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- 3 shot on I-57 in Calumet Park, including 12-year-old boy
- $5 movies and $5 concessions at AMC Theatres on Tuesdays
- Free entree at P.F. Chang’s for Chinese New Year on Tuesday
- Margaritas in Chicago
- Charter schools teachers strike
- Ask Amy: Dating app connection kills romance
- Metra to continue modified schedule on Electric Line through Friday
- At University of Maryland, football fandom continues to fall
- Our choices for Chicago City Council: Wards 19-25
- 2 of the top 5 U.S. hotels are in Chicago, report says
- Millennials and mortgages: Chicago among top cities where parents help with housing payments
- Orlando Science Center: Aviation exhibit gives imagination wings
- Chinese New Year: Free egg roll and Dr Pepper at Panda Express on Tuesday
- Calendar: Daddy Daughter dance Friday in Lake Zurich
- Pictures: I’m going to Disney World!
- State of the Union: Trump can tout economy’s strength in speech, but headwinds ahead
- 28 buildings damaged by flooding on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus
- Prickly City- RINO
- Rhapsody on Argyle brings European-influenced dishes, plus other restaurant news
- Chicago Architecture Biennial promises to explore new stories about Chicago — and avoid ‘Archi-babble’
- With Manny Machado and Bryce Harper still unsigned, MLB’s free-agent season remains in a polar vortex
- From ‘Hello Dolly!’ to Glenn Close, more women than ever prove 70 is the new fabulous
- Trump invita a familiares de asesinados por inmigrantes al Estado de la Unión
- Chic mainstay Nile Rodgers has a knack for the glorious art of perfect musical timing
- Inside the Oscars luncheon, where nominees are reminded to keep their speeches brief
- ‘Humans need to do better’: An Australian fisherman’s viral ‘shark bong’ video draws outrage, death threats
- State EPA grant will help Barrington fund improvements to Flint Creek
- Talk of the County: Trump’s xenophobia, wall and shutdown ‘not helping the country’
- Arlington Heights approves 62-room boutique hotel on Algonquin Road
- Energy vampires and the dry comic promise of FX’s ‘What We Do in the Shadows’
- Over 60 percent of voters – including half of Republicans – support Sen. Elizabeth Warren’s wealth tax, poll shows
- Dog food recall: Grieving, angry pet owners say company’s move came too late
- Liam Neeson says he’s not racist, explains rage after attack
- Arson suspected after Paris’ deadliest fire in over a decade claims 10 lives
- Trump dines at White House with Fed chairman he’s criticized
- Boot camp after 60: 10 steps to turn around unhealthy habits
- Illinois committed to giving Isaiah Williams a shot at quarterback — a big reason he signed with the Illini: ‘He loves that “he’s too short” thing’
- My worst moment: ‘SNL’s’ Chris Redd talks about bombing spectacularly in front of Lil Rel Howery
- Bill and Giuliana Rancic sell vintage Gold Coast mansion for $5 million
- A baseball killed a 79-year-old woman at Dodger Stadium, MLB’s 1st foul-ball death in nearly 50 years
- A 39-year-old ALS patient dies in a minivan fire on his way to the Super Bowl
- Residents venture out for warm weekend after polar vortex cold snap
- More than 1 million expected for the Patriots’ Super Bowl parade; Boston mayor warns fans not to throw things
- East Aurora looks to change school start and end times
- Montgomery police investigate shooting
- East Aurora Band Boosters to hold pancake breakfast
- With Winchester House relocating, Mundelein officials create new fee on nursing homes’ lift assist requests
- Universal Orlando’s farting troll makes a sparkly debut
- Simple steps to make your cut flowers last longer
- Lanzarán línea de ropa de ‘El Chapo’
- Blackhawks Q&A: What is Duncan Keith and Brent Seabrook’s trade value? Do the Hawks have a realistic shot at the playoffs?
- Talk of the County: Ann Coulter, Rush Limbaugh ‘should be held for treason’
- Relive ’50s, ’60s classics with the Everly Set
- Talk of the County: The Donald ‘is fake news, or should I say the fake president?’
