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- No. 5 Benet edges Rolling Meadows in Montini semifinal
- Virginia Tech stages epic comeback, tops Arkansas in Belk Bowl
- Morgan Park 66, Uplift 64
- More than 100 Chicago bars and restaurants closed in 2016
- Demonstrators protest Vice President-elect Mike Pence in Chicago
- Young 57, Fenwick 52
- Family won’t forgive abusive boyfriend
- Tomateros vencen a Jalisco; serán locales en postemporada
- EEUU revela detalles de ciberataques a elecciones
- Friday’s holiday tournament schedule, results
- Santa poses for selfies, greets families aboard CTA Holiday Train
- Skokie trustees approve Aldi expansion plan
- Al menos 6 muertos en accidente minero en India
- Skokie mayor: Menorah lighting event a gesture of hope, unity
- 7 wounded in city shootings
- Lincolnwood’s Trustee Elster won’t seek sixth term
- Madrid prohíbe la entrada de camiones para evitar ataques
- Siria: Cese del fuego es respetado, pese a violaciones
- Lincoln Park home with double roof decks: $2.25M
- Hindsight 2016: Carpooling picked up with UberPool, Lyft Line and Via
- Putin dice que Rusia no expulsará a diplomáticos de EEUU
- An auction of adults with disabilities launched Illinois’ troubled transition from institutions to group homes
- 2 residents from now-shuttered group homes found; 1 remains missing
- Despido amenaza al menos a 7 entrenadores de NFL
- Kane County gets rid of blighted properties
- Mike Denbrock latest coach to leave Notre Dame football
- Friday’s matchup: Blackhawks at Hurricanes
- Friday’s matchup: Bulls at Pacers
- Woman gets 30 years in prison for 1979 murder of husband in Inverness
- John Fox has a bag full of gibberish and uses it all
- New Year predictions: Trump impeached and calves appreciated
- Does John Fox have a clue about his coaching staff?
- Police union boss: Cops don’t want to be disciplined for hot mic moments
- Mattie Smith Colin, Chicago Defender reporter who covered Emmett Till story, dies at 98
- Lindsay Lohan really wants to make a ‘Mean Girls’ sequel happen
- Few answers as Chicago hit with worst violence in nearly 20 years
- Wisconsin’s Wilmot Mountain ups its game after $13 million renovation
- In the rush to close institutions, Illinois glossed over serious problems in group homes
- Ferdy Kuebler, campeón del Tour de 1950, muere a los 97 años
- Agente: CR7 rechazó oferta de más de 100 millones de China
- Federer quiere jugar 2 o 3 años más
- Derrumbe en una mina de carbón deja 10 muertos en India
- EEUU revela detalles de hackeo ruso contra sus elecciones
- Avec to host brunch with Lost Lake, Half Acre, Honey Butter and more in 2017
- Barbara Tarbuck of ‘General Hospital’ dies at 74
- Nuevo ministro argentino admite vínculos con Trump
- Madrid prohíbe la entrada de camiones para prevenir ataques
- Chicago Inc. takes a look into the crystal ball for 2017
- How Scott MacArthur went from Chicago improv to Fox’s ‘The Mick’
- Transgender teen begins new life in Wisconsin
- Europe in 2017: Brexit, a rising far-right and Russian saber rattling
- Wisconsin robbery suspects
- 2016 in review: Top national sports stories
- The best recipes of 2016
- Change more than your calendar this New Year’s Day
- Authorities: Mother, son died of natural causes in Morton Grove home
- Arbitro Mark Clattenburg contemplaría irse a China
- Packers y Lions se disputan el Norte de la Nacional
- Cesan a policías de Miami por “broma” racista, dice diario
- Hammond police investigate shooting incidents
- The Madigan plan for 2017: More failure, more bleeding
- Even cars that sit idle in winter should get oil changed
- Prickly City-friends
- Police seek 2 men believed to have stolen car in Chicago, robbed store in Wisconsin
- Being black in Naperville, new bars and laced candy in school were among the top stories on the web in 2016
- Santa Claus regresa a Facebook tras demostrar su identidad
- Bears at Vikings: All winning does is lower draft pick
- More tests needed to establish George Michael cause of death
- 2016 in review: Top Chicago sports stories
- Last call at The Drake’s Cape Cod Room
- Pro golfer Jeff Sluman, wife, sell Hinsdale mansion for $4 million
- From Obama Library plans to a riverfront eye-grabber: Architecture to watch for in early 2017
- SWALCO free electronics recycling set to continue through 2017
- New Year’s resolutions for Madigan, Rauner
- 2017 winter arts preview
- Santa Claus regresa a Facebook tras demostrar su identidad
- Causa de muerte de George Michael requiere más pruebas
- Glencoe toy store undergoing expansion
- Chicago penthouses were hot in 2016. What does luxury real estate have in store for 2017?
