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- Stevenson earns state berth with third straight sectional title
- Mom’s the word: Beyonce’s mom, other celebs write letters to their kids
- Carlos Sanchez busy building his resume at Triple-A Charlotte
- Storms may threaten during Friday’s evening rush hour
- Liz Taranda, a volunteer representing Clifton Animal Shelter in New Jersey, wins Top Cat Shelter Volunteer of the Year honor
- Could immunotherapy be a cure for cancer?
- Outdoor home security: 5 steps to a home-safe-home
- Move to a world of color with these easy tips to find your color inspiration
- Blackhawks advance with 4-3 victory over Wild
- Kansas legislators approve bill legalizing fantasy sports
- Marmion lacrosse holds Cadet Challenge to help battle hunger
- Game 4: Blackhawks 4, Wild 3
- Stand-up comedian and ‘Undateable’ actor Brent Morin comes to Up Comedy Club
- Memorial Day honors those who served
- Trafigura opens the door to an innovative opportunity
- Find your town: Searchable database of DUI arrests
- Monday: Eat. Drink. Do.
- Blackhawks heed coach’s call for quick starts in sweep of Wild
- Ankle injury to Michal Rozsival a ‘tough loss’ for Blackhawks
- Conservatives look to be surprise winners in UK election
- First named storm of pre-hurricane season forms in Atlantic
- Britain votes
- Broom service: Finishing sweep of Wild exactly what Blackhawks ordered
- Blackhawks-Wild playoff results
- Stats for Game 4: Blackhawks 4, Wild 3
- Congee gets flavorful kick-start into lunch, dinner menus
- Ask Amy: Transgender woman faces awkward dating disclosure
- Cory’s Project channels grief into aid for cancer families
- The party goes underground in Uptown
- Lewis wins in semifinals, will face Loyola for national title Saturday
- Freshman Corrine Rowe delivers walk-off hit for North Central softball
- Extra-alarm blaze in Oak Park
- ‘The Drowning Girls’: Wives get a chance to tell their stories
- Party for future moms, FYOE (freeze your own eggs)
- Sox ticket promotion a loss for Sports Facilities Authority
- Fishing report
- OpenTable, Dash, others get fast company in mobile check-pay industry
- Outdoors calendar
- Outdoors notebook
- Russian spaceship falls to Earth
- Dog and owner reunited after four years: ‘Where have you been, Lilly?’
- Ambulance, car hit by shots fired on Dan Ryan
- 1 killed, 9 injured in shootings on South, Southwest sides
- Cops: 4 possible suspects held in slaying of veteran in Merrillville
- Keurig
- Police commission talks discipline, promotions in Gary
- Saúl Hernández: Por la conciencia social
- Annual youth violence prevention conference set for May 15
- Health Care Compliance Attorney Colleen M. Roberts joins Krieg DeVault’s growing Health Care and Life Sciences Practices
- Airline crew broke leg of woman with disability, lawsuit alleges
- What successful entrepreneurs wish they’d known at 22
- Your mom’s roses: They don’t make them like they used to
- Noise alert at empty Wrigley Field
- 5 Things: In praise of Duncan Keith
- Prickly City- Home
- Residents get look at plan for former Sheraton site
- Prickly City: Who Says You Can’t Go Home Again? Actually, They Are Kind Of Right.
- Bears sign draft pick Hroniss Grasu
- Review: Faith No More continues with undiminished thunder
- Woman dies after falling off stairwell at UIC building
- Ya son 8 los muertos por ataque de narcos a helicóptero militar en México
- Authors recommend books for Mother’s Day
- Hobart board OKs promotions for 3 police officers
- Chicago Sky criticized for replacing female announcers
- Tollway chief Lafleur reportedly a finalist for job in Florida
- Tina Fey gifts David Letterman the dress she is wearing on ‘Late Show’
- Memo line on check leads to argument at bank
- Patrick Kane: ‘We like playing at this time of year’
- Q&A: SHS junior one of 9 people on Earth to ace AP Calculus test
- St. Charles man pleads not guilty in fatal crash case
- Pau Gasol at the opera
- Separated couple uses car battery as squabbling chip
- La Grange Farmers Market shoppers snap up asparagus, other treats
- La Grange Farmers Market
- Corey Crawford credits aggressiveness after surviving Wild finish
- Men misunderstood masseuses’ intentions
- Un avión de Delta aterriza de emergencia por humo
- Cutler, Cavallari son turns 1
- Lake Zurich fire chief charged with domestic battery
- U. of I. president gets $167,200 in final bonus
- Orlando Eye: Love is in the air
- Flashback: Great mom moments in sports
- How Fieldglass fits sharks, a tattoo parlor and hammocks in its office
- Who will Blackhawks play next — and when?
