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- AT&T expands unlimited data plan, matching Verizon
- High temperature records could fall in coming days
- Two Republican slates face off in Homer Township primary
- Police seek suspect in attempted carjacking
- Florida man made explosives, wanted to blow up Target stores to buy cheap stock: Feds
- Talented freshman class helps New Trier reach state gymnastics meet
- Jets’ Darrelle Revis charged after alleged fight in Pittsburgh last weekend
- 2 men charged with breaking into health food store: Evanston police
- Trump says he’ll issue a new executive order on immigration by next week
- Bebe Haramaras pushes through pain to reach state gymnastics meet
- Five more things to do
- Makayla Stadler serves as ‘spark plug’ for Glenbrook South’s offense
- Underclassmen lead the way for Glenbrook North boys swimming team
- Branko Andelkovic, Ben Schonken excel as 3-sport athletes
- Niles West’s Neil O’Shaughnessy ‘gave everything,’ nearly makes state
- Mess equals stress: Winter is a great time to get organized
- Seniors share spaces through home sharing options
- Travel indoors: Trek to nearby places to beat the winter blues
- Not an age issue: Top three ailments point to other causes
- Impacts of longevity
- Tips for eating alone
- Getting a lift: Ride services help to get you where you want to go
- Former U.S. House Minority Leader Bob Michel
- The ABCs of retirement planning
- Break time: Many retirement communities offer respite care, trial stays
- Cooking for one: Class focuses on mealtime for those who live alone
- Locations, locations: A new year brings new senior housing options
- Small exercise gadgets do a big job
- 2 dead, 3 wounded in shootings in Chicago Thursday
- 67-year-old woman carjacked near Mag Mile
- Couple at odds over homeless mother
- Erin Dillon helps Loyola beat Trinity, earns sisterly bragging rights
- New-construction home in Western Springs: $984,990
- Morning Spin: U.S. Rep. Kelly writes Trump letter on Chicago violence, includes pictures of slain children
- Contemporary home in Riverwoods: $1.2M
- Northwestern’s fraternity system faces crisis amid sexual assault reports
- Coworking etiquette can be tricky. Here’s how not to be that person.
- Shakespeare takes on new meaning at VU
- Proposals sought for Lake County site
- Rauner scores victory over AG Madigan, state workers will keep getting paid during impasse
- Alderman: Emanuel dropped F-bomb at me over property tax rebate proposal
- Alderman questions political operative’s piece of lucrative Midway concessions deal
- Baghdad car bomb claimed by Islamic State kills 59
- Chicago cop fired for shooting at wrong car 16 times in off-duty incident
- South Elgin fire officials prepare for bridge work
- Long list of retail coupons to save more at Presidents Day sales
- Anthony Rizzo deflects criticism of Cubs manager Joe Maddon
- Lawyers for ‘Dreamer’ detained in Seattle seek his release at Friday hearing
- RosenBile Q&A: Jimmy Butler, the Bears and Joe Maddon’s T-shirts
- Gangster cars
- University of Wisconsin student government demands free tuition for black students
- Bobby Portis comes up big in Bulls’ dramatic victory over Celtics
- New Trier’s Gridley twins have made big strides in pool in last year
- Car toll proposed for San Francisco’s famed ‘crooked street’
- Prickly City- What matters is love
- Late night comics react to Trump’s ‘crazy’ Thursday press conference
- 9 ways to make travel with your teen fun
- Pictures: Meet the 2017 Atlanta Braves training at Disney
- NBA party over there, where? Not in Charlotte this weekend
- Why are we still pushing first ladies as role models for our girls?
