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2018 > October > 19
- Pictures: Biketoberfest through the years
- Football notes: Junior center Jake Renfro develops into major force on the offensive line for Providence
- Corey Crawford makes 27 saves in his 1st start in 10 months, but Blackhawks lose 4-1
- 3 major Afghan officials assassinated by their own guards; top U.S. commander escapes
- Conservatives mount a whisper campaign smearing Jamal Khashoggi in defense of Trump
- Irma Ruiz Park dedication
- River North nightclubs
- Ask Amy: How do we start civility movement?
- Family feud lawsuit depicts lavish spending by family that owns Baltimore’s Pimlico
- Democrat Sean Casten’s business background under microscope in 6th Congressional District race
- How witnessing a small good deed can have a big effect: One woman’s story
- Good men bravely watch ‘This is Us’ but run from skunked dogs
- Morning Spin: Preckwinkle touts mayoral bid backing from two progressive Democrats
- Starbucks Happy Hour: BOGO Pumpkin Spice Lattes and Espresso drinks on Friday
- Difference-makers: Emma England. Spotting an owl leads to role as bird monitor
- Difference-makers: Jeni Bolton. Feeding thousands through 500 Turkeys ministry
- Difference-makers: Ryan Hesslau. Anti-bullying work sparks youth empowerment organization
- Difference-makers: David Cleveland. School ties connect to varied opportunities
- Difference-makers: Mary Graziano. Retirement lasted 2 weeks for food pantry helper
- Pedestrian dies after she was struck by SUV in Oswego
- Transit stations help lure business relocations and new jobs — and keep them here, report says
- More picks for the Illinois House
- I will learn to write cursive (again). I will learn to write cursive (again). I will learn to write cursive (again).
- Difference-makers: Frankie Zepeda. Aurora coach draws on his own background to work with youth
- The flu pandemic that ravaged Chicago: Could it happen again?
- First Look: Bibliophile brings together love of food, drink and books
- First Look: Bibliophile brings together love of food, drink and books
- Beyond the Willis Tower: Sears and its retail rivals leave long-lasting mark on Chicago’s skyline
- Kanye West eats tacos, plays pool at Pepe’s Mexican Restaurant in Naperville
- Oprah sells final piece of Chicago-area real estate: 4-bedroom Elmwood Park home
- All Illinois Catholic dioceses targeted in sex abuse cover-up lawsuit
- I-57 reopens after shooting investigation
- What it’s like to live with polio-like condition AFM: one little boy’s journey
- Black moms in Illinois 6 times more likely to die from pregnancy-related conditions
- Turkish official suggests Jamal Khashoggi’s remains were taken out of consulate
- At charity dinner, Nikki Haley takes playful jabs at Trump and other political elites
- Theo Epstein’s demand for urgency seems to point to the Cubs trading Kyle Schwarber
- Detroit ballpark worker seen in pizza spitting video pleads guilty
- Police investigating whether missing mail carrier Kierra Coles met with foul play
- What is AFM? Everything you need to know about the polio-like virus affecting children across the U.S.
- Overnight lane closures start this weekend on Tri-State Tollway in Lake Forest
- ‘Stranger Things’ candy, Wu-Tang in space and more conversation starters for your weekend
- Confirmed acute flaccid myelitis in the U.S.
- Couple completes 1-day, 2-coast trip to all 6 parks at Walt Disney World, Disneyland
- Number of acute flaccid myelitis (polio-like condition) cases in the U.S.
- As U.S. suicides rates rise, Latinos show relative immunity
- Prickly City- allowed to say
- McDaniel-Hale: Bankruptcy filing tugs at heartstrings given Elgin’s ties to Sears, catalog houses
- Trump agradece a México el envío de policías a la frontera con Guatemala
- LeBron James’ Lakers debut shows just how much work he has ahead of him
- Annexation proposal gets favorable plan commission nod in Valparaiso
- Guest column: Keeping pedestrians safe is everybody’s job
- Tinley Park community mourns unexpected death of teacher, 25, who ‘saw the positive side of everything’
- Israel’s high court overturns deportation of American boycott activist
- Can the Bears upset the Patriots and stay atop the NFC North? Our writers make their picks.
