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- Wisconsin grinds its way to 14th straight win over Illini
- Loyola scores only 35 points in loss, but Ramblers still tied for 1st in the Missouri Valley
- BuzzFeed, HuffPost latest to suffer layoffs in faltering digital-news economy
- Mike Clark’s Chicago-area boys basketball rankings, Jan. 23
- Arctic air descends upon Chicago after winter storm
- Ask Amy: Parents disagree on being called by their first names
- What’s in the competing proposals to reopen the government – and what’s not
- Ald. Edward Burke meets face-to-face with 14th ward challengers in highly anticipated forum
- A mother’s pilgrimage: Carrying her disabled child, Honduran woman seeking medical care finds her way to Baltimore
- Residences at Water Tower condo listed for $3 million
- Will Mendoza and Preckwinkle get further tangled in Burke mess?
- Don’t do it, says man who jumped off Royal Caribbean cruise ship; ‘a lot of things could go wrong’
- Disney: ‘Guardians of Galaxy’ show to return, ‘Lion King’ projections set for Animal Kingdom
- President Trump says he’ll give State of the Union address after shutdown ends
- Mold-A-Rama defends its retro name and vintage vending machines against ‘modernized’ competitor
- Two men, including one carrying rifle while running through Oak Park neighborhood, captured by police
- University Park man arrested in Orland Park mall fatal shooting
- Bears GM Ryan Pace was right — you can quickly rebuild at wide receiver
- Sebring bank shooting: 5 dead after gunman opens fire inside SunTrust branch
- Petrak: Longtime Realtor knows La Grange homes, and the people in them
- Senate shutdown votes expected to fail, potentially opening path to compromise
- Jayme Closs will receive reward money after the kidnapped Wisconsin teen freed herself
- ‘We belong’: Northern Illinois hopes upset of No. 14 Buffalo will be a springboard to consistent success
- Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle said she spoke with Ald. Edward Burke before hiring his son to $100K job
- Records show what FBI sought and seized in raid on Ald. Edward Burke’s City Hall office
- Rep. Adam Kinzinger said look at immigrants ‘as human beings.’ Then he said walls keep ‘critters out.’
- Florida bank shooting suspect, who recently moved from Indiana, was fascinated with violence, ex-girlfriend says
- Best Chicago happy hour deals: Jan. 24-30
- Javier Baez succeeds doing it his way: ‘I had a great year, and I still believe I can have a better year’
- ‘Serenity’ review: Matthew McConaughey and Anne Hathaway, wastin’ away in Margaritaville
- 5 things to do this weekend in Chicago
- A lot of bustle about hustle: Rick Renteria says Manny Machado has ‘lot of desire’
- Property taxes likely to inch up for Deerfield residents
- 3 conditioning exercises for hip strength
- Cooking fire damages 3 apartments in Naperville, leaving 12 residents homeless
- Cincinnati holocaust museum opens Sunday in new home — a spot where many survivors began new lives
- Too much of this hormone in the blood could predict unhealthy aging
- ‘Your administration tore babies from their parents’: Critics slam Sarah Sanders for Covington comments
- Big brand names team up on Loop, featuring reusable containers for everything from shampoo to ice cream
- Ex-girlfriend of Sebring bank shooting suspect says he was fascinated with violence
- Reckless homicide, DUI charges filed against driver in crash that killed Cook County sheriff’s deputy
- Shamir has moved from slick, danceable music to sounds that go crunch
- General Mills recalls some unbleached flour over salmonella concerns
- Aaron Falzon helped rescue Northwestern’s season — 1,109 days after his previous 20-point performance
- Dawes was knocking about in a nice, calm way, and then that Mandy Moore thing hit. Hard.
