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- ‘It’s nice to see all his hard work pay off’: Josh Johansen moves up the scoring charts for St. Edward
- A battle and a brawl: Diego Carillo scores twice for Waubonsie Valley in fight-shortened tie with Batavia
- Yankees sweep the Twins to reach the AL Championship Series
- Ask Amy: Addict inches his way toward recovery
- It’s Liz Phair. What did you expect? ‘Horror Stories’ is her own journey.
- Calendar: Halloween events for dogs Saturday in Mundelein
- Orlando’s new cat cafe, The Kitty Beautiful, opens its doors
- Steppenwolf’s mainstage for $10 a ticket? Sure, if you jumped at that chance
- Daywatch: Chicago’s the ‘Best Big City’, there’s still no contract deal with teachers and other things to know about to start your day
- A former D1 athlete turned nun is running the Chicago Marathon to raise money for her church
- 3 win Nobel Prize in Physics for discoveries in cosmology
- Why your commute could get faster, more reliable: Metra looks to buy new locomotives, rail cars with state capital money
- 2 teenage girls from Chicago killed in Hammond crash
- Joe Biden calls for free community college and expansion of federal student loan programs
- Nearly $1 million in cash found in home in bust of counterfeit THC vaping operation, Milwaukee police say
- Here’s why there are so many dead monarch butterflies along Chicago’s lakefront
- City worker remembered for ‘unmatched enthusiasm’ after death in weekend murder-suicide
- Helicopter flight school apologizes for ‘unfortunate incident’ of wheel falling through roof of Lynwood home
- Trump blocks shipments from Chinese company that makes baby pajamas sold at Costco over forced labor allegations
- His cancer back, a Chicago hip-hop artist takes his message to high school students. ‘There’s no time for sadness’
- Will Ben Zobrist or Addison Russell be back? 5 questions about Cubs second basemen heading into 2020.
- Fine dining restaurant Claudia to open in West Loop after successful Kickstarter campaign
- The Bulls played fast — and watching Daniel Gafford is a good time. 5 takeaways from the 122-112 preseason loss to the Bucks.
- Fire burns more than 9 hours, destroys historic, vacant Lincoln Masonic Temple in Aurora
- Doctors may need to ‘step up’ asthma treatment for African American children
- Horseshoes and straw hats: a day of polo in Connecticut
- Marie Newman, progressive challenger to Democratic U.S. Rep. Dan Lipinski, picks up endorsements from 17 local officials
- Turkey says it won’t bow to Trump’s threats over its Syria invasion plans
- Family and friend of Gary man killed in August police shooting file federal lawsuit against city of Gary, officer
- Southwest Airlines pilots union sues Boeing over ‘unsafe, unairworthy’ 737 Max
- Social equity plays role in Aurora’s marijuana discussion: ‘It’s an opportunity for those who were most affected by the war on drugs’
- ‘We too love money more than freedom’: South Park creators issue mock apology over Chinese censorship
- Alabama woman accused of failed murder plot near the Quad Cities
- Northfield Township announces utility bill assistance for some area residents
- ‘I’m friends with George Bush’: Ellen DeGeneres defends watching football with former GOP president
- As abortion opposition rallies, some activists are taking aim at in vitro fertilization, frozen embryos
- Lego will recycle your old plastic bricks for free if your kids are done scattering them around the house
- Dunkfest: Zion Williamson shows high-flying skills in preseason debut
- Patrick Mahomes’ magic fizzles without mobility
- Bullpens? More like blowpens as playoff relievers get rocked
- Computer strike zone good, but check your hearing
- Chinese say people have expressed their opinion
- Former college hockey coach settling discrimination lawsuits
- With China rift ongoing, NBA says free speech remains vital
- CSO’s MusicNOW review: Welcome new sounds from Eliza Brown and Wang Lu
- Acusan de negligencia por muerte de niña migrante en México
- Nickelback downloads are up, and this Trump impeachment joke won’t go away
- Unemployment is at a 50-year low, but economic fears are mounting — and that puts the Fed in a pickle
- ‘El Chapo’ usó camiones de Televisa para distribuir cocaína
- Portillo’s CEO building a $2M mansion in Hinsdale
- Protestas, violencia y crisis política en Ecuador por subsidios a combustible
