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- Starbucks Happy Hour: Super cheap Frappuccinos on Friday
- $2 tacos at Florida Chipotle restaurants
- ‘It was sloppy:’ Mitch Trubisky and the Bears’ 1st-team offense ineffective in preseason loss
- Pioneer Press boys soccer preview: West Suburban Gold
- Pioneer Press girls volleyball preview: Mid-Suburban League
- Indiana Senate candidate’s brand markets Chinese auto parts
- Pioneer Press boys soccer preview: West Suburban Silver
- Teens critically injured when gunfire pierces kitchen window; 9 others shot in Chicago
- Preserving ‘Chicagoese’: Iz dere an app ferdat?
- 2 reputed gang members go on trial Friday, 5 1/2 years after Hadiya Pendleton’s slaying
- Morning Spin: Giuliani weighs in on Chicago violence again, touts Dem who said city’s not all ‘Trump-free’
- Flint researchers find alarming levels of lead in Cicero, Berwyn tap water, suggesting thousands of older homes at risk
- Spouse is disappointed in family’s reaction to cancer
- Unit in the Harbor Point building: $1.6M
- Seven people robbed within an hour on the North Side
- Looking back at Mickey Mouse as his 90th birthday looms
- Series preview: Indians at White Sox
- What’s worse than the grind of Bears training camp? For Akiem Hicks, it was being a cart-getter at WinCo Foods
- Huckabee credits Trump for jump in ‘Broadway $$’ — ridiculous, but he’s not all wrong
- Clarendon Hills optometrist sentimental about taking over longtime practice
- Hobart: Tom Lounges’ Record Bin, Cafe 339, Festival Park
- Bolingbrook: Shopping, mini golf and indoor ice skating
- Palos Heights / Palos Hills / Palos Park: Horses, fishing and golf courses
- Gurnee: Six Flags Great America, Mother Rudd Home Museum, Gurnee Donuts
- Aug. 10, 2018: Man shot and killed in front of two children: ‘My dada dead’
- As preseason slate opens with some protests, NFL reiterates it wants players to stand during anthem
- 5 things to watch for in the Cubs-Nationals series
- Church news
- Bud Billiken Parade 2018: Route, festival and history
- Waukegan implements special curfew for upcoming music festival
- Community news
- Lance Armstrong crashed on a trail, and his face took the worst of the fall
- KFC incident with deaf woman leads to sensitivity training
- We waited 8 months for the Bears offense to show us that?
- Meet the new faces on the ‘Chicago’ shows
- Prickly City-bromance
- Serving on corporate board while in Congress? That could end
- Chris Rock in ‘Fargo,’ a McDonald’s Monopoly movie and more conversation starters for your weekend
- A grown-up Michael Phelps looks back on the Beijing Olympics, 10 years later
- Notre Dame’s Nic Weishar lost his brother to cancer. Now he’s helping families in need.
- Betsy DeVos is throwing poor students to the wolves
- Austin City Council postpone MLS stadium vote to August 15
- 10 must-do’s in Chicago before school starts
- I kept scammers on the hook for weeks: ‘Are we doing this?’
- President Trump takes aim at Turkey with steel, aluminum tariffs
- El Monterrey expone su invicto ante el América
- Chicago Street presents comedy double feature
- A new photo exhibit brings #metoo to gallery walls in Evanston
- Trouble for Grayslake-area drivers: Three railroad crossings to close over three weeks
- Water and wine make a perfect pairing in Oregon’s Willamette Valley
- Cyr: Difficult Japan-U.S. trade negotiations begin
- Authorities identify dead man found in South Side stretch of Lake Michigan
- United Airlines approved my colleague’s refund, but not mine
- Authorities identify bicyclist struck, killed by dump truck in Greektown
- 2-day festival to showcase South Side’s Pilsen, among ‘coolest destinations in the world’
- Infowars app surges in popularity after tech platforms move against Alex Jones
- 10 products for the perfect dorm room
- Spa and beauty industry campaign hopes to fill 30,000 jobs
- Most people who think they have a penicillin allergy are wrong. Here’s why that’s dangerous.
