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- Navy dismisses 7th Fleet commander after warship accidents
- Youngsters Tim Anderson, Yoan Moncada lead White Sox past Twins 4-3
- SpaceX offers sneak peek of new spacesuit
- Brother Rice students excel
- Best ribs? The Patio wins again
- Readers honor St. Laurence once again
- Threads Big & Tall keeps men well-dressed
- Building good will: Homebuilders varied charitable efforts give back to communities
- Daily Southtown readers select 2017 Best of Southland winners
- Make hearing test part of annual health check up
- Nails are booming at John Amico, along with a $2,500 scholarship
- Nancy’s Pizza voted Best Deep Dish Pizza
- Adam Furniture, family owned and operated since 1952
- Ordering landscape materials from AreA is as easy as 1, 2, 3
- Thank you, Southtown readers
- East Winners
- Details unveiled for Southwest Suburban Home Builders tour
- Frangella Italian Market dishes up Italian cooking
- Evergreen Door and Window committed to quality
- Wentworth Tire committed to filling your tire needs
- Dunning’s Gourmet Market named best butcher for the fourth time by readers
- Damas Orthodontics named best in the region
- Customer satisfaction is goal at Tinley Park Kitchen & Bath
- Palos Health launches House Call program
- Design Center shopping spree adds excitement at The Enclave
- DMC Security protects its clients
- Fore! Readers pick Fountain Hills Golf Club
- Mother McAuley: Educating and empowering women of excellence
- Discount Rugs & Furniture voted best furniture store
- Model grand opening celebration underway at Norton Lake
- Customer satisfaction is goal at Tinley Park Kitchen & Bath
- Central Winners
- Fit Code wins Fitness/Health Club category: Three-time winner credits personal attention, commitment to results
- Merts selected as the Best for Heating and Cooling
- Readers pick Just Shrimp for Best Seafood
- Mark your calendars for the Cavalcade Tour of Homes
- Chicago Gaelic Park filled with activities from weddings to festivals
- Midwest Orthopaedic Consultants offers more than 25 years’ experience relieving orthopaedic pain
- School celebrates 47 years of dance
- Harry Miller Appliances serving community since 1921
- Evilena’s Red Dresser: Consignment store with deeper mission
- Silver Cross remains committed to providing safe, quality care
- Readers recognize Penny Lane Schools childcare program
- North Winners
- 40 years of experience and team approach lead to success when buying or selling a home
- Capri Beauty College thanks readers
- Last chance to own new home at Hampshire Highlands
- King Heating: ‘Where the customer is king’
- Palos Diabetes & Metabolism Center opens
- Tim Anderson on first-career walk-off hit: ‘I wanted that moment’
- Man wonders if he is causing sexual harassment
- White, rosé or red — many wines match grilled salmon
- What you need to know about sangiovese, Italy’s biggest-selling grape
- Pioneer Press football preview: Notre Dame Dons
- Pioneer Press football preview: Maine South Hawks
- Northern Illinois recruit Fotis Kokosioulis gears up for big workload
- George Kontos, Adam Rosales have mixed emotions about changing teams
- Pioneer Press football preview: Hinsdale South Hornets
- Pioneer Press football preview: Hinsdale Central Red Devils
- Chicago loft with two terraces: $1.2M
- What age is too young for a smartphone? ‘Wait Until 8th’ pledge asks parents to delay tech for kids
- Planned Parenthood of Illinois chief fights opposition
- How the seeds of hate are sown
- Pioneer Press football preview: York Dukes
- Morning Spin: Pawar wants to replace Columbus Day with Indigenous Peoples Day
- Michael Johnson embraces new position on IC Catholic’s D-line
- Pioneer Press football preview: IC Catholic Knights
- Pioneer Press football preview: Highland Park Giants
- As ESPN controversy swirls, Gerry Sandusky can empathize with broadcaster Robert Lee
- Why there are big local problems with Sinclair-Tribune Media’s national deal
- Top Chicago cop to have kidney transplant next week
- New Illinois law protects consumers who post negative reviews to sites like Yelp
