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- Parents, grandparents bring kids’ car seats in to get checked by experts
- Local high school students get to work with top Illinois policymakers
- Ask Amy: Woman in love, loves being alone
- Letters: Don’t rush to judgment on vaping
- Irish American Movie Hooley is back at the Siskel, bringing flying dreams and ‘Misty Button’
- Column: When the felony murder rule looms overhead, a plea deal isn’t always a lifeline.
- Daywatch: Bike tickets dropping, hope for peanut allergy sufferers and other things to know about to start your day
- Editorial: Accommodating free speech in Millennium Park
- Illinois has issued 300,000 REAL ID-compliant driver’s licenses
- CPS teacher charged with sexual assault worked in Colorado youth theater program after he was removed from Chicago high school
- Bike tickets drop citywide — but most are still issued in majority black areas
- Pedestrian struck by Metra UP-W train near Lombard
- In a highly unusual move, former Gov. Pat Quinn has been subpoenaed to testify about a commutation
- 5 things people are talking about after Week 4 in college football, including Michigan’s decline into Tennessee territory, Reggie Bush’s return to USC and the best game you (probably) didn’t see
- Bears at Redskins: Our writers make their Week 3 predictions
- Chicago data scientist hit and killed by truck worked tirelessly for a better world for her baby, who died Saturday
- 4 takeaways from the Cardinals’ sweep of the Cubs, including that it’s time for Kris Bryant to call it a season
- An epicurean affair at Kohler, haunted hayrides and more Midwest events
- Camouflaged vaping devices are hoodwinking parents and schools
- A North Aurora dispensary is preparing for recreational marijuana, but says challenges could limit sales
- Aurora City Council set to vote on deal for historic Hobbs building
- Can the Bears beat the Redskins in Week 3? Check the numbers.
- If GM electric vehicles catch on, UAW would face fewer, lower paying jobs
- Ask Anna: Is my husband attracted to his adult stepdaughter?
- Your aging parent needs to move in with you or go to a retirement home. How do you decide?
- Suspect in downtown shooting captured
- 4 takeaways from the White Sox-Tigers series, including the significance of Eloy Jimenez’s 30th home run
- 40 civilians killed at wedding party in Afghanistan raid on Taliban hideouts, officials say
- Venezolano Hurtado hace historia con Boca (VIDEO)
- Teen accused of making threat against Ridgewood High School charged with armed robbery at Niles Walmart
- Talk of the County: Door now open for criminals ‘to come to Lake County and prey on other aged citizens’
- 13 marines de Camp Pendleton son acusados de contrabando humano
- Natasha Lyonne can’t clap, Phoebe Waller-Bridge, Bill Hader need a show: Twitter reactions from 2019 Emmy Awards
- Boxeadores amateurs de Chicago brillan en evento del CMB en Rosemont
- Four who missed playoffs remain undefeated in NFL Week 3
- Where is ‘Kokomo?’ People are still searching for The Beach Boys’ tropical island getaway
- Selle: Waukegan weighs the betting odds on casino suitors
- Lista de ganadores de los Premios Emmy 2019
- This week in Chicago arts, food and drink via ChicagoNow
- Bears recognize Eddie Goldman’s dirty work with the ‘Sweep the Sheds’ award just in time for his homecoming
- STAT WATCH: No. 4 LSU has nation’s highest-scoring offense
- Analysis: New QBs generally look like headliners stepping in
- The Amtrak dining car, an American tradition, is going away in favor of prepackaged meals
- Injured Milwaukee Brewers’ Christian Yelich still in the hunt for batting title
- AP Top 25 Reality Check: Are there quality losses?
- Acusado de dispararle a un policía de Chicago, y a una mujer cerca del centro, enfrenta cargos de intento de asesinato
- Tipping your servers 15-20% is standard. But what if Chicago requires they get paid full minimum wage?
- Will Corey Crawford or Robin Lehner get more starts in goal? 3 hot topics facing the Blackhawks this season.
- Campaign 2020: Beto O’Rourke
- Column: Trump pulls ‘reverse-Nixon’ over Ukraine call: ‘I AM A CROOK!’
- The story behind Joe Biden’s son, Ukraine and Trump’s claims
- Two men tried to grab woman’s purse Friday night in downtown Naperville, police say
- How to beat jet lag
- Father buys sweets for daughters before telling them about fatal carjacking outside their home: ‘We are good people. This place is a good place’
- She drives a convertible and bowls her age: 100, to be exact
- Broken sewer line creates 10-by-30 foot sinkhole on South Side
- West Suburban Local Scoreboard for Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2019
- Matan a un hombre en intento de robo en Logan Square
- Waukegan police arrest suspect in hit-and-run crash that killed bicyclist
- Illinois lawmakers are set to consider banning most flavored vaping products: ‘People are dying’
- Eddy Piñeiro: ‘Quiero ser un gran pateador para poder mantener a mi familia’
- ‘I treat him like my child’: Millennial pet parents make financial sacrifices for their fur babies, sometimes even taking on debt
- Does your kid find bedtime boring? Disney’s hotline has a dreamy message
- How Donald Trump holds significant sway over marijuana legalization
- Is legal marijuana creating more junk food junkies?