- At Illinois Tech, data analytics play big part in basketball team’s success
- Fannie Mae to pay Treasury $5.5 billion after profit doubles
- Translating Trump’s words into English
- Jeremih recalls the genesis of his holiday mixtape with Chance the Rapper
- Flagging unions can win big by going small
- Don’t confuse Donald Trump’s populism with fascism
- Mob hits: Gangsters prized cars for reasons other than performance
- How Trump is planning to dismantle Obama-era policies on carbon emissions and water pollution
- KSC, Crayola Experience team up for event
- No work on Monday for Presidents Day? Here’s how to max out
- Florida cruise ships look to out-thrill each other
- After twin tragedies, man gets face transplant at Mayo Clinic
- Park Ridge sandwich shop owner to open ‘Bottle and Bottega’ art studio
- Trump needs to fire Steve Bannon
- Veterans to show off creative talents at Grayslake festival
- Woman hits half-court shot at Manhattan-Siena game, then gets a marriage proposal
- Northbrook trustees back controversial sober living home
- They fell, but the Wallendas get back up on the high wire
- Inside the anti-Muslim organization that has ties to the White House
- Fish-On brings show focused on boating, fishing to Portage
- Hinsdale’s Danielle Campbell solo at NYFW amid Louis Tomlinson split rumors
- The Chicago Firehouse reopens
- Political discourse is the new idle chitchat
- Patriots’ Chris Long rebuts criticism of his stance on White House visit
- Naperville businesses stand with immigrants by closing doors Thursday
- “Dog Whisperer” says people complicate their relationships with dogs
- Paul Ryan’s Obamacare replacement will be a tough sell
- World War II vets visit CHMS for eighth-grade history
- The Second City: 7 ways for women to celebrate (Not My) Presidents Day
- Nearly a year after layoffs, former Oreo plant workers struggle to find their way
- Play at Gary’s West Side Theatre fuses family with civil rights struggle
- Where’s Kanye West? He showed his Yeezy collection at fashion week – but not his face
- Food carts get a push from City Hall
- Florida man’s Target bomb plot was ploy to buy cheap stock: authorities
- 20 Presidential sites in the Midwest
- Slash tax on safe sex, suburban legislator says
- Coco makes coworking pop with modern touches in rustic space
- Restaurant openings: Small Cheval announces 2nd location; bed, breakfast and wine bar coming soon
- AT&T’s cell antenna plan for Ravinia doesn’t fly with city panel
- Clarendon Hills Middle School
- Under Armour CEO Kevin Plank had a cool brand before stepping into a hot mess
- Bartlett firefighters rescue woman who broke through ice
- Indonesia police: Suspect in Kim Jong Nam slaying duped into thinking she was part of a prank
- ‘A Wonder in My Soul’ at Victory Gardens Theater
- Lake OKs land purchase for intersection improvement
- When things become too much: How to help a hoarder
- We check in on the new Chicago Firehouse, reopened two years after a devastating fire
- How to cope when children seek a new faith
- To promote film, 20th Century Fox created fake news sites with fake anti-Trump stories
- Spurs coach Gregg Popovich finds a voice as critic of President Trump
- Chris Christie calls Phillies fan bitter; Philadelphia mayor calls him a bully
- Deere raises profit forecast as it sees signs of recovery
- ‘Drumline Live’ marches into Governors State University
- Get your radio kicks during ‘Route 66’ show
- Southwest lawsuit claims union workers avoiding overtime
- Absence makes CSO’s music glow more fondly at Muti’s return to Orchestra Hall
- Read the document: Trump National Guard draft memo
- Speak Out: If protesters find country where things are better, go there
- Naperville News Digest: White college scholarship, pond restoration plans, 75th street lane closures and more
- Bombing at famed shrine in Pakistan kills 88 people, over 100 suspects, raising fears of ’emboldened’ Islamic State
- Small airport businesses to Trump: Your Florida visits hurt
- No, Trump’s presidency is not crippled
- Super troupers! This ‘Mamma Mia’ has the look and the fun
- Suit against Elmwood Park village president, others moving forward
- 2 Waukegan men charged with gas station, pizzeria robberies
- Showtime will stream Chicago boxer Adrian Granados’ Saturday fight on Twitter
- South Elgin considers fate of 2 buildings it owns
- ‘Baroque Favorites’ will be performed at Lombard church
- Paper dolls that you can ‘dress like women?’ Yes, please
- Should tech companies pay us for our data?
- Internships can be pipelines to job market
- Glencoe Library Board eyes $550,000 loan to help fix aging library building
- With ‘Drogas Light,’ Lupe Fiasco stumbles in trying to beat mainstream rap at its own game
- Mayoral candidates Cunningham, May find common ground at town hall
- Mundelein girls basketball celebrates improvement as season ends
- Zion police: Shooting leaves passenger in car wounded
- Replica of Midway Gardens ‘sprite’ to stand near Park Ridge’s Pickwick Theatre
- Elena Delle Donne and fiancee are The Knot’s first same-sex Dream Wedding couple
- Islamic groups say man made bomb threat at suburban mosque
- Lush moves to a more spacious store on the Mag Mile
- District 300 sets kindergarten roundup informational meetings
- Chicago Improv Fest back for 20th year
- Green vehicles spur attention at expo
- Trump’s reality-TV presidency needs to get real
- Portage mayor abuses taxpayers’ trust
- Greg Maddux to make debut as UNLV assistant baseball coach
- The fine-tuned Trump administration
- Q&A: Former DePaul basketball star, Lake Forest resident Kevin Edwards
- Southland students watch ‘Hidden Figures’
- There’s only one way to fix Illinois’ dysfunction: Redistricting
- Donations sought for Gary walking tours
- Park board candidates speak on River Forest Park District future, programming needs
- Illinois, please tax me
- Poll: Germans are more concerned about Trump’s policies than Putin’s
- Is there no end?