- New Yorkers are angry U.S. Pizza Museum is in Chicago
- BACinema welcomes another ‘Chicagoland Shorts’ volume to Beverly Arts Center
- Donald Trump to NFL players: ‘Be happy, be cool’ and stand for the national anthem
- Steel Beam offers summer drama with ‘Collected Stories’
- Cubs set postseason ticket prices — and in many cases they’re cheaper than 2017
- U.S. Pizza Museum opens in the South Loop
- 5 observations from re-watching the Bears-Bengals exhibition game
- Naperville neighborhood locked down for several hours due to disturbance; ends peacefully, police say
- Waukegan High School adds service learning requirement for graduation
- New campaign highlights displaced Chicagoans, their art
- Speak out: Old Aurora City Hall was a special place
- Shout Out: Ellen Shubart, author formerly of Glencoe
- Dunes Summer Theatre thrills August audiences with ‘Wait Until Dark’
- Indiana state rep pushes for stronger I-94 truck weight enforcement
- Oak Park, River Forest competitors come up winners in Chicago to Mackinac Island Race
- 4 slumping fantasy football players should return to form in 2018
- Who counts as a drug dealer? As heroin overdoses soar, drug-induced homicide law blurs line between exploiter and victim
- Gary council backs measure to fund neighborhood picnic
- Aurora council to vote on policy for special needs signs
- West Aurora hires two new assistant principals and a curriculum coordinator
- Kane County clerk’s satellite office to open Monday in Aurora
- Letters: Pit bulls are scary dogs
- A hunt for a new dishwasher, and a reminder that we’re wired to connect and care for one another
- Maine-Niles special recreation program hosts annual summer party
- Frankfort residents participate in FBI child abduction training; police from 60 agencies involved
- Online shopping is on the rise – among kids. Here’s how brands are courting them.
- Review: Locanda in Streeterville marks Pane Caldo chef’s quiet return
- Shuttered Sam’s Club in Matteson to find new life as e-commerce fulfillment center
- World’s Fair house owner still hopes for buyer, but anxious to develop Wilmette property
- ‘Set Free’ at Links Hall: What if a dance had time to breathe and change?
- Woody Guthrie, Pete Seeger one-man tribute shows coming to Cedar Lake
- Cubs sign reliever Jorge De La Rosa, send Randy Rosario to minors
- Northwest Indiana schools are adding more security measures after Parkland shooting
- CSO at Ravinia review: James Conlon makes a poignant return
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- 9 savvy traveler hacks that will save time, money and headaches
- 6 ways to make the most of your summer getaway
- Everything you need to know about the (free!) Broadway in Chicago summer concert
- Justin Timberlake book coming in October
- ‘Permanent makeup’ businesses allowed to operate in Park Ridge; ‘body art’ still prohibited
- Nicki Minaj’s ‘Queen’ album features Eminem and The Weeknd
- Kevin White’s mantra after his 1st Bears game in 11 months: ‘Make the easy plays easy’
- Women’s March organizers announce October rally and march at Grant Park to encourage voting
- ‘Crazy Rich Asians’ breakout star Awkwafina is here to steal scenes and change the way you see Asian American women
- Prosecutors wrapping up case at Manafort fraud trial
- One of Skokie’s largest employers, Federal-Mogul, marks centennial anniversary
- Quickly: Pesticide ban should have happened sooner; media at work, not war; Hannity talks Trump
- Victory Gardens’ Chay Yew on ConFest 2018 and why Asian-American theater is American theater
- Woofstock brings dog-friendly event to Valparaiso
- Elgin letters to the Editor
- Speak Out: Dems need new leaders, taxpayers paying for tariffs hurting farmers, killing those who attempt suicide, more
- Long a dog park desert, South Side could see as many as five pop up in the coming months
- Cubs skip Mike Montgomery’s next start: ‘We want to monitor his time’
- Chicago Fire send Campos, Collier, Del Grecco on loan to USL
- Smoking ban in Naperville parks made official, effective immediately
- Speak Out: Thanks for outdoor dining guide, political poll participants should be paid, Sox fan congratulates Cubs
- Valencia sign striker Batshuayi on loan from Chelsea
- Cachorros adquieren al mexicano Jorge De La Rosa
- United Way volunteers help spruce up Valparaiso parks
- Disney: Tron will disrupt train, speedway — temporarily
- Chicago man pleads guilty to supplying heroin that killed Kaneville Township man
- Aurora teen charged with reckless homicide in fatal crash turns himself in
- Berg: Is Missouri’s right-to-work vote a boon or boondoggle?
