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- Pets of the week
- Two road construction projects cause twice as many traffic jams, double the frustration
- ‘We were all pumped up’: Seth Lendzion’s goal sparks Naperville Central to 11th regional title in 14 years
- Southtowners: Two District 228 employees receive awards for excellence
- Church news
- Costumed creatures come out to play at Park Ridge Ghostbuster’s Ball
- Cross country notes: Metea Valley’s Sophia Sandy ‘running where I want to be’ heading into sectional
- Ask Amy: At family gatherings, play ‘please pass the politics’
- Calendar: Moms and tots share a morning of fun Sunday in Lake Zurich
- ‘Scary Mr. Craig’s house’ draws hundreds to Baltimore home on Halloween
- Chicago Teachers Union, city talks end at 2 a.m. with no deal; sides still ‘far apart’ on big issues as CPS strike enters 9th day
- Old Florida is alive and well in sunny Stuart, where the past won’t be forgotten
- From refugee camps to state playoffs, international players add skill, toughness to Evanston High School soccer
- Daywatch: City and teachers union ‘fundamentally far apart,’ Lightfoot assails Trump’s ‘ignorant buffoonery’ and another elected official charged in federal corruption investigation
- Two troubled people met at a McHenry County courthouse in 2012. Today, they stand charged in the murder of their 5-year-old son.
- The untold story of AJ Freund’s tragically short life: A time of hope. A violent death.
- Starbucks gives $10 million to help boost small business in Chicago’s neighborhoods
- Hinsdale considers phasing $1.5 million in repairs to community pool over four years
- NFL power rankings for Week 9: Bears plummet to No. 22, while a special defense keeps the Patriots locked at No. 1
- My husband died of ALS, but my grief is very much alive
- Ryan Dempster saw managerial traits in David Ross when they were teammates: ‘They got the right guy for the job’
- ‘When I Was White’: At 27, Sarah Valentine found out her biological father was black. A chat about her new memoir.
- Elmhurst College cancels classes for second day as police send graffiti evidence to crime lab
- Scare up a Halloween pasta dinner with pumpkin, sage and sausage
- Chicago cop to go on trial in fatal off-duty shooting of man in allegedly ongoing feud
- Feds allege state Rep. Luis Arroyo caught on undercover recording paying $2,500 bribe. ‘This is the jackpot.’
- 5 observations from rewatching the Bears’ loss to the Chargers, including red-zone ineptitude, Mitch Trubisky’s failed response and the I-formation
- A ‘strong-looking guy’ on a motorcycle: President Donald Trump resurrects tale of mystery cop who could clean up Chicago almost overnight
- Portage mayor renews call for more monitoring at ArcelorMittal Burns Harbor after report on toxic spill
- A year after 737 Max crash, Boeing CEO will tell Congress his company made mistakes
- Delays on Milwaukee District-North line near Morton Grove after Amtrak train strikes car
- A million-dollar marketing juggernaut pushes 3D mammograms
- Illinois football hasn’t won 3 straight Big Ten games in 12 years. But that could change Saturday vs. Rutgers.
- Xanax anti-anxiety medication recalled on fears of contamination, infection risk
- Mayor Lori Lightfoot, former President Barack Obama meet about presidential center
- Composer Bernard Rands gets set for a CSO world premiere
- GM says UAW strike cost it $1 billion in third quarter, perhaps nearly $3 billion overall
- Abucheos en Serie Mundial pudieron ser algo nuevo para Trump
- Bon Voyage: los visitantes dominan la Serie Mundial
- With each pitch at this World Series, the call gets louder for robot umps
- The best souvenirs to bring home from 10 countries
- La histórica conexión de Pumas de la UNAM con los Fighting Irish de Notre Dame
- San Diego Chargers running game continues to stall at alarming levels
- Hindus around the world celebrate Diwali 2019
- Late-night hosts mock Trump over World Series booing
- Dan Quinn still trying to ‘get it right’ with time running out
- Michigan WR Mike Sainristil fled Haiti as child with family
- Lake County News-Sun Local Scoreboard for Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2019
- Fantasy football Week 9 lineups: Who should you start — and who should sit?
- Did Trump predict 9/11? Had ‘nobody ever heard of Osama bin Laden’ before the World Trade Center? No.