- Trump praises ‘tough cookie’ congressman who body-slammed reporter: ‘He’s my kind of guy’
- GOP leaders care about pre-existing conditions. Now LOOK AT THIS PUPPY!
- Cops: Man found in car with three tires on Riverside street; he says, ‘I’m not really drunk but I’m sure on benzos.’
- Cyr: Remember Cuban Missile Crisis lessons
- John Grisham’s new novel wades into Mississippi’s racist past
- Lyric Opera review: A dark and compelling ‘Idomeneo’
- Ohio mayor resigns after being caught on police camera repeating n-word
- Deerfield’s School Chest charity drive to benefit foundation focused on brain cancer
- Bombay Breakdown chefs release name and date of new Indian restaurant with Jason Hammel
- The filmmakers behind Netflix’s ‘Making a Murderer’ became part of the story they were telling
- Down to Business: Financial planner takes holistic approach
- ‘Making a Murderer’ review: Part 2 is gripping and expertly made, but lacks much of a point
- Iowa coach admits to having nude photos, videos of 400 boys
- Letter: Hinsdale District 86 can do better
- Afghanistan postpones election in Kandahar after brazen attack kills senior officials
- Feeling Halloween chills? Spooky shivers? That frisson or ‘skin orgasm’ is all in your brain
- Naperville News Digest
- Eagles fan who ran into subway pole gets a few more minutes of fame
- Bill Belichick’s embellishment of Mitch Trubisky aside, a Bears victory over Patriots would need no hyperbole
- ‘Making a Murderer’ is back for Season 2 – here’s what you need to know
- History center: Getting to know Orlando’s genomes
- A security guard shares her experience on the job: ‘It’s not what you do. It’s how you do it.’
- Driver crashes into Route 45 construction site near Libertyville, police say
- Big Bird and the man inside: Inseparable on Sesame Street for almost 50 years
- After 66 years, Lee Lumber closes
- Nebraska’s message for tourists? ‘It’s not for everyone’
- Los desaparecidos
- Level airline promised to cover my expenses, but then didn’t
- Las mujeres de ‘Roma’ y los recuerdos de Alfonso Cuarón
- ’70s-inspired, all-day cafe and market Brothers and Sisters opening soon in Ukrainian Village
- Gold Coast unit with a solarium: $1.1M
- Rihanna reportedly turned down the Super Bowl halftime show ‘because she supports Colin Kaepernick’
- U.S. home sales fell in September to slowest pace in 3 years
- At the Dance Center, Tere O’Connor’s ‘Long Run’ asks what it means to be present
- The latest forecast shows wet, mild winter for much of the U.S.: What it means for Chicago
- Will County sheriff challenged by deputy in race for top cop
- Elgin News Digest
- ‘A Star is Born’ in 2018, but are modern women properly served by its narrative?
- Dunes Summer Theatre seeking new audiences beyond seasonal success
- Church briefs
- Two men charged in robbery of Norridge T-Mobile store, police say
- Momotaro losing chef Mark Hellyar; Boka Group promises news in ‘a couple of weeks’
- Cardinals fire offensive coordinator Mike McCoy after blowout loss
- Illinois drivers beware: Deer are romancing, and they’re on the roads
- U46 tax levy to increase by 3 percent; officials say property tax bills will stay flat
- How jackpot got to $1 billion: Mega Millions and Powerball have been manipulating the odds
- Your odds of hitting Mega Millions jackpot? Getting hit by lightning is more likely. A lot more likely.
