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2019 > September > 16
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River Forest Library renovation starts
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Report of a vehicle break-in leads to school lockdown in Northbrook: Officials
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Former Northbrook mayor, civic leader Friedman dead at 94
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Buster Skrine was afraid he had lost the game for the Bears. ‘Thank God for Eddy, my guardian angel.’
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Ask Amy: Family man seeks same
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‘Sleepless in Seattle’ house is for sale in Baltimore
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Column: Can you trust journalists on a junket? Chicago’s architecture biennial pays travel expenses of some who cover it.
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Letters: How to be stewards of the earth
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That woman eavesdropping on your conversation on the train might be this award-winning poet, who finds inspiration in the everyday rhythms of the ‘L’
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Daywatch: Disgraced former alderman collects $95K annual pension, Itasca residents aim to block drug rehab center and other things to know about to start your day
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The Bears’ Week 2 win was crazy. The Bear Download podcast breaks down the final 9 seconds in Denver — and much more.
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Brad Biggs’ 10 thoughts on the Bears’ 16-14 win over the Broncos in Week 2
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It may be U-don’t-pick this year at Chicago-area apple orchards, as extreme weather hurt crops
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Elmhurst College to further STEM education with $2.75 million grants from National Science Foundation
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James Beard award-winning chef Kwame Onwuachi heading one-night-only dinner at Galit
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More than 49,000 auto workers go on strike after talks with General Motors break down
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Chicago woman who allegedly wore ‘Scream’ mask while repeatedly stabbing another woman is held without bond
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Mayor Lori Lightfoot hires longtime anti-violence advocate as Chicago’s $130K-per-year director of violence prevention
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Editorial: Some neighbors fear fast bikes if Dickens Greenway links the lakefront and The 606. But such ideas may be part of Chicago’s transit future.
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Ridgewood High School anticipates $1.5 million savings by refinancing bonds
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Editorial: Judges in North Carolina barred gerrymandering. Why not judges in Illinois?
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Prudence or fear? Itasca residents aim to prevent opening of 200-bed drug rehab center.
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Disgraced former Ald. Daniel Solis collecting nearly $95K annual city pension, could keep receiving taxpayer-funded payments for life
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Wake-up calls: From ‘Dopesick’ to ‘Kochland,’ these reads will open your eyes to a modern American reality
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Months after facing her cousin’s killer in court, pregnant 18-year-old Treja Kelley was making big plans. Then a gunman stepped from an alley.
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Elizabeth Warren announces anti-corruption plan that targets lobbyists, politicians and judges
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College football Week 3 wrap-up: Which team self-destructed the worst? Why are Florida fans mad at Brian Griese? And the Heisman contender in Oklahoma who isn’t named Jalen Hurts.
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The things we loved about Riot Fest’s 15th anniversary, and some we really didn’t
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Ask Anna: I wanted my wife to sleep with another man, but now I have doubts. Should I turn my cuckolding fantasy into reality?
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‘Hot’ yoga, hula dance your way to healthy blood pressure
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Stepping across the real Abbey Road, 50 years after release of Beatles’ landmark album
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Tweeting from Riot Fest 2019: What we saw, heard, laughed about
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4 takeaways from the White Sox-Mariners series, including one of the toughest losses of the season
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Rocker Ric Ocasek, frontman of The Cars, dead at 75
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A mother watched for hours as police guarded her son’s body and searched for clues to his murder
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‘Handmaid’s Tale,’ ‘Marvelous Mrs. Maisel’ guest stars capture Emmys
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100 losses no novelty this year in MLB; same with 100 wins
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20 Oktoberfest events where you can celebrate beer and fall in Chicago and suburbs
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Seeing Brees and Big Ben on sideline is very odd
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3 women robbed at gunpoint in South Loop by man wearing mask, police say
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Pac-12 says officials blew the call on Michigan State’s missed field goal that ended a loss to Arizona State
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UAW workers on strike against General Motors
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St. Charles man shot at self-storage facility in Geneva
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Maya Moore dedicating WNBA hiatus to criminal justice reform
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Judo champion who defied Iran’s rules now in hiding
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Talk of the County: Did our ‘weatherman president’ just make a bad read?
