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- Change at the top: North Chicago begins search for a new football coach after finishing 2-7 in 2018
- Ask Amy: Dad wants to address son’s music choice
- Travis Scott on ‘Astroworld,’ returning to theater and three Grammy nominations
- Most popular Beacon-News stories on the web in 2018
- This is your brain on solitude: Why alone time is what you need, now
- Chicagoan of the Year: Nan Giordano stays behind the scenes in her all-out dance company
- Mark your calendar, pack your bags: A globetrotter’s guide to the world’s big events in 2019
- Chicagoans of the Year: As architects of mixed-income housing, Peter Landon, Jeff Bone and Catherine Baker never aim for the low end
- Chicagoans of the Year: Directors of Manual Cinema have created a whole new art form
- Chicagoan of the Year: Nick Drnaso’s graphic novel is a distillation of the unsettling political, social and cultural vacancy of 2018
- Chicagoan of the Year: Ari Brown nobly upholds the regal tradition of Chicago tenordom in jazz
- Chicagoan of the Year: Ravinia chief Welz Kauffman provides new understanding of Leonard Bernstein
- Chicagoan of the Year: Rapper Saba turns grief into a year of musical catharsis
- Chicagoan of the Year: Bing Liu, Rockford filmmaker could make a splash at the Oscars
- Chicagoan of the Year: Terra’s Elizabeth Glassman brought Chicago visual arts into sharp focus
- ‘If I can do this, you can do this’: Cook County judges inspire students of similar backgrounds
- Bears Q&A: Which potential wild-card opponent would be most dangerous? Does a lack of 1st-round picks in 2019 and 2020 hurt?
- You’ve dreamed of quitting the job you hate in a blaze of glory. Here’s why you shouldn’t.
- So you’ve decided to quit your job. Here’s how to leave gracefully
- Free markets and U.S. energy independence
- When it comes to playing or resting their starters against the Vikings, the Bears should _____ . Our writers fill in the blanks.
- With no Chicago Women’s March this January, supporters challenged to focus on community action
- Meet the 10 who made a difference in Chicago’s culture in 2018
- Bears playoff picture: Week 17 scenarios and your guide to scoreboard watching (and rooting)
- Petrak: Online map detour offers look at different economies in America
- Australian trader pleads guilty to ‘spoofing’ in Chicago
- Notre Dame receiver Miles Boykin once hated the Irish while growing up in Chicago’s south suburbs, and he still craves to be different
- Man charged with killing mom on Christmas Eve, leaving body in garbage can near home
- Man struck by car, killed on Interstate 80-94 in Hammond
- Blip or correction? Tech sector declines leave many investors wondering.
- Family of wrestler forced to cut dreadlocks won’t seek legal action
- 5 things to do this weekend in Chicago
- Best Chicago happy hour deals: Dec. 27-Jan. 2
- Something fur everyone: Mascot Hall of Fame marks opening day in Whiting
- How the all-American muscle car will outlive the doomed sedan
- 4 plays that will haunt the Bears if they don’t get a first-round playoff bye
- 10 worthwhile New Year’s resolutions (that have nothing to do with the gym)
- EDM giant Galantis comes to Chicago to bring in the New Year right — with a boom
- Your roundup of New Year’s Eve concerts, from Noname to Bully
- Trumpet great Nicholas Payton will swing in the New Year
- Deep Breakfast has graduated from a joke to a ripping good Chicago shindig
- Eight great moments in theme-park land, 2018
- East Aurora District 131 makes national honor roll for growth and enrollment it its advanced placement courses
- Rusia asegura que su misil viaja a 27 veces la velocidad del sonido
- Bulls Q&A: Will Jim Boylen be the coach next season? Is Wendell Carter Jr. hitting the rookie wall?