- Offseason renovations resume at Wrigley Field — and Captain Morgan Club is the first to go
- Elgin-area towns set trick-or-treat hours
- Three workouts everyone over 60 needs
- Road salt supplies crucial to winter safety
- It’s official: ‘Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret’ is being made into a movie
- Quickly: Violence against reporters, medical marijuana, voter gullibility
- Atlas recibirá al Veracruz en busca de enderezar el rumbo en el Apertura
- Speak Out: Climate change, celebrity endorsements and Trubisky
- A key issue in Illinois governor race — Gov. Bruce Rauner, J.B. Pritzker have very different plans for state income tax
- Create your own fall color through an upcoming art class
- Judge clears ex-police dispatcher in road rage incident, finds shooting victim’s testimony unreliable
- In ‘Masque Macabre,’ chilling Poe stories play out in a transformed warehouse — with you playing along
- Winter outlook: El Nino may mean stormy conditions in the South and Eastern U.S.
- Wilmette Junior High band gets help, hints from composer of piece commissioned for New Trier concert
- Fantasy football Week 7 cheat sheet: Injury decisions and fringe starters
- ‘Hellbound’ at Sideshow is a feminist statement unafraid of the dark
- Greta Van Fleet can’t get the Led out of its sound on ‘Anthem of the Peaceful Army’ debut
- Watchdog report found no one checked on Toni Preckwinkle when SUV was found after ’16 election. She says otherwise.
- Difference-makers in the suburbs
- Teacher charged with attempted murder has been working in Lyons School District 103 since August
- Moran: Waukegan Building rebirth would depend on ‘very ambitious plan’ to build 30-story tower
- Bulls and Blackhawks go head to head for Chicago viewers, and the winner is …. the NFL
- This Week in Naperville
- Wimbledon will use tiebreakers in the 5th set in 2019
- New technology only adds to baseball’s culture of paranoia
- ‘Parent’s worst nightmare’ — Houston man sentenced to 18 months for abducting girl from McHenry County
- Oak Park visitor’s center to close as tourism agency puts focus on digital marketing
- Western Springs village clerk Bridget Fitzgerald, incumbent John Curran talk economics in state Senate race
- Two Chicago-area Sears stores: One shows run-down present, the other debuts scaled-down future
- McGrath: If baseball’s going to remain America’s pastime, it’s time to speed up the game
- New Illinois School Report Cards shift emphasis to student growth: ‘Every student can and does grow’
- True story: Fake Theme Park creator writes book
- Western Kentucky town of Paducah
- Kovac: ‘The atmosphere in the team is positive’
- Decent: Beebe School’s buddy program all about inclusion for Naperville kids
- Fall fashion show in La Grange raises funds for cancer research
- European Leagues group ask for ‘change’ in Champions League money allocation
- Why do Chicagoans wait in hourlong lines for cheap food like 80-cent Al’s Beef? ‘Why not?’
- Man United fined, Mourinho warned over Champions League late arrival
- Week 7 NFL picks against the spread: Will Drew Brees’ feel-good march continue? And what’s in store for Baker Mayfield vs. the Bucs ‘D’?
- Britney Spears returns to Vegas with new residency in 2019
- Bears’ Khalil Mack and Allen Robinson are questionable for Sunday’s game vs. Patriots
- Faith or fallacy? Alternative treatments failed my mother
- Shout Out: David Groh, model railroad hobbyist
- Michigan pharmacist who wouldn’t fill miscarriage drug no longer works at Meijer
- 25 insane jack-o’-lanterns
- Real Salt Lake bounce back with victory over Revolution
- Trump administration set to expand religious exemptions to birth control coverage
- Scrap the gas tax! It’s time to start charging drivers by the mile
- La Caravana de Inmigrantes llega a México, no logran pasar el cerco policiaco
- Why do Chicagoans wait in hour-long lines for cheap food like 80-cent Al’s Beef? ‘Why not?’