- Wisconsin transportation study considers interstate tollways
- Bradley: Swansea no tuvo “agallas” para mantenerlo en cargo
- Dakar inicia el lunes recorrido por 3 países sudamericanos
- Uber X y Lyft comenzarán a operar en aeropuerto de Atlanta
- El asalto de las fuerzas iraquíes a Mosul hace más avances
- Councilman apologizes for legal problems
- Happy New Year! What will your obituary say?
- Four seek three spots on West Aurora school board
- Army veteran: ‘Thanks for saying thanks’
- Help Them To Hope
- Phil Stefani to open Italian restaurant with daughter Gina Stefani in former Kow Kow space
- Russia-Turkey cease-fire holding in Syria despite clashes near Damascus
- Woman facing identity theft charges in Kane County
- In Fox’s ‘The Mick,’ Kaitlin Olson goes from ‘Sunny’ to something more cloudy
- Russian hacking began as ‘Grizzly Steppe’ before turning into far-reaching operation: report
- Ice castle shaping up at Wisconsin Dells, Waterpark Capital of the World
- Does legalizing pot spur kids to try it?
- Losing city friends in your 30s for a ‘burb life
- I’m bisexual — when I date women, we don’t argue over housework
- Arlington Heights police: Men stole $2,000 worth of coats
- 2016: Chicago’s greatest dining year ever?
- New faces will probably be seen on East Aurora school board
- Puerto Rico lanzará aplicación para promover museos
- She was on course for stardom. Then she entrusted her career to USA Swimming.
- Elgin’s water rates rise after Bartlett defection
- Longtime Aurora attorney William Murphy dies at 95
- Venezuela preocupada por acuerdo de Colombia con la OTAN
- EEUU bloquea acceso a zonas usadas por diplomáticos rusos
- Bad things happen when the swamp is drained
- Palatine organization The Bridge helps teen cope with stressors
- Despite criticism, FSU says Jet Skis helped unify team ahead of Orange Bowl
- Sitios para reciclar árboles de Navidad en Chicago
- Firefighter hurt at extra-alarm fire on West Side
- Shout Out: John Maas, Barrington resident and supporter of Cricket Theatre in Lake Zurich
- Water parks chill out as cold front arrives
- UConn Welcomes Back Randy Edsall
- Facebook fue la aplicación más usada en 2016
- Oak Park, Evanston led Cook County in election turnout
- Work begins on Central High School in Burlington
- Shout Out: Carol Costanza, Antarctic researcher
- Job opportunities await in tomorrow’s expanded urban areas
- Ten entertaining ideas for 2017
- Presionan por programa de empleo para delincuentes
- Nature lovers meet monthly to discuss books at Volo Bog
- Coffee won’t help a tipsy person sober up, traffic-safety experts warn
- Vocal concert hearkens to pre-1600 era of legendary Thomas Becket
- Sample Illinois brews at Explore the Pour
- DeCaprio Art Gallery showcases MVCC faculty’s ‘New Work’
- ‘Free Days’ return to the Field Museum in 2017
- Festival of Lights menorah a symbolic way of ‘dispelling the darkness,’ rabbi says
- Muerte de Debbie Reynolds recuerda síndrome de corazón roto
- Civil War event shaping up in Elgin
- ‘A natural piece of the puzzle’: New arts alliance has big plans in Grayslake
- Corporate elites take a liking to Trump’s trade agenda
- 10 Chicago businesspeople to watch in 2017
- Prandelli renuncia a la dirección técnica del Valencia
- Por Trump más universitarios prefieren estudiar en Canadá
- Community support strong for donation drives this holiday season, organizers say
- Memo to Trump: There’s only one president at a time
- Our top 10 drink suggestions for Steppenwolf
- Shout Out: Beth Mariella, football mom
- Hindsight 2016: How civic tech, food safety and Fulton Market changed
- Santa Claus sí existe, y regresa a Facebook tras demostrar su identidad
- Lo que le espera en la celebración de Año Nuevo ‘Chi-Town Rising’, en Chicago
- How my Ba is about to make America great again
- A suburban Milwaukee mall Santa did not beat up child molester with help of elves. That’s fake.
