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- In Denver, Disney’s ‘Frozen’ musical plays it too safe with Elsa and Anna
- What happened to Snappers after Hurricane Irma?
- What happened to Holiday Isle after Hurricane Irma?
- Cubs closer Wade Davis could go more than one inning to preserve setup men
- Capitals’ Alex Ovechkin releases statement about Olympics
- Nerves get best of Cubs starter Jen-Ho Tseng in major-league debut
- The rent option: Moderate to luxury apartments are widely available
- Hear the call of fall
- Home sweet homes: Second heaven or second thoughts
- The fall fix: Mother Nature’s honey-do list
- Gadgets for keeping you on track
- Tempting the taste buds: Senior living communities offer a bounty of flexibility, flavors
- Lake Michigan shipwreck
- Six misconceptions about heart disease
- Tips for writing a good eulogy
- People need people: Why social lives mean longer, healthier lives
- True colors: The art, beauty and spirituality of stained glass
- A step further
- Home health care fills the gap
- E-friends: Voice-activated assistants fill a need
- Love of the game: 16-inch softball keeps players on the field
- The truth about the flu vaccine
- All aboard: Multigenerational travel creates lasting memories
- Update your style for fall
- Cubs veterans come through after rookies falter against Mets in 14-6 win
- Former Breitbart editor Ben Shapiro speaks at UC Berkeley amid heavy security
- Family pleads for less this holiday season
- Contemporary home in Long Grove: $824,900
- Trump faces questions over his promise to historically black colleges
- Morning Spin: Rauner administration creating staff teams following summer shake-up
- After long delay, governor assumes role of Rauner the recruiter
- London subway blast
- Paperwork filed for ‘Garry McCarthy for Mayor Exploratory Committee,’ but backers mum
- Hillary Clinton’s unintended revelations
- Photo gallery: Chicago crime scene investigations
- Watch live: NASA’s spacecraft plunges into Saturn, ending a 20-year voyage
- NorthShore hospital system CEO Neaman to step aside
- Series preview: Cardinals at Cubs
- Chase’s $40M neighborhood revival plan will shake up local business giving
- North Korea fires missile over Japan into Pacific in its longest-ever flight
- Women’s class-action suit against Google allege they were paid less than male counterparts
- Compared to Enron, Equifax’s troubles deepen amid new disclosure about breach
- Kenneka Jenkins’ mother says activist who viewed freezer video misrepresented family
- Helping brainwashed Bears fans with this whole Mitch Trubisky-Mike Glennon thing
- Angry Birds maker Rovio valued at $1 billion in planned IPO
- Illinois punter Blake Hayes part of new Aussie tradition in college football
- Ford’s push for driverless vehicles includes a man pretending to be a car seat
- 6 people shot over 12 hours in Chicago
- Blue paint is dumped on Wall Street ‘Charging Bull’ statue’s head
- Elon Musk posts blooper reel of crashing SpaceX rockets
- Pepe Aguilar: De familia, sangre y tradición
- Obama personally answers questions at Chicago presidential library forum
- Alphabet, Google’s parent company, reportedly in talks to invest $1 billion in Lyft
- ‘It will be soon:’ Cubs starter Jake Arrieta sees return in sight
- ‘I was just like you’: Author encourages Naperville kids to write, draw stories
- Marriage has never been harder — or happier, argues new book
- More than 100 cities start courting Amazon for its HQ2
- Donald Trump demands ESPN apologize for Jemele Hill’s tweets
- Washington Street bridge replacement
- This couple paid off $5,000 in debt on one income in one month
- YouTube has shut down more North Korean channels — and researchers are frustrated
- Trips and tips: Take a spiritual journey in India, head to London for the world’s best flower show and more
- Old-style Adirondacks retreat offers a place to unplug and unwind
- Jen-Ho Tseng, Taylor Davis feel nerves in first Cubs starts
- Many may seek hospice care too late, study shows
- Former top UN official: FIFA leaders ‘violate’ conduct rules
- Hot air: The newest way to treat lice catches on
- Chicago date idea: Shedd Aquarium then a Divvy bike ride
- Raising the bar: 3 female bartenders mixing things up in Chicago
- My husband shouldn’t have had a gun
- With Everton wobbling, Rooney set for tough return to United
- Prosecutor seeking 2 1/2-year ban for Juve president Agnelli
- Hurricane Irma: What’s open and what’s closed
- UEFA charges Arsenal, Cologne after fan chaos
- Jennifer Garner posts laughing gas video after dental work
- 5 buzzworthy topics people will be talking about this weekend
- DACA dithering shows Trump’s mind only has room for Trump
- Living the pumpkin spice lifestyle: A reporter used every pumpkin spice product she could find for a week
- Martin Truex Jr. on Joliet, NASCAR playoffs and his girlfriend’s cancer
- Atletico Madrid goes back in time with its new stadium
- ‘Jovencita entró sola al congelador donde fue encontrada muerta’
- ‘The Villainess’ review: Ruthless killers are people too
- Illinois’ higher ed system is unsustainable
- Kolo Toure retires, gets position in Celtic’s coaching staff
- Sports is a hub for protests against racism. ESPN shouldn’t silence Jemele Hill.