- Female songwriters and producers remain ‘vastly outnumbered,’ says USC study of music industry
- Joffrey Ballet announces 2019-20 season, with return of ‘Don Quixote’ and Chicago premiere of ‘Jane Eyre’
- U.S.-China trade talks: What’s all the fuss about soybeans?
- Brusfa Illinois regresa del regional cargada de trofeos
- Oscar 2019: Desayuno de los nominados
- Talk of the County: Pelosi and Schumer should say, ‘Read our lips, no wall funding’
- Shout Out: Jennifer Ashley, a personal injury lawyer from Libertyville
- Taps N Tenders can accommodate a quick stop or a leisurely meal
- Kane County couples looking to wed on Valentine’s Day urged to get marriage license soon
- The best Valentine’s Day gifts for him and her
- ‘We want to get that ball rolling’: ‘Overhire’ program aims to address Oak Park police, firefighter staffing needs
- Elmhurst mayor breaks tie to continue hoop house ban; smaller gardening structures approved
- Heroes helping heroes: Shining a light on military caregivers
- American Heart Month: Do you know how cholesterol affects your heart?
- 5 ways to create an inviting room using tile
- ADM reports $315 million fourth quarter; stock sinks after it misses analyst targets
- ‘The Bachelor’ Week 5: Who’s the real bully? And what happened to Kirpa’s chin?
- Legally blind high school basketball player took one shot all season — and sank it
- Cryptocurrency CEO dies, and no one else knows passwords to unlock millions in customer coins
- El auto robado del concejal Proco ‘Joe’ Moreno, la mujer que lo conducía y los textos entre ambos
- City Council to consider more than 300 single-family homes, a church for Wagner Farms property
- Asesinan a Francisco Javier Fourcade, cantante de narcocorridos
- State board to hear historic designation request for Leaning Tower of Niles
- Former Cubs pitcher Ryan Dempster named to Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame
- Terrorismo, ‘la justificación más débil’ para el muro
- Inaugural Clarendon Hills stormwater assistance project may ease flooding at Colfax and Ridge
- A Packers fan is suing to wear Green Bay gear on Soldier Field’s sidelines. Now the Bears say the pregame perk is over.
- Hinsdale District 86 to add school days in June after closing due to cold
- Oscar 2019: ‘Roma’, en boca de todos durante el almuerzo de nominados
- Letter: Polar vortex? We got this!
- East Dundee hires interim finance director-treasurer
- ‘Girl in the Red Corner’ by Broken Nose Theatre: Fists fly, and a woman finds herself in the ring
- Blackhawks’ 1st fantasy camp, set for next month in Chicago, costs $5,000
- Ex-Starbucks CEO Howard Schultz in Chicago: Vows not to be ‘spoiler’ for President Trump’s re-election
- 60 years after ‘the day the music died,’ Buddy Holly continues to live on through ‘American Pie’
- Lake Station man gets 74 months on drug charges
- Authorities try to recover body of wreckage from Sala’s plane
- ‘It takes a village to do what we do’: How to help Ronald McDonald House families displaced by flooding from a burst pipe
- Quickly
- Stage set for retail space, apartments near North and Harlem in Elmwood Park
- A Chicago pharma company raised the price of its skin gel to $7,968. Now it’s bankrupt.
- Davich: Blackface or red-faced, does a racist act from our youth make us a racist for life?
