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- Jim Boylen praised the Bulls for not backing down: ‘That’s all we’ve been talking about is fighting for each other’
- Russell Westbrook posts triple-double as Thunder blow out Bulls in chippy affair
- Chicagoland boys basketball notebook for Monday, Dec. 17, 2018
- Tribune coverage of Kenneka Jenkins’ death
- Notable deaths in 2018
- Photos: Chicago hub of the Sinaloa cartel
- Ask Amy: It’s time to put ‘a book on every bed’
- As partial government shutdown looms, GOP struggles to sway Trump
- Senate report: Russia still using social media to roil US politics
- Coupe de la Ligue Recap: PSG narrowly advance to quarterfinals past Orleans
- Patti Blagojevich’s spin on her husband’s conviction sounds like a broken record. But Donald Trump doesn’t mind.
- Elk Grove Village says $300K sponsorship of Bahamas Bowl has already paid off, though some residents are skeptical
- Expectations vs. reality: Keep it cool when buying, selling or renovating a home
- 5 observations from rewatching Bears-Packers: Mitch Trubisky’s clarity, Leonard Floyd’s play speed, Anthony Miller’s disappearance and more
- Johnny Holmes, longest-serving District 218 board member, to retire at end of term
- Panthers’ Eric Reid pays tribute to Colin Kaepernick with his game cleats
- $10 off Visa gift cards at Publix
- NFL power rankings: Saints, Chargers, Chiefs making moves for top playoff seeds
- Chicagoans will be able to track rat poisoning via mobile phones under new 311 system
- 18 Chicago-area Jesuit priests named in new list alleging sexual abuse
- Holiday lights display built to recall Merrillville man’s youth
- 5 things to watch for in Northern Illinois’ Boca Raton Bowl matchup tonight vs. UAB
- College football early signing day preview: Where does Illinois stand with 4-star recruits Isaiah Williams and Marquez Beason?
- ‘The Old Woman Broods’ at Trap Door: There’s a lot to this Polish play, just don’t expect a story
- Terror charges issued in France’s Christmas market attack
- The White Sox are pursuing Bryce Harper and Manny Machado. Who is the better fit on the South Side?
- Another procession to the morgue, this time after 2 Chicago officers struck and killed by train
- Atlantic to Pacific, the air traffic is terrific: An estimated 46 million holiday flyers, a record
- Flixbus canceled three trips. I want a refund — and then some
- Saints are marching home and don’t have to go anywhere else until Super Bowl
- Past the western shore, Nordic chefs set new goals in New York
- 19 Chicago spots serving up holiday cocktails
- A Washington woman swiped her co-worker’s Coke can. Police say it cracked a 28-year-old murder case.
- In 2020 TV ad, Trump’s campaign manager asks people to call hotline to say, ‘Thank you, President Trump!’
- ‘Black Panther,’ ‘A Star Is Born,’ ‘Roma’ included on nine Oscar nominations shortlists
- Prickly City- santa tariffs
- Chicago-born Illenium is right on the verge of becoming the next big EDM crossover star
- Child abuse climbs after Friday report cards, study says
- ‘Gris’ is one of the most visually striking games of this or any other year
- Could soaps, shampoos be pushing girls into early puberty?
- Trump administration OKs second round of farm bailout payments linked to trade war with China
- ‘Making A Murderer’ detective sues Netflix for defamation
- 18 best rides of 2018
- Yokocho brings Japanese alley bar concept to Wicker Park, plus other restaurant news
- Once again amid Chicago’s gun culture: Officers down.
- DuPage lawyer accused of stealing girlfriend’s identity to buy Audi, prop up nut butter business
- ‘Fortnite’ before Christmas: Bears running back Tarik Cohen delivers gifts to Boys and Girls Club
- Gary Dollar Home winners ready for rehab
- Neo-Nazi parents sentenced by British court to years in prison for being part of a terrorist group
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- Disney World preps new 4-park, 4-day ticket plan
- Oak Brook Park Board approves $15.8 million deal with McDonald’s for vacant property
- Norwegian to send largest cruise ship yet to Port Canaveral
- Things to be thankful for in Chicago jazz and classical music in 2018
- Saints are marching home and don’t have to go anywhere else until Super Bowl
- ‘Roma’ y ‘Pájaros de verano’, semifinalistas para los Oscar
- U.S. surgeon general says parents, teachers must take ‘aggressive steps’ to keep kids from vaping
- Trial postponed for girl, 17, charged with mother’s murder
- Q&A with Justin Jackson: From scoring touchdowns for Northwestern to scoring fantasy points for the Chargers
- Photos: Mary Poppins through the years
- Estar en las botas de Álex Fernández Jr. es difícil
- Fantasy football Week 16 lineups: Start Baker Mayfield and sit Jeff Wilson
- Election races set in two Elmhurst wards and for park and school boards
- New year, new ways to improve your kids’ nutrition
- 5 tips for the first-time holiday host
- President Trump signs order to create U.S. Space Command
- Jose Mourinho fired by Manchester United after team’s worst start in 28 years
- Blackhawks Q&A: Which players return next season? Who gets the starts with Corey Crawford hurt?
