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- Support for Barrington School District 220 referendum of $185M not likely, according to unofficial tally
- Chicago’s historic election: Lori Lightfoot appears to have swept all 50 wards in the city’s mayoral race
- 5 top supplements to add to your diet
- Who is Toni Preckwinkle?
- Who is Lori Lightfoot?
- Three incumbents win impressively over two challengers in Oak Brook Village Board election
- Read what Lori Lightfoot and Toni Preckwinkle said after Lightfoot clinched the runoff election for Chicago mayor
- Hinsdale-Clarendon Hills District 181 Board will get new look after election
- Chinese woman carrying malware allegedly got into Mar-a-Lago briefly during Trump visit
- Sidetrack’s Art Johnston on Lori Lightfoot’s Chicago mayoral election win: ‘I’m feeling the Earth move under my feet’
- Blackhawks playoff tracker: Eliminated from contention with 3 games to go
- With sports programs on the line, Hinsdale voters approve $140 million referendum, and other suburban results
- With just 5 precincts still out, Kaptain appears headed to a third term as Elgin mayor
- Hanson, Hirsman, Held and Turek win seats on Hinsdale High School District 86 Board
- Here’s how to get updates from the Chicago Tribune on your smart speaker
- Ask Amy: Mom needs friendship to escape the kids
- 19-year-old woman shot dead in Washington Park apartment
- Man shot during robbery attempt in Bucktown; police questioning 3 ‘people of interest’
- 100 years after the Black Sox scandal, MLB — now aligned with a gambling partner — owes Buck Weaver and Shoeless Joe Jackson another look
- T-R-A-I-T-O-R: Nationals fans shower Bryce Harper with boos; he responds with a long homer
- Teen candidate for Glenview trustee phoned to concede, but says slate that declared victory sent message to talk later
- Chicago theater openings for April 5-11
- A deeper look at the headline-grabbing trade of Jordan Howard — what does it mean for Matt Nagy’s offense going forward?
- Bear Download podcast: Trading Jordan Howard and evaluating Ha Ha Clinton-Dix’s upside
- These are the best bars in Chicago, according to local musicians
- Free things to do in Chicago this week
- Why do so many people not from Chicago dictate various nightlife scenes in the city?
- Can men have it all — close friendships and close ties to their kids?
- Village and school board election results for Mundelein, Vernon Hills and Libertyville
- First came Harry Potter, now the Ramones. How a Canadian producer is finding success in Chicago without Broadway.
- Celebrate Chinese culture in St. Louis, take the train to tulips in Michigan and more Midwest events
- ‘Even one cigarette’ in pregnancy can raise risk of baby’s death, study finds
- Letters to the Editor
- Shout Out: Maria Barbosa, bagel shop co-owner and manager
- Voters in Winnetka School District 36 appear to vote down $90 million referendum
- Prickly City- maturity
- New York will be first U.S. city to charge ‘congestion toll’
- Trump suaviza la amenaza, México dice que EEUU no cerrará la frontera
- Players react to Juventus’s response to Kean abuse
- Gary to transfer funds to help bolster city’s public image
- ‘New Girl’ alum and Chicago-area native Lamorne Morris talks BMO pitchman status, Jussie Smollett and Kurt Russell’s ‘biggest movie’
- Coffee cupping
- New firefighters join Gary force
- Highland street repaving projects drawn up
- Naperville Mayor Steve Chirico declares victory, but challenger Rocky Caylor wants all votes counted
- Selle: Closing time overdue for Lake County’s two EtO sites
- Bears Q&A: What’s the over/under for Mike Davis’ yards from scrimmage? Will the Bears trade up to draft a running back?
- Jimmy Dorsey Orchestra works to sustain big band sound
- Tim Anderson goes on the paternity list — out for 1 to 3 days — after the birth of his 2nd daughter
- Surge #MeTooHombres, en respuesta a #MeTooMúsicosMexicanos
- Mayoral runoff election results: Who won in your precinct?
- Injured Neymar set to resume training with PSG
- Shout Out: Safeya Shah, an occupational therapist from Darien
- Fox News Chief Executive Suzanne Scott: ‘People always want to shoot at the leader’
- Google to require benefits, minimum wage for contractors
- ‘N Sync’s Lance Bass trains a lens on Lou Pearlman, the con man who made him a star
- Celebrate Easter with corzetti, the personalized pasta born in Genoa
- Merrillville adviser: No hike in taxes for community center
- Watch: ‘Joker’ trailer offers first look at Joaquin Phoenix’s villain
- Frank Ray is a Latino former cop changing the face of country music
- New Philharmonic concert features pianist Winston Choi
- ¿Qué significa la inmensa recaudación de fondos de Bernie Sanders?
