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- Nick Madrigal singles and drives in a run in his first game at Triple-A Charlotte
- Column: Jump in the lake. Catch a firefly. Eat breakfast outdoors. It’s not too late to enjoy summer.
- The party appears over for the Flying Lady — a ‘Playpen’ yacht with a stripper pole — after its owner is charged in a multimillion-dollar fraud scheme
- Daywatch: Rising Lake Michigan swallowing city beaches, meet the people working to kick Chicago out of Illinois and other things to know to start your day
- Column: Democratic debates reveal party predicament: ‘Save us, Michelle Obama, you’re our only hope’
- A police officer tried to report suspected child neglect to the state’s 24-hour hotline. He was told to leave a message and wait up to 4 days for a callback.
- Harvey club with recent shooting, alleged liquor violations agrees to fine, suspension
- Flashback: Good Humor delighted generations with its curbside delivery of ice cream bars — and not even the mob could stop it
- Naperville has missed chances to create affordable housing. With major developments on the table, will city leaders act now?
- Ranking the 100 best Bears players ever: No. 35, Harlon Hill
- Wayside’s child sex offenders in Aurora are staying put for now. What about the other sex offenders the city warned?
- More than 200 District 204 high schoolers who don’t have internet at home to receive free Wi-Fi hot spots
- Officials investigating whether Near North Side drowning victim was missing ‘boat hopper,’ says Fire Department
- In ‘A Living Gospel,’ Robert Ellsberg finds the thread connecting the saintly
- A summer reading list for fans of ‘To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before’
- The good, bad and ugly for the White Sox in July: From Dylan Cease’s call-up to rotation roulette
- Longtime Chicago Latina actress Alba Guerra dies at 73
- Official: Family displaced in Whiting house fire
- Keeping a groovy ’70s vibe, the former Johnson Publishing building on Michigan Ave. has reopened as 150 apartments
- Will a motivated Ha Ha Clinton-Dix capitalize on his prove-it deal? A closer look at the Bears safeties
- Katy Perry, others ordered to pay $2.78M for copying song
- U.S. employers added a solid 164,000 jobs in July as the unemployment rate held at 3.7%
- Ed Sheeran sets all-time highest-grossing tour record
- Primary wounds fester as St. John GOP, town Republican PAC split widens
- Estados Unidos, México y Canadá, el norte domina al sur en los Panamericanos
- Active shooter training uses scenarios to teach how to react
- Man, 56, dies after being run over by driver who fled scene in Lakeview
- Catch go-kart racing action, sample some suds and more Midwest events
- Even when HIV prevention drug is covered, other costs block treatment
- Can Trey Burton and Adam Shaheen stay healthy and take the next step? A closer look at the Bears tight ends
- ‘It definitely branded me’: Eddy Curry, in town for the Big3 tour, looks back at his heart-testing standoff with the Bulls
- Ninja, the Fortnite superstar from Chicago, is leaving Twitch and will debut on Microsoft’s Mixer from Lollapalooza
- 4 takeaways from the Cubs-Cardinals series, including the latest second base candidate and why Joe Maddon went with Derek Holland against Matt Wieters
- Historic Oak Park home redesigned by Frank Lloyd Wright: $1.2M
- Co-worker’s perfume is too strong. Here’s how to approach her.
- The coolest ways to get around town this summer
- Rides, food, horse events welcome Lake County Fair visitors as annual event gets started
- Cyr: Strong, durable Japan-U.S. alliance has Pacific and global significance
- Ben Zobrist will play for the South Bend Cubs Friday in the first step of his comeback attempt
- 4 takeaways from the White Sox-Mets series, including the impact of losing Yoan Moncada to a hamstring injury
- Speak Out: Think about what the American flag really means
- Column: Second City alumni and celebs rallied around #TeamNora. The teen died Thursday: ‘We treasure every single year we had with her’
- Bear Download podcast: Evaluating the Bears defense, offense and kickers — so far
- Customers help shape menu at North Aurora’s Oak Street Restaurant
- ‘What the Constitution Means to Me’ will play Chicago as part of its tour
- Soulful guitarist and singer Guy King headlines Joliet Blues Festival
- Read the 41-count federal indictment against Illinois state Sen. Tom Cullerton
- Association can take steps to prevent deconversion by hostile takeover
- Lollapalooza 2019 Día 1: El ‘drama’ final de The Strokes, la harmonía de Hozier y el ‘sonidito’ con Deorro
- Fox Valley group works to keep world of high-end audio equipment rocking
- 4th Street 10-Minute Play Festival attracts playwrights, audiences
- Una mujer se quedó atrapada debajo de un autobús de la CTA tras ser atropellada
- Tribute acts Marrakesh Express, Axis headline Woodstock – 50th Anniversary Celebration in Lansing
- Regreso a clases saludable
- Agosto en Chicago: Los eventos que no te puedes perder
- Driven to honor their autistic son who died at 24, Deerfield family pledges $125,000 for park upgrades
- Woman hit by CTA bus, critically injured on Near North Side
- Tito Nieves: ‘Seguiré en la salsa hasta que me muera’
- After ‘Bachelorette’ finale, Hannah Brown looks to future
- Las verdades de Eliades Ochoa
- Route 83 backups to continue through November between Ogden Avenue and 55th Street
- Chicago Airbnb hosts brace for a record-breaking Lollapalooza weekend: ‘As long as it doesn’t rain, we’ll all be fine.’