- AG candidate Kwame Raoul calls lawsuit against fellow Democrat J.B. Pritzker ‘shoddily drafted’
- Community news
- Neil Funk’s first 3 subs on Bulls telecasts will be Adam Amin, Andy Demetra and Kyle Draper
- ‘League of Legends’ eyes U.S. boost with TBS’ ‘Esports 101’
- Group to display sign in Libertyville’s Cook Park during holidays urging separation of church and state
- Paul Manafort appears in court in wheelchair, gets February sentencing date
- Americans are living high at the expense of posterity
- Naperville man charged with felony aggravated battery for slamming the door on firefighter’s foot: police
- Local Author Day bringing award-winning writers to Naperville’s 95th Street Library
- Berg: These Illinois Halloween laws might scare you
- Artesanos indígenas mexicanos participan en el festival de arte en el Museo Nacional de Arte Mexicano
- Blackhawks turn to Artem Anisimov in search for linemate for Patrick Kane and Nick Schmaltz
- Friday night’s Mega Millions pot hits $1 billion; Chicago-area players making plans if they strike it rich
- Temporary, utility-related closures scheduled along two Elgin area bike trails
- Neighborhood group to start demolition, rebuilding project in Hammond
- What this election means for American jobs
- Marigold blossoms brighten up farm of columnist’s sister; provide safe snack for curious horses
- With 1st start behind him, Blackhawks’ Corey Crawford ready to keep rolling Saturday
- Eat your ‘Favorite Murder’ at Split Rail’s new dinner-party series
- Chicago Symphony Orchestra
- Don’t put those cranes away yet, Chicago: Plan Commission approves three megadevelopments
- Médico: Maradona necesita prótesis en las rodillas
- Feds charge 3 from Gary, Michigan City with buying guns for people prohibited from having firearms, drug dealing
- Final choices for Illinois House
- Naperville People in the News
- Feds charge gang members with 1999 double homicide in Hammond, other crimes
- Artesanos indígenas exponen en Chicago las tradiciones y arte que fortalecen a sus comunidades en México
- Lake County, Kenosha schools take precautions after Snapchat threat reported
- All 11 ‘Halloween’ movies in the franchise, ranked
- ‘Urinetown’ comes to town at PM&L
- ‘We have a lot to thank you for’: Elmwood Park pays tribute to retiring fire chief
- Porter County assessor indicted for failing to file tax form
- Remy Bumppo’s grim ‘Frankenstein’ a journey from monster to man and back again
- Masked man implies he has weapon, robs Oak Park convenience store, police say
- David’s Bridal skips loan payment and may be on the brink of bankruptcy, but it’s telling brides not to panic
- Jaguars trade draft pick to Browns for running back Carlos Hyde
- Scouting report on Patriots rookie RB Sony Michel: ‘His running style is really suited to the NFL’
- Fred Hoiberg is mulling lineup changes if Kris Dunn doesn’t return soon for Bulls
- Oak Hill cemetery tour in Hammond provides stories behind the symbols and names
- Man escapes Aurora house fire through second-floor window, firefighters save multiple pets
- ‘Bison Crawl’ coming to Will County to celebrate National Bison Day
- Deerfield acquires Village Music Store land in effort to spur redevelopment
- Last call: 4 days to enter Trib’s Holiday Cookie Contest — get baking!
- #HOYEnElEstudio : Lit & Luz Festival
- Don’t be spooked, but reports of rabid bats are on the rise in Chicago area
- Post-Tribune Local Scoreboard for Saturday, Oct. 20, 2018
- Man charged with stealing woman’s car was on parole for a different carjacking: Oak Lawn police
- It’s the stupid Trump economy
- Attorney General Jeff Sessions speaks out against consent decree in Chicago speech: ‘Chicago police are not the problem’
- Daily Southtown Local Scoreboard for Saturday, Oct. 20, 2018
- ‘It’s crazy how fast it goes’: Luke Dwyer prepares for final regular-season game with Lake Zurich
- District 218 spending nearly $1.2 million to secure entrances at Richards, Eisenhower and other facilities
- Migrants break through fence at Guatemala-Mexico border
- National Veterans Memorial and Museum
- 50 years young: Young Lord militants return to Lincoln Park, peacefully this time
- Corrections and clarifications
- Girls volleyball notes: Senior setter Abby Berkowicz turns into a vocal leader to provide boost for Warren
- Laughter, fond memories fill a park newly named for Chicago police officer killed in school shooting
- Don Sandburg, who played Sandy the Tramp, a silent clown on ‘Bozo’s Circus,’ dies at 87
- Peña Nieto deja a un país en ruinas: La periodista mexicana Sanjuana Martínez en Chicago
- Enter the Scott Stantis Cartoon Caption Contest
- Alaves upend Celta, jump to first place in La Liga
- Developer proposes gated 600-home senior community on Teerling Nursery property in New Lenox
- Jovic nets five goal in Eintracht’s thrashing of Dusseldorf
- Disabato: Former Lewis baseball coach Irish O’Reilly made impact on his players beyond the field
- Dembele, Depay lead Lyon to victory against Nimes
- CSO review: ‘Threnos’ world premiere leaves mixed impression
- With right hand nearly fully healed, rush is on for Leonard Floyd to be more productive
- District 218 to study installing artificial turf on playing fields
- Ask Tom: What is the difference between ‘partly cloudy’ and ‘partly sunny’?
