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- Free entree at P.F. Chang’s
- Cubs’ NL Central lead cut to a half-game after loss to Pirates; Kris Bryant leaves game with injury
- 10 questions for the Cubs as they close in on the postseason
- Avisail Garcia to have knee surgery after end of White Sox season
- White Sox 5, Indians 4
- Pirates 6, Cubs 0
- A sputtering Cubs offense raises the tension level in a tight NL Central
- New block of ‘Hamilton’ tickets to go on sale Oct. 1
- Listen: Jalen Ivy and his mom tell their story in their own words
- Community news
- NL Central tracker: Cubs close in on playoff berth, but division title up for grabs
- Daniel Palka’s 2-run single in ninth lifts White Sox to 5-4 win over Indians
- Naperville home with wine cellar: $1.5M
- Democrats, Kavanaugh and the illness deep within the bones of the republic
- Morning Spin: Rauner says ‘there’s no scenario where I’d ask for a third term’
- New aunt wonders how often to see kiddos
- Jordan McNair’s death highlighted on HBO’s ‘Real Sports’ investigation into college strength coaches
- Political parties should push anti-harassment policies to help overcome Illinois’ ‘old boys club culture,’ panel says
- The real message? God only knows
- Boys describe fight that led to fatal shooting of 11-year-old at East Chicago park
- ‘Money went flying all over the place.’ Getaway car hits tree following heist at Riverside ATM
- Evanston agrees to buy Oak Park Divvy stations, extend bike-share contract
- Activists call defense video ‘almost cartoonish’ while marking Laquan McDonald’s birthday
- Barrington School District 220 unveils comprehensive ‘Safety Week’ for students, families
- Clarendon Hills sends about 850 letters to homes with no registered vehicle stickers
- Hinsdale police blotter: Fraudulently ordered iPhones claimed in alley behind the business
- Cook County judge reassigned after allegedly insulting prosecutor, suggesting he had sex with her
- Mike Montgomery: ‘We got to bring it’ after Cubs’ Central lead cut to half-game
- Startups shook up the sleepy razor market. What’s next?
- A by-the-numbers look at the Bears in Week 4
- Cacio e pepe comforts empty nesters when the kids fly the coop
- Bulls Q&A: Who will get the most shot attempts? Is Cameron Payne really the backup PG?
- Don’t panic: At least Jon Lester is scheduled to pitch the wild-card game on regular rest
- J.R. Smith at peace with his NBA Finals gaffe: ‘We all make mistakes’
- Prickly City- sign name
- Wisconsin museum containing world’s largest collection of angels — including 600 donated by Oprah Winfrey — is closing
- Contemporary West Town mansion on sale — again — this time for $5.95 million
- Apple picking, pumpkin patches, hayrides and all your other basic fall 2018 activities near Chicago
- White Sox’s Yolmer Sanchez douses his latest Gatorade victim — NBC Sports Chicago’s Chuck Garfien
- Shout Out: Sister My Huong Pham, Northlake-based nun has traveled the world
- Antibiotics a good alternative to surgery for most appendicitis patients
- From battery life to storage, tips to keep your phone running longer
- Crown Point firefighter, rescue pup return after Hurricane Florence deployment
- The story behind a former ‘GLOW’ writer’s exit over alleged domestic violence
- On the Horizon: Carnival’s newest, biggest ship now in Miami
- 19th Victory for Veterans ride revs up Sunday from Wicker Park
- After vote to secede wins, Griffith begins search for new township
- Orland Park chef regrets return to ‘Hell’s Kitchen’
- 5 things to know about the wide receiving St. Brown brothers as Stanford visits Notre Dame
- Reports: Low blocked from Arsenal training ground in attempt to meet Ozil
- Flood of goals shows how much Hawks need Corey Crawford
- Bongo Room celebrates 25 years: ‘We were fine just doing our own thing’
- New York actress Kelly Felthous makes a brand new start of it — in Chicago
- Instagram has a drug problem. Its algorithms make it worse.