- Deerfield man who was reported missing drowned in Des Plaines River: coroner
- Forced apartment evacuation in Valparaiso spurs reform efforts
- Niles Township 219 replacing 400 staff computers with laptops
- Para aliviar el bolsillo… inician los festivales de regreso a la escuela
- Fewer NWI houses sell in June, but prices rise
- Column: Will Donald Trump’s ‘go back’ racial strategy backfire?
- New surfaces for parking lot and playground at Elm School among $1.4 million in District 181 summer projects
- Here’s what we know about Illinois state Sen. Tom Cullerton, who was indicted Friday
- Moran: August is here, but summer roadwork is still in full swing from Fremont Center Road to the Tri-State Tollway
- ‘Descendants’ team remembers Cameron Boyce in their first interview since his death
- Debate on Portage wheel tax repeal complicates mayoral race
- Southtowners: Roosevelt graduate students awarded diversity fellowships, more
- Afghan forces and U.S. coalition allies have killed more civilians in 2019 than the Taliban, U.N. says
- Editorial: Is Common’s vision the answer for empty South Works property?
- ‘Dear White People’ growing experience for Logan Browning
- From 10,000 SUVs to 3: How detectives caught a man who attacked a teenager
- Theo Epstein says this could be Ben Zobrist’s final season: ‘Guys want to see him with a happy ending’
- Church news
- Ariana Grande returns to acting roots in “Kidding”
- ‘The Sixth Sense’ at 20: M. Night Shyamalan’s breakout still stuns
- Juez francesa Frappart oficiará la Super Copa de Europa
- District 219 to renovate Niles North science labs, move Bridges program into new space
- Ex-Calumet City Dist. 155 superintendent — once Illinois’ highest paid educator — is under investigation: sheriff’s office
- Southern Illinois University set to launch a new esports arena
- Neymar sonríe en China, ¿su futuro también?
- The butterfly man of Evergreen Park has released nearly 1,000 monarchs and swallowtails so far this year
- El portero argentino Marchesín sustituye a Casillas en el Oporto
- Former FDA commissioner: CBD craze is getting out of hand
- These Oklahoma marijuana dispensaries are suing Facebook
- Cannabis, Alzheimer’s and hope are on the horizon
- Ex-Walmart manager heads Missouri medical marijuana program
- Letters: Aim High helps Illinois students
- Chicago designer Azeeza will dress Barbra Streisand for her summer tour
- Commentary: A question missing from the health care debate: Will doctors make less money?
- White Sox place catcher Welington Castillo on the family medical emergency leave list
- Indiana Dunes offers appropriate setting for Perseid Meteor Shower
- McDaniel-Hale: ECC’s diversity may soon be reflected in police department applicants
- Down to Business: Putting smiles on patients’ faces is dentist’s goal
- Hobart keeps sights set on developing convention center
- Elgin News Digest
- ‘Ghost Quartet’ by Black Button Eyes has beautiful songs but tangled stories
- Series aims to tell wildlife stories from different view
- State of Illinois to offer St. Louis Cardinals license plates
- Naperville News Digest
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- Editorial: Can Mayor Lightfoot shake out the clout at O’Hare?