- Armed robbery suspects arrested after chase, crash and 5-hour police standoff
- Chicago rapper Mick Jenkins is aware and raps about the world — just don’t call him ‘conscious’
- Accidente involucra a 10 autos en el centro de la ciudad
- ChinaRose is learning to perfect its craft on Chicago stages
- Porter County sheriff’s deputy fatally shoots man who lunged at officer with knife: authorities
- Lost treasures of the Uptown Theatre have been hiding safely in Barrington Hills for decades. Take a look.
- As Lincoln Yards development heads to Chicago Plan Commission, here are the newest details
- In a battle of rebuilds, Bulls are no competition for the Hawks: ‘Our grit and toughness needs to be better’
- Northbound lanes of Lake Shore Drive reopen after 14-car accident near Grand Avenue
- From bebop to baroque, a lively musical weekend
- Government shutdown poses increasing risk to wider economy
- Cryotherapy studio FreezeFix keeps Deerfield customers cold
- Prickly City-hannity
- Bulls Q&A: Should they bring back Derrick Rose? Why does such a profitable team make money-based trades?
- 2019 Toyota Highlander Hybrid review: Is the Hybrid worth the extra money?
- Tax season Q&A: Is my refund coming? Can I call IRS hotline? Are auditors working?
- Netflix’s ‘Black Earth Rising’ deftly explores war but lacks a personal connection
- Artist Cecil McDonald shows the beauty in blackness with ‘In the Company of Black’
- Japanese company Nissin acknowledges ‘whitewashing’ Naomi Osaka in ads
- Victor Oladipo’s ‘serious’ knee injury threatens to turn the Pacers’ season and long-term planning upside down
- New director named for Aurora Public Library
- ‘The Kid Who Would Be King’ review: The legend of Arthur gets an engaging update
- ‘Being Frank’ review: The pop star who almost was
- Crown Point coffeehouse owner ‘just trying to spread positivity’ will get a national TV audience
- Students in Hinsdale District 86 could soon participate in remote learning from home
- ‘The Heiresses’ review: Passion, status and secrets in Paraguay
- Sheriff: Heroin smuggled into Kane County Jail
- Timeline to open 2019-20 season with Midwest premiere of ‘Oslo’
- Aurora man charged with DUI after vehicle hits fence of house
- El goleador argentino Leonardo Ramos se ofrece para jugar en el Tri
- Maybe the drone that snarled Newark airport operations wasn’t a drone at all
- Still grieving, Anton Yelchin’s parents try to move forward with new documentary
- Bitterly cold wind chills follow cold front Thursday afternoon
- Europe’s human rights court orders Italy to pay damages to Amanda Knox
- Authorities end search for missing plane carrying Sala
- SeaWorld: Seven Seas concerts feature ’90s night, Flo Rida, 98 Degrees, more
- American Airlines posts $319 million profit on solid demand
- ‘Pandas’ review: So much cute, so much endangered for these roly-poly bears
- Rooting for a satisfying meal? 5 comfort food recipes featuring root vegetables
- Mortgage insurance: Added cost to homebuying or smart way to get in?
- Cancer patient has a story to tell about testing
- Column: When it comes to my Buddy, any old winter coat just won’t do
- Should you bother to compost in winter?
- Chicago Fire’s Rodriguez: ‘We need at least two center backs’
- Column: Getting rid of clutter? A River Forest-based company can help with that.