- 10 ways to create a guest room that your holiday visitors won’t want to leave
- For Richard Powers of Evanston, author of the Pulitzer-winning ‘Overstory,’ trees are people too
- All-brick home in St. Charles: $829,900
- José José sí será cremado; la mitad de sus cenizas van a México y será homenajeado en Bellas Artes
- West Loop restaurant turning into a faux Olive Garden — for Halloween
- The good, the bad and the ugly: College football coaching class of ’18
- From backup to breakout, Reggie Bonnafon’s first TD came at perfect time for Carolina Panthers
- Jennifer Aniston on how #MeToo (and Matt Lauer) influenced Apple’s ‘The Morning Show’
- In a partisan political landscape, North Shore civics teachers aim to deliver lessons in respect, empathy
- Father charged in shaken baby syndrome case breaks silence: ‘I want my story told’
- Prosecutors turn over 40,000 pages and 100 discs of evidence in corruption case against Ald. Edward Burke
- Acusan a EEUU de detener migrantes usando trámites de bodas
- Salvador Dali lookalike rescue pup finds home
- A woman was hospitalized after a bullet struck her thigh. The shooter? A puppy named Molly.
- Some people think rats are the perfect pet, for fun and comfort
- My worst moment: ‘This is Us’ star Chris Sullivan and the prop that went kablooey
- West Suburban Local Scoreboard for Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2019
- Beacon-News football rankings and player of the week for Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2019
- The Supreme Court is considering whether LGBT workers are legally protected. Here’s what’s at stake.
- Once nearly extinct, a yellow-bellied songbird living in the jack pine forests of northern Michigan is coming off the endangered list
- District 181 teachers pack board meeting to show solidarity as contract negotiations continue
- Down to Business: Home renovator built her firm one step at a time
- Fantasy football Week 6 lineups: Start DJ Chark and sit Robbie Gould
- Clampdown on vaping could send users back toward cigarettes
- Quiet isn’t bad, but ‘Sundown, Yellow Moon’ at Raven is a bit dull
- ‘Big Bang Theory’ gets shout out to Nobel Prize announcement
- Boys soccer notes: Gael Arriaga shows ‘fantastic quality,’ thrives on center stage for Eisenhower
- These are the 4 biggest problems with CBD products
- Lake County News-Sun Local Scoreboard for Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2019
- Do I really need to write cover letters for online job applications?
- Parent of Toys R Us teams up with Target to power online biz
- Section of Tri-State near Libertyville to be named for Illinois State Trooper killed in wrong-way crash
- Elmhurst Council votes to ban recreational marijuana sales
- Shout Out: Simon Gebremedhin, actor from Skokie
- Trump escalates impeachment fight: Prohibits EU Ambassador Gordon Sondland, caught up in Ukraine texts, from testifying in inquiry
- New study provides clues behind the vaping illness outbreak
- The East Coast’s first outdoor, commercial cannabis harvest is underway
- Football notes: Tre Thomas helps Yorkville ‘believe in themselves’ for stunning Southwest Prairie debut
- Northbrook fire chief not so concerned about cannabis dispensaries in village as police chief: ‘This may attract … a criminal act’
- Hierbas y ‘cirugías espirituales’
- 12 angry jurors make for one riveting drama at Nazareth Academy
- Could Yao Ming mend the fences between the NBA and China?
- Daily Southtown boys soccer rankings and player of the week for Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2019
- Developer seeks tax incentive to open event space on Howard Street in Evanston
- As NBA-China rift intensifies, Commissioner Adam Silver says free speech remains vital
- American Legion honors Blue Star families who have a member in the military
- Five years after being caught in FBI sting, ex-Harvey police commander reaches agreement to dismiss felony charges
- Roban a empresario reloj tasado en 876,000 dólares
- The 25 best players in the XFL draft
- North Aurora looks at rules for recreational marijuana sales
- Homewood officials back Halsted Street casino plan, citing jobs and economic benefits
- Evanston aldermen approve naming rights, rink time agreements with hockey clubs at Robert Crown Community Center
- Who are the Kurds, and what’s their history with the United States?