- ‘It’s legal, and it’s going to go somewhere’: Lake County municipalities scrambling over whether to allow marijuana dispensaries
- This Week in Naperville
- Mundelein moving forward with new Metra bridge design after previous plan exceeded budget
- ‘Canelo’ Álvarez despojado del título mundial de la FIB
- Robbins man charged in double shooting outside village bar
- 6 things we learned from Bears coordinators, including how Chuck Pagano feels blessed with this defense
- Rivers Casino owner is betting big with plans to expand Des Plaines casino, add sports wagering and go after a new casino license
- Wayside Cross controversy in park, for now
- 2 men shot on Stony Island feeder ramp
- Comedy ‘Keep Your Guard Up, Smitty Harbinger’ makes Indiana debut
- Cboe puts HQ up for sale as it nears deal to move to Old Post Office
- ‘Experimental homes’ from 1933 World’s Fair provide learning experience for Northwest Indiana students
- Davich: My fiancée’s daughter is turning 18. What I’ve learned as a stepfather figure — keep showing up.
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- No need to clip Box Tops for Education anymore as popular school fundraiser goes digital
- Lollapalooza day one arrests up, hospital trips down from previous years
- Illinois marijuana growers spent about $600,000 on political giving leading to the pot legalization vote. Here’s where the money went.
- Uptake and GE settle lawsuit that accused the tech company of ‘ruthless scheme to poach’ executives and trade secrets
- Theo Epstein says the Cubs are ’embarrassed’ by their continued struggles on the road
- St. Charles to discuss sale of recreational marijuana in city
- Bears practice at training camp
- Cop accidentally shoots himself in pinkie finger at Gresham police station
- King Princess at Lollapalooza: How Meryl Streep’s epic scream in ‘Big Little Lies’ inspired a ‘bop’
- Scarpe serves up regional Italian cuisine and wines
- District 112 designates holidays as snow makeup days after parents raise concerns
- You can’t bring water into Lollapalooza any more, but it’s never been easier to refill that empty bottle
- Report: Child deaths rise in Indiana; Lake County leads state in child abuse, neglect deaths
- Local punk scene finds unlikely home at Hammond’s Paul Henry Art Gallery
- Lollapalooza 2019: Things we loved, 1 band we didn’t and a mayor sighting on day 1
- South Haven couple celebrates 40 years of marriage: ‘We’re still best friends’
- A$AP Rocky to be freed from jail as judges consider verdict in Sweden; Trump tweets rapper is ‘on his way home’
- Change in store for Route 47 traffic going to westbound Interstate 88
- ‘Bienaventurados los pobres’
- WRMN talks Cubs, Gail Borden, and more at unique live broadcast from the Elgin library
- Rep. Will Hurd of Texas, 1 of 2 black Republicans in Congress, won’t run for re-election
- Editorial: Grief for the family of Marlen Ochoa-Lopez, compounded by frustration
- The Spin: More trouble at DCFS | An Illinois senator is indicted | Pro-pot lawmakers see green
- VFW to host corn-hole tourney fundraiser in West Dundee
- VeggieRX provides free vegetables to low-income people and patients in Chicago food deserts
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- Family of missing Chinese scholar Yingying Zhang told her body may be in eastern Illinois landfill
- Column: Democrats turn away from endless war
- ‘It just clicked’: Amar Aguillard ready to take over as a scorer and leader for Zion-Benton
- Commentary: For the ‘sober-curious,’ going dry is a healthy choice; for those in recovery, it’s a matter of life or death
- Guilty plea gets Schererville man 20 years for string of robberies
- 5 observations from Bears practice Friday, including David Montgomery against live tackling and Charles Leno blocking Khalil Mack
- Ryan Goins makes the most of his opportunity with the White Sox
- Chicago-based Navigant to be acquired by Washington, D.C., firm in $1.1 billion deal
- Community news
- Slowik: Lawmaker’s proposal to convert former Lincoln-Way North building to state police facility gets mixed reviews
- Community news
- Principals named for two East Aurora schools
- Homewood officials promise update on country club plans
- Corrupt ex-Teamsters boss put state Sen. Thomas Cullerton on payroll in do-nothing job, federal charges allege
- Cubs 6, Brewers 2
- Skokie police officer Jose Leos dies at age 46: ‘I lost a brother. A real brother.’