- ‘Super heroes’ join bone marrow donor registry in Gurnee
- Bone marrow registry
- Church news: Listing of activites and events in the region
- Universidades amplían servicios a inmigrantes
- McDonald’s April sales down but beat expectations
- Does Ravinia or Genesee Theatre win your summer entertainment dollar?
- Aurora program brings home dangers of underage drinking
- Review: CSO’s French festival begins with rare delicacies
- Food workers nervous about United Airlines catering switch at O’Hare
- Jennifer Hudson’s fiancé posts photo of ‘Mini Me’ son
- ‘Dance Shelter’ honors brave spirit Nana Shineflug
- Letter to the editor
- ESPN, Bill Simmons part ways
- Next season’s TV lineup is heavy on Chicago talent
- Midwest events for travelers include Lincoln Days in Pittsfield, Ill.
- Read: Illinois Supreme Court pension ruling
- VOTE: Which team would you rather see the Hawks play in the Western Conference finals?
- Photos: Sheraton site forum
- Un niño y un adulto fueron rescatados de entre llamas
- Stage Left announces 2015-16 season
- ‘The Muppets’ will return to TV on ABC
- U.S. military raises threat level at bases in North America
- Small plane crashes on Atlanta highway, killing 4
- Savor the flavors of Greece at St. Athanasios festival
- Crews rescue 3, including 6-year-old boy, from extra-alarm fire in Oak Park
- Off-duty Gary cop grazed in shootout
- Corte Suprema de Illinois anula ley de reforma de pensiones
- Bears set rookie roster for minicamp
- Charleston was a natural for a food renaissance
- Photos: Crowned lemur born at Lincoln Park Zoo
- Attorney: Teen accused of texting in fatal crash never Mirandized
- Barley Fork now ‘officially’ open in downtown Yorkville
- Instagram community guidelines exist to protect users
- News to use: Travel tips and trips
- Review: Hot Pursuit
- Review: ‘She’s Beautiful When She’s Angry’
- Photos: Crimes of the Heart
- The left’s wobbly stance on provocative art
- Divvy may test-drive helmet vending machines at stations
- Students designing dock for Porter County pond
- Oswego looks for members for new development commission
- Marian Hossa makes history with game-winning goal
- Photos: Charleston’s rich foodie history
- The 2 compelling versions of Sault Ste. Marie
- El Pentágono eleva la alerta en sus bases por temor a ataques de yihadistas
- Photos: The 2 Saults
- Sofía Vergara y Reese Witherspoon, muy flojas en ‘Hot Pursuit’
- Bears rookie minicamp
- Contracts to pay for Steel Yard maintenance awarded
- St. Charles RR Donnelley employee tests positive for tuberculosis
- ‘Big Bang Theory’ finale rings out eighth season
- 94-year-old Southwest Side lender to be acquired
- V-E Day was cause for celebration — and worry
- Paintbrush Ball photos
- Highland Park substitute teacher in jail after violating bond
- Met Ball raises profile of arts benefits — at what cost?
- Hill’s celebrates eighth year in business
- Talk of the County: Murder of 3-year-old deserves death penalty
- James F. McCluskey Elected Third Vice President of Illinois State Bar Association
- Glenbrook South’s Patrick Tener overcomes injury, earns state berth
- St. Charles North dean’s assistant charged with sex assault of student
- 2016 Dodge Viper ACR
- New York man admits abusing 2 Amish girls kidnapped at family farm
- PT May 2015 gearwise
- Paul Shaffer ready to disband the CBS Orchestra
- Colorado theater shooting jurors see video of booby-trapped apartment
- Stars weigh in on how far ‘Girl Meets World’ will go
- RedEye Rundown: New Hamburglar, Rauner’s ‘deep yogurt’ and more hilarity
- Adam Gase discusses Jay Cutler, new offense in first Bears press conference
- Elementary student bike clubs along Bloomingdale Trail gear up for opening
- Jones Prep placed on lockdown after ‘unspecified threat’ on Facebook
- Wheaton council issues resolution calling for no cut in state funding
- Business Calendar: GLMV Chamber of Commerce spring luncheon set for May 12
- Two men shot at outside Aurora home
- Club Calendar: Learn about the history of baseball in Grayslake May 13
- School Notes: Yingling visits Grayslake Central High School
- Western Springs French Market opens
- Popularity of Wild Ones’ native plant sale growing
- Stolen wheelchair no jackpot for casino patron
- Museo mexicano de Chicago homenajea a hermanos Castro y a su madre
- Dodge unleashes fastest street-legal Viper with the 2016 ACR
- Highest Chicago rents
- Hiring only digital natives? Bad idea.
