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- Remembering the 17 lives lost in Parkland
- 25+ Valentine’s Day freebies, dining, flower and gift deals for your sweetheart
- Valentine’s Day BOGO drinks at Starbucks for you and your sweetheart
- 3 takeaways from the Bulls’ 122-110 victory over the Grizzlies, including Otto Porter Jr.’s value past scoring
- Chicagoland boys basketball notebook for Wednesday, Feb. 13
- Illinois minimum wage
- Column: On Valentine’s Day say it with candy or flowers? A word to the guys, ladies prefer flowers
- Ask Amy: Football player wants to do GoFundMe end run
- Michael Avenatti says he’s discovered another tape of R. Kelly having sex with underage girl
- When she says ‘Don’t waste the money,’ don’t believe her. It’s Valentine’s Day.
- Oak Lawn museum’s holiday parties create place where kids with special needs can be ‘included without judgment’
- ‘My life would have been way different’: Girls struggle after home for the sexually exploited closes, leaving victims few options in Illinois
- Dedicating 30 years of Tribune work to the hardest worker I know — my dad
- How Michael Jordan became a brand
- Slain Chicago police Cmdr. Paul Bauer remembered on first anniversary of his death
- Former White Sox manager Ozzie Guillen backing Bill Daley in Chicago mayor’s race
- Harvest Bible Chapel pastor James MacDonald fired: ‘A hard but necessary day for our church’
- Petrak: Turning 50, and changing views on what that means
- Wanted: Public servants for thankless jobs. OK, who’s in?
- White Sox phenom Eloy Jimenez is ready — no matter when he gets the call
- Brewers trying again to limit Cubs fans’ presence at Miller Park, aka ‘Wrigley North’
- Al Capone family home in Park Manor on the market for $109,900
- Three jailhouse informants cleared to testify in cop killing trial after judge holds hearings on their reliability
- Chicago police watchdog investigating Facebook photo of purported cop wearing blackface
- Watch Jussie Smollett give his first TV interview since reporting he was attacked in Chicago
- Judge finds Paul Manafort lied to investigators in Russia probe
- Illinois freshman Ayo Dosunmu is ‘not no four-year player.’ But is he ready for the NBA now?
- ‘Everybody Knows’ review: A wedding, an abduction, Penelope Cruz and Javier Bardem
- Inbound Kennedy lanes reopened after man, woman shot near Diversey exit
- Celebrity Cruises upping its luxury game with American Ballet Theatre, Chef Boulud partnerships
- One year after the mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School | PHOTOS
- Service time perk is part of Daniel Descalso’s 2-year deal with the Cubs
- 5 things to do this weekend in Chicago
- Bears offseason storylines: Chuck Pagano’s mission, Kareem Hunt’s baggage and the 2019 schedule’s early hints
- Best Chicago happy hour deals: Feb. 14-20
- Who is America’s favorite TV couple?
- Banks pushing to get in on the growing — yet still federally illegal — marijuana business
- Higher temperatures bring threat of more ice falling from Chicago high-rises
- Two decades after Columbine and five years after Sandy Hook, educators and police still weren’t ready for Parkland
- Prickly City- values
- Man United confirm price tag of $25 million to sack Mourinho
- ‘Empire’ actor Jussie Smollett seeks to answer doubters in new TV interview
- The next Usain Bolt? Meet the 7-year-old who might be the fastest kid you’ve ever seen
- A bold, free concert series from New Music Chicago
- Watch winter racing in Wisconsin, butterflies in Michigan and more Midwest events
- Napoli captain Hamsik seals move to China’s Dalian Yifang
- Too much TV may raise odds for early-onset colon cancer
- EPA vows to take action on toxic ‘forever chemicals’; activists say PFAS plan too slow, weak
- Tickets available for wine gala in Geneva
- CYSO gala bares ‘Chicago Soul’ to benefit music and education programs
- Pompeii dig uncovers ancient atrium with fresco portraying Narcissus — mythological hunter who fell in love with his own reflection