- Parking restrictions approved for streets near Oak Park hospital: ‘We’ve been pushing for this’
- Universal: Buy 1 night of Halloween Horror Nights, get 2nd for free
- Dame Libby Komaiko, fearless founder of Ensemble Espanol in Chicago, dies at 69
- Chicago’s top shops for no-stress Valentine’s Day gifts
- Chicago police sergeant with history of assault and sexual abuse resigns
- Era maestra de CPS la mujer que falleció en un incendio en Pilsen
- Joe Ricketts’ racist emails require more than lame Cubs response
- Chicago’s best Chinese dishes in Chinatown and beyond
- Developer Brand & Company plans upgrades after adding another property in Oak Park Arts District
- Devin Hester calls out Super Bowl MVP Julian Edelman for his PED use
- Volunteers in Oswego work on sewing project to help critically ill children
- Wizards star John Wall ruptures Achilles after falling in his home
- Speak Out: Tinley Park 175th Street project, voting
- Make yourself at home at Leftover Salmon show
- ‘I have more confidence than last year’: A healthy Yu Darvish eyes his return to dominance with the Cubs
- ‘Modern Family’ renewed for 11th and final season
- HopCat beer bar closes in Chicago: ‘We picked the wrong location’
- Lunar New Year: U.S. companies seeking prosperity via appeal to Asian-Americans
- As Chicago thaws from deep freeze, crews ready for uptick in potholes
- ¿Es Neymar un provocador?
- Curas y obispos abusaron de monjas, admite el papa
- Lake convention center discussions are premature, Highland officials say
- Police barricade response in West Rogers Park ends peacefully
- Joe Ricketts’ emails are offensive, inexcusable and, alas, likely to be overlooked by Cubs fans
- Comings & Goings: Indian restaurant in Tinley Park to be replaced by different Indian restaurant
- Bixi Beer’s Restaurant Week debut shows the brewery has stellar food as well
- ‘It’s a full evening of music’: Carrie Newcomer, Over the Rhine to perform at Dominican
- Cancer patients benefit from empowerment drumming
- More than 660,000 Ram trucks recalled; steering could fail
- Exploration of cemeteries leads to fascinating biographies of African-Americans
- ’90s rockers Everclear bring old and new tunes to Genesee stage
- Here is everything you need to know about the State of the Union address
- Chesterton woman hurt in hit-and-run crash on I-80/94
- Student-athletes affected by Hinsdale District 86’s cuts are considering transfers. Their eligibility wouldn’t be a sure thing.
- Uber driver who killed 6 people in 2016 Kalamazoo shooting rampage gets life in prison without parole
- West Suburban Local Scoreboard for Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2019
- ‘There’s a demand for this topic’: Oak Park workshop aims to reduce food waste
- Chicago pizza-making royalty turns out for a slice at Great Lake pop-up
- Clerk opts out of re-election bid in Crown Point
- Lake County News-Sun Local Scoreboard for Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2019
- Sports calendar: Indoor triathlon set for March 3 at MVCC
- Women step up to end war in Maine South’s winter play, ‘Lysistrata’
- ‘No teachers, no school!’ striking Chicago charter educators say
- Detalles sobre el velorio de los hermanos que fallecieron en un incendio en el sur de Chicago
- Give yourself a participation trophy if you fill out the Tweet of the Week survey!
- Cardi B and Tomi Lahren continue their Twitter feud: ‘Don’t make me get my leash’
- Church news: Dance for Parkinson’s classes offered in Olympia Fields, more
- Ice storms: Explaining a Chicago winter’s rarest weather hazard
- WGN will televise the Cubs’ season opener — likely for the last time
- Naperville residents catching ‘tidying’ fever and evacuating their homes of things that don’t ‘spark joy’
- Bobby Portis, finally healthy, hoping to stay on the Bulls with trade deadline approaching: ‘I want to be here’
- Police: Three boys from Chicago charged in carjacking on North Boulevard in Oak Park
- Jesé: ‘Espero reencontrar mi mejor versión’
- William Black, former DuPage County judge, dies at 85
- Glenbrook School District 225 may no longer share bus service with feeder school districts under new plan
- Dads, daughters take to the dance floor in Franklin Park
- Homelessness in Chicago needs a long-term fix
- Jason Benetti, Lisa Byington and voice of NFL’s Rams to fill in for Neil Funk on Bulls TV
- Evanston aldermen commit $2 million to affordable senior housing on Howard Street
- Lake Zurich village president performing most duties from home while recovering from heart surgery
- What to do when you bought too much house and hate where you live
- These Southland pets need new homes
- More than 100 love letters from soldier offer heartfelt glimpse into his World War I experience
- Dangerous cold replaced by pothole weather in Park Ridge
- Chicago native Sandra Cisneros to receive PEN/Nabokov Award for international literature
- Park Ridge law raising tobacco-buying age now in effect
- Maybe Gov. Ralph Northam should say, ‘You first, Mr. President’
- Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam’s sin looks more like obliviousness than racism
- Paleo and veganism have given birth to peganism. But is it any good for you?