- Helen Miller, union leader who fought to get wage hikes for home care workers, dies
- Naperville City Councilman Kevin Coyne criticizes DuPage GOP, announces run for county board
- Fire marshal: Smoking materials caused February Highland blaze
- Eric B. and Rakim, like many reunited groups, did a one-off that became something more
- Arrestaron al presunto asesino del rapero Nipsey Hussle
- In the battle against unsavory online content, I’m enlisting my tweens on my team
- Kelly Stafford, wife of Lions QB Matthew Stafford, to undergo surgery for brain tumor
- New village president to take charge in Oswego
- Shout Out: Nicky Braglia, co-owner of reNew Studio in Elmwood Park
- Quickly
- Nu-Blu brings bluegrass to the masses
- East Dundee voters oust one village board incumbent while giving another a fourth term; 2 new trustees win seats
- What to eat, where to park and where to find the Goose: What to know if you’re going to White Sox games this season
- Antioch man pleads guilty to federal charges of enticing minors for sex
- Monthly book club at Round Lake library requires more cooking than reading
- Community news
- Indiana Dunes National Park is $28 million behind in maintenance projects
- Chicago Street stages farcical ‘Boeing Boeing’
- Man shot by officer in Wadsworth found fit for trial on attempted murder, other charges
- New mayor elected in Yorkville
- El concejal Ricardo Muñoz tomó casi $37,000 del Caucus Progresivo para ‘gastos no autorizados’
- A canceled Viator tour, but no refund? Travel Troubleshooter investigates.
- Shout Out: Isaiah Iverson, candy store employee
- Waubonsee event looks to help students dress for success
- Hall of Famer Bobby Cox is hospitalized and Braves manager Brian Snitker is ‘very concerned’
- House approves subpoenas for full, unredacted Mueller report — setting up fight with Justice Department
- Boeing’s new space capsule hit by more delays
- Lake County Symphony Orchestra fuses jazz, classical in concert
- Shout Out: Lawrence Grimm, actor
- Ex-St. Louis cops being sentenced for taking bribes from chiropractor
- Hinsdale District 86 voters OK $140 million bond issue; board to meet today to reverse sports cuts
- Person killed when vehicle hit by Amtrak train near Lemont
- Prince Harry and Meghan Markle are finally on Instagram. And the account already set a world record.
- Is that wheat protein in your Whopper? Plant-based meat sales rising.
- Disney: Epcot food and wine fest, ‘Star Wars’ land debut on same day
- Should you ask family and friends to get vaccinated before visiting your newborn?
- Column: At women’s networking group, ‘giving is what comes naturally’
- Armstrong: Fast start to softball season no small feat for senior leader Vivian Bahena and East Aurora
- Incumbents win in North Aurora Village Board race
- El tesoro de la cueva del Dios Jaguar
- West Suburban Local Scoreboard for Thursday, April 4, 2019
- Skokie police ask for public’s help in locating missing woman
- Lake County News-Sun Local Scoreboard for Thursday, April 4, 2019
- Village clerk, incumbents take seats on La Grange Park Village Board
- Pampered pets fed fresh food as owners snub canned and dried brands. But some vets question the trend.
- 1 killed, 2 hurt in shootings uptick since cops announced violence drop
- Incautan más de $3 millones en heroína y cocaína en Belmont Cragin
- Judge imposes first jail terms in Penn State fraternity hazing death
- A grand time at plate: Nate Rentas hits homer, drives in seven runs as Warren romps past Waukegan
- Illinois among 6 states, along with D.C., suing over school lunch rule changes
- Naperville woman the top vote-getter in College of DuPage board election
- Report: Pilots of doomed Ethiopian 737 Max followed Boeing’s emergency steps
- We’re all on the road to Broadway’s terrific ‘Hadestown’ — with Andre De Shields as guide
- British prime minister meets head of opposition seeking Brexit deal, turning back on Conservative Party
- ‘All My Sons’ on Broadway has a raging Tracy Letts at the center of Arthur Miller’s story. Time’s up, Joe Keller!
- ‘Gary: A Sequel to Titus Andronicus’ on Broadway: This is Nathan Lane among corpses, killed by tyrants in Taylor Mac’s complicated play. Consider yourself warned.