- What’s happening in Park Ridge: Trick or treat hours set, fair trade market and fundraisers coming up
- EEUU pide avisos más claros sobre implantes de senos
- Post-Tribune Local Scoreboard for Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2019
- ‘Game of Thrones’ creators no longer attached to oversee ‘Star Wars’ trilogy
- Bud Light sending ‘hero’ Nationals fan to World Series Game 6 for taking home run ball off chest while double-fisting two beers
- El bombazo de anuncio lanzado por Ibra
- John Legend hopes to save ‘Baby, It’s Cold Outside’ with a focus on consent
- A delicious Vietnamese take on braised beef short ribs
- CPS strike: Without a deal soon, casualties of Chicago teacher walkout include sports, college admissions, teacher health insurance
- Federal judge blocks Alabama law that would have made abortion a felony at any stage of pregnancy in almost all cases
- Determined to remove barriers and bolster circulation, many suburban libraries are forgiving late fines and extending due dates
- Park Ridge-Niles District 64 to raise tax levy
- Hobart council candidates talk mall tax appeal, green investments
- Chicago es una vergüenza para Estados Unidos, según Trump
- West Suburban Local Scoreboard for Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2019
- Jets looking to trade Le’Veon Bell before Tuesday deadline: sources
- Daily Southtown Local Scoreboard for Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2019
- EEUU extiende protecciones para inmigrantes salvadoreños
- Vicente Fernández, su hijo Alejandro y su nieto Alex Fernández, entre los que actuarán en los Latin Grammy
- Column: Chicago threw a great protest rally for Donald Trump. Unfortunately, he didn’t get to see it.
- My worst moment: ‘First Wives Club’ star RonReaco Lee learns a lesson about tardiness from Chi McBride
- Time to winterize your home inside and out
- El deportista mexicano más buscado en internet en 2019
- Column: Chin up, Chicago. Despite what President Trump says, it’s not embarrassing to be flawed.
- ‘I’ve got other bags of tricks’: Christian Phillips a multidimensional offensive weapon for unbeaten Warren
- Harwood Heights provides varying levels of scare with community center haunted house
- Daily Southtown boys soccer rankings and player of the week for Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2019
- ¿Halloween con nieve y frío récord?
- ¿Quiénes podrían arruinar la reelección de Trump?
- More employers offer workers help paying off student loans
- Kanye West, choir give uplifting performance on ‘Airpool Karaoke’ with James Corden
- El Día de Muertos se encuentra con el Tren Tequila en esta ciudad mexicana
- Four candidates vying for three at large council seats in Hammond
- El último adiós a ‘El señor de los cielos’
- How women can prepare for promotion
- Copeland running for third term as mayor of East Chicago
- Millennial Money: Don’t let anxiety rule your finances
- US travel industry to Chinese tourists: What trade war?
- Boys soccer notes: Lincoln-Way West’s Chris Zavala puts ‘valuable things’ learned to good use
- Oak Brook adds stop signs to slow traffic on 35th Street between Midwest and Meyers Roads
- CDC: Most people who died from vaping-linked disease used products containing THC
- 3 takeaways from the Bulls’ 105-98 loss to the Knicks, including the failure to finish and rebounding woes
- Bernie Sanders offers marijuana legalization plan
- Pro-democracy activist Joshua Wong barred from election as Hong Kong leaders warn the city is on the brink of a recession
- Traditional taco restaurant to open Friday in downtown Western Springs
- Cooking leads to kitchen fire inside Park Ridge condo: Fire chief
- Variety of trick-or-treat hours in Aurora area
- Bett’s boutique closing after four decades in downtown Highland Park
- Hearse collectors
- Chicago hearse lover shows off collection
- Post-Tribune girls volleyball rankings and player of the week for Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2019
- A snowy Halloween night is looking more likely in Chicago as we swap weather with Alaska
- Naperville News Digest
- Football notes: An excited Xavier Bonds says it’s ‘so surreal’ about Elgin making the Class 8A playoffs
- Glencoe sets the stage for Halloween fun
- Beacon-News football rankings and player of the week for Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2019
- Casket races get Halloween rolling for Oak Park, River Forest residents
- Speak Out
- Girls volleyball notes: Emily Rastovski ‘just kept going,’ and Morgan Township followed her to its first regional title
- Storytime at Northbrook library included Halloween theme, with costumes, a dance party and a spider web obstacle course
- NBA player Robin Lopez unknowingly bought stolen Disney World items, records show
- Football notes: Speedster Art Taylor shoulders load for Batavia’s stretch run with Quinn Urwiler sidelined
- Charge against grandfather in toddler’s cruise ship death is ‘pouring salt’ on Indiana family’s wounds, lawyer says
- David Ross, ¿un salto al pasado o al futuro?