- Atlanta United acquire River Plate playmaker ‘Pity’ Martinez
- Shout Out: Jenny Callen, Stevenson High School student with Williams Syndrome fundraising for a cure
- Maradona respalda ‘más que nunca’ a Nicolás Maduro
- This year’s quarterback prospects have some flaws, but they’re entering the NFL at the right time
- Fiestas ¿Tupperware?, lo de hoy para las mujeres es promover productos derivados de la marihuana
- Oak Brook service officer continues to write $600 tickets for unauthorized use of handicapped placards
- How one of best ramens in Chicago came to a restaurant not even known for the dish — until now
- Tesla’s mass layoffs and reduced car production have Wall Street ‘waking up from the dream’
- Shout Out: J. Linn Allen, writer of musicals
- Chicago Ford plant workers to get $7,600 profit-sharing checks despite automaker’s sharp earnings decline
- Asian Cup Recap: Japan, Iran advance to face off in semifinals
- Aurora meeting addresses misconceptions on school funding
- Scientists find deadly Ebola virus for first time in West African bat
- Celebración anual de las escuelas católicas
- Lion roars and a busted grape: How editors and mixers built the sounds of this year’s Oscar movies
- Plan for 50 condominiums would tear down La Grange Antique Mall building
- Anthony Scaramucci makes another fast exit — this time from the ‘Celebrity Big Brother’ house
- Southwest’s profit falls; airline says federal shutdown has cost it up to $15 million
- Quickly: Wilbur Ross is an out-of-touch billionaire, Sarah Huckabee Sanders and selective memory
- Un sabotaje de sobra conocido
- Stephen Colbert’s ‘petition’ to have Cardi B give the State of the Union rebuttal gets thousands of signatures
- Amid the Marie Kondo tidying-up craze, the beauty of making space for a 52-year-old receipt
- 3 students struck by car on sidewalk outside Barack Obama School in Milwaukee
- Brent Musburger calls CBS Sports boss’ line against Super Bowl gambling talk ‘ridiculous’ and ‘stupid’
- 2 new barbecue restaurants get support from Merrillville panel
- Column: From politics to social media storms, it’s hard to find an adult in the room
- Community news
- Aurora teen shot and killed on city’s Near East Side
- George McCaskey on the Bears potentially signing Kareem Hunt: ‘We’re not there yet’
- Romeo, the last known frog of his kind, found a Juliet. Did the match save their species?
- Mayoral candidate Susana Mendoza returning money linked to wire-wearing Ald. Danny Solis
- What a new Sundance documentary reveals about Harvey Weinstein
- De Jong’s decision, Frankowski’s arrival and the best of the week in soccer
- ‘Million Dollar Quartet’ at the Marriott: This jukebox favorite sounds great in the round
- Third woman charged with promoting prostitution at Highland spas
- Naperville police shoot man who charged at them with gun, officials say
- The MAGA hat is not a statement of policy. It’s an inflammatory declaration of identity.
- Chicago billionaire Ken Griffin just bought the most expensive U.S. home ever: A $238 million New York penthouse
- Fermilab announces new artist-in-residence
- Doomsday Clock is stuck at 2 minutes to ‘midnight,’ the symbolic hour of apocalypse
- Few furloughed workers reaching out to townships, but Northwest Indiana officials ready to help
- Ex-Naperville firefighter and paramedic gets probation for soliciting minor, criminal sex abuse
- Brewmaster who saw Goose Island through growth and challenges leaves for Wisconsin brewery
- New AC Milan signing Piatek: ‘I was born ready’
- Naperville Township voters will be asked again to decide fate of road district office
- Bulls coach Jim Boylen sells River North loft condo for $463,000 — and moves one unit over
- 7 recommended Chicago shows to see now
- The main reason to refinance your mortgage: Save money
- Can White Sox still get excited about 2019 without Manny Machado?