- Residentes de Chicago podrán rastrear envenenamiento de ratas con sus teléfonos
- 2 policías de Chicago murieron atropellados durante una persecución
- Casting set for Factory Theater’s ‘May the Road Rise Up’
- SkyWest to sell ExpressJet to United Airlines venture
- Portage agrees to $10K settlement after police K-9 fatally attacked dog in park
- Yemeni mother blocked from visiting dying son due to travel ban granted visa
- 8 extractions, 23 fillings and a big smile: How a South Side dental clinic is serving Chicago’s most vulnerable patients
- Speak Out: Bible predicts global warming, striking teachers on a money grab, give respect if you want respect, more
- David Ross signs contract extension with ESPN: ‘I love the job so much that it hardly feels like work’
- South Shore rail line shuts down for police investigation; service restored early Tuesday
- Pecan cookie bars that will make you forget the pie
- Norridge officials consider red-light cameras
- Tottenham fan banned from soccer games for throwing banana skin
- Remembering the 33 victims of John Wayne Gacy
- Video muestra que los 2 policías no vieron el tren que los atropelló fatalmente
- Developer talks apartments, parking garage for city-owned Uptown Park Ridge site
- Hinsdale District 86 cuts football, swim teams, marching bands; plans for smaller referendum in April
- Trump’s safety panel seeks to revoke school discipline rules
- Workshop set on Lake Station senior center
- Plan for safe walking routes could add stop signs, crosswalk improvements around River Forest
- Help Them To Hope donations for Dec. 19
- Possible three-way race for Oak Brook village president
- Application deadline approaching for local foundation’s scholarship program
- ‘Baby, It’s Cold Outside’ on repeat? In your face, #MeToo snowflakes!
- Music of the Baroque concerts put a different spin on holiday classics
- All aboard for Great Train Show in Grayslake
- District 64 board agrees to spend $2.13M in project that would amp up security at Carpenter, Franklin schools
- James Corden teaches Cardi B how to drive on ‘Carpool Karaoke’
- Four candidates file to run for 3 available seats on Franklin Park Village Board
- Chinese internment camp factory sends sportswear to U.S.
- Penny Marshall dead at 75, best known as TV’s Laverne and director of ‘Big,’ ‘A League of Their Own’
- Robot cars just got real: Kroger is delivering groceries without human drivers in Arizona
- Photos: New space for Sue the T.rex at the Field Museum
- Speak Out: Property taxes and gasoline
- ESPN reportedly is bringing back its ‘Monday Night Football’ announcing trio — but why?
- St. Paul AME celebrates its longevity in Glencoe during 135th anniversary
- Cost of District 64’s summer school program to decrease
- 5 things to watch for from the Federal Reserve on Wednesday
- Spartan House offers favorites with a Mediterranean twist
- Steffen wins US Soccer’s Male Player of the Year award
- Evanston man pleads guilty in fatal 2013 shooting fueled by social media
- Michael Flynn’s former business partner pleads not guilty
- Suburban Cooks: Norwegians know their stuff when it comes to holiday cookies and open-faced sandwiches
- Councilwoman joins Dem race for Portage mayor
- Naperville school districts named to AP Honor Roll again
- CTA’s popular holiday train rolls into town on Purple Line
- Best visual art of 2018, from spaces big and small
- Holiday cheer: Niles honors residents in ‘Twinkle Lights’ decorating contest
- Commission to consider rezoning Naperville Crossings land for residential use
- First look: Sue’s new digs at the Field Museum are smaller, but much more T. rexy
- Elgin names new directors for Neighborhood Services, Parks and Recreation departments
- Americans say there’s not much appeal to big city living, so why do so many live there?