- Oktoberfest in Chicago: 14 spots with celebrations, steins and sausages
- Are school shootings the new normal?
- Financial Times journalist killed in crocodile attack in Sri Lanka
- 2018 Jeep Grand Cherokee Trackhawk at a glance
- México está al borde del colapso: Kelly
- Judge to rule Friday on whether homeless living in Uptown tent city must move
- You want a wall? Pay for it yourself.
- Shout Out: Michelle Sherwin-Petrucci, MHS incubator teacher
- ‘Who is Arthur Chu?’ director hosts film screening and Q&A at Music Box this weekend
- Cold reality is Bears no longer can consider Kevin White a building block
- Speak out: Absentee fathers a big problem in America
- GSU opera sings praises of animals
- Estalla bomba casera en el metro de Londres y deja 22 heridos
- Trump invites 11-year-old boy to mow Rose Garden lawn
- Fan-friendly Galaxy Comic Book and Fantasy Art Expo set for Joliet
- Milan defender Conti out for six months
- Driving the 707-horsepower Jeep Grand Cherokee Trackhawk in a word? SICK
- Timothy Christian dedicates $16 million middle school and fieldhouse in Elmhurst
- Merrillville seeks to buy Old Mill: ‘I’m tired of looking at that site’
- East Chicago woman charged in connection with wrong-way chase
- Twin brothers, third person charged with armed robbery of Buffalo Grove locksmith
- Zonas afectadas por terremoto en México enfrentan ahora amenaza de huracán
- Opioids changed my life — for the better
- Charges filed in robbery, stabbing
- Food bank provides mobile services to move with the need
- Chocolate-covered fries help McDonald’s Japan CEO overcome scandals
- A day with famed Norwegian novelist Karl Ove Knausgaard, master of the mundane
- All-star band Filthy Friends finds tentative musical accord on ‘Invitation’
- Zenit need win in tight Russian race
- What good will Cardinal Cupich’s ban on guns do?
- Harley shop leaving Mag Mile; owner eyes Navy Pier
- Vatican diplomat recalled from Washington embassy amid child porn investigation
- Most Illinois students didn’t pass PARCC exams in 2017
- The power of sharing your abortion story
- The DACA debate needs a return to reality
- Judge sets date for Cosby retrial on sexual assault charges
- Why not find out if Mitch Trubisky can be a Tom Brady or Ben Roethlisberger?
- 5 tips to create a seaside oasis in your bathroom
- What are the benefits of energy-efficient building programs? (Infographic)
- Chicago Fire acquire USL defender Corrales
- What happened to Green Parrot Bar after Hurricane Irma?
- What happened to Theater of the Sea after Hurricane Irma?
- What happened to Robbie’s Marina after Hurricane Irma?
- Hurricane Irma evacuation leads to surprise delivery in Aurora
- Fantasy football 2017: Week 2 cheat sheet
- Morton Salt’s Bahamas facility damaged by Hurricane Irma
- Elk Grove Village cops talk to ‘person of interest’ in homicide of 3-year-old boy
- Macy’s will hire 80,000 workers for the holidays
- Next review: What other restaurant could pull off re-creating dishes from world’s best?
- Adrian Peterson: ‘I didn’t sign up for nine snaps’ in Saints debut
- Hillary Clinton used ‘alternate nostril breathing’ after election loss. You should, too.