- With ‘Anna Karenina,’ Joffrey unveils a modern classic at the Auditorium
- Ticket to Michael Jordan’s NBA debut at Chicago Stadium sells for $8,118
- Film scores can make or break a movie. Ahead of the Oscars, Michael Phillips reveals some of Hollywood’s best
- 3 South Elgin HS staff members injured in fight between 2 students in which bleach was thrown, police say
- Mayor speaks and EPA listens: West Calumet to return as residential site
- Why a trip to Provo, Utah is in order
- Senators push Walgreens to stop selling tobacco products
- Man United’s collapse, Spurs’ awakening and the best of the week in soccer
- Man gets 12 years in prison for sex assault in vacant Aurora townhouse
- Vice President Mike Pence urges Europe to quit Iran deal, stop busting sanctions
- FDA: Romaine E. coli outbreak still a mystery after monthslong investigation
- No homework until sixth grade? Some elementary districts are rethinking their policies based on research
- Ebony’s 1970s Chicago test kitchen needs a new home: ‘These spaces are identifiably black spaces’
- La Porte’s stage taken over by ’12 Incompetent Jurors’
- 5 takeaways from White Sox spring training, including Michael Kopech’s nickname and Eloy Jimenez’s dangerous bat
- Una lucha en familia
- Suburban apartments with city-style amenities
- Suburban apartments with city-style amenities
- Watch the key scenes that helped these stars land Oscar nominations
- Catch butterflies in Indy, race up to Wisconsin for fat-tire biking and more Midwest events
- ¿Qué es el amor?
- 8 ways to banish spring allergies
- Simeone inks contract extension with Atletico Madrid until 2022
- NIU shooting victims, their stories
- You can only gripe about spotty coverage. Lawmakers get to grill cell company execs: ‘These maps are bogus.’
- Iowa hotel settles with woman who was raped after front desk clerk gave attacker room key, maintenance undid latch
- Investigation continues in child porn case of ex-Lake Ridge teacher’s aide
- Empty Bowls event headed to West Leyden; RSVP offers tax counseling for those 60 and older
- Rapper Flo Rida to headline Naperville Ribfest Fourth of July concert
- Former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe was concerned Russia probes could ‘vanish’ after Comey fired
- How Marie Kondo’s tidying method tamed one woman’s anxiety
- ‘I really do owe my life to him,’ Aurora cop says of slain Milwaukee officer
- Chicago mayoral candidate survey results
- Former Evanston high school security guard charged with sexual assault of student held without bond
- Greg Kot picks 14 Midwinter Festival acts, from Slowdive to Jlin
- From Pitchfork: A Midwinter night’s dream at the Art Institute, and an expensive one
- He stopped selling Nike products because of Colin Kaepernick. Now his Colorado store is closing.
- Alexa, are you laughing at us? Of course you are, while Big Brother watches
- Oak Brook to use grant to add running track, soccer fields and picnic area to Sports Core
- Drone crashes into downtown high-rise, breaks window
- Angry over Cubs’ Sinclair TV plan? Be thankful for The Score’s Pat Hughes and Ron Coomer
- Beatniks on Conkey presents ‘Vagina Monologues’ as fundraiser
- What to do when your kid suddenly stops eating meat
- Will the Cubs really finish last in 2019? Say it ain’t so, PECOTA
- The Ardus apartments in River North
- Nickelodeon is reviving ‘All That’ with Kenan Thompson as executive producer
- Some Illinois home health care workers get just eight hours of training. Is that enough?
- Tiffany Van Dyke speaks out after husband, Jason Van Dyke, beaten in Connecticut prison: ‘The worst has happened’
- UEFA launch investigation into Ramos’s possible intentional booking
- ‘The Kissing Booth 2’ is coming to Netflix, with original cast returning
- Quickly: Fake news, sociopaths and Roger Stone
- ‘To Dust’ review: Matthew Broderick stars in a meditation on human mortality and loss
- ‘Never Look Away’ review: What roles do art and beauty play when there is political chaos and moral confusion?