- Ask Tom: How accurate are Old Farmer’s Almanac weather forecasts?
- PADS Lake County summit aims to build partnerships, raise awareness of homelessness
- Former city tow driver imprisoned for bribery now charged with sex trafficking of teens
- Trump defends press freedom, then praises a press basher
- Man shot in Skokie, police searching for shooter and more details of incident: Police
- Tinley Park trustee charged with sending threatening texts to ex-fiancee’s boyfriend, police say
- J Balvin: ‘Esto es solo el principio’
- Chicago man used social media to recruit fighters for Islamic State, encourage terrorist attacks, feds allege
- Note to readers
- Trump appointee tapped to run Interior Department’s watchdog office resigns amid controversy
- Girls soccer notes: Sophomore defender Morgan Putz provides the power as Wheeler seeks return to state
- Former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen: Vote for Democrats to avoid another ‘6 years of this craziness’
- Crisis Center counselor Stacey Jones answers 10 questions about surviving sexual abuse
- Come back to Rauner? Or let ‘Toilets’ Pritzker wear a sash while Boss Madigan rules Illinois?
- Gurnee police chief announces retirement after 30 years with the force
- Girls volleyball notes: USC recruit Madison Horin faces pressure in leading Munster into regional semifinals
- Police: 65-year-old South Side woman missing since May was murdered
- Why we should fund violence prevention in Chicago
- Lake County News-Sun Local Scoreboard for Saturday, Oct. 20, 2018
- Remembering your first Chicago coat, and the other mistakes after it
- Hutton: From Jeff Cain to Russ Radtke, the real skinny on the best football coaches from the Region
- 1 dead, 1 wounded in East Garfield Park, South Shore shootings
- Nearly 200 seniors evacuated from Waukegan housing complex after water line rupture
- Rockford man charged with domestic battery after incident that caused 4-hour lockdown at Concordia University
- Girls volleyball notes: Seton Hall recruit Taylor Jakubowski takes Huntley to Autumnfest title
- Another chilly weekend in store for Chicago
- At least 60 killed after train mows down crowd at India festival without stopping
- Iowa youth basketball coach admits to sexually exploiting 400 boys
- Time-traveling ‘Happy as Lazzaro’ wins top prize at Chicago film festival
- The world has a question for the White House: When do murders matter?
- Collin answers call: Sanfratello’s two long catches key Lowell to first-round win over Highland in sectional
- Lake Forest’s Aved Markarian grateful for the chance to play soccer
- Nikola Mirotic goes off for career-high 36 points in Pelicans win over Kings
- Russian woman charged with U.S. election interference through social media
- Digest (Oct. 19): Saratoga Bob favored in Maryland Million Classic
- ‘This country doesn’t want them’: Trump rails against migrants trying to enter the U.S.
- ‘The best yet’: John Bean throws 3 TD passes as Brother Rice stops Montini to clinch first 9-0 regular season
- Exceeding expectations: Fenwick soccer seniors step up during transition year
- Showdown to Shepard: Korey Burrell runs for 2 TDs as Astros oust Argo from playoff contention
- Winning ugly: Richards pulls away from Eisenhower in a game called with 7:02 left to play in fourth
- ‘The sky is the limit’ as Rolling Meadows reaches regular-season perfection