- Shout Out: Val Lober
- National Book Award nominees announced for nonfiction, fiction
- Squad car returned to county; fired cop’s AR-15 offered for sale
- ‘The Heavens Are Hung in Black’ is a play set during Lincoln’s darkest hours
- Park Ridge man convicted of trying to steal $5k as O’Hare customs agent
- There’s no art to Trump’s dance with Democrats
- Greg Kot’s Mavis Staples book is the latest pick for ‘One Book, One Chicago’
- Police offer tips on identity protection
- Shout Out: Esther Rose, volleyball supervisor, ‘Big Mac’ namer
- Church news
- Emmy Awards 2017 predictions: Who will win, who deserves to win and who could surprise us all
- NASA’s Cassini spacecraft burns up in skies over Saturn, ending 20-year voyage
- New restaurants seek Aurora liquor licenses
- SKC pair Belmar, Oliveira sign MLS contracts
- Netflix aims to build the next great Hollywood studio
- Community news
- ‘Will & Grace’ is making its return in a different America
- Chicago and the Great Miami Hurricane of 1926
- Read: Statement from family of Kenneka Jenkins
- Column: Elgin doesn’t need to record all city council meetings
- Es como ‘regresar a las sombras’
- Fundraisers in La Grange, La Grange Park and Western Springs bring aid to Hurricane Harvey victims
- Chelsea’s Drinkwater out until October
- Kyle Schwarber’s Cubs future no longer a certainty after season of struggle
- 76-year-old cyclist injured in Glenview car crash
- Chicago and the Great Miami Hurricane of 1926
- Reliever Hector Rondon sidelined with elbow inflammation
- United can cope without Pogba, says Mourinho
- Calumet City to reconsider county’s $13 minimum wage ordinance at mayor’s request
- Glenview planning board approves apartment complex
- Zion skyline in for a change with planned razing of nuclear towers
- Hodgson sets sights on Palace survival
- Commuters: Proposed Metra fare hike ‘definitely not good’
- Ben Arfa back training with PSG first team
- Quickly
- Martini and steak: Exploring the classic Chicago steakhouse duo — is it a good idea?
- Police: cars stolen from home garage
- Abbey Pub subject of TV’s ‘Back to the Bar’
- Heritage Woods developer blames opposition for project’s rejection
- Conte warns Chelsea to avoid ref rage in Arsenal clash
- Woman who spiked tot’s cup of milk with nail polish remover sentenced to 10 years
- Speak Out: Trees on Route 20 bypass a safety hazard
- Expo Chicago fashion highlights
- Kangaroo takes a hop, skip and jump away from Kenosha County farm
- Welcome to Cook County, Mayor Bloomberg. You’re getting played on the soda tax.
- Man charged with attempted murder in Aurora to serve as own attorney
- Speak Out
- The Cook County Board’s legacy: Killing Cook County jobs
- Feds claim ‘thousands of intercepts’ in the case of Ukrainian billionaire, Trump ex-campaign boss
- Cubs 8, Cardinals 2
- Wine 101: What is phylloxera, and how did it nearly destroy wine as we know it?
- Coach Marcel Koller to leave Austria after 6-year stint
- Hispanos son más que afroamericanos y se encaminan a ser mayoría en Chicago
- Watch: Libertyville vs. Waukegan
- West Aurora looking at post-graduation apprenticeship program
- Donated supplies help Round Lake Park school re-stock after July floods
- Things ESPN should apologize for, including that yelling show and the other yelling show
- African Americans are the only U.S. racial group earning less than in 2000
- Penn. hospital under fire after staff took photos of patient’s genital injury: ‘We do pass on interesting stuff’
- Bernie Sanders’ Medicare for all is a delusional promise
- Upcoming volunteer efforts to support public lands
- Plainfield woman lied about Naperville parking lot robbery: police
- Lessons from students fill pages of retired Aurora teacher’s novels
- Trial of Chicago man accused of Aurora sex assault to begin after several delays
- DC United’s Kemp ruled out for the season
- Buffalo Grove man must get rid of dozens of cats: ‘I have too many cats, but I love them’
- The Equifax breach left many of us vulnerable. Here’s how to protect yourself.
