event as a permanent red letter, you know, charity day on the calendar,” Albom said.

Various diners said the excitement and highlight of this year’s event was its beginning and ending receptions at Detroit’s stunning Michigan Central Station.

It was the first time the opening and closing of the event happened at the same place. Albom said they are going to try and make the train station a permanent part of the event.

“You can kind of feel being in here (Michigan Central Station) that it’s (EAT Detroit) grown, and this would have been inappropriate in its first year. We weren’t big enough to do it here, and we weren’t organized enough to do it here.”

More than 1,200 people purchased tickets to the event, which sold out within a week, Albom said, plus an additional 300 to 400 bought VIP tickets.

Before heading out to restaurants, a VIP reception took place at the beautifully restored and renovated train station. VIP guests dined on appetizers from Detroit’s West Village award-winning Marrow restaurant and Leña, Brush Park’s Spanish-influenced eatery. Both restaurants have been named Detroit Free Press/Metro Detroit Chevy Dealers Top 10 Best New Restaurants in the past. Albom, Mayor Mike Duggan and Detroit Free Press restaurant critic Lyndsay C. Green spoke to the crowd, highlighting the event, Albom’s charity, cheering on Detroit and its restaurant scene.

Around Corktown and downtown Detroit, diners feasted on everything from fried catfish bites to roasted lamb shoulder, filet mignon au Poivre, fried lobster, chopped cheeseburger and Maurice salad and meatballs the size of golf balls served with marinara and whipped ricotta and pecorino cheese. Diners could also sip on various summery cocktails and mocktails.

It was the first time for friends Anna Sinagoga of Berkley and Diana Gomez of Rochester.

“It’s a great way to get people to come downtown and showcase the restaurants in an accessible way,” Sinagoga said.

Gomez added that they check out the menus in advance and would “try to get to as many as we can.”

For the roaming feast, diners boarded shuttle buses or walked to participating restaurants, sampling offerings from preset menus of food and drink.

More than two dozen restaurants participated in this year’s event.

This year, Julie Wallace of Eastpointe bought VIP tickets to get inside the renovated train station, which she called “impressive.”

“Last year we did seven restaurants and are hoping to get to a few more this year,” Wallace said.

The evening ended back at Michigan Central Station with a VIP reception featuring a beautiful and delightful array of desserts, including lemon tarts, cannoli, mango passionfruit tart and hand fruit pies. Providing desserts were MK Cannelle, Mad Nice, Prime + Proper, Sister Pie and Townhouse Detroit.

Scott and Melissa Ringlein of Ann Arbor have attended every EAT Detroit event and make sure they view the menus in advance

“We like just being able to go to a lot of these restaurants,” Scott Ringlein said. On of the favorite restaurant stops, Ringlein said was Le Suprême, which featured filet mignon au poivre.

The Ringleins said they always do VIP and make a weekend out of the event. This year, Scott Ringlein said, they took in a Detroit Tigers game, visited Pewabic Pottery and Detroit’s RiverWalk.

Michigan Central Station was also a highlight of the event.

“It was the first time I got to come here,” Ringlein said. “It’s beyond miraculous what they did.”

EAT Detroit 2026 is already on the website, taking emails to join a waitlist for advance ticket sales.

“You never know how big something is going to get, but I knew when you mixed food and walking and nice weather. You’re going to get some kind of crowd.”

Contact Detroit Free Press food and restaurant writer Susan Selasky and send food and restaurant news and tips to: sselasky@freepress.com. Follow @SusanMariecooks on Twitter.

Milwaukee Police are searching for a 10-year-old boy last seen near the 4900 block of N. 52nd St.

The Milwaukee Police Department is searching for a critically missing 10-year-old boy.

Zyviane Winters was last in contact with his family on the afternoon of June 9 near the 4900 block of N. 52nd St.

Police described him as a Black male wearing a red and blue polo shirt, blue jean shorts, tall black socks and blue and white Nike Jordan sneakers. He is around 5 feet and 4 inches tall and weighs around 90 pounds, with a stocky build and a medium complexion, according to police.

The police department is asking anyone with information to call the Milwaukee Police Department District Seven at (414) 935-7272.

“Critically missing” is a label police apply to people who may be especially vulnerable due to a variety of factors.