Resurgence of a slur: Local parents, intellectual disability advocates condemn Trump’s use of the ‘R-word’
Once a common schoolyard insult, the R-word had largely vanished from mainstream speech until recently....
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2025 Holiday Cookie Contest winners: Pracny, eggnog crème brûlée and mandelbread recipes come out on top
For the 39th annual Tribune Holiday Cookie Contest, 32 readers submitted recipes for sweet treats,...
Illinois closes on land in ‘another positive step’ for Brandon Road project construction to stop invasive carp
Property still needs to be tested for possible contamination as it's part of the site...
Here are the 12 finalists for the Tribune’s 2025 Holiday Cookie Contest
After days of voting, more than 1,800 readers cast over 3,800 votes to decide the...
‘If it’s not us, who is it going to be?’: Chicago students rally against ICE
Chicago students rallied during the school day to celebrate Hispanic culture and denounce U.S. Immigration...
Trump says he won’t fund invasive carp barrier unless Pritzker ‘asks.’ But the money has already been set aside.
A $1.15 billion project at the Brandon Road Lock and Dam on the Des Plaines...
With no Chicago Street Race, NASCAR will return to long-dormant Joliet track in 2026
While NASCAR is bypassing the Chicago Street Race next summer, it is filling the void...
Illinois father and son died Saturday at Indiana Dunes National Park beach
A father and his adult son drowned Saturday at Boaters Beach in Burns Harbor, according...
President of Daley’s ambulance company, started by his dad, dies at 67
John "Jack" Daley III, president of Bud's Ambulance in Dolton, will be remembered at a...
Allie Quigley retires more than 2 years after her final Chicago Sky game: ‘Finally and officially say goodbye’
Longtime Chicago Sky star Allie Quigley jokingly acknowledged her quiet retirement — nearly three years...