- Slowik: This Harlem Avenue ‘ghost bike’ is more than a memorial; it’s a reminder to pay attention
- Decisions loom for Cubs on 7 players, including Anthony Rizzo and Jose Quintana, with 2020 team options
- Chile impulsa diálogos ciudadanos tras a estallido social
- Suburban Cooks: Baked goods a sure winner at garden club fundraiser
- PM&L presents thought-provoking, rarely performed musical ‘Chess’
- El mayor dolor de cabeza de Zidane en el Real Madrid
- ‘Its effects cannot be undone.’ After Rep. Katie Hill vows to fight revenge porn, advocates hope Illinois law serves as model
- ‘I have been in love with coaching ever since’: Paul Murphy goes out as a winner at Waubonsie Valley
- Virgin Galactic becomes first public space tourism company
- México y Brasil entre los países más impunes en crímenes contra periodistas
- Inside the creation of travel-worthy haunted houses
- Rancher hopes to improve plight of sheep industry’s canines
- The Field Museum is offering free admission to Chicago Public Schools students today because of the Chicago teachers strike (and tomorrow’s free too)
- There’s a growing debate over spaying and neutering dogs
- Detienen a Karime Macías, esposa de Javier Duarte, en Londres
- Friday@Hemingway’s feature illusionist Jeanette Andrews
- As Convoy and Uber Freight duke it out, low prices on trucking apps are squeezing drivers
- 50 wealthiest athletes of 2019
- HBO’s new story on Michael Vick’s dogs is both uplifting and graphically violent
- Cincinnati Bengals bench Andy Dalton, turn to rookie after 0-8 start
- Eddy Pineiro didn’t want the ball on the left hash for his game-deciding kick. But, ‘it is what it is.’
- Final vote set on Montgomery marijuana sales
- La UEFA sanciona a Bulgaria por racismo
- Jets engaged in Jamal Adams trade discussions with Cowboys: sources
- The best Ring camera
- The best salt lamp
- The best grill
- The best dovetail jig
- Halloween trick-or-treat hours in the Southland
- Nuevo testigo en investigación del Congreso contra Trump sacude a la Casa Blanca
- Naperville library event Saturday lets would-be writers talk to and learn from local published authors
- Buddy Guy presentó su documental ‘The Torch’ en ChiFilmFest; Y pasa la estafeta para que el blues continúe
- Major change is coming to college sports as NCAA takes 1st step toward allowing athletes to profit from their names and images
- Column: I believe a ghost is playing tricks at my house because the alternative is scarier
- Cruz Azul y Pumas se juegan la vida en la Liga MX
- Morton Grove celebrates groundbreaking of Sawmill Station retail and lifestyle complex
- Las escaleras donde se filmó la escena de ‘Joker’ atraen a turistas y le dan dolor de cabeza a los residentes del barrio
- Mining titan Murray Energy seeks bankruptcy protection as communities drop coal
- Se agudizan las protestas en Bolivia tras polémicas elecciones
- Evanston Township High School touts improved academic performance for athletes
- Fine Art of Fiber showcases needle art
- Speak Out: Trump, not Johnson, is the real embarrassment
- Anti-government protesters notch win in Lebanon: The prime minister has resigned
- Funcionario de Patrulla Fronteriza: Crisis de inmigración de EEUU no ha acabado
- Lawmakers call for tougher ethics rules and begin process to remove state Rep. Luis Arroyo following bribery charge
- Comings and goings: Stunod’s pizzeria brings Italian comfort food to Southwest Side
- Elgin leaf collection services begin — and will continue as long as the area stays snow and ice free, city official says
- Chile se prepara para una gran marcha frente a la presidencia
- Cuando el esfuerzo de años se vuelve cenizas en California
- Pictures: Shaquille O’Neal mansion
- Lo que la huelga le está costando a estudiantes deportistas, a los que van a ingresar a la universidad, y al seguro médico de los maestros
- On Jan. 1, recreational marijuana sales likely will be banned in Vernon Hills and Libertyville but not in Mundelein
- Fall foliage is beautiful — but it’s a pain in the neck for Metra. Here’s why.
