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- ‘It feels good’: Simeon transfer AJ Casey takes Tinley Park past Eisenhower to ‘first’ Christmas tourney title
- Men’s basketball notes: Valparaiso freshman Donovan Clay posts career high in conference-opening loss to Loyola
- West Suburban Local Scoreboard for Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2020
- Daily Southtown Local Scoreboard for Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2020
- Lake County News-Sun Local Scoreboard for Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2020
- Daily horoscope for December 31, 2019
- Ask Amy: Friend is conflicted over loss and new love
- In ‘The Factory,’ a mysterious company manufactures numbing fear
- Astronomers say SpaceX’s satellites are too bright in the sky. Friday’s launch will try to fix that
- Sorry, AT&T and Comcast: New law requires pay TV companies to disclose hidden fees
- Column: New Year’s predictions: GOP protects Trump by making all crimes legal, Baby Yoda ruins the stock market
- Kolbe House brings comfort, help to those in Cook County Jail: ‘I’m a true witness that they do help people’
- Daywatch: Illinois keeps losing residents, there will probably be a weed shortage and the Chicago Trolley & Double Decker Co. is closing
- Chicago’s night sky is about to become an orange memory, as the city nears end of LED streetlight replacement. But are the new lights better?
- Final NFL power rankings for 2019: Record-setting Ravens finish No. 1, while the Bears wind up No. 15
- U.S. Embassy in Iraq attacked
- Neil Innes, an actor and musician who often worked with Monty Python, dies at 75
- Pete Buttigieg says he wouldn’t want his son on Ukraine company board, but calls issue a diversionary tactic
- For some Disney Star Wars fans, waking up at 2:30 a.m. is what it takes to ride Rise of the Resistance
- Craving: Candy — a dreamy holiday crawl through Chicago’s sweets and confections purveyors
- The struggle is real: Sharon Stone’s Bumble dating profile restored after being blocked as fake
- 17 cooking tools that make meat-free eating easier, tastier
- Snow days are coming. Prepare to keep your kids entertained now
- As ‘Friends’ leave Netflix, fans are full of annoyance and (cheeky) panic
- Reports of patients’ deaths linked to heart devices lurk below radar
- For authentic Vegas, head to Fergusons Downtown
- Odds to win the National League in 2020
- 3 takeaways from the Bulls’ 123-102 loss, including the Bucks’ effective defensive plan and Wendell Carter Jr.’s ‘stomach stuff’
- Ex-Nissan boss Carlos Ghosn skips bail in Japan and surfaces in Lebanon, citing ‘rigged Japanese justice system where guilt is presumed’
- Things to do in Chicago today | Dec. 31
- Help Them to Hope
- Judge orders Alex Jones and InfoWars to pay $100,000 in Sandy Hook legal fees
- What we learned in 2019: Health and medicine
- Column: One of the same-sex brides from that controversial Hallmark ad grew up in Oak Lawn. She’s ‘in shock that this was a controversy.’
- My worst moment: ‘Frasier’s’ Jane Leeves and the allergic reaction on stage
- Talk of the County: ‘Trumplicans’ scared of testimony from Pompeo, Mulvaney, Pence
- Dominio keniano en la San Silvestre de Sao Paulo
- Insultos racistas a futbolista colombiano en Escocia
- W. Va. governor fires 34 prison guards and instructor who gave Nazi salute ‘as a sign of respect’ for their teacher who was ‘a hardass like Hitler’
- Big voice, big sound, big buzz is what the atmosphere around country singer Yola is all about, and she’s loving feeling free to be herself
- The answer to ‘How far can this thing go’ for country singer Riley Green, seems to be sky’s the limit, but he wants to talk about that ‘Dixie’ uproar
- Pets of the week
- New Mayor Jerome Prince promises to bring progress, growth to Gary; calls for citizen responsibility
- Glenwood man fatally shot in Harvey becomes city’s 23rd homicide victim this year
- Man who allegedly drove into scene of fatal Volo crash, injuring deputy, posts bond
- Post-Tribune Local Scoreboard for Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2020
- The Kitchn: Save time and money by making sheet pan chicken nachos
- Cantante muere tras sufrir un infarto en pleno concierto (VIDEO)
- Beacon-News boys basketball rankings and player of the week for Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2020
- Chris D’Elia at the Chicago Theatre tells some great stories, but the parts ranting against comedy critics aren’t that funny
- 2020: The year to ditch diet culture
- Ryan Fitzpatrick through the years: Evolution of the beard | PHOTOS
- When association takes possession and leases out a unit, it may be liable for damage caused by renter
- Pinterest predictions: Top trends we’re excited about for 2020
- Boys basketball notes: No stopping Marcus Skeete, Waubonsie Valley in quest for Jacobs tourney title
- Another environmental group asks to reject U.S. Steel settlement for 2017 toxic spill in Burns Waterway
- Justin Bieber anuncia su gira para 2020, y el nuevo sencillo y álbum ‘Yummy’
- Does CBD oil cause withdrawals?