- The Hampton Social set to open next week at Old Orchard
- Proposed U46 calendar for 2019-20 calls for mid-August start date, last day after Memorial Day
- Lake Station taps into new water supply
- Imágenes: Despiden a la familia mexicana asesinada en Chicago
- This time it’s Anthony Davis, not the Bulls, causing Chicago to be the epicenter of NBA drama
- Cubs family patriarch Joe Ricketts apologizes after racist emails are revealed: ‘I strongly believe that bigoted ideas are wrong’
- Girls basketball notes: Kendall Kieltyka leads Dundee-Crown to 20 wins for first time since the 2002-03 season
- Street improvements get green light in Franklin Park
- Wild weather continues as area goes from subzero to spring to ice storm and back to cold
- U.S. Rep. Jesus ‘Chuy’ Garcia calls for election monitoring in Burke’s 14th Ward
- OPRF High School, Oak Park Library to close early due to forecasted ice storm
- Chamber membership as facade grant requirement approved in Highland
- Moran: Work could start in May to add turn lanes at Grand Avenue and Hunt Club Road in Gurnee
- Armstrong: USADA at-home test lends credence to Olympic pursuit for West Aurora’s Will Easley
- Michael Kopech takes his 1st step in his recovery from Tommy John surgery
- NWI students, activists travel to statehouse to discuss gun safety issues
- You know what won’t be mentioned in the State of the Union or the rebuttal?
- ‘Let the landlords decide’: Oak Park board to consider allowing 2 dogs per unit in multifamily buildings
- RedEye’s 2019 State of the Union drinking game
- Exhibition at Block Museum explores Africa’s influence during Medieval age
- Denuncia contra Óscar Arias causa escándalo en Costa Rica
- Pope Francis publicly acknowledges priests and bishops have been sexually abusing nuns
- A mountain lion mauled a trail runner in Colorado. He fought back and suffocated it.
- Big Beer’s Super Bowl corn syrup wars have, if nothing else, taught us a lot about how beer is made.
- Atlanta United sign Paul Pogba’s brother Florentin
- ‘Affordable’ housing should make up 20% of new units in Naperville’s Fifth Avenue project, commission says
- Slowik: Residents, officials celebrate rehab work at public housing sites
- South Shore preparing for predicted ice storm
- Emerson Dance Club puts on a show at District 64 school board meeting
- Aún no hay veredicto contra ‘El Chapo’
- The Spin: Mayor Rahm Emanuel rebukes Joe Ricketts | Mayoral candidates hammer Daley family | Ex-Starbucks CEO in Chicago
- Ask Tom: Has it ever hit 80 degrees in December, January or February in Chicago?
- Why Republican senators might stop Trump’s wall — it’s really about them
- ‘Your man shot my man’: Dashboard videos show intense scene after Midlothian cop shot security guard Jemel Roberson
- Corrections and clarifications
- Tormenta de hielo sobre el área de Chicago
- FA Cup Recap: Wolves comeback to beat Shrewsbury in replay
- IUN celebrates 50 years of Black Studies
- Minnesota man: Naperville Central’s Sam Jackson makes commitment after weekend visit
- South Shore to offer March discounts after service disruption
- ‘Anton in Show Business’ reveals truths about acting life
- Little evidence pain creams work
- Commissioners take aim at county’s gross weight limits for trucks
- Yes, the Illinois Exodus is ‘as serious as a heart attack.’