- Prickly City- black hole
- Behind the scenes of the new HGTV series ‘Windy City Rehab’
- ‘Liyana’ review: Swazi orphans and the plight of AIDS
- From mega grocers to bustling downtowns, economic development weighed heavily in 2018 for some northwest suburbs
- Disney: New Year’s Eve fireworks livestreamed from Magic Kingdom
- Rose vuelve a Chicago y ayuda en triunfo de Wolves
- The 20 best Chicago sports quotes from 2018
- Sears’ bankruptcy, Carson’s comeback, farewell to Hancock name: Chicago’s top 10 business stories of 2018
- Fallece Sigi Schmid, el técnico con más triunfos en la MLS
- Top stories of 2018: Foxconn, chemical plants on Lake County’s environmental radar
- Nadal llega confiado al Abierto de Australia tras cirugía
- Harwood Heights gas station sells Lucky Day Lotto ticket worth $850K
- Interview with ‘Amazing Kreskin’ reveals 2019 predictions… about himself
- Chicago Fire acquire center back Marcelo from Sporting CP
- How to stay warm while working in your winter garden
- Chris Jones looks back on Chicago theater in 2018
- History or hatred? Selling Hitler’s belongings and Nazi artifacts stirs a backlash
- Ronaldo speaks out on racist chants towards Napoli’s Koulibaly
- The snippets, flashes and brilliant blips from 2018, the year without end
- The 10 worst NBA shoes worn this year, especially Lonzo Ball’s ‘Madagascars’
- How Fox’s 25 seasons of covering the NFL changed the game
- Obligados por la tragedia
- Man found dead in Gary, ID sought
- New year, healthy you: 4 steps for a healthier you
- Pioneer Press 2018 Football All-Area Defense: First Team and Second Team
- The best places to eat in Chicago this year? These 5 must-visit neighborhood destinations
- Cristina Umaña: La que pone el orden en ‘Distrito Salvaje’
- Orlando Science Center set for Noon Year’s Eve
- Los campeones de la Champions
- Oak Park police: Masked man asks for assistance at ATM, robs user of $400
- East Aurora High School honors late Chief Brent, scientist as distinguished alumni
- New policies, road work, elections keep Lake County busy in 2018
- Column: Want an autographed baseball? You might have to settle for a couple squiggles.
- La Ruta: ‘Para todas, para siempre’
- ESPN touts higher ‘Monday Night Football’ ratings despite reported Christmas Eve drop
- Ancelotti: ‘Next time we’ll stop the match by leaving the pitch’
- Elon Musk says insults aimed at Thai-cave rescuer are protected by First Amendment
- ‘To this day, I’m obsessed with Notre Dame’: Chicago pipeline remains strong as Irish gear up for Cotton Bowl
- Instagram update: Don’t panic, it was an accident, and a short-lived one
- What to do about noisy upstairs neighbors
- Review: Will Ferrell and John C. Reilly in ‘Holmes & Watson’ a looney-tuned misfire
- Help Them to Hope donations for Dec. 27
- Federal court in 2018: ISIS, pipe bomb guilty plea, gang murder indictments
- Trump claims without evidence that ‘most of the people not getting paid’ in shutdown are Democrats
- President Trump bragged to military in Iraq about 10% raise they’ve not been given
- Americanos in Beverly brings fresh flavors to classic Mexican cuisine
- Republicans seek optimism, lawmakers search for normalcy as Democratic regime prepares to take control of state government
- Winter on the Green offers familiar fun for family, friends in Frankfort
- Lo acusan de matar a su madre la víspera de Navidad y dejar el cuerpo en basurero
- Video captures frightening near-miss after gate fails at Mokena train crossing
- Hombre de La Villita asesinado cerca de su casa en Navidad
- Los escándalos más sonados del 2018
- Democratic Gov.-elect J.B. Pritzker picks outgoing Republican lawmaker to lead Illinois Department of Revenue
- Purdue Northwest closes the chapter on 2018
- Glencoe approves property tax levy increase ahead of vote on annual budget
- Just in time for the holidays, Mundelein approves ‘bring your own wine’ ordinance
- Talk of the County: Wondering when Mexico will pay for a border wall
- Former Insys CEO to plead guilty in opioid kickback scheme case
- Barrington Hills voters to decide competitive race for three trustee seats
- 15 things to do with the kids Jan. 7-13
- 10 things to check out in the western suburbs in 2019