- Los Cachorros siguen perdiendo y complican sus playoffs
- Germany, Turkey face off in Euro 2024 hosting vote
- Jen Lada has found her way into the spotlight at ESPN: ‘She is persistent. She’s a fighter.’
- The midterm elections are coming — here’s a cheat sheet to get you through
- First Person: Bill Cosby and the complicated heartbreak of a hero’s fall from grace
- Column: Melissa Forman talks love, family, her new job and baking it forward
- Disney: Early-morning program expands at Magic Kingdom
- Haunted houses, a covered bridge festival and more ways to celebrate fall in the Midwest
- Questions remain as Gary crafts 2019 budget
- Here’s why people love shows like ‘This Is Us’ — even though they make us cry
- Pelea con tinte racial se desata en juego de los Cubs, durante el Día de la Herencia Hispana
- Selle: At harvest time, grain tariffs haunt Illinois farmers
- Aurora panel endorses more money for downtown grants
- Bears rookie cornerback Kevin Toliver on his NFL defensive debut: ‘Can’t take a play off’
- Amor de verano a ritmo de ‘freestyle’ en ‘Cruise’
- Whitecaps fire coach Robinson, staff with five games remaining
- Crus Bourgeois du Medoc wines offer excellent values from prestigious Bordeaux
- Wilmette grants OK for medical center at Edens Plaza, despite worries about retail erosion
- La Liga Recap: three first-half goals boost Atletico Madrid past Huesca
- El Canelo-GGG 2 se coloca quinta de mayor recaudación en la historia del boxeo
- Fulham striker Elliott becomes youngest-ever to make club debut
- League Cup Recap: Lampard’s Derby upset Man United at Old Trafford, Man City advance
- Oak Brook plans $3.7 million in improvements along Jorie Boulevard by vacated McDonald’s campus
- After a lull, new home sales jump 3.5 percent in August
- Gary to increase fees that cover EMS expenses
- Talk of the County: Beach Park critics should step up and serve
- School District 308 to look at more cuts despite new budget with surplus
- Ligue 1 Recap: Monaco remain winless at home after Angers loss
- This Twitter poll was made for you and me. Mostly you.
- ‘This Is Us’ returns, and there are still plenty of mysteries to solve
- ‘Night School’ review: Reading, writing and roughhouse with Kevin Hart and Tiffany Haddish
- Mourinho strips Pogba of Man United vice captaincy
- 3 charged from robbery of Gary post office
- Bundesliga Recap: Bayern drop points against Augsburg amid protests
- Khalil Mack makes powerful case: He’s Chicago’s newest MVP candidate
- North Dakota man who lost hand in sausage-making ordeal cut off own arm
- President Trump at UN endorses two states for Israel, Palestinians
- TripAdvisor: Universal’s Islands of Adventure is world’s top theme park
- Starlab offers cosmic twist at Aurora church festival
- The consent talk we need to have with our kids, in light of Kavanaugh and Cosby
- Wilmette widens group home definition to possibly allow housing for Chicago youth attending private schools
- United Soccer League rebrands divisions to match English leagues
- ‘Murphy Brown’ review: Candice Bergen is a welcome sight, even when her outrage is too on-the-nose
- Modric wins The Best top men’s award, ends Messi-Ronaldo streak
- Fantasy football Week 4: Start Kirk Cousins and sit Marshawn Lynch
- Real Madrid’s Isco to miss time due to appendicitis
- Rory McIlroy thinks it’s ‘silly’ for Europe side to focus on Tiger Woods at Ryder Cup
- Crowded CTA Blue Line gets newer-style cars, more rush-hour trains
- Marseille striker Njie to miss three weeks with thigh injury
- Bundesliga supporters protest league measures with silence
- Illinois Uber drivers who got hacked in 2016 to receive $100
- Union official: Northwest Indiana steelworkers preparing to strike
- Uber agrees to $148 million settlement with states over data breach
- Italian forward Rossi faces ban for positive doping test
- Battle for final forward spots likely down to 5 as Blackhawks make more roster moves
- Illinois men caught at closed Wirt-Emerson school charged with burglary
- For Fox Valley food pantries, milk can be a tough item to carry
- New BMW three times a month for $1,500? Naperville car dealer to offer subscription service for high-end cars
- I smell a rat
- James Shields has played important role for young White Sox pitchers
- Racially charged brawl breaks out during Hispanic Heritage Day at Wrigley
- MLB reportedly has more ‘credible information’ in Addison Russell abuse case; he’s unlikely to return for Cubs’ postseason
- ‘He wanted to fight for the little guy.’ Friends remember man fatally shot after chasing down car that hit bicyclist
- 83 arrested by ICE in 14 Wisconsin counties over four days
- New alarm system accidentally prompts lockdown at Lyons Township South Campus
- Jalen’s journey: Paralyzed by a bullet meant for someone else, a 12-year-old boy searches for a ‘new normal’
- El juez Mauricio Araujo fue retirado de su sala en la Corte Criminal, lo acusan de insultar a una fiscal, y sugerir que tuvo sexo con ella
- What’s with the Cubs and the waffle makers? Ian Happ explains.