- Toys R Us is back online, sort of: Its website sends buyers to Target.com
- Simone Biles sets new record as US wins world gymnastics team gold
- $50M senior housing complex proposed for Route 31 in West Dundee
- ‘I had to score one more’: Mickey Reilly’s second goal lifts Libertyville over Zion-Benton
- Improv Playhouse’s ‘Dracula: A Live Radio Play!’ presents familiar story in unique way
- Fox Sports hires former New England Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski as analyst
- Shout Out: Beryl Herman, celebrates many diverse cultures in the area
- A Catholic deacon who says he was abused by a priest wants the Chicago Archdiocese to publish names of deceased clergy who are accused
- ‘I love to hit people’: Naperville Central’s Luke Peterson picks up speed of game quickly at middle linebacker
- Pets of the week
- NASCAR field in disarray leading into Talladega ‘wild card’
- Chicago Public Schools apprenticeship program designed to offer students path to careers signs up first business partners
- Reported cases of three sexually transmitted diseases hit new highs again in the U.S.
- El video que emocionó a la alcaldesa de Chicago en el acto del regreso del Chicago Fire al Soldier Field (VIDEO)
- Boeing to invest $20 million in Virgin Galactic’s hypersonic efforts
- Return of proposal to arm teachers brings out opposition from Naperville District 203 parents, board members
- Schweinsteiger cuelga las botas: ‘Llegó la hora’
- Live band, family activities featured at North Suburban YMCA festival
- Comings & Goings: New Starbucks coffee shop opens in Chicago Ridge
- Education leaders to participate in Aurora meeting
- Does the Civil Rights Act of 1964 cover LGBT people? Supreme Court, with new conservative bent, hears cases and could decide.
- Nuns could build brewery, winery and boarding school near Marengo under proposed agreement with McHenry County
- Column: Trump’s ‘unmatched wisdom’ leaves Syria’s Kurds — and us — in danger
- More dead elephants found downstream of Thailand waterfall. 11 are now believed to have plunged to their deaths.
- Merrillville man sentenced to 48 years for killing brother
- Bronx 17-year-old first in New York to die from vaping-related sickness
- ¿Por qué Trump bloquea testimonio clave en pesquisa de juicio político?
- Church crowd opposes Waukegan casino proposal, but mayor confident plan will move forward
- Evanston Township H.S. expects increased revenues in recently approved 2020 budget
- West Aurora custodian puts out fire at Schneider Elementary School
- Theatre of Western Springs cast, crew want ‘Accomplice’ to be a surprise for audiences
- Aumentan la crisis política en Ecuador
- Post-Tribune girls volleyball rankings and player of the week for Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2019
- Hammond’s 2020 city budget public hearing draws no comment; council sets Oct. 21 for final passage
- Girls volleyball notes: Already in her 3rd varsity season, Lake Central junior Emma Best keeps ‘getting better’
- Wisconsin Republicans reverse course, will let disabled, wheelchair-bound lawmaker call into committee meetings
- ‘Dolemite is My Name’ review: Eddie Murphy triumphs, and a blaxploitation star rises again
- Each high school to house five academies as U46 moves forward on transition to career pathways
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- 1 seriously hurt in Lincoln Park motorcycle crash
- Author Barnaby Dinges discusses memoir at Glenview appearance
- Gary Housing Center is new site of HUD EnVision Center
- Traveling Holocaust exhibit coming to Prairie State College Library
- Republican Adam Kinzinger joins GOP critics of Trump’s decision to pull troops out of Syria
- Complaints resurface in Arlington Heights over sprawling homes being built that dwarf the existing ones
- Estalla la guerra NBA vs. China
- Justices appear split as Supreme Court weighs LGBT workers’ rights
- Speak Out: Smoking and guns are dangerous, why not ban both?
