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2019 > December > 29
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Highland Park’s Val Oplchenski overcomes injury, returns better than ever
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Bulls 116, Hawks 81
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Daily horoscope for December 29, 2019
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Ask Amy: Bereaved daughter worries about mom
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Letters: Climate crisis shows the need for changing ideas about economy
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Modern home in Bucktown with 5 bedrooms: $2.2M
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Speak Out: Legal marijuana puts profits over life
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In gory, majestic ‘Doppelganger,’ a hard look at the Holocaust’s stubborn silences
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Can the Bears beat the Vikings in Sunday’s season finale? Our Week 17 predictions.
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Trump is attacking scientists and sidelining researchers. The effects could be felt for years.
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Sweeping ICE raids in Mississippi’s chicken country opened up jobs for American workers. For some, it’s complicated: ‘It’s like I stole it.’
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7 takeaways from Ohio State’s controversial 29-23 playoff loss to Clemson, including a terrific — and terrible — night for J.K. Dobbins
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Considering a plant-based diet? Here’s what you need to know
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How to dress comfortably while still being business casual
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Things to do with the kids in the Chicago area in January 2020
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Taking an Uber? 9 tips to ride safely
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Sheriff’s Office offers residents Lake County jail data, from population and demographics to charges
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Help Them to Hope
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LSU’s offensive coordinator directs playoff win amid a family tragedy: ‘The best thing for him is to be around this football team’
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After seven years, Oz event returning to Porter County in May
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Soul, Irish and Pride fests and a new 4th of July event added to Naperville’s 2020 calendar
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Palos teen on quest to save monarch butterfly plans second conservation expo at Stagg High School
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St. Monica’s Father Manny, 36, loses his battle with cancer — something he described as a ‘gift in ugly wrapping’
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Mundelein officials say Franks for the Memories’ iconic yellow sign needs to change. The restaurant isn’t happy.
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3 takeaways from the Bulls’ 116-81 rout of the Hawks, including Wendell Carter Jr.’s 3-point shooting and the Tomas Satoransky effect
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Top Stories of 2019: Old Mill Creek burglary, shooting leads to felony murder law controversy involving Chicago teens
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Freshman Kora Kipley doing a balancing act with Buffalo Grove basketball, travel soccer
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Wisconsin woman and her teen daughter among 7 killed in Hawaii tour helicopter crash
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Concussion lawsuit against Pop Warner dismissed
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Sports losses in 2019: Bart Starr, Don Newcombe, Frank Robinson and John Havlicek
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13 ways to be a better person in 2020
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Eli Manning: Championship quarterback, Hall of Fame prankster
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Week 17: Bears 21, Vikings 19
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The year in real estate
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Down to Business: If you hear boxing gym and think ‘Rocky,’ think again, owner says
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Police looking for suspect who robbed a Fifth Third Bank in Highland
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McGrath: If you’re making a resolution for 2020, might I suggest you follow my list and put time back on the clock?
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Column: How billboards warning motorists of I-80 bridge safety concerns created one of 2019’s biggest local political stories
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Unbreakable bonds: Prospect seniors have been teammates for nearly seven years — and it shows
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Laura Mahlum enjoys playing basketball and saxophone at Barrington
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Amid an emotional holiday season, family of slain McHenry County Deputy Jake Keltner is organizing blood drive in his memory
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This weekend’s Great Train Show at Lake County Fairgrounds offers lots of fun for kids — and ‘kids at heart’
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James F. Russ, Downers Grove bank CEO who also was influential in development and growth of Good Samaritan Hospital, dies at 82
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Understated excellence: Hersey point guard Mary Kate Fahey is effective, not flashy
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Nearly 90 people homeless after early Sunday fire destroys 32 apartments in Griffith
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Davich: Feeling weight of time slipping by leads some to ruminate on repetitiveness of days; ‘I’m so damn bored’
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State police say two abandoned cars found on I-80/90 exit ramp in Hammond, one with bullet holes in windshield
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Shooting in River North lands one in critical condition, police say
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Salon Artists Gallery members share their work about winter at show in Park Forest
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Week 17 recap: Bears beat the Vikings 21-19 to finish their disappointing season 8-8
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Empathetic Unity exhibit in Palos Hills offers the opportunity to ponder circumstances
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Race car driver’s Florida home listed at $2.5 million
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Speak Out
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Elon Musk says his underground transit system in Las Vegas may be ready in 2020
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Illinois’ Redbox Bowl appearance is a significant step for Lovie Smith and the football program. What’s next for both?
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Legal marijuana sales in Illinois and Michigan may spark tension among Midwest states
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Kofi Cockburn’s career-high 26 points help Illinois to a 95-64 win over North Carolina A&T
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Louis Lesmond’s dunks help Notre Dame win Wheeling Hardwood Classic title
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Charlie Sessa, Phil Borhani happy to be back on the court for Hinsdale Central
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Naperville People in the News
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Richard Jewell was wrongly implicated in a mass attack. He wasn’t the only one.
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Packers clinch a 1st-round bye with a 23-20 comeback win over the Lions
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Sara Krissinger switches positions to give York a boost in the post
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‘Flaws of average’: Your 3-word reviews from the Bears’ 21-19 win over the Vikings
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Timothy Christian banking on senior leadership during special season
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Column: ‘Prove it.’ That should be Matt Nagy’s slogan for the 2020 Bears.
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Column: Bears starters finally experience that preseason vibe. Now stop making excuses for this disappointing season.
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Column: After clawing to 8-8 with a last-minute win in Week 17, the Bears must take a long, difficult look in the mirror
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From Eddy Pineiro to Riley Ridley: 5 Bears performances that mattered in an otherwise meaningless Week 17 win
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84 days of conflict and confusion: The inside story of Trump’s demand to halt military aid to Ukraine
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The Bears pull out one final win in a disappointing season: 3 keys revisited after a 21-19 win over the Vikings
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U.S. military strikes hit Iraqi militia blamed in attack that killed American contractor
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Civil rights icon Rep. John Lewis diagnosed with advanced pancreatic cancer
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5 people stabbed at Hanukkah celebration in New York in latest attack on Jews in the region
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Bears Week 17 winners and losers: Spending one more Sunday with Fox’s Dick Stockton
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Hartford stuns Northwestern 67-66 in Evanston
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Niles looks to economic development in 2020
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Column: Why 2019 has been the best year in human history
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Lincolnwood looks to 2020 developments
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No bail for man accused of fatally strangling ex-girlfriend in South Side motel on Christmas morning
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‘The sky is the limit’ for Fenwick boys basketball and its multi-sport athletes
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Lincolnwood sits out marijuana for now, but maybe not forever
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Niles makes $850,000 purchase of former Skokie Automotive site
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Congregants fatally shot the Texas church gunman who killed 2 people, police say
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Chicago’s stretch of unseasonably warm weather is coming to an end