- Chicagohenge through the years
- US awards $3M to fill gaps in medical marijuana research
- How rock climbers can use marijuana in recovery and training
- WeWork founder sounds bonkers, but he sure does love marijuana
- Volunteer cleanup Saturday at Dunes’ West Beach
- Tres grandes de México a romper su mala racha
- Daily Southtown girls volleyball rankings and player of the week for Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2019
- Niles Township 219 approves $24.9 million in construction projects focused on Niles North, new Bridges home
- Blackhawks coach Jeremy Colliton pays $1.63 million for Lakeview home
- David Ross was the talk of Wrigley Field during the final homestand. Could he be back next season — as the Cubs manager?
- Column: To critics who call Greta Thunberg a propaganda tool for leftist adults: Have you met a 16-year-old lately?
- Arkansas school using yoga to help students learn to read
- Six questions that may help stop a suicide
- Opera’s Placido Domingo starts U.S. performances amid allegations
- Girls volleyball notes: Tinley Park’s Amelia Bresnahan ‘super-duper excited’ about switch to setter
- Bannockburn officers lauded for emergency care
- Lake County News-Sun Local Scoreboard for Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2019
- Wndr museum in the West Loop has a new look: What to see in ‘Hero’s Faces’
- Ned Yost is retiring after a 100-loss season for the Kansas City Royals
- Richard Kind takes the lead in sci-fi drama ‘Auggie’
- Beacon-News boys soccer rankings and player of the week for Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2019
- Inspiration blooms at botanic garden for Deerfield artists
- How ‘Villains’ stars Bill Skarsgard, Maika Monroe deal with fear
- Pacific heat wave threatens Hawaii’s iconic coral reefs
- El cachorro Zobrist no tiene claro su futuro
- ‘Seinfeld’ for $500 million? ‘The Big Bang Theory’ for $1 billion? The streaming arms race has a big problem.
- Nissan to pay $15M to settle SEC charges it hid Ghosn’s pay package; former chairman to pay $1M more
- Can a groundbreaking deaf comedy become the next ‘Schitt’s Creek’?
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- Concrete recycling firm questioned by Hobart officials
- Have you ever used a typewriter? ‘Tools of the Trade’ reminds us there’s magic in those old machines
- East Leyden High renovations focus on functionality
- Meet Chicago’s Chloé Mendel, the 27-year-old designer of the super hot faux fur line Maison Atia
- Chase and Hunter Quigley’s brotherly ‘rivalry’ becomes special partnership on field for Libertyville
- Gary teen tried to sell candy, then stole car in Valparaiso: police
- Attention airport travelers: CTA Blue Line work to shut down rail service between O’Hare and Rosemont
- Joan Johnson gave black women a face in the national beauty market
- Truck hits telephone pole, three cars before smashing into car rental building in Aurora
- How the Bicicletta, a classic Italian drink, got a little dirty
- Large police presence near Lincoln Park Zoo expected for afternoon ‘active threat’ training exercise
- Bob Jacobs brings Valparaiso Country Club to its knees, wins Porter Amatuer with a final round of 69
- Boys soccer notes: Giovanni Villegas gets a leg up on the competition, scores goals for East Aurora
- ¿Abuchean a ‘Memo’ en el Coloso de Santa Úrsula’?
- Hurricane Dorian showed it’s the water, not the wind as storm’s deadliest threat
- Is that you, Anna and Elsa? ‘Frozen 2’ trailer suggests a Marvel-style tale
- Six named storms and more areas to watch between Atlantic and Pacific
- Pacific heat wave threatens Hawaii’s iconic coral reefs
- Q&A: What is the UN climate change summit?
- NOAA’s fall outlook: Above average temperatures everywhere
- Niña de 6 años fue esposada, arrestada y le tomaron huellas por berrinche
- Cemetery Walk planned in Oswego
- Oak Park’s Cole Roberson checks all the boxes to be Huskies’ starting center
- At UN, President Trump focuses on religious freedom, not climate
- Speak Out: Vaping, gambling
- If U.S. pulls out of postal union, shipping that eBay package from China will likely cost more soon
- ‘Mother of the Maid’ at Northlight: The Joan of Arc story feels a little closer through the eyes of her mother
- March trial set for Valparaiso man charged in deaths of two Lake County teens found in burned-out car outside of Hebron
- Rain no deterrent to wine walk in Highwood
- Taste of Egypt offers a sampling of Egyptian culture, peek inside Coptic faith
- Clarendon Hills library seeking community entries for online “Dark and Stormy” presentation
- En plena acusación, Plácido Domingo inicia temporada en Nueva York
- Un argentino y un charrúa, los grandes destacados en la Liga MX
- Gary Common Council president faces kidnapping, criminal recklessness charges after taking teen from crime scene, police say
- GM UAW strike enters 2nd week but no sign of an end in sight
- Carolina Panthers rule QB Cam Newton out for Week 4 game against Houston Texans
- Pilsen coffee shop La Catrina Cafe closes, prompting bittersweet farewells from patrons
- Column: Is anybody dumb enough to believe Trump would say something inappropriate?