- Oposición venezolana aprueba ley de gobierno de transición
- Bartlett High math teacher one of 32 Golden Apple finalists in Illinois
- Alertan de crisis sanitaria por colapso de presa en Brasil
- Betsy DeVos’ Title IX proposal can work, with some revisions
- A Muslim Cubs fan’s response to Joe Ricketts
- Center stage: Western Michigan recruit Ashley Konkle takes control as Benet slips past Nazareth
- Atheist to give invocation before start of DuPage County Board meeting in March
- Prosecutors say firm followed the rules but lost contract after another allegedly bribed Portage Mayor Snyder
- Shout Out: Timothy Sullivan, Oak Park actor performs in ‘Cancerman’
- ‘We don’t want EtO’: Residents target ethylene oxide emissions at Gurnee, Waukegan meetings
- Kansas judge gives 67-year-old convict reduced sentence after saying child sex-crime victims were ‘more of an aggressor’
- Disabato: Bob Schablaske’s impact on the lower-level players he coached went beyond the court
- Letter: District 36 needs to more clearly explain referendum cost
- Lake County judge upholds full pension granted to family of Buffalo Grove firefighter who died from cancer
- Waukegan mayor threatens to eject activist for using racial slur during City Council meeting
- Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s minimum wage plan: $9.25 by 2020, $15 by 2025
- Mayoral candidates spar over anti-public corruption credentials during newspaper debate
- New subpoena to Trump’s inaugural committee suggests president’s legal woes will outlast Mueller
- Battle for Dem choice for mayor up to 4 candidates in Portage
- Elgin man starting ‘Men’s Shed’ to create community — and help benefit the community
- A pilot killed in a California crash was initially identified as a retired Chicago police officer. CPD says it has no record of him.
- At this grand hotel in Indiana, a little library holds hidden secrets on its shelves
- Former Cubs closer Lee Smith ‘still in awe’ after touring Baseball Hall of Fame
- Illinois Supreme Court to hear appeal of appellate ruling in Geneva murder case
- ‘He is absolutely a hero’: Scholarship fund started to honor Grayslake teen who disappeared in Lake Michigan
- Lake County judge upholds full pension granted to family of Buffalo Grove firefighter who died from cancer
- Blackhawks and Oilers have stars Patrick Kane and Connor McDavid to thank for much of their offense
- Brief warmup, then cold settles in for weekend
- Charges filed in hit-and-run that left Richards H.S. freshman dead
- Cubs owners need to apologize for Joe Ricketts’ racist emails
- Winter weekend in Madison
- Wrestling notes: Kankakee Valley’s Aiden Sneed continues breakout sophomore year with regional title
- State of the Union protest
- Oilers’ Brandon Manning finding a new home for himself after midseason trade from Blackhawks
- Sen. Elizabeth Warren apologizes for calling herself Native American for 2 decades
- Beto O’Rourke tells Oprah Winfrey he’s thinking of a 2020 presidential run
- Ice storm warning issued for most of Chicago area through Wednesday morning
- Trump pide en su Estado de la Unión poner fin al ‘estancamiento político’, frente a un partido demócrata victorioso y empoderado
- Daily Southtown Local Scoreboard for Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2019
- Trump to hold second summit with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in Vietnam on Feb. 27-28
- Loyola bounces back with an 86-64 rout of Drake, retakes 1st place in Missouri Valley
- Post-Tribune Local Scoreboard for Wednesday, Feb. 6, 2019
- Ice storm hits Chicago area
- Cool-hand Kolton: Cardenas chips in with nine points as Chesterton overcomes Michigan City
- Chicagoland boys basketball notebook for Tuesday, Feb. 5, 2019
- Streak buster: Javon Freeman’s career effort helps Valparaiso roll past Illinois State to end skid
- Stacey Abrams, the first black woman to deliver a State of the Union response, rebukes Trump’s border wall stance
- Blackhawks 6, Oilers 2
- College football signing day: Announcement times for top local players and Notre Dame and Illinois targets
- Police release photos of suspect in Pink Line robberies
- Elite effort: Brandon Hall puts skills on display as Thornton chases Thornwood in conference race