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Popularity of NBA in China seems to create endless options
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9 go to 2-0 in NFL Week 2
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Morgan Spurlock takes a second bite of the fast food world
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Talk of the County: ‘The residents of Waukegan are being poisoned by this company’
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Fiesta sobria y multitudinaria de AMLO por Día Independencia
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Drew Brees expected to be out at least 6 weeks with a torn thumb ligament that needs surgery
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‘Building is gone’: Propane blast kills firefighter, hurts 6 in Farmington, Maine
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The latest state-by-state marijuana legal news
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Oktoberfest beer barrels its way into the area
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Tras la muerte de Ric Ocasek, así lo recuerdan
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Rachel Bloom is doing a stand-up tour as a ‘Crazy Ex’ decompression chamber
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Bears-Broncos game on Fox averages a 26.6 household rating in the Chicago market
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La desconfianza, un virus insidioso
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This week in Chicago arts, food and drink via ChicagoNow
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Valparaiso U goes old school to stage Neil Simon’s ‘Barefoot in the Park’
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Selle: Life imitates art in ‘Lake County Five’ murder case
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West Suburban Local Scoreboard for Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2019
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Middle America may not get late-night newcomer Lilly Singh. They can deal with it
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Spain won’t extradite Venezuela’s ex-spymaster to U.S.
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Purdue Pharma has filed for bankruptcy — but the OxyContin maker may not be off the hook
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Nick Offerman at the Chicago Theatre: His ‘All Rise’ tour is easy to like
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Save the Dunes to hold talk on Lake Michigan shoreline erosion
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Talk of the County: How does ‘imbecile’ Wilbur Ross still have a job?
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Lake County News-Sun Local Scoreboard for Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2019
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Daily Southtown girls volleyball rankings and player of the week for Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2019
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Niles police give public tips to survive an active shooter event
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Ben Roethlisberger will miss the rest of the Steelers season after undergoing elbow surgery
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Aurora church honors police officers wounded in Pratt mass shooting
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Partido de leyendas en SeatGeek Stadium
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Pigeon poops on lawmaker discussing pigeon poop problem at CTA Blue Line station
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Talk of the County: ‘I’d vote for Obama again in a second’
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Creativity catches on at Deerfield High School
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Tras superarlo, Rod Stewart comparte que tuvo cáncer de próstata
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Knox man held on battery charge after stabbing woman, 68: police
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Messi-Ronaldo, nuevo episodio en la Champions
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Fantasy football Week 3 waiver wire: Jimmy Garoppolo leads a run on quarterbacks, but don’t miss out on Terry McLaurin
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Water effects enhance Metropolis production of ‘Anything Goes’
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‘It’s been a smooth transition’: Former Niles West quarterback Jack Lochner finds new home at Lakes
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Netflix acquires the global streaming rights to ‘Seinfeld’
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Talk of the County: ‘Taxpayers do not have the money for this’
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Girls volleyball notes: Shepard’s Autumn Molenhouse ‘loving it’ in new role as a setter and hitter
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Why brunch is the best meal to take your kids to — plus survival tips from parents
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Chicago’s foggy Monday morning could be repeated next few days as some suburbs deal with river flooding
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Shattered Globe’s ‘Be Here Now’: Can happiness be real if it’s caused by a brain tumor?
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Cubs name Brennen Davis and Cory Abbott the minor-league player and minor-league pitcher of year
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Era ‘el momento adecuado’
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42 million frequent flyer points: The feds say a Chicago travel agent fraudulently gamed Delta’s program, costing the airline $1.75 million.