- Baranek: Providence duo Morgan Greenwood and Jessica Cothern topping charts for DePaul in softball
- ‘Ink’ on Broadway: What’s your verdict on journo Rupert Murdoch? You’ll have a great time deciding
- Musical ‘Tootsie’ on Broadway is great fun — but gender swapping has gotten tricky
- Lori Lightfoot and the arts in Chicago: She has 3 main challenges but has made her mark from Day 1
- Lombard woman pleads guilty to strangling mom after dispute over alleged jewelry theft
- Bird migration danger
- Speak Out: Elected officials, happiness
- Police: Portage death investigation almost complete
- CSO strike negotiations to resume
- Down in the Southland inclusive theater program presents ‘Alice in Wonderland Jr.’
- La Grange elementary school board winners talk enrollment, curriculum
- Does where you go to college really matter? We asked 10 Chicago CEOs.
- Newly elected Evanston Township High School board members cite achievement gap as top concern
- 2 incumbents, 1 newcomer emerge from crowded field for seat on Buffalo Grove Village Board: unofficial election totals
- Teacher Feature: ‘Big bucket of compassion’ vital for success in classroom, Metea Valley teacher says
- Serie A Recap: Empoli stun Napoli, move Juventus closer to title
- Lori Lightfoot wants to change the way Chicago does business. Now she needs to persuade business leaders.
- Trump finally recognizes ‘noise cancer.’ Will GOP health plan cover it?
- Shout Out: Joe Bialko, ‘Living Legend’ in Niles
- ‘Pretty disappointing’: Frustrated Blackhawks are coming to grips with missing the playoffs for a 2nd straight season
- Lesley McSpadden, Michael Brown’s mother, loses bid for Ferguson City Council
- Acusan a un tercer sujeto por la muerte del oficial John Rivera
- What Chicago’s mayoral election reveals about the 2020 presidential race
- He was ‘the life of the party’: Family, friends remember Gwain Brown, one of 6 teens gunned down in Chicago this past week
- Gov. Holcomb signs Indiana hate crimes measure into law
- Chef’s Choice: Experimentation part of the fun when creating new burgers
- Surprised by your income tax bill? Check your withholding, and two more fixes for 2019.
- Car rolls on side, traffic backed up in 10-vehicle crash near Southlake Mall in Merrillville
- Shout Out: Alyssa Wees is a newly-published author of young adult fiction
- Mayoral voting needs change in the way it’s done
- So long, AAF: Gelen Robinson looks to future after first-year football league suspends operations
- Driver of car that crashed in Lake Forest and killed 20-year-old Zion woman was speeding at the time, police say
- Shout Out: Megan Traficano, Oak Park Township’s youth services director
- Controversial development fueled successful Sugar Grove write-in candidates
- Former President Barack Obama congratulates Lori Lightfoot on Chicago mayor’s race win
- Fawver wins City Council seat in Plano
- Second shot: 21st Century graduate Eugene German of Northern Illinois puts in name for NBA draft
- Democratic socialists: No more business as usual in Chicago
- Stop in at Cafe Mistiko for good food or fun
- Commissioners question funding for 22 new Sheriff’s Department cars
- Entrevista con el presidente Juan Guaidó
- Column: The future of retail needs to provide customers with human and technological service
- Mike McCarthy: Firing by the Packers ‘couldn’t have been handled any worse’
- Trump’s backers still say he didn’t collude because his actions were out in the open
- Lori Lightfoot’s landslide victory is a case for delaying the Lincoln Yards TIF vote
- ‘Jersey Boys’ is back in Chicago, but no horn section! Parts of this tour are too cheap to be true
- Forecasters wanted #SafePlaceSelfie to be about tornadoes. Twitter made it about dogs and guns.
- Boys trapped in Thai cave were drugged with ketamine for risky rescue dives
- Luego de la polémica, el movimiento #MeTooMúsicosMexicanos dice adiós
- Warmer weather, April showers on the horizon after cold end to workweek
- The Spin: Lightfoot’s path forward | Why Preckwinkle lost | Undecided council races
- ‘It’s a woman. It’s not Pulaski.’: New documentary argues Revolutionary War hero was intersex
- Chicago bomb squad finds package at Lakeview post office is not dangerous
- Column: ‘Game of Thrones’ in a nutshell for last-minute viewers of the series
- ‘Jersey Boys’ Frankie Valli musical gets audiences talking
- Run-A-Way relocated from near O’Hare to North Aurora
- After McConnell, Schumer point fingers, Republicans change Senate rules to speed approval of Trump’s nominees
- Welcome to the Mayor’s office, Lori Lightfoot
- Medias Blancas postergan primer partido en casa
- La Liga Recap: Valencia hand Zidane his 1st loss since returning to Real Madrid
- ‘Un claro llamado al cambio’
- Passarella a juicio por defraudar a River Plate
- Drury Lane artistic director William Osetek resigns after more than a decade at the suburban theater
- Volvo revela nuevo sistema de seguridad
- Choose clothes that match your eye color. This and 4 other ways to boost your image.