- The real danger to society
- Lush makes a move to a larger store
- The new ‘Party of No’
- Trump confronts NATO’s free riders
- District 64 School Board candidates weigh in on full-day kindergarten
- Porter stormwater revenue comes up short
- Park District of Highland Park to enclose tainted ash at maintenance facility site
- Northbrook drama teacher finalist for Golden Apple award
- For Boeing chief, how cozy is too cozy in access to Trump
- Madigan: Lawmakers will consider Rauner’s plan to sell the Thompson Center
- Yorkville man fighting city’s new golf cart rules
- Is Chicago spending its school money efficiently?
- Will County gets grant for freight study
- Rain gardens planned for Hobart
- ‘She was very positive’: Jody Binder broke new ground at Elmwood Park High School
- At Boeing, Trump returns to an economic message after a week of controversy
- Whether or not it takes the Oscar, ‘Hidden Figures’ wins with Southland students
- New site discussed for Hampshire Coon Creek Country Days
- Parolee charged in September bank robbery
- Diocese of Gary convenes a synod
- Naperville police end Helping Hand Program
- Special events draw attention to Elgin
- How to watch Oscar-nominated films from your couch
- 1 state or 2? Mixed messages from U.S. on Mideast peace plans
- Bathroom bills won’t keep transgender equality from the workplace
- Opposition filing calls for ‘no build’ on GLBT rail plan
- In ‘Flaneuse,’ Lauren Elkin follows women meandering through the world’s greatest cities
- Trinity hopes playoff defeat will serve as motivation next year
- Nationals’ Daniel Murphy on Tim Tebow’s hitting: ‘The power is real’
- Semitrailer among vehicles stolen in Aurora
- Ready for the paczki: Fat Tuesday approaches
- Man leads police on foot chase through Aurora mall
- Clearly, you missed it. Zima is coming back.
- Village recognizes Huntley Pom Team
- College notes: Mimi Smith named to ACC All-Academic team
- Former CDOT supervisor set for $370,000 settlement after alleged false arrest
- Check out a new dog exhibit in Indy, a fly-fishing expo in Michigan and more
- Architecture tours begin
- Barrington stays positive, competes to the end of ‘tough’ season
- Anderson Animal Shelter opens North Aurora adoption center
- Student debt in America hits record
- Dr. Jorge Galante, a pioneer in joint replacement, dies at 82
- Aurora group works to catch developmental delays in children
- Town Hall District sets hours, guidelines for people exchanging items through online ads
- From Nate Parker to Mel Gibson, Hollywood’s sliding scale of justice
- Rahm invokes WWII ace in emotional attack on National Guard plan
- Nazareth Academy students reach out to aid Syrian refugees
- $10,500 reward offered in slaying of 2-year-old boy on West Side
- River Forest to seek new developer for Lake and Park site
- Kendall state’s attorney says no conflict in prosecuting circuit clerk’s battery case
- Information about unsolved shootings won’t be part of Aurora slaying trial
- Party raises $68,000 for Lake Forest’s Gorton Center
- Trump vowed to isolate family businesses, but they have seeped into White House
- Why you don’t need Warren Buffett to get your finances in order
- Mego: City needs to help residents who have lead water pipes
- Carmel welcomes 6,000 to 43rd Street Scenes fundraiser.
- Tips on how to get an even better deal on that new sedan
- Man accused of creating fake business to steal from Aurora company
- County Council votes to continue hiring freeze
- Sisterhood of Congregation Beth Am hosts 11th Brunch and Mah Jongg Tournament.
- Over 552 attend “Vertigo” screening at Park Ridge’s Pickwick Theatre.
- Car shopping advice
- Presidential visits bring out the crowds in NWI history
- Northbrook Woman’s Club party raises $45,000.
- South Shore Arts galleries showcase whimsical exhibits
- This lady is happy to be singing the blues
- Village Bakery gearing up for paczki day
- Irish party is in the house
- Super Bowl Party in Glenview raises $5,000 to fight blood cancers.
- Kraft Heinz goes big with $143 billion Unilever bid
- Yorkville mayor calls proposed assisted living development a ‘needed facility’
- Party raises $270,000 for Planned Parenthood Illinois
- Council OKs bond for Brickie Bowl, City Pool renovations
- ‘Give to the Heart’ party raises $4,000 for kids with special needs.