- How to talk to your kids about weed, now that it’s legal in Illinois
- Celebra misas en un casino porque ‘es una apuesta segura’
- Asesinan a participante de reality (VIDEO)
- Sharing hearts and minds: Daycare program links elderly and youth
- ‘I kind of just let it fly’: Kendall Holmes and Kendall Moriarty make key shots as Benet tops Montini in OT
- The 11 best recipes of 2019, from the Chicago Tribune test kitchen
- With births down, U.S. had slowest growth rate in a century
- District 112’s idea to renovate Red Oak as a relocation option for some Edgewood students is too costly, officials say
- Kansas cop resigns after admitting he faked claim that McDonald’s employee wrote ‘pig’ on his coffee cup
- Letters: Everyone pays for ‘free’ health services
- Commentary: Federal setbacks to nuclear energy will harm climate and raise costs in Illinois
- ‘We have to get better’: Wisconsin recruit Halle Douglass not satisfied with MVP effort as Lake Forest loses to Evanston in tourney title game
- Optimism over growth, some wariness in Atlantic City in 2020
- Final drive of NFL regular-season finale featured everything
- Sabrina Ionescu, Lauren Cox first two picks in AP WNBA mock draft
- 2020 Nissan Sentra goes on sale in January
- All-electric BMW iX3 will go into production this year
- Some of 2019’s most memorable games decided by blown calls
- Column: Why I didn’t vote for Paul Konerko on my Hall of Fame ballot
- Beware of the smart device: Ways to stay private and safe
- Uber, Postmates sue to challenge California’s new labor law
- Plays of the year: 2019 had a flair for the dramatic
- Mundelein’s village administrator announces plans to retire in 2020
- 5 takeaways from Illinois football’s 2019 season, including Brandon Peters’ rise and the creation of the takeaway machine
- Most effusive quotes from Lamar Jackson’s opponents
- La televisión y la publicidad viven su propia crisis
- Speak Out: White Sox will be at home with Dyersville seating plan
- South Barrington mansion with private beach, fountain: $2.3M
- Ranking Baby Yoda’s 14 best scene partners from Season 1 of ‘The Mandalorian’
- It’s all sun and fun at 50 of the best all-inclusive resorts in the Caribbean
- NW Indiana Community Hospitals latest to set up visitor flu restrictions
- Personal information of nearly 13,000 people may have been exposed in Sinai Health System data breach
- Ley daría otra oportunidad a inmigrantes con pasado criminal
- ‘Cunningham’ review: Documentary explores work of choreographer who changed dance
- Blaze in half-demolished house in Naperville tied to fireplace, officials say
- Editorial: Another Illinois fiasco: The hat that wasn’t Abraham Lincoln’s
- Family’s annual New Year’s lake plunge pushed west to Ogden Dunes beach by erosion again
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- Buffalo Grove police commander starting New Year with announcement of retirement
- Bears linebacker Roquan Smith not injured in car crash after hitting a pole near Halas Hall
- Corrections and clarifications
- Who was Chicago’s best — or worst — manager or coach of the decade?
- What are 2020’s most anticipated movies? Filmgoers tell Fandango
- Las 50 camisetas de fútbol más bonitas de la historia
- A new Wisconsin bill makes harassing sports officials a crime — and a $10,000 fine
- Former New York man charged in Highland bank robbery: police
- Los grandes dominadores de la década en la NBA
- Hundreds of customers expected, only 37 parking spaces: Mundelein prepares for crowds on Day 1 outside marijuana retailer
- Column: Legal marijuana creates huge opportunities in the Southland. Why aren’t more listening?
- State investigation into fetal remains found in Dr. Ulrich Klopfer’s Will County garage provides preliminary update; says all abortions performed in Indiana
- Kids get into the spirit of the new year with noontime countdown at the Elgin library and making wishes for 2020
- Identifican al atacante de programa que insinúa que Cristo era gay (VIDEO)
- Commentary: America needs Rep. John Lewis more than ever, and both sides seem to know it
- Así se celebra 2020 en el mundo y el inicio de una nueva década
- Esto es lo que se viene en el mercado invernal europeo
- Resurge sentimiento antiestadounidense tras ataque en Irak
- For NFL rookie, the 12th man is the friend he lost
- Former IU football player, high school teacher recalls starting football program at Calumet High School
- John Quenneville — the cousin of Joel — is ready to make a name for himself with the Blackhawks: ‘Can’t believe this is the team I got traded to’
- Gurnee gets head start on New Year’s Eve countdown with hour-by-hour release of village’s top stories from 2019
- Lo buscaban por homicidio en EEUU; lo arrestan en Guatemala
- Presidente de Colombia apoya a estrella de River Plate a esclarecer desaparición de su padre
- Ryan Vrugt goes on 3-point spree to power Huntley in fifth-place game: ‘It’s like you’re not thinking at all’
- Prosecutors say Portage tow operator tied to former Mayor James Snyder’s public corruption conviction should serve home detention
- Same man sought in three Hammond robberies: police
- Netflix takes aim at Oscar
- Wear some pants tonight: New Year’s Eve wind chills will drop to the mid-teens
- Moran: Remembering the all-bark, no-bite Y2K scare 20 years later