- Quickly
- Oak Park board weighs housing center contributions amid budget talks
- Clean comedian Jim Flannigan will perform with friends at Metropolis
- Boeing ‘set those pilots up for failure,’ Sen. Tammy Duckworth tells CEO at hearing probing 737 Max crashes
- Oak Park shop donates gifts to breast cancer patients
- Kate del Castillo entre los residentes y famosos que escapan de incendios en California
- Pictures: Carnival Sunrise
- Before & After: Carnival Triumph becomes Carnival Sunrise
- Injured pelican found on Evanston beach rescued and released back into the wild: ‘Oh, a big bird, I’ve got to see this’
- Commentary: ‘Joker’ movie shows audiences the painful truth about the impact of childhood trauma
- 3 things we heard from the Bears, including Roquan Smith bouncing back and Prince Amukamara agreeing with Matt Nagy’s decision to kneel
- Hayrides and ‘bone-collecting’ part of the ghoulish Halloween romp at Historic Wagner Farm
- Column: Dear millennials, now is the time to invest in your unexpected future
- Column: Not allowing college athletes to make money is elitist and exploitative. Illinois can help put a stop to it.
- Illinois Senate advances measure capping insulin prices at $100 per month
- For Aurora U. students, Day of Dead about culture, celebrating lost loved ones
- Ed Clark, 93, abstract painter whose brush was a broom and grew up in Chicago, has died
- John Leguizamo ya está en Chicago listo para impartir su ‘Latin History for Morons’
- El ManU ya tiene al sustituto de Pogba
- Commentary: Kanye West preaches a message of love and faith on ‘Jesus Is King.’ Too bad about the messenger.
- Watch live: Former President Barack Obama speaks at Obama Foundation Summit in Chicago
- Healing Field of Honor opens to public Friday afternoon; 7 men from Naperville who died in WWI to be saluted
- ‘Game of Thrones’ prequel pilot starring Naomi Watts not happening at HBO
- 25th anniversary of Roselawn plane crash remembered at disaster preparedness symposium for NWI first responders
- Oak Forest sets hearing on recreational pot zoning rules
- Blackhawks’ future is likely without Brent Seabrook and Corey Crawford — and so is their present
- USDA about to issue rule allowing farmers to grow hemp deemed legal by feds
- Black Tulip returns to Colby Barn to honor women in baroque music
- Waymo CEO: Driverless cargo delivery may arrive before taxi cabs
- Great Lakes and North Bay Produce Pure Michigan apples recalled over listeria fears
- Hobbyists demonstrate advances of remote-control airplanes at recent show
- Lush cosmetics store coming to downtown Naperville in 2020
- David Schwimmer lists condo for nearly $1.15 million on Near West Side
- Unlike Halloween, Mexico’s Day of the Dead meant to be celebration of lost loved ones
- Ford recalls 294,000 Expedition, Edge, Transit, Lincoln Navigator vehicles: What to know
- Brexit has so deadlocked the United Kingdom they’re holding a new election on December 12
- Former FBI Director James Comey tells U. of C. law students country being ‘stress-tested’ under Trump — and that’s a good thing
- Se viene revolución en el deporte universitario de EEUU
- Northwestern quarterback Hunter Johnson discusses the family health issue that has kept him off the field since September
- The Spin: CTU leaders meet with Mayor Lightfoot – a break in the strike? | Michelle Obama on South Side’s ‘white flight’ | | Madigan pushes to give Arroyo the boot
- Commentary: How to make America stronger? Big business knows how to influence politics. Here’s a positive agenda it should pursue.
- Victim’s boyfriend recounts relationship, last text messages from Chesterton bartender before she was found dead
- Two Park Ridge alleys selected for ‘green’ pilot program
- Editorial: By refusing to be bullied by protesters — ‘Thou shalt not call ICE!’ — The Harvard Crimson does journalism proud.
- Michelle Obama discusses why presidential center fits Jackson Park, and how white flight hurt her South Side community
- Where can Chicago parents send their kids during the CPS teachers strike? School buildings are staying open, but there are other options.