- Benefit party raises $68,000 for Gorton Center
- Trump’s strange coziness with the Kremlin
- Gary considering more towing company oversight
- My lousy mood got worse when I took wife to see ‘Manchester by the Sea’ on Valentine’s Day
- Amber Alert teen charged in stabbing homicide
- Four held in North Riverside home invasion, police say
- White Sox separate Carlos Rodon’s spring work from rest of pitchers
- Committee updates Legislature on precinct consolidation progress
- Fire chief: Sprinklers extinguished fire in Park Ridge condo trash chute
- Tinley park district to hold talent show
- Binge drinking toll takes another life
- O’Shea to hosts pancake benefit to provide bullet proof vests for CPD officers
- Winters’s on sale — it’s time to shop for new boots
- Aiming to ease concerns, Pence arrives in Germany to meet with world leaders
- Week in review: Tragic week in Chicago and turmoil in Trump White House
- Plan proposes extending downtown Libertyville north of railroad tracks
- Winter’s on sale — it’s time to shop for boots
- How to beat back buckthorn and other weedy trees
- St. Laurence plans to go coed, accept current Queen of Peace students
- Illustrator’s hands-on instruction brings art to life at Mannheim Middle School
- Downstate woman receives periodic imprisonment in fatal Waukegan DUI
- Moran: Reminisce Session will bring Grayslake Outdoor more or less back to life
- Girl, 15, who went missing in Fuller Park found
- Race-by-race picks for Saturday’s Winter Carnival program at Laurel Park
- Waukegan police gang unit raids net arrests, guns and drugs
- Woman stands up for garden, wants deer interlopers out
- Obama 12th best president, Lincoln first, Clinton 15th: Historians
- Ex-Bull Charles Oakley joins Ice Cube’s BIG3 basketball league
- Education Secretary Betsy DeVos is now being guarded by U.S. Marshals
- Soup for you…to benefit immigrants and refugees
- Nun who won ‘Chopped’ visits Libertyville church, encourages sharing of gifts
- Building demolition approved near airport
- Hitler’s telephone – a ‘weapon of mass destruction’ – is up for auction
- Police: Ridgewood student charged after attack on girlfriend at school event
- Ridgewood students advance to history fair’s regional competition
- Some construction wraps up in West Aurora, more to come
- Evanston police: Body of an unidentified man found behind local business
- Mundelein police teach high school criminal law classes
- Solidarity Soup will raise funds to aid local immigrants and refugees.
- Chicago, Skokie among cities asking federal judge to keep Trump travel ban on hold
- Todd Frazier focused on leading ‘refueling’ White Sox in free agency year
- Conservation Foundation honors Dundee Township woman
- NBA joins NFL in warning Texas over proposed ‘bathroom bill’
- Grant funds Fox River conservation initiative
- Ask Tom: What is the longest period to start a new year without snow cover?
- Hammond slaying draws 20-year sentence
- Tinley Park says home builder eyeing Panduit site
- ‘Bridge for Peace’ event aims to unify Oak Park, Austin in fight against violence
- Admirers salute slain teacher as Naperville murder probe continues
- Fugitive wanted on kidnapping and rape charges apprehended in Oswego
- Letters to the editor
- Tips for buying an air purifier
- Trump calls the news media ‘the enemy of the American People’
- Spreading cheer: Lincoln-Way East squad takes state title
- Holcomb promises to provide resources to East Chicago
- Former school center in downtown Aurora could become apartments
- Pharma firm CEO insists $89,000 drug is affordable, but what’s the true cost?