- Anti-fascist protesters want Balbo monument in Chicago removed
- Pictures: Gaylord Palms’ Goblins & Giggles Getaway Weekends
- Judge again throws out Texas voter ID rules backed by Trump, compares law to ‘poll tax’
- Sears to close more stores, sales continue fall in 2Q
- Notre Dame’s Nyles Morgan senses ‘clock ticking’ entering final season
- Photo gallery: Chicago crime scene investigations
- Photo gallery: Balbo monument protest
- Bears make the right halftime adjustment — four months late
- Mike Montgomery provides hope for future of Cubs rotation
- Pioneer Press football preview: Deerfield Warriors
- See the Next College Student Athlete office, where competition is key
- 12 shot in Chicago Wednesday, more than half of them over two hours
- Pioneer Press football preview: Glenbrook North Spartans
- 13 baleados el miércoles, más de la mitad en un lapso de dos horas
- The beauty of traditions — even if they take place in a mall
- Person in custody in connection with 2 rapes in Hammond, police say
- Pioneer Press football preview: Glenbrook South Titans
- Pioneer Press football preview: Evanston Wildkits
- Pioneer Press football preview: New Trier Trevians
- Pioneer Press football preview: Loyola Ramblers
- Powerball-winning ticket for $758.7 million jackpot sold in Massachusetts
- Las bellas de la J-6 del Apertura 2017 de Liga MX
- 5 things to do in Chicago this weekend
- Trump should stop whaling on Republicans
- Break with tradition: Loyola to employ multiple two-way players
- Explore Chicago by Divvy with these customized, bike-friendly routes
- Boy, 17, fatally shot while playing basketball in Cicero
- Shout Out: Rich Mulica, bartender cools down building model ships
- Electric trucks deliver savings, silence in growing fleet sales
- Has Hillary Clinton apologized sufficiently for losing?
- New series ‘Love Blows’ follows drama of Chicago-area matchmakers
- Amazon renews ‘Transparent’ for Season 5
- Cycling fatalities are up, and average age of victims is 45
- John Abercrombie, influential jazz guitarist of the ’70s fusion scene, dies at 72
- Bears Q&A: Jordan Howard vs. Tarik Cohen, QB reps, offensive line alignment and more
- Chicago Gourmet lineup announced: What to eat, drink and see
- Orbert Davis leads Jazz Philharmonic in ‘Best Of’ extravaganza at Millennium Park
- Photo gallery: Trump Cadillac at the Volo Auto Museum
- Have global tastes but want a hometown feel? Consider Lincoln Square living
- A Red Orchid turns 25 with big plans for the future
- Ex-Bull Mike Dunleavy sells Lincoln Park home for $3.9 million
- Midway residents want city to replace foul-smelling, noise-reducing windows
- White Sox’s Sodfather keeps going despite foot injury
- Barbecue and beyond at Twisted Q in Homewood
- Badly decomposed body found in semi trailer in Back of the Yards
- Portage annex request rejected by commissioners
- Star Wars toy launch to unveil new ‘Last Jedi’ character
- Sumi Robata Bar will close Aug. 28
- How to make that morning workout routine a reality
- Donald Trump is deteriorating before our very eyes
- Here’s what Chicago should do with its Balbo monument
- Mexican restaurant/nightclub charged with liquor code violations
- Oldchella? Baby boomers travel for, embrace music festival scene
- Rapper cancels Northerly Island gig after teasing sungazing during eclipse
- Patrick Fazio’s Wilmette home
- Seek out the Otherdoor for great Mexican cuisine
- New VA medical center director infuses new perception with technology upgrades
- ‘Beach Rats’ review: Young man at battle with himself comes of age on Coney Island
- 30-year fixed mortgage rate sinks to its lowest level in nine months
- Skokie’s Backlot Bash is a great summer send-off
- Get creative in color at Wonder Works Museum
- Kids Zone is fun central at Barrington Street Fest
- Chef’s Choice: Pancake Cafe owner honed his skills with Emeril Lagasse
- Shout Out: Rebecca Boumstein, founder of Hair for You Foundation
- Social media fuels rumors, fights after police shoot at car: ‘Nobody was shot. You can all go home’
- RLYR latest Pelican offshoot for multi-tasking guitarist