- Comings & Goings: Puppy store opens in Summit
- Two candidates announce for Dem Lake Station mayoral primary
- Candidates endorsed by Northbrook Caucus file for village board
- Park Ridge raises minimum age to buy tobacco from 18 to 21
- Sports calendar: Cheerleading registration opens in Tinley Park, more
- Ogden Avenue School students sing holiday songs with Bethlehem Woods residents
- West Suburban Local Scoreboard for Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2018
- Oswego school board to make referendum decision at January special meeting
- East Aurora schools will spend more than $250,000 to fill new information systems, educational equity director roles
- Only incumbents file to run in Elmwood Park Village Board election
- Cubs sign utility infielder Daniel Descalso to 2-year, $5 million deal
- Violinist Robert Chen performs in Ravinia concert
- 7 candidates file for 3 Glenview Village Board seats
- Slowik: Homer Glen objections show that alleged election violations can be minor
- How should we talk about Stephen Miller’s hair?
- Los Azules y los muertos
- Get used to it, America: We’re no longer No. 1
- Nearly a dozen running for village board as ballot takes shape for April election in Oak Park
- Armstrong: Northwestern, North Dakota State land Batavia’s Michael Jansey, Luke Weerts
- Pat Fitzgerald ‘not happy’ after Big Ten schedules Ohio State-Northwestern for a Friday night
- Hall of Fame-bound Harold Baines heads lineup for SoxFest 2019
- Chicago mayoral candidates Toni Preckwinkle, Susana Mendoza donating previous campaign contributions from Ald. Ed Burke to charity
- Only incumbents file to run in Harwood Heights Village Board election
- The Cooper at Southbank
- Church news: Free Community Dinners continue Christmas, New Years eves in Homewood, more
- Devilishly clever statue gets a rise out of the faithful
- Five people will vie for three seats on Hinsdale Village Board
- Innovation at Olive Garden? Tight job market is good for restaurants
- Lake County ready to consolidate voting precincts
- Motl Accounting moving to West Dundee building formally owned by Shelley’s Bridal
- Susana Mendoza calls for adding services to underenrolled Chicago schools rather than closing them
- ‘Simply heartbroken’: Penny Marshall remembered for her TV and film achievements
- La Grange, Western Springs area voters face numerous contested school board races
- Modern boyhood: Navigating a social ecosystem that prizes alpha males over quirky kids
- Christmas dinner spiced up with roast leg of lamb
- Five candidates file for 3 open seats on Norridge Village Board
- Chicago improv pioneer David Shepherd dies at 94 — without him, no ‘Saturday Night Live’
- Top 10 best performances in Chicago theater in 2018: How many did you see?
- Park Board in La Grange and Village Board in La Grange Park contested in April elections
- 4 candidates file for 3 seats on Vernon Hills Village Board
- Rockford man invents original character mashups with the parts of action figures
- Slate of 3 incumbents, 2 newcomers file for Mundelein’s April trustee election
- Eight candidates vie for three trustee seats on Gurnee Village Board
- Girls basketball notes: Sophomore point guard Elana Wells keeps the wins flowing for Burlington Central
- Illinois lawmakers to get new top watchdog with ‘strong background in sexual harassment’
- Real Talk: Why did everyone underestimate the 2018 Bears — and is a run to the Super Bowl in play?
- The Spin: Another procession to morgue | Mendoza, Preckwinkle wash hands of Burke donations | Once rising Lake County politico on being gay, in GOP
- Tweets of Good Cheer — the top 10 winter holiday-themed tweets and more
- Parson’s opens Lincoln Park location
- Oficial de ‘Back of the Yards’ murió en cumplimiento del deber
- Former Burr Ridge mayor seeks return to office, faces one of three chosen as mayor pro tempore
- Column: This week in Trump inhumanity: Keeping a mother from her dying toddler
- Development of New Trier’s long-term ‘2030’ plan to intensify in the year ahead
- Norridge trustees provide green light on purchase of what mayor calls ‘the best property in the village’
- Parson’s Chicken & Fish opens Tuesday night in Lincoln Park
- Bologna hold 10-man AC Milan to scoreless draw
- Henri Jokiharju leaves Blackhawks to join Finland at World Junior Championships
- Uno de los gemelos Flores de Chicago testifica contra El Chapo
- Library board one of few contested races in Deerfield area
- These Southland pets need new homes
- Walter Nathan, Navy veteran who started paper tube company, dies at 95
- Ask Tom: What is the word ‘meteorology’ derived from?