- Loyola scientists working to make cancer treatment safer, cheaper: ‘We shouldn’t be sitting on our heels waiting for someone else’
- Council delays vote on high-tech kiosks for downtown Aurora
- GOP men let lady attorney ask lady accuser questions about fine man Kavanaugh
- Silver Cross Hospital performs robotic spine surgery
- Everything is on the line for Cubs and Javier Baez in final 5 games
- McDonald’s removes artificial ingredients from most burgers, except the pickle
- Fito Páez concreta su eterno romance con Nueva York en Carnegie Hall
- How Brett Kavanaugh should have handled the allegations against him
- With just 18 homers in September, lack of power sapping Cubs’ struggling offense
- Why college professors lean left
- Brett Kavanaugh’s 1982 calendar
- What’s streaming and leaving Netflix: October 2018
- Extra police presence at Oswego High School after threatening messages found
- What’s in Brett Kavanaugh’s 1982 calendar? Beach week, parties and the times he was grounded
- High winds, rain knock out power; Porter County cleans up debris
- Wheeler High School junior identified in fatal Union Township crash
- Will Pritzker be another shill for the Democratic machine?
- Main Street Social’s recipes have been developed by three generations
- Temporis receives a Michelin star, but Chicago’s best new restaurants snubbed
- Bill Cosby, now inmate NN7687, placed in single cell
- ‘A Million Little Things’ and ‘Single Parents’ rely on old formulas to compete in a new TV era
- During Banned Books Week, reflecting on the dangers of censorship
- The most popular animated sitcoms ranked by state
- NBA rolling out plan to get more women into leadership roles
- Sheila E., Prince’s former drummer, musical director, set to perform at Rialto
- Merrillville’s $10.3 million 2019 budget proposal clears first reading
- Shout Out: Sailendra Patel, crossing guard and retired engineer who likes sci-fi flicks
- Los Chicago Bears defienden liderato
- Beard looking scruffy? Stop by the Wahl ‘Cuts for a Cause’ mobile barbershop Thursday for a free trim
- Refuge Theater Project sets cast for ‘The Last Session’
- Northbrook board gives initial support to paid sick leave ordinance
- Tokio 2020 busca 80,000 voluntarios que trabajen gratis
- Driehaus Museum’s inaugural gala celebrates 10 years
- West Dundee allows U-Haul to expand operations
- Driehaus Museum gala
- Consultant hired to promote La Grange calls it ‘the quintessential suburb’
- Baranek: It’s time to take ‘the way it is’ out of girls volleyball state playoff format
- Orville Redenbacher’s grandson Gary reflects on 40-year-old Valparaiso Popcorn Fest
- ‘Pick of the Litter’ doc: Who’s a good dog? All of them, but only some can be guide dogs
- Jabari Parker upbeat about chemistry class with new Bulls teammates
- GOP seeks changes to Endangered Species Act after court protects wolves, grizzlies
- Fed raises rates for 3rd time this year, with 1 more increase expected
- 5 things we heard from Bears quarterback Mitch Trubisky on Wednesday
- Top 20 Cubs moments of 2018
- Vernon Hills police warn of recent home burglaries that occurred when residents were sleeping
- Kavanaugh’s ‘character assassination’
- Rauner breaks ground on $47 million interchange of I-80 and U.S. 30 in New Lenox
- Story of Oak Park fending off ‘white flight’ is told in frank detail at new village history museum
- Chicago hotel takes artistic approach to fighting breast cancer with designer doors
- Kane County committee opts against 2.1 percent property tax increase
- Oakton college trustees applaud diversity, inclusion efforts and call for more at Skokie campus
- Michigan is taking steps to get lead out of its water. Why isn’t Illinois doing the same?