- Aurora approves West Side car wash
- Robert Michel, Illinois Republican leader skilled at compromise, dies at 93
- Shout Out: Skokie Hospital volunteer Charlene Salzman
- Speak Out: You don’t need to be talented to make your way to the big screen
- Aurora approves license for new downtown restaurant
- Letters to the editor
- Naperville’s links to presidents, from Buchanan to Bush
- Firm proposes assisted living duplexes
- Holcomb addresses lead crisis in East Chicago
- Scottie Lindsey will be available for Northwestern’s game vs. Rutgers
- Merrillville ramps up community center discussion
- Prospect Reynaldo Lopez, over ‘shock’ of trade, settles in with White Sox
- 4 killed in crash in which police say driver may have been traveling more than 100 mph
- Gary looking to bolster sound system at U.S. Steel Yard
- Girls gymnastics notes: Michigan City’s Meghan Miller ready for conference meet
- Pruitt confirmed as EPA chief over environmentalists’ objections
- Community briefs
- Nolan sisters play pivotal role for Marquette heading into Class A semistate
- Drug treatment facility would benefit Kane County
- Charges filed in fatal Hammond crash
- Gary sets up fund to pay for State of the City address
- 4 coyote remains found at Kane County forest preserve
- Washington remains an example of top leadership
- After officer charged, Amtrak shooting detailed: Cop ‘assumed a crouched firing stance’
- Prairie Ridge’s Nikki Baars wins all-around gymnastics state title
- Blackhawks trying to carry over winning ways after extended break
- Immigrant haven in Florida votes against sanctuary status
- Disabato: Mike Shepski and Josh Niego rank among best in Brother Rice history
- Woman goes missing nearly a year ago on South Side
- Zion nuisance property ordinance raises concerns among affordable housing, property rights advocates
- Bag your complaints at checkout, customers; tax is here to stay
- Legislature should standardize election disqualifiers
- 4 people injured in 2-vehicle crash
- Record-breaking warmth disrupts typical Chicago winter
- Grandmother seeks guardianship of baby living in Bali prison
- Drum roll, please: Warren junior Micah Jones picks Notre Dame for football
- Ancient, bizarre microbes found trapped in crystals in Mexican cave system
- Michael Jordan turns 54 and some All-Stars wish him a happy birthday
- County board members ‘flabbergasted’ by schools ignoring free drug education
- Liberal, conservative Jews in U.S. increasingly divided over Trump
- Kane County naturalist’s photo earns award
- NFL union squawks its demands in Springfield
- Carmel’s Sammi Lococo battles back to earn a final day in state girls gymnastics
- Jon Lester eager to find ways to help Cubs win second consecutive title
- Prosecutors allege Dorothy Brown took $15K bribe, but her lawyer calls it loan
- For Aurora shooting victim, ‘one moment in time changed everything’
- Presidents have made a few calls on the Fox Valley
- Kyle Schwarber displays cautious style catching first bullpen session
- Sargento expands cheese recall, cuts ties with Indiana-based supplier
- No. 5 Simeon starts, finishes fast to knock off No. 2 Young in city semifinal
- Pau Gasol elected to 3-year term on NBPA Executive Committee
- Portage’s Ismael Cornejo pulls off first-round upset at wrestling state meet
- Full Video: Marian Central Catholic vs. Marian Catholic in boys basketball
- Fox Valley social groups take ‘wait and see’ attitude toward state funding
- After stray bullet kills Takiya Holmes, her family donates her organs
- Record warmth arrives for an extended stay
- ‘Voice’ contestant Riley to perform during St. Patrick’s Day parade
- Lake County News-Sun Local Scoreboard for Saturday, Feb. 18
- Chicago Urban League settles lawsuit with state over school funding
- Antioch’s Pat Schoenfelder advances to title bout in Class 2A at 160 punds
- Post-Tribune Local Scoreboard for Saturday, Feb. 18
- Guitarist Lubeck jams with Central High students
- Javonte Slater sparks Bloom past Crete-Monee to clinch conference title
- Deerfield’s offseason mission: Working to turn close losses into wins
- Local roundup: Valparaiso falls to Oakland, loses for second time in four games
- Bartlett to receive Lake Michigan water in 2019
- Nimari Burnett shoots No. 4 Morgan Park past No. 3 Curie in city semifinal
- NBA’s Tyler Ulis returns to Marian Catholic for honors
- Brandon Newman seals deal on Chesterton as Valparaiso clinches conference title
- Incumbents seek reelection in Elgin Township
- 5 Democrats seek Elgin Township offices
- Rail safety officials complain motorists often ignore crossing danger
- Elgin’s Wisdom Adhesives Worldwide sold to HB Fuller for $122 million
- Crash closes I-55 near Plainfield
- Montini’s Joey Melendez earns redemption at state wrestling
- Trevell yell: Timmons prevails for Lockport at state in 160-pound semifinals
- South Elgin woman denies gun charge
- Tourism adds $413M to Porter County economy: report
- Police SUV crashes into building in Little Village
- Daily Southtown Local Scoreboard for Saturday, Feb. 18
- Crown Point eases past Lake Central to capture first conference title since 1999
- Teen missing for 30 years identified from reconstructed photo
- Lake Forest girls basketball tops Warren for first regional title in 12 years
- Autopsy on half brother of North Korean leader inconclusive as 4th person arrested
- Homelessness count breaks record
- Local roundup: Nimari Burnett big as Morgan Park comes back to beat Curie