- For local business, it’s ‘Anxious New Year!’
- The loneliness of virtual reality
- McGrath: Be bold with New Year’s resolutions
- Showtime posts ‘Homeland’ season 6 premiere online ahead of Jan. 15 debut
- Garry McCarthy tells ’60 Minutes’ that Chicago Police Department is in ‘crisis’
- Chris Martin rinde homenaje a George Michael
- 2016: The year in review
- Man accused of using pit bull during robbery
- Make the most of winter
- There have been worse years than 2016
- Life’s a beach – party, with Dave Rudolf
- Elmwood Park looks to lone senior Analise Hernandez for leadership
- Providing a lifeline to kids in need
- Agencia antidopaje de España investiga a Nasri
- Macri celebra fallo contra Fernández por encubrimiento
- AP VERIFICA: Santa Claus no golpeó a acosador de niños
- Chicago’s dining highlights of 2016
- Beyonce’s mom said she accidentally ‘liked’ insult about JHud on Instagram
- Another lawsuit says some McDonald’s value meals are no-value rip-offs
- Buckeyes and bucks: What would a college football team cost?
- Interview: Zendaya won’t fit in your boxes
- Do you suffer from Trump Derangement Syndrome?
- Man robs Alsip bank wearing fake tape mustache, FBI says
- Leyden’s Artasia Gusman expands basketball skills in senior season
- 1 dead, 3 injured in two Palos Park head-on crashes, police say
- Naperville News Digest: Sandi Patty final Naperville concert, school board election lottery
- Team-generated cheers boost Vernon Hills girls basketball
- County extends hiring freeze for most offices
- Tips for safe drinking this New Year’s Eve
- At 5-0, Davane Gross ‘plays big’ for St. Joseph basketball
- New Year’s traditions range from food to laundry
- A Trump Cabinet pick who says this land is your land
- One year down, a lifetime to go for 2016’s first baby in Lake County
- New year brings review of policies in Elmwood Park, Leyden school districts
- Eagles becoming a normal sight around Aurora area
- Documental de Reynolds y Fisher será transmitido por HBO
- East Dundee to dish up deals during Restaurant Week event
- Pence’s Chicago fundraiser met by protesters
- The year ahead: Deerfield stories that will dominate 2017
- Al cumplir 32, LeBron reflexiona sobre un 2016 inigualable
- Aumenta ligeramente número de deportaciones en EEUU
- Trump elogia a Putin por no tomar represalias ante sanciones
- 2016: The year in review
- Lisle man charged with delivering pot in New Lenox
- Buffalo Grove’s Colin Calcagno a complete player in third varsity season
- Train plans unsettle Hammond neighborhood
- 6 taken to hospitals following Cabrini-Green wreck
- Those jobs Trump brags about are just a fraction of Sprint’s huge layoffs
- Brother of slain Aurora child finishes police academy
- Police: Elderly woman targeted in sweepstakes scam
- Deerfield H.S. School Chest drive raises funds, awareness for local cause
- Chicagoans can recycle Christmas trees at Park District sites
- Above-normal temperatures expected to greet Polar Bear Plungers in Waukegan
- Quickly: The new administration is a real nightmare
- Quickly: When the president-elect becomes the greatest threat to national security
- RedEye Rush Hour: Dec. 30
- RedEye Rush Hour: Jan. 5
- Southland’s top stories of 2016
- Post-Christmas shopping: Redeeming gift cards, bargain hunting and more
- Reeder: Expect Rauner opponent to face political attacks
- Vitamin retailer GNC finishing terrible year. Can Super Bowl ad give it boost?