- Lillie Mae isn’t trying to rebel
- ‘Mane Event’ raises $1.4M for Lincoln Park Zoo
- Chicago-area home sales down about 5% in July, continuing trend of weaker sales
- Trump Cadillac limo finds home at Volo Auto Museum — paper shredder, fax included
- Naperville People in the News
- Campdogzz born from the famous Chicago ‘hawk’
- Escalating feud, Trump blames McConnell and Ryan for upcoming ‘mess’ on debt ceiling
- Who to see as the 39th Chicago Jazz Fest gets set to swing
- Photos: Phil Vettel reviews The Albert
- With walking vacations, the adventure is in the journey — not just the destination
- Un adolescente fue baleado fatalmente mientras jugaba baloncesto
- Hombre de 73 años herido de gravedad durante intento de robo
- The next Pokémon Go? ‘Star Wars’ unveils a massive ‘Last Jedi’ augmented-reality game
- Encuentran un cuerpo en un semirremolque en Back of the Yards
- Shout Out: Eric Engdahl, inventor
- Column: Statues, statutes and the South
- Boat accident in Brazil kills at least 22
- Boxer Gerald McClellan
- Vincent Testaverde, son of UM legend Vinny Testaverde, transferring from Miami
- Some ‘Homeland’ fans are so unhappy, they took out a full-page ad to tell its creators
- Groupon lays off 130 customer-service employees
- Recommended Chicago-area classical concerts
- 5 kitchen upgrades to make your inner host flourish
- Meet today’s organic shopper
- Cook County medical examiner’s office seeks ID of young girl
- Summer’s not over yet — soak up the rest of the season with these outdoor events
- CPC’s global gathering of print media
- Summer’s not over yet — soak up the rest of the season with these outdoor events
- 5 things to eat, drink, do this weekend
- Summer’s not over yet — soak up the rest of the season with these outdoor events
- Heirloom Garden Show set at Garfield Farm Museum
- ‘Boxing totally turned its back’ on battered Gerald McClellan
- Hot dog stand on our ‘best of’ list closes suddenly
- Column: Mystery man gave a gift far greater than just buying ice cream
- Gary woman charged with attempted murder
- ‘Leap!’ review: Animated tale of young ballerina stumbles
- La Grange Park boy donates 20 inches of hair from first-ever haircut
- Madre e hija comparten la experiencia de ser universitarias
- Common and Tom Hanks among stars of ‘Super School Live’ special
- Mitch Trubisky’s ascent vs. Mike Glennon’s struggles
- Inevitability of Mitch Trubisky promotion suggests Bears could get this right
- Enter the Scott Stantis cartoon caption contest
- ‘Kekszakallu’ review: Young women on the verge
- Winner: “Please Dad, don’t make me do the ‘wave’ again.” Jerry Shapiro, Northbrook
- Jury awards $148 million to woman paralyzed after O’Hare bus shelter collapse
- Ohio county is last in nation to get insurer for health exchange
- Column: World War I exhibit headed to Oak Park River Forest Museum
- The Palace of Auburn Hills to close after Bob Seger concert on Sept. 23
- ESPN Radio host Ryen Russillo out of jail after arrest for criminal trespass
- Moving in: Aurora University welcomes record-setting freshman class
- The fastest-growing category of student debtors may surprise you: Senior citizens
- Netflix ‘Def Jam Comedy’ 25th anniversary special to include Dave Chappelle, Tracy Morgan
- Teen in critical condition after Wednesday night shooting in Round Lake area
- United enlists Brooks Brothers, other designers for new employee uniforms
- La Grange police say 16 cars entered, ransacked
- Up to 300 more chickens could call Elgin home
- Officials still seek ID of girl found dead in fire-damaged abandoned house in Markham
- ‘Marjorie Prime’ review: Jon Hamm stars in tale of a haunting, but comforting, future
- Aldi recalls Fair Oaks Farms sausage patties sold in Illinois
- Why Donald Trump stinks at bromances
- Restaurant openings: Blu 57 hits Andersonville, Veruca Chocolates gets a new home and more
- Sears to close 3 more Illinois Kmart stores, reports narrowed loss
- Despite DNA results, inmate to stay in prison while 1994 murder re-investigated
- Help Squad: I provided personal information in response to a scam job posting. Now what?