- 2 new dog breeds get American Kennel Club approval
- Murió el diseñador de ‘Blade Runner’
- Here’s what to know before buying an online DNA test for your New Year’s diet resolution
- Column: Iraqis storm our embassy, another sign of U.S. failure
- Moraine Valley students go green with solar panel installation
- How to get high: Tips on smoking, edibles, microdosing and more as recreational weed becomes legal in Illinois
- Courier-News boys basketball rankings and player of the week for Wednesday, Jan. 1, 2020
- A timely realization for this New Year’s Day: ‘A moment changes everything’
- El Galaxy ya tiene al sustituto de Ibrahimovic
- Bears fire offensive coordinator Mark Helfrich, offensive line coach Harry Hiestand and 2 other position coaches
- Why one week in mid-October was the most important of the year for the Democratic primary race
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- Cedar Lake man harassed hunters, faces other criminal recklessness charges: police
- Kids ring in 2020 with noon countdown, bubbles and music celebration at Vernon Area library
- Wayside Cross residents who are registered child sex offenders again sue over notices warning them to move
- North Aurora officials expect heavy traffic for opening of recreational pot sales at local dispensary
- Chicago’s decade of beer: The breweries that shaped the city’s craft scene
- Only 3 NFL head coaches are black: ‘It’s embarrassing’
- More than a decade after opening next to a train station, the Oak Lawn Children’s Museum now runs trains inside
- Bird Count 2020: Take a New Year’s Day break to soak in some nature and be a citizen scientist
- Shout Out: Michael Neri, runs special events company
- A British couple unwittingly threw away nearly $20,000. The dump gave it back.
- St. Charles History Museum closed in January for maintenance, archive work
- Public marijuana use still prohibited under new state law, Park Ridge, Niles police remind residents
- Area religious leaders provide messages for 2020
- Lincoln-Way West sophomore tabbed as ‘Future Medical Leader’ invited to national event
- Throw a dish. Don’t eat lobster. What are your New Year’s superstitions?
- Community news
- Boys basketball notes: Nick Erickson answers the call, helps to ‘change the culture’ at Hampshire
- Chicago Riverwalk revenues grew to $16.5 million in 2019
- Police: Armed robbers steal cash, cigarettes from Elmhurst gas station
- Aurora bash lets families celebrate New Year’s early
- Former Hammond schools chief Walter J. ‘Jerry’ Watkins dies; praised as visionary, inspiration
- George McCaskey remains confident in Ryan Pace and Matt Nagy: ‘We believe in them. We have. We do. And we will.’
- Why does Ryan Pace believe in Mitch Trubisky? 5 questions — and answers — about the Bears QB situation.
- A notable decade: A look back at some of the Elgin-area stories that made headlines over the last 10 years
- Potempa: ‘Mean Girls’ has important messages and humor
- California wanted to protect Uber drivers. Now it may hurt freelancers.
- On eve of legal recreational pot sales in Illinois, Gov. J.B. Pritzker pardons more than 11,000 people with weed convictions
- Column: The decade we changed our minds
- Illinois approved nine more recreational marijuana stores, just hours before legal weed sales begin
- Column: Anyone can recap 2019, let’s try to predict the biggest stories of 2020
- Legal weed sales start Wednesday, but six stores in Illinois won’t be ready to open. Here’s why.
- Man charged with impersonating long-missing Aurora boy Timothy Pitzen due back in court
- Petrak: The local ties that connect us often show up in unusual ways
- Glenview police stepping up neighborhood presence following rash of package delivery thefts
- Glenview offers options for recycling live Christmas trees and holiday lights
- Northbrook offering residents services to recycle holiday lights and live Christmas trees
- Anti-Semitic attacks bring heightened security to suburban Jewish congregations: ‘We will not be afraid’
- Children’s museum Bubble Bash lets kids party and celebrate coming new year just like adults do 12 hours later
- Column: Bears are all-in with Mitch Trubisky. So until they admit there’s a problem, there will be no solution.
- More than 6 months after elevated lead levels were discovered in University Park, affected residents still don’t know when they’ll be able to consume water without restrictions
- Wall Street closes out its best year since 2013 as S&P 500 finishes with a gain of 28.9%
- Steve Quast, who oversaw sports promotions at DePaul, WGN, dies at 72
- Patrick Kane on being the decade’s top scorer, the controversy over his ranking among the best players of the decade and where he sees himself in 10 years
- Anthony Miller (shoulder), Trey Burton (hip) and Roquan Smith (pectoral muscle) will all have offseason surgery
- Cops: Worker dies in fall at historic Little Village power plant under redevelopment
- Chicago man charged with having sex with minor at a Naperville hotel
- Kim Jong Un warns that North Korea will soon show a new strategic weapon
- Trump suggests some flavored vapes may be pulled from market
- Iraqi protesters attack U.S. Embassy in Baghdad after airstrikes
- Police investigate shots fired on Dan Ryan Expressway