- Visclosky sets annual town hall meetings
- A look at TV shows, movies filmed in Chicago set to air in 2017
- Blanks: Schools progressing, but more work is needed
- A stronger economy won’t save obsolete jobs
- Deerfield teen helps rescue swimmers while vacationing in Hawaii
- Homeowners get help through Hardest Hit fund
- Seahawks y Bennett pactan contrato hasta 2020
- Mariota observa práctica 48 horas después de cirugía
- Avioneta se estrella en centro de Ciudad de Guatemala
- New year’s resolution? Why not set a Guinness World Record
- Fenwick’s Gianni Ortiz embraces tough-talk role on floor
- Zsa Zsa Gabor’s life, glamour, honored at funeral mass
- Speak Out: Why Tinley Park doesn’t get the stores and restaurants of neighboring towns
- Jason Contreras graduates from police academy
- Bias meets DNA: Students at Pennsylvania college asked to learn their ancestry
- Se disparan las peticiones de asilo político de venezolanos en EEUU
- Letter to the editor: Urge ‘no’ vote on land measure
- New mayor, downtown development and school construction big issues for Aurora in 2017
- Letters to the editor: Spin blames everyone else for election loss
- Investigan reparto regalos de narcos en norte México
- In 2016 stocks were hot, but bonds were not
- Casino round up
- Las lujosas mansiones de la URSS que Obama arrebató a los diplomáticos rusos
- Land deal would add 150 new parking spaces to Naperville Metra lot
- Niles seeks residents’ stormwater flooding experiences
- Mundelein to retake land sold in gas station annexation effort
- Leyden Township winter break camp helps kids stay active
- Local firefighter earns prestigious title
- Checkbooks headed for extinction? Not so fast
- Court reinstates Kennedy cousin Michael Skakel’s conviction in 1975 murder
- Portage churches come together
- Pilot test continues on ‘no turn’ sign removal at Austin Avenue in Morton Grove
- Chi-Town Rising: If you go on New Year’s Eve
- Arrest made in one Waukegan armed robbery, but three more this week
- Arlington Heights police warn about locker room thefts
- Late train service, driver services among safe travel options for New Year’s Eve
- Auto care workshop teaches basic skills
- Busy December a record for Red Cross fire response
- Lincolnwood officials look to increase residents’ support, download of village app
- Butler’s team plane loses pressure: ‘It was scary, we had guys crying’
- Lottery’s scratch-off payouts got little state oversight
- Arlington Heights officials emphasize parking, snow removal regulations
- Man charged with false unemployment claims in Illinois, 2 other states
- Funeral set as investigation continues into fatal Gary fire
- NFL posterga decisión sobre readmisión de Aldon Smith
- Expertos ONU piden a Ecuador no disolver grupo ambientalista
- Arlington Heights residents line up for vehicle stickers
- Research shows stress leads to prematurely gray dogs
- Buffalo Grove begins work on market study as officials eye development along Lake Cook Road
- The doctor who predicted Chicago’s homicide epidemic
- 911 call center expects busy start to 2017
- Pickup truck, semi-trailer truck involved in crash in Hampshire
- El Futuro con Trump: ¿Se reforzará E-Verify?
- Community’s help wanted in finding missing man
- Mego: Take ‘Auld Lang Syne’ literally this New Year and reconnect with old acquaintances
- Chicago Park District offers free week at fitness centers
- Family raising funds to fight eviction from home modified for disabled son
- Lake shelter dogs quarantined due to flu symptoms
- Former Oklahoma sheriff will not face more charges in Eric Harris shooting
- Ask Tom: What can you tell us about the 1948 New Year’s Day ice storm?
- Incumbent challenges opponent’s nomination papers in Park Ridge’s 6th Ward
- Putin says Russia won’t expel U.S. diplomats; Trump offers praise for Russian leader
- Aurora police reach out to those with special needs
- Pacers 111, Bulls 101
- City leaders look ahead to 2017
- Elgin Tower Building to open, police to be issued body cameras in 2017
- Bears injury tracker: Leonard Floyd doubtful; Pernell McPhee sits out again
- Hinsdale Central senior producing documentary about Institute in Basic Life Principles
- Oak Park trustee, village clerk candidates face petition challenges
- Tormenta cubre de nieve región de New England
- Tennis, sailing or spying? U.S. shuts down 2 Russian compounds
- Gary man plans Indianapolis walk for medical marijuana
- Obama planning Jan. 10 farewell speech in Chicago
- Talk of the County
- Pope: Maximum effort made for Lake County’s memorable moments in 2016
- Prairie plants focus of program in St. Charles
- Lincolnwood trustees approve liquor retailer’s special use requests
- Four real-life ways technology is transforming the present and the future
- Editorial: Dear 2016, see ya!