- French Market begins fifth year in Western Springs
- Driver of bus that nearly hit train in Pennsylvania wasn’t wearing seat belt
- 4:10 Chicago
- Artificial turf field sparks debate in Glen Ellyn
- Well-traveled singer-songwriter Meg Myers plays a game of ‘Ohio or Florida?’
- Aurora man charged with felony drug possession
- New District 41 board members want access to closed session recordings
- Sleeping teen rescued from Fox Lake house fire
- A ring of truth in Johnny Cash jukebox musical
- Fox Lake fire
- Take tea in the best Downton style at The Garlands
- Dexter Fowler returns to Cubs’ lineup, Kris Bryant stays at No. 2 spot
- What the demise of Secret says about the future of cyber rants
- Police say two people with infant shoplifted in Aurora
- Holy Chi! See where we rank among top 10 tech cities
- Photos: Richard Lewis’ ‘Reflections From Hell’
- Four injured in Aurora accident
- Obama pushes trade deal at Nike headquarters: ‘Just do it’
- Salt Creek Ballet bring fairy tales to life in ‘Sleeping Beauty’
- Theatre Nebula stages classic ‘Godspell’ with a twist
- Divvy incorporaría dispensadores de cascos para ciclistas
- Dandelions boom in synchronized bloom
- Evanston goes big for first literary festival
- Graduating seniors face better odds in job search
- Letters to the editor
- 25th Arts and Crafts Adventure returns to Park Ridge
- Northlight’s new musical ‘Shining Lives’ based on real-life ‘Radium Girls’
- Deadline extended for nominations for July 4 parade grand marshal
- Kane County Drug Court’s graduates share struggles, dreams, hopes
- Restoring sanity on fighting terrorism
- Captured on escape charge, Antioch teen held in jail on $1M bail
- Shout Out: Vicky Blanas, baking decorator, blues fan
- Arkansas vet saves dog that ate 23 rounds of live ammo
- La Grange Boy Scouts identify veterans’ graves at Lyonsville Cemetery
- Dog has surgery to remove live bullets
- Charges filed after Aurora man beaten, stabbed
- Elmhurst library renovations
- Anthony Geary leaving ‘General Hospital’
- Brother Rice dips into past, names Bobby Frasor boys basketball coach
- Sobriety checkpoints yield thousands of minor citations but few DUI arrests
- Chicago police sobriety checkpoints target black, Latino neighborhoods
- Early learning documentary spotlights Highland Park
- Woman gets four years in flower dispute shooting
- Letters to the editor
- East Aurora superintendent makes changes to panel of top advisors
- Speak Out caller: Scouts, youth volunteers should clean up cemetery
- Man charged with 2014 assault of boy in West Side restaurant washroom
- When cheap laughs cost too much
- La Policía enfoca sus retenes de control de sobriedad en barrios minoritarios
- Loan modification programs extended again
- In Translation: Figuring out the Internet slang landscape
- The left’s oppression obsession
- Police: Ford F250 pickup stolen; Volkswagen keyed
- Friday Exit for May 8, 2015
- Kanye West is brilliant
- Brother Rice names alum Bobby Frasor hoops coach
- Death of girl, 5, ruled homicide
- Open thread: The Week in Review
- What everyone who has lost a mother knows
- Tribune Media looks to baseball broadcasts to help bottom line
- Lockport capital projects coming in over budget
- Former doctor charged with sex assault faces marijuana charges
- Quickly for May 8: ‘Time to send some of these politicians packing’
- Tiger Woods makes cut at Players Championship
- Kane County Drug Court graduation
- Shout Out: Tija Mujais, harpist
- The Friday Exit: Mark your calendar with our business-event guide
- UI Labs set to open doors of new digital manufacturing institute
- Chicago Bear Michael Ola’s honesty, silliness inspires students
- Tom Hardy photos
- Proposed hog farm to get panel review
- Boys’ swimming may become official sport at Glenbard schools
- Vehicle crashes into house on Emerson Street in Evanston
- Bulletin Board: Winthrop Harbor Recreation Board to meet May 11
- Mandate paid sick leave, Chicago
- Thunderstorms move into Chicago area
- Richard Lewis gives a guided tour through his ‘Hell’
- California Pizza Kitchen redesigns interiors to attract young customers
- East Chicago man sentenced to 55 years
- Same prom dress? No way!