- Kirsten Gillibrand faces the Al Franken backlash — but she was right
- Porter County public safety director resigns post
- District 203 school board OKs tax levy, holds off on tax abatement decision till spring
- Carpentersville man convicted of sexually assaulting a child, faces 6 to 60 years in prison
- Bundesliga Recap: Dusseldorf hand Dortmund their first league loss
- Indiana man charged in fatal hit-and-run near Ford Heights
- Ex-Lake Ridge teacher’s aide charged with child porn to make court appearance Wednesday
- Several school board races throughout Kane County will be contested this spring
- Ten candidates to run for Hinsdale High School District 86 Board
- Nine candidates file to run for seats on Park Ridge-Niles School District 64 board
- Getting Home for the Holidays: Winter Road Safety Tips for Teens (Infographic)
- Bringing joy to pediatric patients can start with a dog
- New zoning approved for former Park Ridge medical office site
- Duneland names interim schools leader
- 18 best rides of 2018
- River Forest candidates face contested elections in April races
- Students showcase their best work at Evanston Art Center exhibition
- Disabato: Rob Zvonar says Lincoln-Way East’s semifinal loss to Loyola should not have been a road game
- Luka strikes: Sophomore guard Luka Balac’s breakout effort powers Munster past Lake Central
- Al Ain upset Libertadores champs River Plate in Club World Cup semis
- Two more Chicago police officers lost in the line of duty
- Post-Tribune Local Scoreboard for Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2018
- District 86’s tussle over school cutbacks
- Jason Momoa: ‘A Aquaman le lleva mucho tiempo tener fe en sí mismo’
- Lake councilman gets 6 months probation on misdemeanor battery charges
- River Forest Village Board approves tax levy
- League Cup Recap: Man City eliminate Leicester in PK’s
- Expressing ‘serious concerns,’ Unity Temple board announces opposition to proposed 28-story development
- Trump administration moves to ban bump stocks
- More companies pull ads from Tucker Carlson’s show in growing backlash over immigrant comment
- Shout Out: Michael Maggiore, Elmwood Park resident is executive director of Romeoville senior living community
- Murió Penny Marshall, pionera de Hollywood
- Men shoplift purses at Old Orchard Mall, crash getaway car, then carjack students and leave car on fire, police say
- Member schools OK proposal by slim margin to put football scheduling in the hands of the IHSA
- 24 families displaced in Oswego Township apartment complex fire
- Chicago police Officer Conrad Gary known as devoted husband, father, protector
- A chipmunk? A squirrel? No, that’s a rat — on the White House lawn
- Narco de Chicago narra su relación y negocios en el juicio contra ‘El Chapo’
- Race for Waukegan City Council grows as 11 independent candidates file
- Several contested races for village, park board seats in April 2 election
- Report following complaints about PADS Lake County recommends syringe disposal, continued clean-ups
- Shout Out: Sue Miskawitz, with friends at Cookie Walk at Acacia Park Lutheran Church in Norridge.
- Voters to choose in contested races for districts 203 and 204, College of DuPage boards
- Big Ten’s openness to an 8-team College Football Playoff could shine a light on ‘weakness of schedule’
- Former USWNT player Parlow Cone announces run for US Soccer VP
- Martha McSally lost her Arizona senate seat, so the governor gave her John McCain’s
- Chicago police Officer Eduardo Marmolejo, struck and killed by train, remembered as father of 3 who served others
- Bulls’ new-look offense still lagging behind league
- An Ohio bank called 911 on a black man who tried to cash his paycheck
- North Township votes down Griffith bid
- Video shows 2 Chicago cops didn’t see train that fatally struck them as they kept an eye on another train
- Southland football landscape to be turned upside down with passing of IHSA’s district proposal
- Changes on the way for high school football as IHSA votes for district scheduling starting in 2021
- Big changes coming to high school football: IHSA schools vote to go to district scheduling in 2021
- Michael Flynn sentencing abruptly postponed as judge states disgust: ‘Arguably you sold your country out’
- Map: Two Chicago police officers struck, killed by train
- Bill Daley tops $3M raised in Chicago mayoral race, gets backing from a Kennedy
- Trump backs off demand for $5 billion for border wall, but budget impasse remains ahead of shutdown deadline
- Lake County News-Sun Local Scoreboard for Wednesday, Dec. 18, 2018
- Trump agrees to shut down his charity amid allegations he used it for personal and political benefit
- Veteran judge upends hopes of Trump allies as he spotlights Michael Flynn’s misdeeds
- Pioneer Press 2018 Football Player of the Year: Nazareth’s Michael Love
- Up Bohling’s alley: Munster senior Tony Bohling shows an ability to swim every event at a high level
- Daily Southtown Local Scoreboard for Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2018
- Near 50 degrees on Wednesday, but cooler for the week’s end
- Kroger is now testing grocery delivery with driverless cars
- Notre Dame downs Binghamton, 69-56, behind pair of double-doubles
- Senate overwhelmingly passes criminal justice reform bill, House approval expected
- District 86 athletes shocked by program cuts, yet confident call will be overturned
- Loyola rolls past Benedictine, 75-47
- Boca Raton Bowl: UAB 37, Northern Illinois 13