- La ‘Trubiskymanía’ se apodera de Chicago
- Calendar
- What will Illinois Democratic voters choose this time?
- Community news
- West Aurora plans early childhood development center in renovation of former Dreyer site
- Gary councilman returns to City Hall following absence
- Americans need to get real about taxes
- The winner of our 2017 Riot Fest stage contest is …
- Group-by-group assessment of Champions League draw
- Trump comparte meme tapando a Obama: ‘El mejor eclipse de la historia’
- Column: Three is a crowd for this married couple and his sister
- No shadows or trenchcoats: Why a 1978 Richard Pryor movie unexpectedly qualifies as film noir
- Lila Downs presentará su nuevo disco en Barcelona y Madrid
- Why stop with soda? Cook County could tax chips, candy and pizza, too
- Former Aurora priest agreed to deportation to avoid sexual abuse trial, prosecutors say
- The eclipse made America real again
- Real Madrid in Champs League group with Dortmund, Tottenham
- Trump might hold the U.S. economy hostage to get his wall. That’s deplorable.
- Lincolnshire-Prairie View School District 103 unveils $14.8 million building expansion
- Shout Out: Sylvia Ramirez, hula instructor
- Cristiano Ronaldo wins UEFA’s best player in Europe award
- Fill the Bowls event to help Aurora food pantry
- Unfinished business: Ibrahimovic signs 1-year deal at United
- WHAT OTHERS ARE SAYING
- Susan Lindstrom, Paper Source founder, dies at 73
- Reencuentros, cuentas pendientes y lluvia de premios para el campeón en el sorteo de la Champions
- Move-in day at Aurora University
- What’s the ‘alt-right,’ and how large is its audience?
- Pritzker camp mocks Rauner with ‘lost and found’ Craigslist ad
- Cruz Azul recibe al Monterrey en duelo de invictos en la Liga MX
- Shout Out: Bradley Altman, first-time mountain climber
- El metro de Moscú conmemora el 870 aniversario de la ciudad con tren temático
- Melinda Gates: I spent my career in technology. I wasn’t prepared for its effect on my kids.
- Joliet liquor store sells $2 million Powerball ticket
- Ibrahimovic firma contrato por un año con Man United
- $6.9 million plan to expand Greenbrier School in Arlington Heights advances
- Chicago, Gary men charged in same homicide to be tried separately
- Quickly
- Column: New distracted walking law is a step in the right direction
- West Suburban Local Scoreboard for Friday, Aug. 25
- Guide to Chicago sausages — from brats to longanisa to barese
- Naperville third-grader writes book, represents school district at statewide writers conference
- ‘Real Housewives’ star lands job at CouponCabin while dating CEO
- Charlottesville examina hechos que llevaron a violencia
- Lincolnwood School District 74 hosted gazers to view historic solar eclipse
- Morton Grove, area faith leaders host annual peace event
- Equipo mexicano pide aportaciones económicas a aficionados para cubrir gastos
- Leguizamo cuestiona ausencia de latinos en la historia de EEUU en monólogo
- Going public with a relationship too soon post-divorce?
- Settlement House board members spend day at camp
- Shout out: Janely Herrera, one of Skokie’s finest
- Massachusetts hospital worker claims record undivided $758 million Powerball jackpot
- Jared Kushner’s Mideast peace push met with Palestinian skepticism
- Where were you in ’82? What we saw at the movies that year
- Filmmakers have 48 hours to make a masterpiece
- Captain Rauner of the Titanic
- The Beer Market will add kitchen, change name
- Purdue Northwest connects students to majors and clubs at welcome rally
- Watford fined $5.1m for giving false financial information
- ‘There’s room to improve’: Oak Park plan commission critiques design of proposed 18-story building
- 5 times it pays to buy your leased car
- Fire’s Christian Dean has soccer in his blood, basketball in his genes
- On their honor, the Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts should settle their boundary issues
- Portage mayor also facing charges on Lake County sheriff’s conviction: ‘It enforces my innocence’
- Oak Brook gains insight into use for McDonald’s properties
- Democrats take shots at one another in their hunt for a winning economic plan
- Casas de apuestas perderían millones si McGregor vence a Mayweather
- Undocumented mother seeks refuge in Chicago church
- After ‘repeated’ attempts, investigation of off-duty Lansing cop seen pinning black teen stalls
- Gala raises $1M for Ravinia outreach programs
- Hospitality industry needs more immigrant workers to survive, report says
- Gala raises $1M for Ravinia Festival.