- Frenchman begins lone voyage across Atlantic Ocean in a barrel, propelled only by currents
- Toy stores, under siege in the U.S., find new life in China
- Hinsdale top stories of 2018
- What I learned by not drinking for 2 years
- ‘StealMe123’: Hackers, thieves and your vulnerable passwords
- Chef’s Choice: Desserts and pastries should be more than just something sweet with coffee or at the end of a meal
- AMLO pide ‘juego limpio’ tras accidente aéreo
- The 10 weirdest celebrity apologies of 2018, from a cemetery selfie to a very awkward tweet
- LeBron James named AP’s male athlete of 2018
- 10 stories about drinking and health: The good, bad and ugly
- Pit bull euthanized after attacking two women in Buffalo Grove neighborhood
- Hepatitis C and drug abuse often go hand in hand, but screening for infection lags
- Come Feb. 1, girls will be allowed to join Boy Scout troops as the group rebrands itself Scouts BSA
- Speak Out: Recycling and neighborhoods
- Robert F. DeCaprio Art Gallery in Palos Hills features retrospective of namesake
- Man City’s losing streak, Chicago Fire’s new signing and the best of the week in soccer
- Slowik: Illinois shows Republicans are key to ending a budget standoff
- Marquis Hill, Anat Cohen signal a very hot winter
- Retired Clarendon Hills police officer alleges in lawsuit he was denied promotion, harassed because of military obligations
- Prince Amukamara named 2018 Bears Media Good Guy
- Stolen vehicle crashes into building on South Side following police pursuit
- Can’t delete Facebook? Here’s how to live with it
- Term limits are trending in Southland communities. There are several reasons why.
- Column: ‘Ghosts of Christmas Past’ exhibit keeping holiday magic alive at Oak Park River Forest Museum
- South Shore Arts exhibit focuses on graffiti artists
- UIC student Shalyha Ahmad is ‘safe,’ police say she was ‘never missing’
- Mundelein’s eminent domain case against recycling warehouse ramps up
- Blackhawks prospects Adam Boqvist and Evan Barratt starring at World Junior Championships
- Transgender inmate moved to Illinois women’s prison after alleging years of abuse
- From Renee Fleming to Spektral Quartet, an enticing winter ahead
- Twice the thriller: Bryant Brown records double-double, but Waukegan falls to Fremd in double OT
- Letter: Responsive school boards
- ‘Shut the box’ and ‘snow snakes’ among the 1700s-style games kids can play at Isle a la Cache event
- Elgin sets record year for new business growth, and 2019 looks to be more of the same, officials say
- Should the Illinois Tollway keep spending this $25 million?
- ESPN’s Sean McDonough: The father, the son and being wholly stoked to call Notre Dame-Clemson
- 10 things to do in Northwest Indiana in 2019
- The Trump market
- Photographers Choice: Sports photography from 2018
- Death of Paraguayan scientist found in North Side scrapyard ruled an accident
- ‘Adventures of Robin Hood’ in South Holland for all ages
- Baranek: Former Bloom standout Danielle King makes impact at Marquette as an ‘amazing leader’
- 10 celebrities millennials love the most
- 12-year-old boy survives avalanche that buried him
- It’s chemistry class for the Bulls’ core of Zach LaVine, Lauri Markkanen and Kris Dunn
- Merrillville employees to receive raises
- Jesús Molina se integra a Chivas para el Clausura 2019
- Legal marijuana industry toasts banner year
- From ‘Tobacco 21’ to controversial projects, eventful 2018 for Barrington, Lake Zurich residents
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- Forced to choose between campaigns in Waukegan, candidate withdraws from school board race
- Peruano Yotún llega a México con Cruz Azul
- Indiana 51 crash closes road, dampens water fix
- Loving the national parks to death
- District 113 eyes $7.4 million cafeteria makeover for Highland Park High School
- Snarf’s Sandwiches just laid off its employees the week of Christmas — again
- Oak Park massage parlor’s business license revoked following prostitution arrest
- Ring in the new year at parties planned at Elgin-area libraries and businesses
- The author you need to read now: Tressie McMillan Cottom
- Peruvian mid Yotun leaves Orlando City for Cruz Azul
- 5 things to do in Lake County Jan. 4-6