- License for fun at Wonderful World of Wheels
- Panera Bread to replace Tilted Kilt in Vernon Hills
- Blue Chip shows area’s biggest casino gain April
- 2 dead in separate McHenry County crashes
- West Suburban Symphony plays ‘Sublime’ Tchaikovsky concert
- Board briefs: Lincolnwood police sergeant sworn in
- Elgin Symphony Orchestra is better than ever
- 2015 Toyota Yaris
- Winner: “There’s one in the works of Mike Madigan and John Cullerton down in Springfield.” – Sally Soltys, Elmhurst
- Better economy, spring brings building season to Aurora
- Men charged with burglarizing unlocked Park Ridge garages
- Antique fire truck show coming to Lake Barrington May 16
- Local filmmaker creating airport documentary
- Author’s visit to Waukegan High breaks down language barriers
- Jewelry dealer: $150K in merchandise taken from car on North Side
- Ambassadors among dead and injured in Pakistan helicopter crash
- Gary job fair
- Bears’ odds of winning actually worse than early this year, but here’s why
- At NYPD officer’s funeral, police reflect on tough time
- Men charged with burglarizing unlocked Park Ridge garages
- Conservatives win unexpected and resounding victory in U.K. election
- No resting on debut laurels for Emmylou Harris-Rodney Crowell partnership
- Staying in touch with mom an ocean away
- Niles North, West students strut their stuff at Niles Township fashion show
- Rubbin’ Buttz BBQ in Colorado panned for planned ‘White Appreciation Day’
- After the pension ruling: Salvaging Illinois
- Lincolnwood allows businesses to advertise on streetlights
- Niles fashion show
- Student art auction held in memory of late Maine South teacher
- On this Mother’s Day, let’s honor moms of special needs kids
- Six recognized with Park Ridge Public Safety Awards
- Norwegian Parade returns to Park Ridge May 17
- Local filmmaker creating airport documentary
- Park Ridge developer’s lawsuit prompts local legislators to propose changes in law
- Audrey and Stella Finnearty
- Future Islands’ auction of ‘Letterman’ items to fund rebuilding after Baltimore unrest
- 2 Naperville area high schools crack top 20 at chess nationals
- Pence to let Indiana riverboat casinos build on land
- Brandon Marshall says Bears could’ve traded him to Patriots
- Crowned lemur born at Lincoln Park Zoo
- A sad end to the brave, optimistic life of Lauren Mandel
- School taxes are no gift for many moms
- Happy Illinois Mother’s Day!