- Lake County residents come out on the first day of early voting
- Compressed natural gas station in Naperville won’t open to 2020 because of gas line construction delays
- Church news: A blood drive, High Holidays seating, craft bazaar
- NFL power rankings for Week 6: Bears tumble after their London stumble, while the Chiefs drop a notch after a rare loss
- Panel discussion gives North Shore residents a look at Chicago violence prevention efforts
- Moran: Route 45 bypass opens for business, sending the Millburn Strangler to the gallows
- ‘Mosquitoes’ at Steep Theatre is a heady play about particle physics and needy teenagers
- Slowik: District 227 school board seeks to regain public trust amid tough decisions on facilities
- Review: ‘Rhythm + Flow,’ a hip-hop competition show with Chance the Rapper, Cardi B and T.I., debuts on Netflix
- Chicago Marathon 2019: The stories behind the runners
- Assistant public works director in Carpentersville promoted to top department job
- ‘He was a giant’: Chicago gay rights pioneer Richard Pfeiffer ran the city’s iconic Pride Parade for more than 40 years
- Oprah Winfrey to give $13 million more for aid at black college
- The Art Institute of Chicago is doing something remarkable with women artists, and not only with the compelling ‘In A Cloud, In A Chair’ exhibition
- Atheist group, Porter commissioners spar over courthouse ground space request
- Commentary: The GOP’s ‘perfect’ plan to survive impeachment
- Southtowners: Lincoln-Way has 10 seniors named National Merit semifinalists, more
- En ‘Tiempos recios’, Vargas Llosa ‘miente’ con la historia
- Hurried Chicagoans hate it when the river bridges open. The Chicago River Museum sells tickets.
- Stella McCartney presents eco-manifesto at Paris Fashion Week show
- Millennial Money: Don’t ignore the signs of financial abuse
- ‘Whoa, you drive this boat?’ Meet the women who steer Chicago’s First Lady Cruises
- Evanston’s OAKtober event celebrates local environmental work
- The Blackhawks want Kirby Dach to stick in Chicago. You know who else does? His junior coach in Saskatoon.
- Greene Barn could find new life if DuPage partners with businesses, nonprofit groups on events, committee says
- Clarendon Hills family feels community support after father and Falcons football coach dies
- She caught her fiance sexually assaulting a bridesmaid, police say. They got married anyway.
- Letters: Chicago teachers should have a say on working conditions
- Park Ridge aldermen vote 4-3 to ban recreational marijuana businesses
- Aurora woman accused of lying to police about armed robbery
- 6 students taken to hospitals after possible overdoses at South Side high school
- Disney Magnet principal steps down after petition circulates among parents seeking her ouster
- The Spin: Ex.-Congressman and GOP presidential candidate Joe Walsh hammers Trump, says impeachment inquiry sucking air out of 2020 campaign
- Park Ridge man charged with threatening to kill judge
- Municipal elections get started with early voting in Porter County
- St. Charles North football player suffers ‘severe brain injury’ during game, family says
- Glencoe Harvest Fest celebrates the start of fall
- Bastian Schweinsteiger retires from soccer. The German midfielder dubbed a ‘football god’ joined the Chicago Fire in 2017.