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Two more cases of Legionnaires’ disease confirmed in Batavia
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Sentencing for former Portage mayor convicted of bribery, obstructing IRS moved to December
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Wednesday at the Pickwick Theatre: 10 things you don’t know about Keir Dullea, “2001: A Space Odyssey”
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Column: Is the way we do college utterly broken? Author’s new book boldly goes there
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14 arrested in bust of black-market marijuana, deliveries
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How this senior dog was saved with medical marijuana
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Vapes spiked with illegal drugs show dark side of CBD craze
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Why Maryland’s medical pot growers are adding more plants
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How parents can talk to kids (and other parents) about cannabis in a shifting landscape
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Falling leaves and changing colors might be signs of stress, not autumn
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With agency-wide email, NOAA chief moves to regain scientists’ trust after defending incorrect Trump tweet
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When Hurricane Dorian blew through the Bahamas, it exposed one of the world’s great faultlines of inequality
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Worried about Tokyo heat, 2020 Olympics organizers experiment with snow cannons
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Hurt Christie Brinkley pulls out of ‘Dancing with the Stars’
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What’s the worst that can happen to the Cubs this season? Here are 10 scenarios.
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Speak Out: Gas prices, Trump
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Man found dead in bathroom of Macy’s store in Loop
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Shout Out: Musician, Fulbright scholar, director Haroula Rose screening her ‘Once Upon a River’ in 30 film fests
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Nearly 50,000 UAW members are on strike at GM. Here’s what that means for Chicago.
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Column: The off-putting theology of Bears kicker Eddy Piñeiro
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Girls volleyball notes: Munster senior Sydney Foster finds fit at setter
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Ric Ocasek in the recording studio: Perfect start followed by 40 years of cutting-edge pop-rock
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Boys soccer notes: Yorkville’s Edgar Barrientos makes ‘adjustment’ in move from midfield to defense
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Former South Elgin nurse gets court supervision for taking sexual images stolen from Naperville patient’s phone
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Block party shows off Gorton center in Lake Forest
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This again? Brandon Marshall says ‘Jay Cutler was bad’ and questions the former Bears QB’s leadership and heart during a TV appearance
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Leyden’s Vince Fredrickson evokes memories of older brother, Dom; ‘They are kind of the same guy’
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Campaign 2020: Elizabeth Warren
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Encuentran un muerto en baño de Macy’s en el centro de Chicago
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Marty Stuart proudly speaks for ‘Country Music’
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Beacon-News boys soccer rankings and player of the week for Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2019
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Read the letter Chicago Public Schools is sending to parents about vaping
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Bradley Whitford cornered the market on creepy white men. Now he’s ready to lighten up
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Motorcyclist killed in collision with truck on Route 45 in Gurnee
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Highland Park celebrates its history at Stupey Log Cabin
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Matteson middle school students stage walkout after new principal’s past sexual misconduct allegations surface
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De repartidor de carne a debut soñado con las Águilas del América
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Quickly
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Commentary: ‘No one ever told me.’ What I wish I knew as a college freshman at Northwestern
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4 school districts in Highland Park, Deerfield area consider collaboration on security, curriculum
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Northlake police to hold community meetings after rash of graffiti, with aim of preventing future incidents
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The roughing calls in the 4th quarter were debatable, but officials got the spot right for the Broncos’ 2-point conversion play
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James tiene segunda oportunidad con Real Madrid
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Moms and sons hang out in Libertyville
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Grant money for a ‘green’ parking lot in Park Ridge is on hold
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Great weather, activities turn Clarendon Hills Park District Family Fall Festival into fun
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El deshonrado ex concejal Daniel Solís, cobra una pensión de casi $95,000 financiada por los contribuyentes, a pesar de su rol en un escándalo de corrupción pública
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‘Unplugged’ play egged on in Vernon Hills
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Morgan Spurlock da otra mordida al mundo de la comida rápida con ‘Super Size Me 2: Holy Chicken!’