- ‘Turbocharged’ storm clobbers northern New England with snow
- Friday’s recap: Pacers 111, Bulls 101
- Socktober a windfall for sock collection
- Participants sought for Aurora Citizen Police Academy
- Small fire extinguished in St. Charles school
- Disabato: Dad’s legacy inspired Lemont’s Garrett Acton, 2016’s top moment
- Carrier deal that Trump touted hasn’t been ?nalized yet, of?cials say
- Bold sports predictions for 2017
- EEUU: Mexicano acusado de violación fue deportado 10 veces
- Heroin-related deaths up 42% in 2016 in Will County; DuPage numbers still out
- Debbie Reynolds and Carrie Fisher to be buried together after joint funeral
- Christian university marching band from Illinois in Trump parade
- 8 candidates vie for District 308 School Board
- Linked by Notre Dame, Bob Davie huddles with ‘maniacal’ Urban Meyer
- Elgin therapy dog is cancer survivor, too
- Fireworks sales promise to start 2017 with a bang
- Notre Dame reportedly to hire Memphis’ Chip Long as offensive coordinator
- Woman sentenced in her husband’s 1979 killing, but hunt continues for shooters
- Homer Glen student works so other kids can play
- East Chicago lead contamination galvanizes residents
- As Bears limp toward woeful finish, all eyes shift to chairman’s analysis
- William Hanhardt, former Chicago police official convicted of running jewelry theft ring, dies at 88
- Mormon Tabernacle Choir member resigns rather than sing for Trump inauguration
- Search suspended for plane piloted by beverage exec that vanished over Lake Erie with 6 aboard
- The Obamas in the White House
- Clothing center up and running at YWCA
- 60 injured in crowd crush at Australian music festival
- Seminar focuses on writing children’s books
- Seeing 2017 with different eyes starts with organization
- Hope for elephants: China vows to shut down ivory trade by end of 2017
- Church news
- Officials: Man shot in Austin on Wednesday dies next day
- Every 16 seconds in America the Bountiful
- Krispy Kreme re-enters Chicago market with Homewood store
- Valparaiso continues dominance over UIC with 70-59 win
- Lake County year in review: Gliniewicz saga, police shootings grab headlines
- RocHaus ‘vision coming to life’ in West Dundee
- Wrestling notes: Lemont’s Egan Berta aims to go one step beyond
- Huddle Up: Can Bears avoid team’s worst record ever in 16-game schedule?
- Brian Campbell a ‘little sad’ to see consecutive game streak end at 423
- Federal agencies rush to ?ll job openings to beat Trump’s hiring freeze
- CTA announces deal with unions to extend jobs program for felons
- Jenny McCarthy talks life in ‘Mayberry’ St. Charles ahead of NYE gig
- Community briefs
- Derrik Smits’ career game helps power Valparaiso past Illinois-Chicago
- Uber driver saved teen passenger from pimps in California, police say
- Goodbye to chilly, snowy December 2016
- Talk of the County
- Expect Bulls management to stay the course with coach Fred Hoiberg
- Jimmy Butler vows to keep Rajon Rondo engaged after benching
- Prosecutors: Chicago man charged in killing of teenage girl he met online
- United Nations Security Council to vote Saturday on Syria cease-fire
- Sleepy Hollow resident reflects on 50 years since ‘Pretty Little Dolly’
- Freshman Grant Afman’s butterfly win highlights Munster’s invite title
- Hurricanes 3, Blackhawks 2
- Friday’s recap: Hurricanes 3, Blackhawks 2
- Hammond man talks steel, history
- Mutka: Time to say goodbye after 50-plus years on the sports beat
- Lead poisoning in East Chicago
- Northwestern linebacker Anthony Walker Jr. declares for NFL draft
- Arvia: Worst year ever? ’16 just feels that way
- Residents say new industrial park would ‘destroy’ Lockport
- Pennsylvania: Matan a patrullero; buscan al responsable
- Rachel Dumoulin, Hampshire settle for fourth place at Dundee-Crown
- Nachusa Grasslands map
- Southland has higher housing prices, faster sales in 2016, authorities say
- Xavier Castaneda points No. 9 Young past No. 3 Morgan Park for Proviso West title
- Young slows Ayo Dosunmu, Morgan Park to win Proviso West championship
- No. 2 Montini’s post power leads way in win over No. 5 Benet for Christmas title
- Local roundup: Homewood-Flossmoor rally falls short vs. Bolingbrook
- Storm warning: Hurricanes best Blackhawks; Marcus Kruger injured
- Cold temperatures aren’t as harmful to new vehicles, experts say