- Singing cantaloupe’s praises in a refreshing sparkler
- Quickly
- Erika de la Vega viene a Chicago
- Judge rejects latest bond move on former Aurora priest
- Underwater sanctuary plan aims to preserve Lake Michigan shipwrecks off Wisconsin
- Florenzi set for return after year-long injury
- Bob Newhart gets a TV marathon; ‘Big Bang Theory’ ahead
- Column: The season of “It” raises more R-rated questions for parents
- CPS’ jailhouse lies
- Barrington’s White House looks to maximize donations with new investment group
- National Guard tearing down blighted Gary buildings
- Woman chases robbers down alley in Lincoln Park: ‘I didn’t know if they were armed or not’
- US forward Bobby Wood misses Hamburg’s Bundesliga game
- Hazel Crest woman wins $100,000 lottery prize
- College notes: Buffalo Grove grad Doug Ghim helps U.S. win Walker Cup
- Highland Park eyes pension tax increase to address funding gap
- Some in Congress push for a ‘Space Corps,’ dedicated to fighting wars in the cosmos
- US-Trinidad World Cup qualifier in Couva, not Port-of-Spain
- S.C. Johnson plans to acquire Method, which has a Pullman soap factory
- NFL players’ union names Colin Kaepernick its Week 1 MVP for his charity work
- Trump just can’t quit those alt-right supporters
- UK threat level raised to ‘critical’ after homemade bomb wounds 29 on London subway
- Community calendar
- Hannover climbs to first, beats Hamburg 2-0
- District 112 recruiters seek community input for superintendent search
- Cats rescued from burning home in Lindenhurst
- Activists say they’ll continue to push for assurances the Obama Presidential Center will benefit neighbors
- Barbara Flynn Currie, Illinois House’s second-ranking Democrat, won’t run for re-election
- Malcom scores as unbeaten Bordeaux wins 1-0 at Toulouse
- From stockings to trees, brownfield branching out
- Defoe earns 1st win for Bournemouth in Premier League
- At DCFS office that handled Semaj Crosby case, a ‘toxic’ work environment
- ‘Pushing the envelope’: Great America extends Fright Fest, plans November weekends
- Briergate TIF plans drawing some heat from D113, Park District
- Eibar beats Leganes for its 2nd win in Spanish league
- Man charged in shooting near Southlake Mall at large, police say
- Comings & Goings: Indoor speedway set to open in Mokena
- Trump’s FEC nominee has questioned the value of disclosing political donors
- Search of Orland Park home yields pot, coke, police say
- Dozens of dogs, cats displaced by hurricanes arriving in Naperville
- Big Ten picks: Lay points on Northwestern at your own peril
- Pillars, Community Nurse will merge in La Grange
- Longmeadow Parkway project set to begin phase 3
- Car Wash raises $8,700 for Rush Medical Center.
- De La Ghetto revela ‘La Fórmula’ en video con Daddy Yankee
- Harvard drops fellowship invitation to Chelsea Manning amid criticism from CIA director
- Calling all distracted drivers: Hands off that phone
- DeVos examines dual-credit programs at charter schools in Gary
- Grand Victoria hopes for concert pavilion, ponders sports gambling
- ‘Tasting Stars’ night raises $64,000 for Silver Lining
- Raul Castro baffled, concerned in surprising response to harmed U.S. diplomats
- Moderatto en Chicago
- John Lackey, Willson Contreras can’t pull a selfish act like that
- Un amor más fuerte que la sangre
- Prosecutors: Man shot in 2016 was slain in June over ‘drug spot’
- Celebrating architecture, ‘Elevation’ of Beverly
- Cardiologist launches GOP primary bid to challenge Foster in 11th Congressional District
- Red Sox fined for stealing signs, Yankees docked for improper dugout telephone use
- North Korea options no better in 5 weeks since Trump threatened ‘fire and fury’
- To be Lisa Madigan, liberated
- Military families can get help with their moves
- American Legion Auxiliary (ALA) Foundation celebrates 10 years with renewed commitment to veterans
- Motorist not seriously injured in police chase near La Grange
- Week 4 Chicago area high school football sights and sounds
- Car show puts buzz in electric car interest
- Orland Park police invite pupils to name new pup
- Bartlett police investigate robbery at TCF Bank
- Ask Tom: Were Chicago summers hotter in the 1960s?
- Evanston man guilty of 1st-degree murder in shooting of Dajae Coleman, 14
- Naperville library, local DAR mark Constitution Week
- West Pullman sexual assault suspect appears in court
- Week in review: Mysterious death in hotel freezer, Blagojevich’s prison interview, Chicago courts Amazon
- Second Aurora man charged in June fatal shooting
- Levi Cook granted release from DePaul, plans to transfer from school
- Aurora Municipal Airport set for key upgrade
- Column: Right-To-Try drug proposal is a solution for a non-existent problem
- If the soda tax were out of sight, would it be out of mind?
- Chili recipes connected to cowboys, Texas and contests
- Juez federal de Chicago bloquea suspensión de fondos a ciudades santuario
- Los personajes de ‘El Chapo’
- Aurora panel recommends new real estate transfer fee
- Judge rules in city’s favor on sanctuary cities, grants nationwide injunction
- Current transgender troops can re-enlist in military — for now
- East Aurora looking to end community service requirement
- Elgin man accused of recording woman in bathroom
- Thanks, USDA, for the boffo buzz about my bees, but …
- Blackhawks address training camp without Marian Hossa, Niklas Hjalmarsson
- Brandon Saad, Jonathan Toews, Richard Panik skate together on Day 1 of camp
- Naperville-area residents aid hurricane relief efforts
- Former Aurora mayor joins the Metropolitan Planning Council
- Northwestern professor, co-defendant indicted on six counts of first-degree murder each
- Elgin man charged in car attack denied reduced bond
- Mitch Trubisky can benefit from working vs. Bears’ No. 1 defense in practice
- Geneva man pleads not guilty to sex assault charges
- Ask Tom: Is humid air lighter than dry air?