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NHL has labor peace through at least 2022 as players decide not to opt out of collective bargaining agreement
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Editorial: The U.S. can’t allow belligerent Iran, or anyone else, to choke off global oil supplies
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Glencoe’s Great Mud Run makes a mess: ‘It is just part of growing up’
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Column: Trump is a racist. Democrats should stop calling him one.
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Post-Tribune girls volleyball rankings and player of the week for Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2019
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Public meeting on local flooding patterns set for Tuesday in Gurnee; Grand Avenue could reopen Tuesday
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In battle of the Hinsdales, WR Jaylon Smith shows he is a big playmaker for Hornets
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The Postal Service has been charging 55 cents for first-class mail since January. But an appeals court just rejected that price hike.
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Commentary: Before CPS teachers strike, CTU should get its own house in order
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Cinnamon rolls, stuffed hash browns are the specialties at Oswego Family Restaurant
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Jerry Sandusky’s resentencing is delayed for reasons unclear
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‘A more welcoming space’: Evergreen Park Community High School replaces 1971 library with new Learning Resource Center
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NHL players stay with CBA, labor peace set to at least 2022
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Cleveland Browns’ Chris Smith honors late girlfriend, playing against New York Jets
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4 things we learned about the Bears on Monday at Halas Hall, including updates on Trey Burton’s and Bilal Nichols’ health
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Four things to know about what’s changed about tornado, severe storm predictions
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At the Paramount in Aurora, a family-fun, visually spectacular ‘Newsies’
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Lake Forest inches toward banning recreational marijuana sales
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Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s auto ticket payment plan to help low-income motorists advances
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¿Inusuales agentes secretos?
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New downtown Aurora mural offers taste of city’s past
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Letters: Congestion fee? Boost mass transit
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Vistra Energy agrees to close Peoria County coal plant in 2022
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Brendan Perlini is a free spirit still searching for NHL success. Will he find it this season with the Blackhawks?
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Commentary: This is the Brett Kavanaugh mess we feared
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Five arrested after search warrant turns up AR-15 and fully automatic handgun on South Side
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Oil prices surge after Saudi plant attack — likely to raise airline fuel costs, Asian export prices and what you pay at the pump
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Amazon’s Chicago Loop office is doubling its head count, adding 400 workers
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Chicago police release photos in hit-and-run that killed man in Near North neighborhood
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Cresco Labs to spend $283 million to expand presence in Nevada and Arizona’s cannabis markets
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Pumpkin Weekends begin soon at Blackberry Farm in Aurora
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VIDEO: Se toman el centro de Chicago para celebrar su orgullo mexicano
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Liverpool, favorito para Mundial de Clubes en Catar
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Cars singer Ric Ocasek died of heart disease, natural causes: NYC medical examiner
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Cyndi Lauper, Jane Lynch to star in ‘Golden Girls’-esque series for Netflix
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Former campaign opponents, Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle, Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot will meet soon to see how they might work together
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Green Tie Ball helps beautify Chicago with Pete Wentz and Alligator Robb
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Woman killed in hit-and-run crash in Deerfield identified as Evanston resident
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Andrea Gronvall, producer for Siskel and Ebert who wrote about movies for the Chicago Reader, dies at 67
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Former employee accused of stealing from Fox Valley special recreation group turns herself in to authorities
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu vows total West Bank settlement annex
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Miami Dolphins’ odds of winning Super Bowl now 20,000 to 1
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Shout Out: Ken Jones, Digestive Health Foundation board member
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Police searching for missing Hobart woman, 23
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Judge dismisses Lincoln Yards lawsuit, says advocacy organizations had no right to file
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Kids learn creative re-use can be fun with ‘Faire at the Square’ environmental message
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Another Illinois coal plant is closing — the fifth announced in a month
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Babies, children in intensive care at University of Chicago Medical Center being moved elsewhere in anticipation of nurses strike
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Shout Out: Lee Peters, theater director
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Photos of Indiana Dunes National Park seen from the sky
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Brad Pitt le pregunta astronauta: ‘¿Quién lo hizo mejor, Clooney o yo?’