- 20-year-old man shot in leg after being robbed in Gary
- An electric Tri-State? Illinois Tollway looks at embedding charging equipment in parts of I-294
- Shout Out: Garry Abezetian, Park Ridge Baseball/Softball leader
- La Liga Recap: Last-place Leganes upset Barcelona, Sevilla trounce Real Madrid
- Burt Bacharach is supporting school gun violence survivors with new song ‘Live to See Another Day’
- Bundesliga Recap: Dortmund thrash Nuremberg, close in on Bayern
- Clarkson: Chair Affair offers whimsical art all over Hinsdale, Clarendon Hills
- Chicago-area Target and Meijer stores added to nationwide ground beef recall linked to E. coli outbreak
- Watch your favorite ‘Chicago’ franchise stars play table tennis for charity
- Construction on 159th Street in Oak Forest to wrap by November; Cicero Avenue work may be delayed
- Naperville won’t explain why it gave retiring water director $30,000 severance
- Column: What’s the real reason for all these free credit scores?
- Chicago Brewhouse hit with cease-and-desist letter after using Lem’s Bar-B-Q name without permission
- Bears Q&A: Another week, another batch of Mitch Trubisky questions. When can Adam Shaheen return? Is Matt Nagy’s team doing better with penalties?
- The millennial wedding vow: I don’t — yet.
- This is not a constitutional crisis
- 80,000 people died of flu last winter in U.S., the highest death toll in four decades
- Kane County to seek bids, finalize funding for Longmeadow Parkway toll bridge
- League Cup Recap: Hazard seals Chelsea win at Liverpool, Arsenal, Spurs move on
- Waubonsee stages ‘Shrek the Musical’
- Zombies, clowns and monsters await your screams at the Southland’s many haunted houses
- 5 takeaways from the seventh day of testimony in the Jason Van Dyke trial
- Man wanted on murder charges in Mississippi arrested in Zion
- Kavanaugh hearings
- Cubs alter instructional league program
- Fallen trees, damaged homes, a toppled 85-foot windmill — McHenry County, other areas deal with aftermath of storms, high winds
- Blase Cupich: The Catholic Church ‘must remain vigilant’ in reporting all abuse
- Girls volleyball notes: Weight training takes Kaneland’s Sydney Fedderly to new heights
- Ex-Schaumburg High teacher accused of sexually assaulting student in 2001, including in empty classrooms
- The flimsy case for disbelieving Christine Blasey Ford
- More than $500k renovation approved for Development Services building in Aurora
- After initial vote falls short, River Forest trustees to vote again on business incentive agreement
- Bill Daley gives $500,000 to his Chicago mayoral campaign
- Adam Boqvist’s bid to be first 18-year-old Blackhawk since Patrick Kane ends
- Appeals court rules that new sentencing hearings should be held in Aurora synthetic marijuana case
- Girls volleyball notes: Outside hitter Grace Weber makes the right move for Antioch
- Elgin Symphony Orchestra features American music in salute to the end of WWI
- Clemson quarterback Kelly Bryant to transfer after losing starting job, taking advantage of new redshirt rule
- Balancing 2 (or more) generations under one roof
- Heat attempt to remain above it all as Jimmy Butler trade speculation intensifies
- Andy Medema, who credited hard work and a daily martini for his long life, dies at 101
- Public Works employees in Oak Forest to get annual 2.5 percent raises under new contract
- West Suburban Local Scoreboard for Thursday, Sept. 27, 2018
- ‘Fun-raiser’ to benefit Rock & Roll Museum on Route 66, expected to open in 2019 in Joliet
- Jordan McNair’s family demands apology from Maryland board of regents chair
- Speak Out: Fire departments, kidney disease and the Bears