- Replay: Sandburg vs. Lincoln-Way East
- Replay: Montini vs. Brother Rice
- Replay: Richards vs. Lemont
- Replay: St. Rita vs. St. Laurence
- Chicagoland prep football game live streams for Week 4
- Replay: Plainfield South vs. Oswego East
- Replay: Valparaiso vs. Chesterton
- Aurora committee endorses sewer repair agreement
- Game of the Week: Naperville North vs. Lake Park
- Dealership group wants mechanics back to work by Monday, proposes new agreement
- Chesterton’s Elyse Stasil earns medalist honors as Valparaiso wins sectional
- Replay: Benet vs. St. Viator
- Speak Out
- Replay: Mundelein vs. Stevenson
- Jason Day surges at BMW Championship but still trails Marc Leishman
- Elgin 136-year-old rail bridge set to be replaced
- North Korea’s Kim Jong Un vows to complete nuke program despite sanctions
- Judge denies El Chapo’s effort to dismiss drug traffic case
- Naperville woman accused of killing kids feared a ‘poisoned world’
- Attorney General Lisa Madigan won’t seek re-election in 2018
- Naperville news digest: Yard sale, turtle adoption, and more
- Cubs survive immature outburst from John Lackey — again
- Northwest Indiana is ‘dreaming big’ to lure Amazon
- Crystal Lake couple donates deceased son’s cello to Larkin High School
- As Lisa Madigan leaves office, few women ready to take her place
- Feds announce $4 million for West Calumet demolition
- Column: Americans believe … in almost anything
- Work on Valpo transit center could start by early 2018
- Down to business: Naperville Tutoring Club
- Officials at nursing home where 8 died say they called Florida Gov. Rick Scott 3 times for help
- Column: Youth sports tourism: Build it here and families will come
- Bid to eliminate solid waste district defeated
- Drug Rehabilitation Court participants share journey through art, writing
- Say what you will, John Lackey tirade might have been ‘spark’ Cubs needed
- Tigers 3, White Sox 2
- Jerry Sandusky’s son pleads guilty to child sex abuse charges
- 200 performers set for Elgin Fringe Festival
- Taxpayers billed $1,092 for an official’s two-night stay at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago club
- Joliet toddler Semaj Crosby’s death ruled a homicide by asphyxia
- Best case: Jake Arrieta could return for Brewers series next weekend
- Will County freight plan balances growth, livability, officials say
- Northeast coast casts wary eye on Hurricane Jose
- Grand Victoria Casino beefs up banquet, meetings business in $1M redo
- Lake County News-Sun Local Scoreboard for Saturday, Sept. 16
- FEMA auctioned disaster trailers as Harvey made landfall
- South Florida 47, Illinois 23
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- Dozens arrested, several cops injured after ex-St. Louis cop acquitted in shooting of black man
- Post-Tribune Local Scoreboard for Saturday, Sept. 16
- White Sox’s Willy Garcia surprised he’s back so soon after fracturing jaw
- Former Lincoln-Way chief Wyllie could lose $321,000 annual pension if convicted
- Riot Fest 2017
- Construction can proceed that will displace homeless in Uptown tent city, judge rules
- Indians’ American League-record win streak ends at 22 games
- Huddle Up: Tre McBride studying to be part of Bears receivers puzzle
- Fielding mistake costs Cardinals pitcher Carlos Martinez — again
- Sam Ehrlich scores in overtime as Hobart wins defensive battle with Andrean
- Staples leads defense to first shutout as Valparaiso stops Chesterton
- City may be on track for record string of 80s
- Payton power: Powell’s kickoff return sparks Lake Zurich past Zion-Benton
- Chris Childers and Pat Hanrahan team up for key play as St. Rita prevails
- Kwaku Appiah pulls double duty as Lincoln-Way East overpowers Sandburg
- Illinois falls to No. 22 South Florida in 47-23 rout
- Daily Southtown Local Scoreboard for Saturday, Sept. 16
- In loss, Carson Fulmer continues strong pitching from young starters
- Police seek man on bike in Ravenswood who touched women pushing strollers
- Hall of fame: Justin Hall goes for 332 yards, 4 TDs as H-F downs Bolingbrook
- Mokena 5K honors memory of fallen hero