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The Spin: Lightfoot and Preckwinkle to meet soon | Flavored e-cigarettes targeted | Political consultant who worked with Solis fined $25K
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Column: Would you support an opioid addiction treatment center in your neighborhood? Drug crisis calls for real solutions.
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Football notebook: Corties Draper brings championship mindset to Elmwood Park
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Ohio man headed to prison for illegal purchase of .50-caliber rifle that ended up in Elgin storage unit
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Iowa says marching band subjected to ‘inappropriate’ actions
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New York prosecutors subpoena Trump’s tax returns
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Antonio Brown controversy threatens to envelop cousin, Ravens rookie WR Marquise Brown
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How MLS helped steer Joe Mansueto to become the Chicago Fire owner — and why he ‘loves’ the team’s name
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GM walkout brings more than 50 factories and warehouses to a standstill
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Suburban Cooks: Witches Night Out organizer finds, easy quick meals help when you’re busy
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Rejected by sports teams, Trump finds a new method to handpick athletes for White House ceremonies
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Region high school seniors named National Merit semifinalists
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Shnay: Park Forest residents rally to save school
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Mayor Lori Lightfoot calls for ban on flavored e-cigarettes, while alderman says he’ll push to block sale of all vaping products in Chicago
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Prosecutors say Tyshawn Lee was lured to his death by gang rivals of his father. Nearly four years later, two men are on trial for his execution-style killing
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Editorial: Illinois and its 4 presidents: Save the Ronald Reagan Boyhood Home in Dixon
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Column: It’s so important to learn your options when buying a home
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Football notebook: Notre Dame makes a statement, fends off Marist
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Dog dies in fire Monday afternoon at home in Naperville
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D204 mourning loss of teachers union president who grew up in Naperville attending Indian Prairie schools
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Football notebook: Mike Ciss breaks records with 6 TDs to pace Glenbrook North
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Without offering specifics, Illinois Gaming Board tells lawmakers to consider changing terms of Chicago casino license
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Morton Grove fast-tracks Raising Cane’s fried chicken fast-food restaurant
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3 questions for the Cubs after a wild weekend sweep of the Pirates, including who steps up in Anthony Rizzo’s absence?
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Shout Out: John Paczesny, River Grove fire lieutenant
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Town hall meeting on ethylene oxide emissions set in Lake County; new 90-day test period approved
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Leyden students receive AP, Special Olympics awards
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Family of abortion doctor doesn’t know why fetal remains were in garage at Will County home, lawyer says
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‘He’s seeing the ball well’: AL Player of the Week Eloy Jimenez has his timing back and is heating up at the plate
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Michigan City’s Lia Thomas medals at the Duneland Athletic Conference tournament; Lake Central wins team title
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Anthony Rizzo could miss the rest of the season with a Grade 2 lateral ankle sprain: ‘To miss any time right now sucks’
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Joe Maddon receives high marks from Theo Epstein for navigating through choppy times
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Daily Southtown Local Scoreboard for Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2019
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Exceptions to ban on electronic message signs heads to Park Ridge City Council
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Post-Tribune Local Scoreboard for Tuesday, Sept. 17, 2019
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‘Lock your doors’: Northlake police warn about car break-ins
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Review: ‘The Great Leap’ at Steppenwolf Theatre is about basketball in China, even as tanks roll across Tiananmen Square
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‘Fearless’ Erick Torres scores late goal to lift visiting Morton over Lake Central
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Cubs 8. Reds 2
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Cubs win to stay 2 games back of the Cardinals in the NL Central: ‘We’re facing adversity. You got to stare down.’
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‘He will take that shot’: Ryan Matthews’ 40-yard goal earns Neuqua Valley an eventual 3-3 tie
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Lucas Giolito’s season is over because of a mild lat strain — but the White Sox don’t have long-term concerns for their ace