- Lyric Opera 2019-20 season: Wagner’s ‘Ring,’ ‘Dead Man Walking,’ ’42nd Street’
- Monaco suspend Henry, to make final decision on his future
- Lake Katherine Winterfest offers ways to embrace the season
- Garry McCarthy on Jason Van Dyke: ‘I was not standing in that guy’s shoes’
- River North loft condo
- Jim McKean, who umpired 10 no-hitters and 3 World Series, dies at 73
- Man accused of trying to rape and rob pregnant woman in Gary
- Northwest Indiana businesses offer deals for furloughed federal workers
- Former pastor of Chicago, Waukegan parishes cleared of sexual misconduct allegation
- Should you enter the Scott Stantis Cartoon Caption Contest? Like you have to ask…
- Express Enrollment Center services expand to Crown Point
- Man pleads not guilty to murder in shooting of Portage High School student in Griffith
- Speak Out: Legalizing recreational marijuana, Chicago aldermen
- West Suburban Local Scoreboard for Friday, Jan. 25, 2019
- 45-year-old Valparaiso woman missing more than a week: police
- ‘I Am the Night’: TNT and Chris Pine are the latest players to enter the serial-killer game
- El cine de Alfonso Cuarón
- Lake County News-Sun Local Scoreboard for Friday, Jan. 25, 2019
- ‘Si tienes frío cuando sales, tu perro también’, estas son algunas recomendaciones
- What to watch this weekend: Arsenal-Man United, Girona-Barcelona and more
- Western Springs man says he pulled 2 Fenwick students out of approaching train’s path
- In a bid to bolster arts and humanities programs, University of Illinois gives $2M in grants
- Boys basketball notes: Conor Enright’s competitiveness and composure carries over for Mundelein
- Booked it! Casting for Chicago theaters this week
- High heat but no record: 2018 was 4th warmest year on Earth
- Slowik: Surviving winter’s worst is the best way to enjoy Chicago’s good weather
- Ozuna califica de error del pasado su participación en video ‘íntimo’
- Crosby: Where were the grown-ups during the Covington confrontation?
- Biggers Mazda gets 15-year tax incentive package to keep car dealership in Elgin
- Cubs didn’t just add a solid reliever in Brad Brach — they did so at a modest price
- Piano virtuoso performs at Imago in Elgin
- Boys basketball notes: Cancer survivors Connor Robinson and Madi Beetham happy to be back in game
- Canada Goose coats targeted in a string of Chicago robberies
- Indiana House backs moving up appointment of schools chief
- TV Review: ‘Conversations With a Killer: The Ted Bundy Tapes’
- Here’s when 5G is coming to Chicago and what it means for you
- Volleyball coach charged with child porn after camera found in bathroom of Carol Stream athletic facility
- A ‘Concha’ fest honors Mexican bread, celebrates women by donating all proceeds to local organization
- Elizabeth Warren to propose new ‘wealth tax’ on very rich Americans, economist says
- No one injured in shooting in Aurora on Thursday morning
- Chums Shrimp Shack soon to open in old Bomba Grill location in East Dundee
- At Chicago Shakes, ‘Us/Them’ is a school massacre’s devastation; puppet show from France is unexpected lightness
- ‘(He’s) the energy for the entire defense’: After 7 years, Akiem Hicks is getting his Pro Bowl due
- Aurora man pleads guilty to soliciting sex with a child
- Chicago Bears defensive lineman Akiem Hicks
- TreeHouse Foods to close St. Louis office, eliminate 170 jobs as Oak Brook-based company battles changing consumer tastes
- Hammond Community Theatre takes on Hollywood for ‘And the Winner Is’
- Independent auditor suggests Indian Prairie District 204 tighten controls over ‘risky areas’
- Naperville parks are open for ice skating and sledding
- What happens when Pelosi and Trump go eyeball-to-eyeball?
- Girls basketball notes: Junior forward Megan McClure complements 3-point shooting for South Elgin
- Yalitza Aparicio aparece en Vanity Fair edición Hollywood, y esto se comenta
- Cook County Board approves $24 million settlement in wrongful conviction case
- Squirm time for Chicago politicians
- Jabari Parker isn’t happy with his limited playing time: ’10 minutes is not fitting for me’
- $6 billion Lincoln Yards project wins Plan Commission OK; development would transform Chicago’s North Side
- Winnetka environmentalist urges officials to consider ‘pay-as-you-throw’ refuse program
- Bayern Munich sign US defender Richards from FC Dallas
- Could Evanston’s Harley Clarke mansion be a museum? A yoga studio? An event space? Residents discuss future use.