- Violence erupts amid Gaza cease-fire, 2 Palestinians killed
- Upset by leak, Preckwinkle suggests probe of how secret $6.45M deal to settle surgery death lawsuit became public
- Anita Miller, editor and publisher who engaged in lengthy battle over Cheever stories, dies
- FOP donated $5,000 to Lake County Animal Control for medical care
- Oak Park’s park district set to ‘share our amazing conservatory’ as part of Doors Open Illinois celebration
- Linda Gail Lewis and Robbie Fulks look back but resist going retro on ‘Wild! Wild! Wild!’
- Argentino Ulloa ficha con el Pachuca mexicano
- Indian lawmaker shows up to parliament dressed as Hitler, sparks very little outrage
- Outgoing Gary councilwoman may introduce measure to decriminalize marijuana in city
- Go ahead, get that tattoo. Your boss shouldn’t mind.
- Review: Netflix’s ‘The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society’ is a pleasant throwback romance with a sparkling Lily James
- It’s open season in Saudi Arabia on everything Canadian
- McDaniel-Hale: Volunteer group agreeing to oversee Elgin’s BMX track a win for riders, taxpayers and city
- TV Review: ‘Disenchantment’ on Netflix
- Compensation hikes for city employees have cost Aurora $2.4 million in up-front pension payments
- Which Disney movie is Illinois’ favorite? Here are the favorite Disney movies of every U.S. state
- Real problem, wrong solution
- Pioneer Press boys soccer preview: Central Suburban South
- ‘Slender Man’ review: How can we fear him if we don’t know anything about him?
- Quickly: Trump’s incompetence transparent, Alex Jones followers maladjusted, Curtis Hill mum on unwanted touching
- Naperville police challenged to create lip-sync video by former commander, residents invited to participate
- ‘A wakeup call’: U.S. fans reflect on a World Cup without their national team
- Almond Road roundabout in Gurnee expected to open before school does
- ‘Deflategate’ sequel? Nope, NFL says just a defective ball in Eagles-Steelers game
- Employee compensation hikes have cost Naperville more than $500,000 in up-front pension payments
- I was so focused on nursing my twins, I missed living in the moment
- Winter’s damage to plants means lots of gardeners looking for replacements
- Federal lawsuit claims United Airlines did not intervene in pilot’s harassment of flight attendant
- El ex beisbolista Esteban Loaiza se declara culpable de narcotráfico
- Demi Lovato temporarily checks out of rehab for treatment in Chicago
- Go, Canada. Saudis, back off.
- Down to Business: Cafe Roma grows from Elgin lunch place to destination restaurant and catering business
- Yemen’s Shiite rebels welcome call for investigation of deadly Saudi airstrike
- Intolerance can never be up for debate
- Pioneer Press girls volleyball preview: West Suburban Gold
- Cortland man accused of burglaries in Batavia, Geneva, South Elgin and St. Charles
- ValpoNet reports growing customer base
- Redskins rookie running back Derrius Guice suffers a torn ACL and will miss the season
- 22 dogs, 2 chickens rescued from squalid, vacant home in Harvey
- Grilling classes a rare find for readers hungry to learn
- The truth behind Chicago’s violence
- Kobach signals a GOP stuck on old ideas
- El expelotero Esteban Loaiza se declara culpable de narcotráfico
- HGTV beats out Lance Bass to buy ‘Brady Bunch’ house for $3.5 million
- Kane County sheriff’s office holding heroin and opioid forum at Elgin library
- Norfolk Southern apologizes, says won’t use ‘bait truck’ tactic again
- Illinois Beach State Park to get facelift with new concessions and camp store in Zion
- To better fight gangs, fix Chicago’s gang list
- What’s your cast for an all-women ‘Glengarry Glen Ross’?