- Impossible burgers ‘bleed’ thanks to this surprising ingredient
- Highland Park ‘takes step’ toward entertainment district with Oktoberfest
- Post-Tribune girls volleyball rankings and player of the week for Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2019
- Loyola quarterback JT Thomas makes most of second-half plans; ‘I have to go in there and do my job’
- Violencia e intolerancia, el diario vivir de mujeres trans en El Salvador
- Naperville man convicted of torching homeless man’s tent now charged with showing porn to minor at church, court documents say
- Zion man at large after firing handgun at wife, police say
- Commentary: ‘Howdy, Modi!’ was not just cheesy. It was dangerous.
- Fall Festival crowd dampened in Lake Forest
- El impresionante gol ganador del Premio Puskas 2019 (VIDEO)
- Commentary: Congress can’t ignore a clearly impeachable offense — despite the politics around Trump’s Ukraine call
- Editorial: Liz Boshardy, pregnant and killed by a truck at 29, lived her poignant lesson: ‘Try to experience as much of life as possible’
- Chicago brewery posts Beto O’Rourke photo, triggers Facebook users
- Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot to co-host Cook County Democratic Party fundraiser with board President Toni Preckwinkle
- Girls volleyball notes: Like her famous uncle, Chesterton’s Meghan Gaffigan can deliver punchlines, but she can fill stat lines too
- Rain silences some music at Apple Fest in Long Grove
- Elgin’s Shared Harvest Co-op raises money with farm-to-table meal using locally produced foods
- The case against Michael Blackman: Read new details in the Fulton Market District shooting, the manhunt and his gunbattle with police
- 1 of B.B. King’s ‘Lucille’ guitars sold for $280K at auction
- From bullpen blues to leadoff woes: 4 areas the Cubs need to correct before next season
- Valparaiso University’s looking for one quarterback to lean on after using four in loss Saturday
- Muere la bebé de científica embarazada fatalmente atropellada en Chicago
- Libertyville homecoming parade shows off school’s ‘dreamers’
- Letters: CTA trains should be more than just fast. They should be safe.
- Libertyville, Vernon Hills students to study remotely on snow days under new e-learning policy
- Policía de Chicago retirado es acusado de mostrar pornografía a un menor en una iglesia
- ‘King Hedley II’ at Court Theatre is August Wilson’s masterful tragedy of flying bullets
- Mayor Lori Lightfoot downplays how much money legal marijuana will bring Chicago, says focus is on neighborhoods
- Morton Grovers invited to express their art and diversity at event
- Aurora council to vote on grant application for McCarty Park work
- Fantasy football Week 4 waiver wire: Wayne Gallman steps into a big role with Saquon Barkley’s injury
- Step 1 in building Dylan Strome’s confidence was telling him to find an apartment. Now it’s at an all-time high as he begins his 1st full season with the Blackhawks.
- New mobile tool aims to make applying for food stamps easier
- Yorkville looks at tax on marijuana sales
- It’s officially fall. Forecasters say there’s an above-average chance for a warm autumn in Chicago — but just barely.
- Los ganadores de los premios The Best de FIFA 2019
- Author fair in Deerfield connects Chicago area writers with their fans
- Messi gana su premio The Best más inesperado
- Waukegan Tour of Homes features 3 residences never before open to public
- 5 things to do in Lake County Sept. 27-29
- 5 things to do in the western suburbs Sept. 27-Oct. 1
- 5 things to do in northwest Indiana Sept. 27-29
- Megan Rapinoe, Lionel Messi win FIFA player of the year awards
- Oswego Literary Festival to feature more than 50 authors
- Estrella del Atlanta Utd recibe diagnóstico tras caer lesionado
- Round Lake Park man arrested Monday after overdosing and being revived Friday
- Catholic church dioceses offer to bury more than 2,000 fetal remains found in late abortion doctor’s Will County home
- De qué murió la hija de Rocío Sánchez Azuara
- Dorothy and Richard DuSold honored for nearly 50 years of work with Friends of the Park Ridge Library
- El sujeto que chocó una camioneta contra aparadores dentro de Woodfield Mall está bajo custodia en un hospital
- Antonio Brown is going back to school, taking online classes
- Hinsdale murder trial, set to begin this week, is postponed; University Park man charged in 2017 stabbing death of 51-year-old mom
- Soundgarden guitarist, Illinois Theatre Center founder honored for putting Park Forest on ‘national landscape’
- Veterano deportado está de regreso en EEUU
- City Barbecue to open; home-delivery liquor license recommended for third Park Ridge grocery store
- Glencoe might allow cannabis sales on its southern border. Winnetka’s village president decries the move as ‘opportunistic’ and unneighborly.