- Celebrate the Year of the Pig in style
- Deadly 2017 California wildfire caused by homeowner equipment, investigators say
- Q&A with George McCaskey: The Bears Chairman talks about his mother, Matt Nagy’s 1st season with Mitch Trubisky, the Bear-raid siren and more
- US national team to face Chile in March friendly
- Netflix series ‘Mixtape’ to begin filming in Chicago next month
- Elgin News Digest
- ‘Dangerous’ windchills on tap for Lake County as deep freeze hits region
- Ask Tom: How often does Chicago’s high stay at or below zero?
- Picking up where Vic Fangio left off, Chuck Pagano sets a goal for the Bears to have the best defense ‘in the history of the game’
- Let cooler heads prevail in reactions over viral video
- See firefighting history at Valparaiso Fire Museum
- Oak Forest spending $500K to upgrade video equipment, Public Works fleet
- Wrestling notes: Aurora Christian’s Cameron Johnson wins conference, gets ready to defend state title
- Venezuela’s Maduro says he will withdraw embassy, consulate staff from Washington and other U.S. cities
- ‘Honeymoon is over’: Waukegan District 60 board member unsuccessfully calls for moratorium on administrative hiring
- Oak Park and River Forest High School board candidates address taxes, union contracts
- Daily Southtown Local Scoreboard for Friday, Jan. 25, 2019
- Man in car followed Prospect High School student as she walked down the street, offered her a ride: officials
- El Betis de Guardado y Lainez encarrila eliminatoria de Copa de Rey
- Letters to the editor: Support first generation college students
- Oscars: Most of the Best Song nominees won’t perform on telecast
- West Aurora schools seek donors to help build ‘inclusive’ playgrounds
- Wilmette officials seek ideas on improving walking, biking in village
- The Spin: Burke search warrant | Kim Foxx backs legal weed | Mayor Emanuel disses government shutdown, media
- ‘We’re looked down upon’: Bulls’ defensive issues piling up as high as Zach LaVine’s frustration with the offense
- Could Daley’s plan to shrink City Council reduce corruption in Chicago?
- Red Bulls bring back Rzatkowski on TAM deal
- Hinsdale man loses appeal in age discrimination case that challenged experience caps in job ads
- 5 tips for upping your game watching party
- The quick guide to budget-friendly road trips
- 2 tracks closed at Union Station as ceiling repairs get underway, days after debris fell on commuters
- Chelsea upend Tottenham in PKs to reach Carabao Cup final
- La fiscalía analizará la polémica sentencia al policía Van Dyke por la muerte de Laquan McDonald
- Column: As Super Bowl approaches, some thoughts on football and fairness
- Bipartisan teams check Porter County ballots as part of state program
- Two men — one with a gun — rob River Forest man who was walking in Oak Park: police
- La Fecha 4 de la Liga MX presenta apasionates duelos y retos
- Ex-Posen mayor accused of embezzling village funds
- Naperville woman who launched organic baby food company to appear on ‘The Dr. Oz Show’
- Grayslake nonprofit offering shutdown assistance to federal employees with pets
- Boys basketball notes: Loyola recruit Tom Welch stressing patience with young Naperville North
- El creador de ‘Club de Cuervos’ confiesa que no le gusta el fútbol
- Man charged with threatening Jason Van Dyke, his family during trial for Laquan McDonald’s death
- Lincoln Yards: Shut down City Hall’s conveyor belt
- Aurora, Naperville, Elgin schedule Black History Month events
- El Real Madrid da gran paso hacia semifinales de la Copa del Rey
- Musical de Michael Jackson se estrenará en Chicago
- Shout Out: Sophie Varones, who is performing in Highland Park High School’s production of ‘The Music Man’
- Ron Howard to make documentary about town devastated by wildfires
- ‘Magic Mike the Musical’ to premiere in Boston before Broadway
- FBI agents seize computer servers in 2nd search of Ald. Ed Burke’s City Hall office last month
- Man may have targeted Asians in hammer attack that killed 3 at Chinese restaurant in New York, police say
- Teen missing in Lake Michigan near Waukegan is Grayslake North High School student
- Union rep: Elgin air traffic controllers are ‘pawns’ in shutdown, and stress is taking a toll
- Community news: Homer Glen puts two-term limit on office of mayor
- In unusual step, attorney general’s office ‘reviewing’ ex-Chicago cop Jason Van Dyke’s sentence
- St. Louis officer ‘mishandled’ gun, accidentally killing fellow cop, authorities say
- Illinois decreta ‘bienvenida a los inmigrantes’ con orden ejecutiva del gobernador JB Pritzker
- Gov. Pritzker comes to Aurora to sign order supporting immigrant rights
- Four boys, one armed with gun, arrested at Austin Blue Line as Oak Park police probe attempted carjacking
- 2 in Illinois militia admit role in Minnesota mosque bombing they hoped would scare Muslims into leaving U.S.