- Gail Myers, foster mom and teacher, dies at 75
- Sticking the blame where it belongs: On Illinois lawmakers
- Chef Amaury restaurant in Aurora to close
- Luring international visitors to area pitched
- Softball: York pitcher Brooke Bandy shoulders the load
- Hats off to Betty Brown: YWCA renames social justice award in her honor
- Real Salt Lake at Fire
- Mistrial declared after deadlock in 1979 case of missing NYC boy Etan Patz
- Reputed mob enforcer pleads guilty to threats, violence to collect debts
- Students, Olympian step up for Make-A-Wish
- More Prince tickets, priced at $72, released [Update]
- Family, friends continue search for Michael Hernandez
- Hawks lose Michal Rozsival for playoffs, weigh options to replace him
- Memo to Obama: Take care in selecting design team for your library
- Woman suffering from dementia found
- Illinois’ pension crisis will show the kind of businessman Bruce Rauner is
- Chicago area rivals Loyola, Lewis meet for NCAA volleyball title
- Gas station worker attacked by mob
- Lewis, Loyola meet again, this time for NCAA men’s volleyball title
- District U46 opposes TIF district for downtown Bartlett
- Lafayette in Valparaiso to reopen as a one-way street
- Blackhawks’ Michal Rozsival done for season after fracturing ankle
- Hampshire High School teacher placed on administrative leave
- Digital Frog takes dissection to scalpel-free level
- Will County to monitor deer culling more closely
- Salvaging Illinois after the pension ruling
- Illinois Supreme Court rules landmark pension law unconstitutional
- NWI pizza maker hand-tossed into World Pizza Championship
- Patrick Kane hasn’t missed a step for Hawks since return from injury
- Joe Maddon’s Italian restaurant — in Tampa — earns high praise
- J.R. Smith returns, Iman Shumpert to play for Cavs
- Airport opposition
- Primary election turnout dismal as usual
- 22 former NIU frat members guilty of misdemeanors in death of pledge
- Speak Out
- Corrections and clarifications for Saturday, May 9, 2015
- 2,000 come out for chance at Gary jobs
- Adam Gase and Jay Cutler finally getting on the same path
- Bulls 99, Cavs 96: Handing out Game 3 awards
- Mayor’s Awards honor community preservation in Elgin
- New Chicago airports chief is longtime aviation professional
- Illinois’ unfunded pension systems in five charts
- Andrew graduate Kelly Christner turns into star for powerhouse Michigan
- New Naperville business floats into town
- The victims of Illinois’ failure on pensions
- Slager challenged on new school funding plan
- Joe Maddon: Best of Cubs is yet to come
- Humboldt Park residents urge officials not to back Riot Fest
- Speak Out: Unions have lost their purpose
- Elgin grocery co-op advocates to seek city funding
- White Sox Game Day: Postponed due to rain
- MWRD deal supplements Thornton reservoir capacity to contain monster storms
- Selck settling into new role at Loaves & Fishes helm
- Newcomer to take on Cedar Lake Council incumbent in November
- After Freddie Gray death, U.S. starts civil rights probe of Baltimore police
- Photo Gallery: Lockport 14, Homewood-Flossmoor 8
- Missing mom in unexpected ways
- Kevin Na, Jerry Kelly share 36-hole lead at The Players Championship
- Moms aren’t the only ones getting gifts Sunday
- Will County state’s attorney receives award
- Mothers turn grief over loss of sons into source of strength
- Bears top pick Kevin White learning all the in and outs at WR
- Mother and daughter share a genetic disorder, and a dream
- Hampshire trustee retires after 43 years of serving the village
- Duke transfer Rasheed Sulaimon visits Maryland, source says
- ‘Mother’ of the Children’s Farm in Palos Park turns 80 this year
- Greek Orthodox priest at odds with leaders over inquiry into cleric leaving post
- Joe Maddon and Joe Torre talk over manager’s criticism of umpire
- Lake Central’s Zack Turnbough nears state’s single-season triples mark
- Ask Tom: Has Miami ever gotten snow?
- East Dundee veteran goes on Honor Flight to D.C.
- Questions abound as retooled RailCats open spring training
- April jobs report reassures investors
- Those living under airport cloud seek closure
- Letter: Laurel and Western project is bad for residents
- Volunteers ready to create Bluff City Cemetery Avenue of Flags
- Hampshire Elementary principal announces retirement
- Third base calling for White Sox’s Jose Abreu? Don’t be surprised
- Students at Valparaiso University campaign against Chick-fil-A on campus
- Lake officials address state law challenge
- Storms to hit Plains; chilly Saturday before rain here
- Body cameras in place for Hammond police
- Home invasion victim shot by cop: ‘I should have put the gun down’
- Local Roundup: Kevin Duzan named Kouts boys basketball coach
- Game 3: Bulls 99, Cavaliers 96
- Valparaiso notes: Crusaders finish 21-7 in men’s tennis
- Post-Tribune Prep Scoreboard for Friday, May 8
- Cubs 7, Brewers 6
- Local Roundup: Lockport gains revenge, eases past Homewood-Flossmoor
- Friday’s recap: Cubs 7, Brewers 6
- Daily Southtown Local Scoreboard for Friday, May 8
- State pension ruling deals Emanuel triple blow on Chicago’s finances
- Derrick Rose’s 3-point buzzer-beater gives Bulls 99-96 victory over Cavs