- Board members visit House in the Woods Camp
- 40th Ball raises $1.4M for Lincoln Park Zoo
- Gala raises $1.9M for Shedd Aquarium
- Demi Lovato cantará el himno de Estados Unidos en pelea Mayweather-McGregor
- Trump aún quiere que México pague por el muro pese a su ultimátum al Congreso
- Amita Health seeks to move headquarters, 1,100 employees to Lisle
- Huracán Andrew: 25 años después de una devastación que podría repetirse
- Girls volleyball preview: Taylor Jakubowski takes control for Huntley
- Demi Lovato cantará el himno de Estados Unidos en la pelea Mayweather-McGregor
- For Lowell woman, nutrition scholarships provide food for thought
- Judge dismisses lawsuit that challenged Zillow’s home price estimates
- Mark summer’s end at Yorkville Hometown Days
- Countdown to football: Patient Eric Mooney, Huntley ranked No. 1 in preseason
- Northbrook anti-hate event slams white supremacy, urges unity
- Unemployment drops in metro areas across Illinois in July
- Videos show Denver high school cheerleaders forced into splits
- El tiroteo en Charleston concluye con un rehén muerto y el autor herido
- Put the brakes on GOP’s backdoor voucher idea
- Benches clear 3 times, 8 ejections during Tigers-Yankees game
- ‘It was very shocking’: Swastika, racial graffiti found inside popular Oak Park church
- Waukegan District 60 students get special welcome back to school
- Emanuel: Obama center infrastructure costs small price for cultural, economic benefits
- Countdown to football: Tanner Westwood leads No. 1 Waubonsie Valley
- Beach Party raises $325,000 for PAWS Chicago
- Big hair, big dreams, big guitar riffs in ‘Rock of Ages’
- 76-year-old woman missing from Porter County found safe
- Chicago sausages from around the world
- Park Ridge salon gets license to serve wine, beer
- Column: Why I’m going public as a Taylor Swift fan
- Countdown to football: Max Lyle, Vernon Hills ranked No. 1 in the preseason
- Officials: Evanston schools will start on time despite lack of funding from state
- Una propuesta de ley que el Gobernador se comprometió a firmar, protegerá a medio millón de indocumentados
- Consumer advocates pressure Illinois regulators on Obamacare rates
- Rauner signs ‘double-dipping’ pension bill linked to Naperville police chief
- Why Iowa is giving Apple $208 million for a project that will create 50 full-time jobs
- Step into the past at Kline Creek Country Fair
- Fix summer’s damage to hair with these products
- Fixes for summer’s damaged hair
- Column: Illinois schools are top heavy, and it’s crushing the classroom
- More than 200 doomed Puerto Rico dogs saved by airlift to U.S.
- Oak Park School District 97 approves superintendent contract extension
- Man tried to film under woman’s skirt at Naperville store, police say
- Can new Rialto team, robust fall lineup get venue back on track?