- 3 new officers joining Hinsdale police force include former NFL player, Hinsdale South alumna and Chicago native
- Actor, Gary native returns for annual film festival at Glen Theater
- The unease of celebrating a chocolate and flowers holiday on a blood-soaked anniversary
- Slow start, but it’s not over yet: 5 things to know about this year’s flu season
- MLS commissioner Garber signs extension through 2023
- With Election Day nearing, mayoral candidate Willie Wilson again hands out thousands of dollars to help Chicagoans pay property taxes
- U.S. mortgage rates fall to 12-month low; 30-year at 4.37 percent
- Pictures: Virgin Voyages private destination on Bimini
- Speak Out: Lake Shore Drive bridge, marijuana
- Defense seeks to suppress mention of Amber Alert in case of Gary teen charged in mother’s death
- Alleged sexual abuse in the Southern Baptist church: How could they?
- Lauri Markkanen’s dream is to play in the All-Star Game. With the event coming to Chicago in 2020, could that dream be realized soon?
- Column: While dining out, Baby Boomers want to talk, not shout, ’bout their generation
- Letter: Citizens for Clarendon Hills group is more than one person
- Crete-Monee 201U voters will weigh in on possible school closings with advisory referendum
- Blood drive set to honor memory of Wilmette man: ‘He helped people in ways he didn’t boast about’
- Stevenson School District 125 board approves agreement with foundation, amendements to 2019 budget
- Why did the new Michael Jackson musical cancel its Chicago tryout?
- Union issue, not subsidies uproar, may have soured Amazon on New York
- Supporters of cop who shot Elgin woman urge people to wait for prosecutors’ decision before laying blame
- Virgin Voyages opens Scarlet Lady bookings, announces private Bimini destination
- ‘Los tres amigos’, se unen a una carta contra los Oscar
- Senators’ letter to Walgreens CEO
- Monsignor Otto Garcia was tasked with handling pedophile priests in the Brooklyn Diocese — but now a man is accusing him of abuse
- Lincolnwood Citizens Police Academy starts in April; Taste of Morton Grove set in March
- Anniversaries of school shootings prompted ‘elevated emergency response’ to fire alarm at Loyola Academy
- ‘Dear Evan Hansen’ opens in Chicago, the new hit musical about teenagers, their angst and their parents
- Husband pleads not guilty to murder charges in wife’s death near Round Lake
- Third annual Fish-On in Portage to showcase more outdoor activities
- Natural gas odor prompts evacuation of Lake County Building
- Farm animals die in one Lake County blaze, while firefighter is injured in another
- Chicago Symphony musicians vote to authorize a strike on March 10
- Tirotean a un hombre y una mujer cerca de la autopista Kennedy y Diversey
- Community news
- Center Township trustee expects increased demand for poor relief services
- Gary man charged with distribution of crack cocaine
- Column: Ivy Tech students earn trip of a lifetime
- Piles and piles of cash: 6 Auto Show cars I’d buy for friends and family
- Sex abuse, violence survivors embraced by supporters at annual Long Red Line event at Elgin Community College
- Gary’s McCullough may be turned into a co-ed school, official says
- West Suburban Local Scoreboard for Friday, Feb. 15, 2019
- Booked it! Chicago casting announcements for Feb. 14
- Schools fall silent in Florida to mark anniversary of Parkland massacre
- Se viene apasionante jornada de clásicos MX
- Lake County News-Sun Local Scoreboard for Friday, Feb. 15, 2019
- Chicago Park District calls Friends of the Parks report on inequality ‘inaccurate,’ ‘incendiary,’ ‘divisive’
- Trump referred to ‘gun violence’ in his Parkland remembrance. Hours later, he changed it to ‘school violence.’
- Scott Stantis Cartoon Caption Contest Winner and Extras
- Europa League Recap: BATE stun Arsenal as beleaguered Sarri’s Chelsea win in Malmo
- Did you wait until last minute to make Valentine’s reservations? You should have planned like a Portlander
- Mexicano Lainez rescata al Real Betis en la Europa League
- White Rhino Bar and Grill offers full week of entertainment
- When #MeToo scandals confront churches, corporations and schools
- Lawsuit means Chicago Obama center plan no sure thing; judge says he will rule on legal challenge in coming days
- What to watch this weekend: Chelsea-Man United, Champions League fallout
- A corruption convention chooses Chicago. Was the fix in?