- Investigan a familia que dormía en tren de CTA
- 911 caller testifies attacker tried to stab him minutes before Van Dyke fatally shot McDonald
- Trump: World leaders at U.N. were ‘laughing with me’
- Homecoming king: St. Xavier football glad defensive mainstay Tim Walsh returned to Chicago
- Amazon was back in Chicago last month, as its search for HQ2 narrows
- As Bucs stay quiet in Ryan Fitzpatrick-Jameis Winston debate, Bears prep for electric offense
- Joe Maddon says he has read Addison Russell’s ex-wife’s account of alleged abuse: ‘You feel her pain’
- Repairs to collapsing Waukegan street, 114-year-old culvert could cost more than $1 million
- Cheating 54,000 Democrats — and maybe other voters, too
- Boys soccer notes: Bloom’s Jonathan Elizalde back in game after battling leukemia
- Firm says changes needed for Lake County personnel’s credit card use: ‘We have to get a handle on it’
- Girls volleyball notes: Positive approach pays off for Mackenzie McCarty-Hubbard and Portage
- ‘Poisoning is not on your radar’: In report, doctors describe cases of illness caused by ‘fake weed’ mixed with rat poison
- Joe Maddon’s initial response to Addison Russell issue sends a misguided — and dangerous — message
- Ask Tom: Has the area ever seen highs that have gotten lower, higher by half for 4 days straight?
- Security changes required for Go Bananas in Norridge after fight between patrons caught on video
- President Trump: China ‘attempting to interfere’ with 2018 U.S. election
- After sitting out a game, Griffith’s Ernest Johnson makes an emphatic return vs. Boone Grove
- Jeremy Larkin upbeat as he moves into coaching role but leaves huge hole in Northwestern backfield
- Lake County News-Sun Local Scoreboard for Thursday, Sept. 27, 2018
- Shout Out: Eva Quinley of Norridge donor center puts out call for more blood donors
- A little warmup Thursday, next cold front early Friday
- White Sox shut down Jose Abreu for season
- County Board approves $31M election equipment contract despite lawsuit; $11M to settle 2 malpractice lawsuits
- Villa, Ring second-half goals lead NYCFC past Chicago Fire
- Brewers’ Christian Yelich catches attention of Cubs’ Anthony Rizzo with MVP-caliber second half
- Clearing Mitch Trubisky’s mind and unlocking his talent is Matt Nagy’s first great challenge
- Shout Out: ML Wahlfeldt brings breathing class to River Forest Public Library
- Olivia Wood becomes first Portage girls golfer since 1999 to qualify for the state tournament
- Amber Alert cancelled for Indiana 1-year-old
- How ‘Chicago Fire’ honored the late actress DuShon Monique Brown
- Defending Kavanaugh, Trump laments #MeToo as ‘very dangerous’ for powerful men
- Daily Southtown Local Scoreboard for Thursday, Sept. 27, 2018
- ‘Candidate school’ presents refresher course for those on the ballot in Northwest Indiana
- The truths behind our current state of political turmoil
- Blue Island’s proposed public comment rules violate Open Meetings Act, First Amendment, attorney says
- Housing proposal for former Gary school draws fire from opponents
- Prosecutor picked to question Kavanaugh, accuser said to be unbound by politics
- Rep. Keith Ellison calls for investigation into abuse allegations against him
- Rafael Garcia helps deliver Highland’s first outright conference title in boys soccer since 2006
- Digest (Sept. 26): Projected highlights field for BWI Turf Cup at Laurel Park
- Post-Tribune Local Scoreboard for Thursday, Sept. 27, 2018
- Indians 10, White Sox 2
- Fire to miss playoffs for 5th time in 6 years after 2-0 loss to NYCFC
- Man deported 6 times charged in string of California homeless killings