- Postcard from the Pro Bowl: Mitch Trubisky’s dodgeball shame and bonding with Brian Urlacher
- Will County judge refuses to lower bail in fatal Romeoville shooting despite apparent support from victim’s family
- Blackhawks acquire Czech forward Dominik Kubalik, the Swiss league’s top scorer, for 5th-round pick
- Prosecutors: Woman who tried to escape ER after crash that killed deputy is charged with DUI, reckless homicide
- Tax burden, teacher contract discussed by Oak Park District 97 school board candidates
- Portage mayor’s defense pushes back against rigged bids, bribery allegations on 6th day of trial
- Milk, eggs, bread top Chicago shopping lists before deep freeze — plus beer and kimchi
- 5th annual Elgin Literary Fest kicks off Friday night, with more than 30 authors signing books and presenting programs
- Boys basketball notes: Sophomore guard Christopher Mantis takes family tradition to new level at Lowell
- Dangerous deep freeze hitting Chicago area, but next week’s cold likely worse
- Wilbur Ross says furloughed workers should take out loans. His agency’s credit union is charging nearly 9 percent interest.
- Stephen Curry speaks up in Washington, again without White House trip
- Boys basketball notes: Senior guard Bryonte Washington a key component in Rich Central’s turnaround
- ‘I don’t think I’m out of touch’: Trump administration struggles to show empathy for unpaid workers
- 8 things you must never, ever do when it’s really, really cold in Chicago
- Judge orders court records and rulings kept secret on eve of trial into Chicago cop killing
- Robert Anderson, WWII veteran who led south suburban crane company, dies
- Dangerous Friday morning wind chills, minus 20 to 30 degrees areawide
- Together again: Matt and Danny LaBonte reunite to power Richards to the state finals in bowling
- Former top cop Garry McCarthy targets mayoral rival with plan to embed detectives in Chicago Public Schools
- Illinois now has the lowest prison phone rates in the nation, and that’s a good thing
- Uncle of Orland Park mall shooting victim wants dialogue with suspect’s family: ‘I forgive Jakharr’
- Chicago Fire agree to terms with midfielders Martinez, Moreno
- State’s Attorney Kim Foxx announces support for legalizing pot, calls for expunging misdemeanor convictions
- Suspect in killing of 5 at Florida bank dreamed of hurting classmates at Indiana high school, police say
- Historic Near West Side parish to close, move into nearby church this summer
- Battle of Vincennes: Shawn Washington lifts Morgan Park past Simeon for 17th straight win
- Jackie Young’s triple-double helps No. 1 Notre Dame beat Tennessee 77-62
- A happier Hall: Sophomore forward Grace Hall helps H-F surge past Stagg in third meeting of season
- Park Ridge aldermen approve $26,399 lane reduction study for Busse Highway
- Post-Tribune Local Scoreboard for Friday, Jan. 25, 2019
- Caylor, Chirico answer wide range of questions in first Naperville mayoral candidate forum
- Special effort: Michael Kantor scores a season-high 13 points as Griffith edges Andrean