- Editorial: Mr. Trump, release the Ukraine-Biden phone call transcript
- Here’s what you need to know to vote in the 2020 election in Illinois
- State Sen. Michael Hastings sued by former chief of staff over claims of harassment, retaliation
- Una buena y una mala noticia del festival ‘Destinos’
- Caribbean dishes are open to interpretation at Caribana
- Buffalo Grove trustees approve collecting 3% cannabis sales tax, though village has not given green light to dispensaries there
- The Spin: Beto O’Rourke talks gun violence | Lori Lightfoot warns Chicago not to expect pot sales windfall | Pat Quinn subpoenaed to testify about commutation
- Prosecutors describe wild shootouts as shooting suspect wounds Chicago cop, fires at three other officers hours later
- Veteran Gary cop’s son, another man, found dead in shooting; 2 others wounded
- In Chicago, Democratic presidential candidate Beto O’Rourke says he’s ‘all in’ on working to curb city’s gun violence, but activist mom is circumspect
- Grandwood Park finally has its new dam in Lake Park to combat ‘one flooding event after another’
- Hate crime trial set to begin for man caught on video berating woman wearing Puerto Rican flag shirt in Cook County forest preserve
- Chick-fil-A restaurant proposed for Randall Road in Elgin, near Walmart/Sam’s Club
- Hillary Clinton to visit Park Ridge; will answer students’ questions, view historical society film featuring her former classmates
- Navy Pier Flyover segment reopens
- Column: Felicity Huffman and other celebs just perfected the Chicago Way’s ‘principal discretion’ trick
- Corrections and clarifications
- D’Eriq King, Houston’s star quarterback, is sitting out the rest of the season so he can redshirt and return next year
- Democratic presidential candidate Beto O’Rourke talks immigration, gun control at town hall meeting in Gary
- Possible family found for young woman discovered dead in Gary: coroner
- Campaign 2020: Green Oaks nurse announces Democratic candidacy for Lake County coroner
- Man who died in Aurora stabbing identified
- Major NCAA violations, including by coach Bill Self, are cited in a notice of allegations against Kansas basketball, report says
- Ice cream vendor from Dixon who secretly videotaped Naperville girl in bathroom gets 9 years after pleading guilty to child porn possession
- Peoria man originally charged with murder in 1994 death of Lisle woman pleads guilty to involuntary manslaughter in wake of ruling on police interview
- Illinois AG Kwame Raoul backs flavored vape ban as lawmakers, industry reps clash over issue
- Hinsdale World War II vet, George Hogrewe, was ‘one heck of a great guy’
- Cops: Man arrested after firing gun on Michigan Avenue downtown, striking business window
- Week 3: Bears 31, Redskins 15
- Knowles: South Suburban College president is accustomed to overcoming obstacles
- Dad shot 18-month-old son multiple times in Joliet murder-suicide, police say
- Ha Ha Clinton-Dix: 6 things to know about the Chicago Bears safety
- Orlando police officer who arrested 6-year-old students fired; kids won’t be prosecuted, state attorney says
- Ella Sandt helps shorthanded Nazareth girls volleyball team move forward
- Now mostly healthy, Luke Leongas trusts the process with Maine South football
- Murder trial begins for Amber Guyger, the former Dallas cop who fatally shot her neighbor in his apartment
- New Marion Street wine store, which allows on-site sampling and classes, approved by Oak Park village board
- Daily Southtown Local Scoreboard for Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2019
- Football notebook: Notre Dame tops Providence to remain undefeated
- ‘Dancing With the Stars’: Finally, we know who’s more talented – Sean Spicer or Mary Wilson
- Amid injuries, Arianna Lopez emerges to lead Niles West girls volleyball
- Post-Tribune Local Scoreboard for Tuesday, Sept. 24, 2019
- Trump ordered hold on military aid days before calling Ukrainian president, officials say
- ‘We deserved this game’: Already with a hat trick, Chesterton’s Seth Conway assists on goal that finishes off Morton
- Trinity libero Eileen Weger brings intensity and instincts to the court
- Bears force 5 turnovers and Mitch Trubisky throws 3 touchdown passes to Taylor Gabriel in a 31-15 win over the Redskins
- More and more House Democrats are calling for Trump impeachment proceedings over the Ukraine call