- 5 new troopers join Lowell Indiana State Police Post
- 3rd man charged in shooting death last month of off-duty Chicago police officer
- Spivy, Harris, Martire appear to win OPRF school board seats
- Illinois House votes to lower age of ‘Home Alone’ law
- Elmhurst aldermen look at Metra station renovation, police station replacement following election
- New Lenox native, 23, bests worldwide competition with design for alarm for hearing impaired
- Defense presents praising letters for Munster doctor who is accused of ‘recklessly’ prescribing opioids
- Bates wins seat on Fox Valley Park District board
- Incumbents take three River Forest District 90 board seats; voters round out park, library boards
- Slowik: A felon won a library board seat in Park Forest. Now what?
- El género urbano y las mujeres acaparan la Semana de Billboard
- Two new faces will change look of Aurora City Council
- Evergreen Park High School dedicates talent show to sixth grade musician who died in February
- Expelled Northwestern student charged with sexual assault allowed to live with his parents in New Jersey
- Alliance candidates dominate on election night: ‘The village of Lincolnwood supports our message’
- Organized volunteers, a paid consultant and fear of losing sports and marching band propelled Hinsdale District 86 referendum
- Waukegan City Council races show mixed support across wards
- With Lori Lightfoot victory, Chicago’s LGBTQ community hopes to be ‘more visible and more relevant’
- Funeral held for Illinois State Police Trooper Brooke Jones-Story, who was struck and killed during traffic stop
- White Sox 8, Indians 3
- Police report on missing Aurora boy Timmothy Pitzen
- Orland election tips balance on Village Board
- White Sox postpone Thursday’s home opener to Friday
- To Chicago’s new council: Turn jobs deserts to jobs oases
- The Score names Matt Spiegel ‘Hit & Run’ host: ‘It’s nice to have something that’s mine’
- Visitation and funeral processions for state trooper killed on Tri-State will close Lake County roadways
- Gurnee police announce warrant for Waukegan man in January shooting
- Political newcomers apparent winners of Tinley Park trustee seats
- How Lori Lightfoot can avoid others’ rookie mistakes
- Jose Abreu’s 3 RBIs lift White Sox to 8-3 win against Corey Kluber and the Indians
- ‘I had no intentions of fighting’: Drake Caggiula’s bout with Dustin Byfuglien surprised many, including Caggiula
- ‘Hold on tight to those awesome memories,’ mourners told at funeral for state trooper struck and killed during traffic stop
- Man facing a guilty verdict for fleeing police at 100 mph flees DuPage courthouse and is still at large, officials say
- Shape of City Council uncertain as aldermen prepare for arrival of Mayor Lori Lightfoot
- Joe Biden vows he’ll ‘be more mindful about respecting personal space’ of women
- Shaquille Harrison working to bring his offense up to the level of his defense
- Lori Loughlin, Felicity Huffman and gaggle of wealthy parents appear in Boston court on college scam charges
- México, tierra de narcos y violencia
- Pluskota-size effort: Ben Pluskota stands tall in front row, powers Lincoln-Way West past St. Rita
- Conservative declares victory in Wisconsin Supreme Court race, though recount is possible
- David Bote agrees to a 5-year, $15 million extension with the Cubs: ‘I’m humbled and gracious and super excited’
- Teen named as missing Aurora boy Timmothy Pitzen escaped kidnappers after seven years, according to Ohio police report
- White Sox 8, Indians 3
- Bulls 115, Wizards 114
- Hinsdale District 86 Board votes to reinstate sports, some clubs and activities following passage of $140M referendum
- Otto Porter Jr. looks forward to team-wide health as Bulls snap 5-game skid behind Walt Lemon Jr.’s heroics
- Daily Southtown Local Scoreboard for Thursday, April 4, 2019
- Braves 6, Cubs 4
- Post-Tribune Local Scoreboard for Thursday, April 4, 2019
- House Ways and Means chairman asks IRS for 6 years of Trump’s tax returns
- Texas bans clergy from death chamber after Supreme Court blocked man’s execution unless Buddhist adviser accompanied him
- Blackhawks 4, Blues 3 (SO)
- 8-year-old Guatemalan boy who died in U.S. Border Patrol custody had flu infection, autopsy report says
- Cubs bullpen loses control again in a 6-4 loss to Braves
- Another Cubs bullpen failure doesn’t mean changes are coming, says Theo Epstein: ‘Every game is not a referendum on the season’
- Northwestern advances to WNIT championship game; DePaul men force Game 3 in CBI finals