- No ducking violence in Chicago mayor’s race
- Longtime Englewood activist Hal Baskin dies
- Two new charter schools ready to open in Gary
- Strawdog casts world premiere of ‘Masque Macabre’
- Balloons to rise again at annual Grayslake fest
- First glimpse of Mitch Trubisky a good reminder that nobody has more to prove in 2018
- A cure for Chicago violence right under our noses
- This Week in Naperville: India Day parade, Rx for Nature festival, more
- Hawthorn 73 looks to cut costs, boost revenue amid referendum push
- Three men, including one from Georgia, facing multiple drug charges: Skokie police
- District 63 to close Stevenson School, shift some attendance areas
- Elgin News Digest
- Chicago water quality
- Shooting in Canadian city leaves 4 dead, including 2 police officers
- A good skate named Stan Mikita: A story from the 1976 Tribune archives
- Bait truck probe comes at moment of frayed Chicago police-community relations: 3 things to know
- Naperville News Digest
- Aloha, poke, and trademark realities
- Nashwood festival in Highwood features 100 live music acts, southern-style food
- Bicyclist killed in Greektown crash remembered as ‘inspiring instructor’
- Cubs 3, Nationals 2
- Omarosa says she refused $15k per month hush money, pens memoir calling Trump racist
- ‘Harry Potter’ movies are coming back to theaters for one week
- Illinois’ Kendrick Green on redshirting and moving to offense: ‘I wasn’t ready last year’
- ‘Homenaje de despedida a un buen amigo’
- Toxic algae bloom plagues Florida’s Gulf Coast
- The private musings and short fuse of Elon Musk
- ICE arresta a un ‘raitero’ de La Villita mientras iba al trabajo
- Norridge police reports
- Gary airport board approves tax levy
- Aurora debuts ukulele festival
- Trump’s New Jersey summer — but do not call it a vacation
- Journalism professor accused of harassment leaves Medill, Northwestern University
- Judge holds Roger Stone associate Andrew Miller in contempt for refusing to testify in Mueller investigation
- Judge allows limited camera views in courtroom for trial in Hadiya Pendleton’s slaying
- 3 (non-Trump) issues worth debating
- Park Ridge mayor says he does not object to financial services office opening in Uptown
- Aurora Township residents can save money on electric rates as part of aggregation partnership
- Emotional homecoming for Nationals manager Dave Martinez ends in tough loss to Cubs
- NFL guards play one of most anonymous positions in sports, but they’re paid like stars
- Aurora man involved in 2014 KFC shooting gets 29 years in prison
- Woman whose son is buried in Arlington Heights cemetery questions Indiana Jones movie screening there
- 5 reasons to snack on strawberries
- Will my deck have room for a hot tub? And other questions answered
- Balancing digital and real life (Infographic)
- Nothing to Hide: Overcoming Plaque Psoriasis
- Easy entertaining and recipe tips from celebrity chef Katie Lee
- DIY outdoor bar serves up entertainment
- 4 habits for fit finances
- Amid consolidation talk, Lake County leaders must decide which precinct committeemen get to keep their jobs
- Post-Tribune Local Scoreboard for Saturday, Aug. 11, 2018
- 8 highlights of Bulls’ full 2018-19 schedule: Home opener Oct. 20, LeBron James comes to town March 12
- Hobart officer denies wrongdoing in baby shower brawl
- Daily Southtown Local Scoreboard for Saturday, Aug. 11, 2018
- 2 teens charged in Ford Heights armed robbery
- Pogba scores in Man United’s opening game win over Leicester
- Tollway documents say board member Gomez swore at, threatened staffers
- Countdown to Football: Bryan Schantz-led Lowell ranked No. 7 in the preseason by the Post-Tribune
- Ask Tom: Is heat lightning a real phenomenon?