- Proposed Illinois minimum wage increase
- Season ticket sales underway for Elgin symphony’s 2019-20 season
- Twin sisters make the music of Maeve & Quinn seem telepathic
- Illinois minimum wage, 1972-2019
- Amazon drops New York City as one of its new headquarters locations, will not reopen search
- Boys basketball notes: NIU recruit Keenon Cole erupts for 40 points in Streamwood’s loss to West Aurora
- Michigan men charged with stealing $800K worth of jewelry from Jared store in Hobart
- Jury finds Portage mayor guilty of bribery, obstructing the IRS
- David Stern jabs the NFL, saying Colin Kaepernick would have a job in the NBA
- Community Hospital in Munster overbilled Medicare by $22 million, report states
- Woman dies after being hit by CTA Green Line train on Near West Side, police say
- Time’s up, EPA. Solve the Sterigenics problem.
- Amazon HQ up for grabs again
- With Portage mayor out after bribery conviction, city and county officials prepare for a new era
- Renting with Airbnb can be lucrative, but it also might be raising housing costs
- Corner market: Mackenzie Hare’s early 3-pointer ignites Bartlett in regional semifinal win
- Slowik: Lansing plans to pass on ex-south suburban mayor who wants to recruit venue sponsors — and take 20% of revenue
- Álex Lora: ‘Los rocanroleros somos siempre adolescentes’
- 5 things to do in Lake County Feb. 22-24
- ‘Barnstorm’ event promotes Medicare for All Act
- Boys basketball notes: ‘Senior rock’ Quentin Williams makes the most of final home game at Zion-Benton
- Manker: Flotsam and jetsam from the mind of your everyday columnist
- Three Dots and a Dash opens new bar, The Bamboo Room, today for your rare rum nerd needs
- Gary residents encouraged to ‘Love Your Block’
- MLS extiende contrato de comisionado Don Garber
- In Provo, Utah, two influences are impossible to miss
- Tyler Chatwood believes he’ll be better for the Cubs in 2019, thanks to correcting a mechanical flaw
- 5 takeaways from White Sox spring training, including Lucas Giolito on ‘neurofeedback’ and a new James Shields in Ivan Nova
- What’s covered with trinkets, listed as a museum on Google and associated with a toy duck? Naperville’s Magic Rock.
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- ‘American Ninja Warrior’ renewed for Season 8 at NBC
- Gas station and car wash proposed for old Fair Oaks Ford property in Naperville
- Stray piglet found wandering in Aurora, police say
- Diego Lainez: ‘Nunca bajamos los brazos’
- Fishing show fundraiser at Tinley Park High School lauded as ‘best little show around’
- 5 Valentine’s Day gifts that will help you survive the Sweethearts shortage
- Why did an otherwise mundane hearing with a Trump appointee turn testy? A massacre and Iran-Contra
- Chasing HQ2 jobs, Emanuel and Pritzker write to Amazon: ‘You should take another look at Chicago’
- Mayor, governor write to Amazon about HQ2
- Gary mayor cites EMS fund controversy as reason plan to sell and lease public safety building stalled
- 5 things to do in the western suburbs Feb. 22-27
- Aurora seeks grant to make RiverEdge Park more accessible for people with disabilities
- Highland Park raises concerns with marijuana legalization as debate over recreational use intensifies in Illinois
- Finding love as a senior: 7 stories to inspire all ages
- Carl Edwards Jr. pauses for effect, and Joe Maddon approves
- Why did the Tribune Editorial Board endorse Bill Daley for mayor?
- A leaner Sears emerges from bankruptcy, but can it survive?