- ‘Sleet is Chicago’: Political activist, lawyer dies at age 41
- Community news
- OUCC says water rate hike should be denied
- Time won’t stand still during Highland Park’s 150th anniversary year
- 5 things to do in the western suburbs Jan. 4-10
- 7 things we heard from Bears coordinators, including how Vic Fangio feels fans’ enthusiasm and glimpses of Mitch Trubisky’s growth
- Lincoln-Way band in California for Tournament of Roses Parade
- Joven mexicana con DACA vende tamales en La Villita para poder pagar sus estudios universitarios
- Faces of 2018: Leader of Aurora girls mentoring programs looking forward to growing, expanding
- Shooter still sought as Waukegan man cuts deal for his role in 2016 carjacking attempt
- Help Them to Hope Donations for Dec. 28
- Notre Dame College Prep students lead holiday collection effort for area’s homeless
- After decades in Naperville, Ribfest is considering location change for 2020
- Three men rob Jared jewelry store on Route 59 in Aurora, flee on foot: police
- Former Aurora Mayor Weisner in hospice following cancer treatment complications: officials
- Shout Out: Matt Jennings, a Barrington High School alum who coaches volleyball
- Faces of 2018: Father whose son’s remains were found along Fox River works to change mental health stigma
- Gunman dressed as postal worker delivering package seriously wounds couple on Far South Side
- Cubs lose minor-league field coordinator Tim Cossins to Orioles, promote Chris Valaika to hitting coordinator
- Happy Henderson: Junior guard/forward Jaden Henderson sparks Jacobs to upset of King in pool play
- Corrections and clarifications
- Pioneer Press 2018 Football All-Area Honorable Mention
- Franklin Park videogame tournament offers players an opportunity to ‘go outside the box’
- Ask Tom: Is there such a thing as a mist oasis?
- Cold winds may bring snow flurries Friday
- Popular Logan Square restaurant to add 4% surcharge to bill for staff health insurance, raises
- West Suburban Local Scoreboard for Friday, Dec. 28, 2018
- Chicago elections board bumps 3 mayoral candidates from February ballot
- Mary Cameron Frey, covered Chicago’s society and philanthropy scene, dies
- Skeete shooter: Marcus Skeete steps up as balanced Waubonsie Valley slips past Payton in tourney at Jacobs
- Hemp becomes legal and could be Illinois’ next big cash crop
- Kaboom: Sophomore guard Courtney Blakely breaks out with 31 points as Bishop Noll tops Chicago Marshall
- In Michigan’s woods, protesters battle an aging oil pipeline they say threatens the Great Lakes
- Shutdown set to extend into new year after Congress punts on budget, border talks
- Chicagoland boys basketball notebook for Thursday, Dec. 27, 2018
- With Vic Fangio sure to be in demand, the Bears might need to think outside the box to keep the defensive mastermind
- ‘Green New Deal’ divides Democrats intent on addressing climate change
- Lake County News-Sun Local Scoreboard for Friday, Dec. 28, 2018
- ‘Clearance rate’ for rape cases fell last year to its lowest point since at least the 1960s, according to FBI data
- Bear Download podcast: Will the Bears-Vikings matchup in Minnesota be a playoff preview?
- Father of Guatemalan boy who died in custody believed bringing him would ease entry into U.S.
- From his torn ACLs to his wedding ring, Notre Dame’s Drue Tranquill is not your average college football player
- Jonathan Taylor runs for 205 yards in Wisconsin’s 35-3 rout of Miami in the Pinstripe Bowl
- Cell signal traced to ex-Trump lawyer Michael Cohen outside Prague around time of alleged Russian meeting: sources
- Fantasia’s land: Baines powers unbeaten Thornwood past Stagg for Hillcrest Holiday Classic title
- Digest (Dec. 27): John Jones seeking to end skid at Laurel Park
- To the rescue: Koron Davis leads way off the bench, but Bowman loses to Chicago Farragut in Big Dipper
- Daily Southtown Local Scoreboard for Friday, Dec. 28, 2018
- Post-Tribune Local Scoreboard for Friday, Dec. 28, 2018
- Nation’s oldest World War II vet dies in Texas at age 112
- Driven: Morgan Park’s Marcus Watson lights up Big Dipper in front of Illinois coach Brad Underwood
- A new year, a new you
- No aliens: New York transformer explosion lights up sky, knocks out power