- Fideliter Club of Elgin to host charity ball Saturday
- Aurora council agrees to delay restaurant at The Mayan
- Puerto Rico dog rescue airlift
- Waukegan approves $500K to assess and plan infrastructure, buildings
- Aurora hires private law firm to prosecute DUIs
- Why Americans are shunning new homes and opting to stay put, renovate instead
- Speak Out
- Penn State recruit Effner a building block for Metea Valley’s offense
- Local districts shoring up message as they push for legislation
- Cops trained to shoot only as last resort, expert testifies at shooting trial
- Jay Thomas, ‘Murphy Brown’ and ‘Cheers’ actor, radio host, dies at 69
- Florida hospital’s foundation cancels event at Mar-a-Lago — 18th charity to withdraw from Trump’s club
- Two Dixmoor men charged in connection with August shooting death of 14-year-old boy
- When I saw a real-life superhero at the airport: Rosie the Riveter
- Periodistas mexicanos repudian el asesinato del reportero Cándido Ríos
- Elgin Road Race remembered with car show Saturday
- Bears’ Lamarr Houston, healthy after second torn ACL, is ready for ‘The Comeback’
- After treatment for serious illness, NBC-5 anchor Rob Stafford returning to air
- Free community barbecue among family friendly Elgin events Saturday
- Some Naperville residents not thrilled with idea of reopening cow tunnel to pedestrians
- West Dundee schools expand resource officer’s hours, responsibilities
- Girls volleyball preview: Lilly Johnson a launching pad for Benet’s offense
- Akiem Hicks back practicing as part of ‘nasty’ Bears front seven
- Florida executes convicted double-murderer using new lethal injection drug
- White nationalist Chris Cantwell held without bond in Virginia on 3 felony charges
- ‘Prince of Broadway’: A bunch of Hal Prince scenes can’t sum up the man
- Ask Tom: Do ocean levels rise when a glacier in water, not on land, melts?
- Former day care worker suing after conviction overturned in alleged shaken baby case
- Lawsuit: Hostage situation at Delnor hospital gave patient PTSD
- Trump distances himself from GOP lawmakers to avoid blame if agenda stalls
- Video: Chicago Tribune’s fantasy football draft party at Soldier Field
- Series preview: Cubs at Phillies
- Niles police arrest man who allegedly shot gun into air multiple times while driving
- Four drug robbery suspects under arrest in Zion shooting
- Teen pinned by Lansing cop to be interviewed by sheriff’s office
- Speak Out: Graduations should be held in school gym
- Can a schools deal salvage Rauner’s rough summer?
- The dares we’d try for a glorious obit
- Braidwood man dies of injuries from Aug. 9 crash on I-55
- Back-to-basics sports site The Athletic began, could have ended in Chicago
- Baranek: History served as girls make their first marks at St. Laurence
- CIA keeps wary eye on director Mike Pompeo, an ardent Trump supporter
- Reds 4, Cubs 2
- Park District of Highland Park cancels tackle football after sharp registration decline
- Countdown to football: Delonte Harrell, Marist No. 1 in preseason
- McGregor vs. Mayweather fight leads back to a guilty habit
- Kris Bryant unveils plans for customized cleats during Players Weekend
- 6 men charged in mass theft from Naperville Walmart
- Man charged after driving into crowd protesting St. Louis police shooting, hurting 3
- Joe Maddon gives Cubs pitchers no restrictions while going for no-hitters
- REO Speedwagon’s Kevin Cronin can’t fight feeling White Sox chose wrong song
- 6 charged in Naperville Walmart theft
- White Sox 5, Twins 1
- Orland Park planning to bring roundabouts to village
- Hutton: Return of Reece Staples definitely good news for Valparaiso football
- Acapulco, once Mexico’s glamorous resort city, is now its murder capital
- Lake County News-Sun Local Scoreboard for Friday, Aug. 25
- Pleasant here as eyes shift to Texas, Hurricane Harvey
- Overdose Awareness Day is Aug. 31
- Horizon League takes Valparaiso, Missouri Valley Conference to court over exit
- Rauner dumps recently rebuilt press team following missteps, cartoon controversy
- Column: Park Forest undeservedly named ‘most toxic’ city nationwide for online trolls
- Series preview: Tigers at White Sox
- Daily Southtown Local Scoreboard for Friday, Aug. 25
- Heroin forum: Change the stigma of an ‘addict’
- Lake County, Indiana, Sheriff John Buncich found guilty of fraud, bribery
- Northwest Indiana Republican legislator announces hate crime bill plan
- Speak Out
- Injured catcher Geovany Soto offers guidance for White Sox teammates