- Aurora approves 3rd Ward rehab grants
- Column: Farewell to reader-turned-friend includes butcher shop memories
- Kristin Cavallari filming ‘Very Cavallari’ in Chicago
- A Chicago Park District boxing family continues their legacy
- Saoirse Kennedy Hill, the granddaughter of Robert F. Kennedy, dies at 22
- R. Kelly pleads not guilty to latest sex charges, is denied bail in Brooklyn federal court
- Back of the Yards Resident looks to trumpet murals from his neighborhood
- Uber’s bike unit sues city over Emanuel deal to let Lyft expand Divvy system
- Báez lidera ataque de Cachorros en victoria sobre Cerveceros
- Editorial: Aggressive feds strike again: The indictment of Sen. Tom Cullerton
- Junior point guard Conor Enright says ‘it’s awesome to have Mundelein basketball be competitive’
- Renovation underway at Stevenson Park, playground equipment donated
- Back to school events planned in Aurora
- Luis Robert named White Sox minor-league player of the month for the 3rd time this year
- Getting fit and centered in the great outdoors
- Ex-construction co. owner charged with theft, fraud
- Residents, local officials urge Illinois EPA to deny permit for Sterigenics to reopen in Willowbrook
- Vender paletas y nieve es para algunos ancianos inmigrantes en Chicago la única forma de ganarse la vida
- Police seek man in alleged attack
- Column: What are you going to do? A Russian troll won my Tweet of the Week poll
- Disabato: Catching up with Oak Forest graduate and former Tampa Bay Devil Rays pitcher Rick Gorecki
- Talks continue on development of historic Kendall County jail site in Yorkville
- Lake County coroner releases names of fatal crash victims in Volo, Gurnee
- Waukegan Public Library prepares front plaza for Aug. 22 unveiling of Ray Bradbury statue
- Corrections and clarifications
- State, county leaders discuss affordable housing during tour of Arlington Heights, other developments
- Not standing Pat: Evergreen Park graduate Pat Doran turns into a two-way threat for NWI Oilmen
- Oak Park trustee, OPRF board members chosen for McCormick Foundation Fellowship
- U.S. Rep. Brad Schneider calls Trump migrant policies ‘immoral and unjust’ after two-day trip to border
- Column: How old is too old to be president? The answer is far more complicated than a number.
- What to do about property taxes? Gov. J.B. Pritzker asks a task force to figure it out
- U.S. Rep. Elijah Cummings says he scared away home intruder; Trump tweets about incident, saying ‘Too bad!’
- Notre Dame opens camp Sunday looking to take the next step after last season’s playoff loss
- Column: Foolish tomato gardener, a Ricketts, Fire GM vie for Golden Moutza of July
- Medical examiner confirms 2 heat-related deaths in Chicago, making 5 this season in Cook County
- Shout Out: Kara Jackson, 19, National Youth Poet Laureate
- Fermilab shows off wild side during prairie walk
- The 2019 Ford Ranger is available in either SuperCab or SuperCrew configuration
- Lincolnwood man, two others charged with fraud to obtain millions of dollars in mortgage loans
- For 2019, the five-passenger Santa Fe Sport will now be called Santa Fe
- Chatham, Humboldt Park restaurants to be featured on Food Network show ‘Carnivorous’
- Speak Out: TIF revenue, stocks
- Gas station proposal gets favorable review by Tinley Park planners
- Cubs ride home runs from Jason Heyward and Javier Baez to a 6-2 win over the Brewers
- Ben Zobrist remains quiet as he begins his minor-league assignment with the South Bend Cubs — 0-for-3 with a walk
- 2 charged with weapon crimes after police discover 3 rifles, 1 loaded, in vehicle
- ‘His best baseball is ahead of him’: John Price Jr. looks to take advantage as No. 3 hitter for RailCats
- Trump says his pick for national intelligence director is withdrawing amid questions over his experience
- Judge recommends firing the NYPD officer who killed Eric Garner with chokehold in 2014
- Puerto Rico governor resigns as promised after weeks of protests, and successor Pedro Pierluisi is sworn in by judge
- 14-year-old shot, critically wounded inside Englewood residence
- Armstrong: Teammates, coaches, best friends. Yorkville Christian’s Aaron Sovern, West Aurora’s Brian Johnson work together at Hustle Camp.
- Jueza niega a Cristiano Ronaldo desestimar caso de violación
- Man, woman in custody after 5-year-old shot, 2 adults stabbed in Englewood, police say
- Hutton: Questions? We have 10 of the biggest answers heading into the 2019 high school football season.
- Lollapalooza 2019: Janelle Monae celebrates ‘the weirdos,’ your face on a frozen drink and fence jumpers make for quite a day 2