- 5 takeaways from Cubs spring training, including reactions to a last-place projection and a new wrinkle in Carl Edwards Jr.’s delivery
- America shrugs while democracy around the world retreats
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- Forest Preserves of Will County course invites residents to be part of honey bee solution
- Boys basketball notes: Quincy football recruit Hezekiah Salter measures up in the lane for West Aurora
- Here’s what’s in – and what’s not in – the $333 billion-plus budget bill
- La Casa Blanca confirma que Trump firmará presupuestos y declarará emergencia para financiar el muro
- NIU shooting victims remembered
- Lincolnshire trustees hear developers’ plans for gas station, conveniece store project
- Four principals to resign at end of school year in Park Ridge-Niles District 64
- McDaniel-Hale: Wedding event a great way to showcase Elgin and what it has to offer
- Corrections and clarifications
- Kane County courthouse a magical place for Valentine’s Day couples enjoying wedded bliss
- Maybe I can’t quit you, Cubs, but I’m going to try
- Bradfordville Blues Club
- Guest column: Tips to thwart phone scammers
- The Spin: Willie Wilson’s Valentine’s Day giveaway | Amazon’s box of chocolates for Chicago | Illinois House passes minimum wage hike
- William Barr sworn in for 2nd stint as U.S. attorney general
- Down to Business: Rosie’s in East Dundee a ‘true neighborhood bar’ that keeps memory of late friend alive, owner says
- Curtain Call Theatre in Mokena delves into ‘The Diary of Anne Frank’
- Fire and explosions destroy Round Lake Beach garage and 3 cars; man escapes with minor injuries
- End of an era: St. Xavier’s Bob Hallberg to retire after 49 seasons in coaching following cancer diagnosis
- Trump blurs the meaning of ‘national emergency’
- Community news: Rich Township choirs combine to celebrate Black History Month
- Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s administration considering selling state buildings and land to pay for pensions
- Letter: Hinsdale trustee slate outlines its platform
- ‘There is a sense of urgency’: Plan to reduce single-use plastic waste under review in Oak Park
- Illinois Democrats propose laws expanding abortion access — including repeal of parental notification for minors
- Boys basketball notes: Griffith unleashes ‘beast’ of Tim Lawson in reaching top tier of area’s rankings
- Will County board members condemn racism after swastikas painted on signs in Mokena
- Maine Township District 207 School Board approves $3.47M in construction projects ahead of referendum improvements
- Dinosaurs of the sky: Superjumbo jets like the A380 were displaced by smaller, more nimble competitors
- Mike Clark’s Chicago-area boys basketball rankings, Feb. 14
- Trump now officially obese, but in ‘good health overall,’ his doctor says
- Palos Village Players start season with dark comedy ‘Rancho Mirage’
- Howard Schultz’ challenge to Democrats: Nominate a centrist and I’ll abandon my independent campaign for president
- Illinois House votes to raise minimum wage to $15 by 2025; Gov. J.B. Pritzker expected to sign it
- The real VanDeel: Senior guard Ellie VanDeel grows into starring role for Crown Point
- Boys basketball notes: Trevor Casmere confirms Benet learns lesson in loss to Marian Catholic
- Boys basketball notes: Burtron Harper picks up slack for Shepard as star Chris Harrison misses 22 games
- Garfield Park’s agave plant is having a growth spurt in the midst of a frigid winter. Here’s why.
- Blackhawks’ Chris Kunitz plays in his 1,000th NHL game: ‘I didn’t actually think I’d have a career’
- Robinson: Yes, the Green New Deal is audacious. But we have no choice but to think big.
- Talk of the town: Noelle Doody opens up in leading Andrew to repeat trip to state in girls bowling
- National emergency declaration by Trump likely to bring a lineup of lawsuits
- How well do you know the Southland? Take our quiz and find out.
- Trump to sign border deal passed by Congress, declare national emergency to fund wall
- Blackhawks 5, Devils 2
- Jake Gyllenhaal and Tom Sturridge headline a deadly depressing double-act
- New bill could create joint government entity for Buffington Harbor development
- Blackhawks goalie Collin Delia might go when Corey Crawford returns, but he has proved he belongs in the NHL
- Aces Max Scherzer and Justin Verlander concerned about what tanking is doing to baseball
- Post-Tribune Local Scoreboard for Friday, Feb. 15, 2019
- UIC beats Cleveland State 81-77 for its 4th consecutive victory
- Hall-mark moment: Sophomore forward Grace Hall stars as H-F shuts down Marist for regional title
- Kevin Harvick and Joey Logano lead Ford sweeps in both Daytona 500 qualifying races
- Daily Southtown Local Scoreboard for Friday, Feb. 15, 2019
- Ayo Dosunmu’s late 3-pointer helps Illinois hold off Ohio State 63-56 for 4th straight win and 1st road win
- Blackhawks 5, Devils 2
- Naperville District 203 candidate forum focuses on safety, finances, achievement
- 506 victories, 1 state title: Senior AJ Fowler wins one for the first family of Calumet wrestling