- Lane closures on Lake Street from Elgin to Hanover Park start Aug. 20, continue through June 2019, IDOT says
- The riverwalk: Getting more gleam from an urban gem
- Pogba encamina victoria de Man United ante Leicester
- Abby’s road: Abby Callahan ready to take reins for defending Class 4A state champion Marist
- Gary Woodland sets 36-hole record but leads by only a stroke at PGA
- Lake County, Ind., attorney stepping down after 36 years
- Lake County News-Sun Local Scoreboard for Saturday, Aug. 11, 2018
- Competitive eaters test their mettle, stomachs at the Lake County Fair
- Frankfort approves new townhomes at its downtown gateway
- Despite 2 voter rejections, Wheaton school district plans to construct new building — and gets sued over it
- Nonvoters are good at casting aspersions
- Yoan Moncada drops to 8th in lineup as White Sox seek to take pressure off struggling infielder
- It’s a record year for Naperville education foundations raising money through half marathon, 5K
- Huntley man facing reckless homicide, DUI charges in Elgin crash that killed Bartlett woman
- Disabato: Bloom hits a home run with installation of ‘phenomenal’ blue Greenfields artificial turf on Sarff Field
- Ex-Chicago man indicted on charges he flew overseas in 2015 to join Islamic State
- Former White Sox pitcher Esteban Loaiza pleads guilty to drug charges, faces life in prison
- NFL players emphasize reasons for anthem demonstrations
- The heart of Stan Mikita
- Martial arts business sponsoring board ‘break-a-thon’ to raise money for school supply charities
- Judge denies bail for dance instructor accused of sexually assaulting, recording attack of 16-year-old in his care
- Willson Contreras and Anthony Rizzo perfectly execute ‘do-or-die’ pickoff play to help escape 8th inning jam
- Heading back to school exciting for teachers, too: 3 offer perspectives at various stages of careers
- Oh, no! The police union is no longer cooperating with Tribune reporters!
- Driver dies before race at Grundy County Speedway
- Video: World’s biggest s’more
- Erasing history
- Ouster of St. Louis prosecutor is latest election win for Black Lives Matter movement
- For the first time, Naperville restaurant and retail sales surpass all other Chicago suburbs
- Anthony Rizzo’s 13-pitch at-bat flips the script in Cubs’ 3-2 victory over Nationals
- Willow Creek’s journey from defending pastor to accepting accusations unfolds slowly, ends in mass resignations
- Homewood to host Giant Block Party
- Elgin Parks and Rec Director Randy Reopelle retiring in September
- In America, wage growth is getting wiped out entirely by inflation
- Summer temperatures continue well above normal
- Blake’s breakout: Blake Jansky scores on 65-yard TD catch for Lowell in debut on offense in scrimmage
- Fire suspend Section 8 Chicago’s privileges after protest of Sector Latino ban
- In letter to parents, Maryland’s DJ Durkin acknowledged ESPN report might ‘prompt questions’
- Digest (Aug. 10): Lewisfield trying to regain winning form at Laurel Park
- Kobach steps away from duties in contested Kansas vote count
- Christian mingles: Christian Delgado scores a 3-yard touchdown in Valparaiso’s scrimmage vs. Hobart
- Amid changes at Loyola, athletic director Pat Mahoney steps down
- White Sox 1, Indians 0
- Democrats all but acknowledge Kavanaugh is headed toward confirmation to Supreme Court
- Time for Mueller to bring out the big guns
- ‘This is one of my first steps’; Michael Brown’s mother plans to run for Ferguson city council
- Are landscape fabrics worth the trouble to suppress weeds?
- Courtney Vandersloot’s 20 points, 15 assists help Sky beat Sun 97-86
- FBI agent acquitted of lying about shooting of militia member after Oregon standoff