- Support grows for law change allowing standalone ER at shuttered Blue Island hospital
- Ola to raise $200 million from Microsoft, will unveil new connected cars project
- Davis Love III to make the move to broadcast booth at CBS
- In settlement with Maryland, Conowingo Dam owner Exelon to invest $200 million to clean up Susquehanna River
- Commentary: The rush to profit from legal marijuana is leaving black neighborhoods in the dust. Chicago’s Black Caucus and others should keep pushing.
- The new Tweet of the Week poll promises to be a graveyard smash
- In Central Florida, successful opioid treatment harder to get than illicit drugs, speakers say
- Letters: ‘Brothers in blue’ let down police Superintendent Eddie Johnson
- ‘Once on this Island’ gets three times onstage at Elmwood Park High School
- Meet the Illinois folks who collect and drive hearses: ‘I am into the morbid side of life’
- Waukegan Chorus holiday concert features beloved composer Mark Hayes
- Dolphins trade for CB Aqib Talib, acquire Rams’ NFL draft pick
- Crece el clamor por robots umpires en MLB
- Le piden que renuncie
- Israeli exchange students visit Niles North High School
- El golazo de Messi de tiro libre ante el Valladolid (VIDEO)
- Tom Skilling sold a condo in Edgewater in January — and the buyers have listed it again
- With gloomy winter days nearing, ‘light boxes’ at Elgin Community College aim to combat seasonal depression
- Chase Bank closes Glencoe location as village hopes to attract new tenants
- Dozens of educators charged with sex crimes and violent felonies lose licenses under new law, but loopholes remain
- Commentary: President Trump warned us Afghanistan would be better, but we risked it all for love in Chicago
- Conmebol pide reunión con Piñera por la final de la Copa Libertadores en Chile
- Park Ridge, Niles to receive money from $45 billion infrastructure plan
- Aurora Holiday Food Drive set to begin
- Murder trial begins for Gary auto lot owner
- Moran: State commits $16 million to realign awkward Route 83/137 intersection in Grayslake
- Batavia woman gets six years in prison for stealing from former employer
- Lao Sze Chuan offers Aurora diners authentic Chinese food
- Mayor: $500K application fee nixed Crestwood’s casino bid
- Appeals court refuses to hear man’s identification challenge in murder trial of Portage man
- Read Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s proposal on major issues to the Chicago Teachers Union
- Aurora softball legend Harvey Sterkel laid to rest
- Salvation Army to use the 21st century technology — Apple Pay and Google Pay — at their Red Kettle sites in Elgin
- Halloween goblins parade through Niles
- Nine Democratic state lawmakers say they won’t back Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s real estate transfer tax proposal unless more revenue is directed toward homeless
- Halloween trick-or-treating hours for Elgin-area towns
- Editorial: This CTU strike has betrayed Chicago’s children
- Eyewitness testifies he didn’t see what happened in crucial seconds before fatal police shooting
- Column: A speech that said Chicago’s hell, except, of course, for Trump’s hotel. A new TrumPoem.
- CTU: No hay acuerdo para terminar la huelga, hubo arrestos
- House Democrats unveil impeachment resolution that authorizes next phase of inquiry of Trump; GOP calls process unfair
- Man charged after putting his girlfriend’s daughter in chokehold and punching her, prosecutors say
- Michael Shannon loves acting. As for Halloween, well…
- Grubhub stock closes down more than 40% as Chicago-based company warns of fierce competition for ‘promiscuous’ online diners
- Missouri’s health department tracked Planned Parenthood patients’ menstrual cycles, director says in hearing over license
- Disciplinary investigators find Chicago cop justified in fatally shooting 19-year-old in 2014
- Coach suspended, administrators put on leave amid probe of ‘football-related incident’ at Lake Park High School in Roselle
- Deadspin editor Barry Petchesky fired for ‘not sticking to sports’
- Mayor Lori Lightfoot and the CTU are battling over TIF money. Here’s what you need to know.
- Obama hopes his presidential center will transform Chicago’s South Side
- Chicago Teachers Union walkout to continue as delegates emerge without a deal; classes canceled for Wednesday
- Defying White House order, Army officer testifies he twice raised concerns over Trump’s Ukraine phone call
- As California utility imposes more fire-prevention blackouts, frustration and anger mount: ‘I don’t think PG&E really thought this through’