- CTA Red Line on South Side disrupted for hour by debris on tracks at 63rd Street
- El Chicago Fire y Basti vuelven a casa
- Woman hit and killed while crossing Lincoln Avenue to reach daughter
- U.S. slaps travel ban on Chinese officials for crackdown against Muslim minorities
- Gucci launches diversity US scholarship program
- Young folk musician performs original songs in Grayslake
- Orland Park Open spelling champ takes title after tackling ‘tercentenary’
- Five establishments ticketed for selling alcohol to minors in sting set up by Lake County sheriff
- Commentary: Whistleblowers say out loud what many of us are thinking
- No more 4 a.m. nights for Niles bar after shots fired there; $3,000 fine levied
- Chicago Fire are returning to Soldier Field beginning with the 2020 MLS season: ‘This can change the whole tenor of the club’
- Denver Broncos CB says he was paralyzed for half an hour
- EEUU, México, Honduras y Costa Rica debutan en Liga de Naciones
- Chicago Heights man becomes second suspect charged in 2018 Park Forest homicide
- Skokie marks 150th anniversary of Mahatma Gandhi’s birth
- Column: Bears spin their wheels on offense, while forceful ground games make a comeback around the NFL
- Survey says? Hike booze, cigarette, ride-sharing taxes, but leave property taxes alone, Chicago residents say in city’s online poll
- Aurora man accused of stealing woman’s cellphone at gunpoint
- Why fall is the best time of year to travel to Europe
- Instead of flying to this Peruvian city, she took a slow cruise down the Amazon – on a cargo ship
- A landscape like no other: Exploring the surreal southern end of the Atacama Desert
- Shout Out: Anthony Villegas, high school freshman about to make his confirmation
- Stylist builds connections with people facing homelessness by cutting their hair
- Why you could soon have more places to shop for alcohol on Sunday mornings
- ‘Culinary Curiosity’ exhibit at Elgin library explores food prep gadgets from yesteryear
- Three percent recreational marijuana tax approved by Oak Park board
- Conoce el programa y la ruta del homenaje a José José en el Palacio de Bellas Artes y dónde podrás verlo en vivo
- Corrections and clarifications
- Column: Ahoy, playboy! You’ll have a whale of a time filling out the new Tweet of the Week poll
- Wisdom foundation donates $1M to Boys & Girls Club of Elgin’s new South Elgin clubhouse project
- Embattled Ald. Carrie Austin’s campaign committee spends $40,000 on lawyers
- Editorial: Mayor Lori Lightfoot and Chicago’s budget: Where, oh where, to find $838 million?
- One of the biggest deals in the cannabis industry just fell apart. What the MedMen-PharmaCann breakup means for marijuana in Illinois.
- Oak Park board approves e-cigarette restrictions, will encourage prevention programs for violators
- Man who had served prison sentence for DUI in death of Eagle Scout from Schaumburg gets 3 more years for revoked license violation
- Tree forum to revive Oak Park planting project
- Family, advocates call for investigation, indictment of officer in fatal August shooting of Gary man
- $4.9 million settlement considered for family of woman killed in 2017 crash with off-duty Chicago cop
- Naperville to explore the use of posts over tire bumpers at request of woman injured in fall
- Port moving from the fireside after-dinner drink to pre-dinner cocktails.
- Titans add former Bears kicker Cody Parkey after waiving Cairo Santos
- A big test looms for the Bulls in a preseason date with ‘big, strong, athletic, powerful’ Zion Williamson
- Ex-Hebron mayor, guilty in June of drug paraphernalia misdemeanor, gets longer probationary period after testing positive for alcohol use
- Four people hurt — one with life-threatening injuries — in two-car crash in Naperville
- Fix travel annoyances with these easy hotel room hacks
- Former Bears tight end Blake Annen steps down as Carmel’s coach, citing personal reasons
- Broncos cornerback De’Vante Bausby says he was paralyzed for half an hour after injuring his neck against the Chargers
- ICE detainees and their jailers near Chicago get surprise visit from Latino lawmakers to view conditions
- Cubs catching prospect Miguel Amaya selected to play in Arizona Fall League all-star game
- ‘Nothing fazes her’: Brianna Haggerty overcomes early frustration to power Andrew past Lincoln-Way Central
- After heart attack, Bernie Sanders says he may slow down campaigning pace
- After statewide tour, Democratic state Sen. Melton joins race for Indiana governor nomination
- Editorial: Democrats step toward impeachment, Trump refuses to cooperate. See you in court.
- Daily Southtown Local Scoreboard for Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2019
- Read the White House letter to Democrats about the impeachment probe
- White House vows to stop cooperating with ‘illegitimate’ impeachment probe
- Post-Tribune Local Scoreboard for Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2019
- Bridget Rayonec and Crown Point handle ‘curveballs,’ including lights going out, to edge Lake Central in sectional
- Rays chase Justin Verlander early, beat Astros 4-1 to force ALDS Game 5
- 3 men suspected in killing of witness in former officer’s murder trial, Dallas police say