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- BOGO chicken pot pies at Boston Market
- 25 cent sandwiches at McDonald’s
- Trump calls for end of rancorous politics he helped cultivate in State of the Union address
- Clad in white, Democratic women cheer after nod from Trump at State of Union
- Ask Amy: Divorce leaves a stepparent dangling
- More room, for a price: United adding first-class seats to regional jets out of Chicago, expanding Polaris too
- Late-night comics follow Trump’s State of the Union speech, live and exasperated
- Fox Chicago is right to set second mayoral debate, even if it’s a kiddie table
- Our choices for Chicago City Council: Wards 26-29
- Food and drink prices can sneak up on you at local attractions
- ‘I want justice’: Suburban family sues cruise ship operator for not airlifting woman who had stroke on board
- A man with autism, behaving violently, winds up in the ER. The officers on duty respond — by singing and dancing.
- Gov. Pritzker, lawmakers vow sweeping changes to address Chicago Public Schools sexual abuse scandal
- French-inspired, new-construction home in Lake Forest: $7.9M
- Royal Caribbean wants to pay someone to travel the world and post about it to social media
- Shout Out; Kari Rule, Clarendon Hills mom finds time for career, community involvement
- Postal worker killed in one of two I-57 shootings ‘did not have a serious enemy in the world,’ daughter says
- 5 sweet freebies to celebrate National Frozen Yogurt Day on Wednesday
- With some smirks, grins and an eye roll, Pelosi expresses Democratic irritation with Trump
- Local Muslim leaders want action — not just words — from the Cubs in response to Joe Ricketts’ racist and Islamophobic emails
- Leading Chicago business group proposes raising income taxes and taxing retirement income to fix Illinois’ finances
- Police investigate whether Chicago Ald. Moreno filed false police report after car he said was stolen found with woman he dated
- Man who changed mailing address for UPS headquarters to his Rogers Park apartment to plead guilty
- Man killed in mass shooting outside bar was convicted of abduction of woman who fell from Chicago high-rise in 2006
- La Grange Restaurant Week will offer 14 days of culinary specials
- Behind hit plays ‘Photograph 51’ and ‘The Wolves,’ there’s director Vanessa Stalling
- 3 takeaways from Illinois’ 79-74 upset of No. 9 Michigan State, including Ayo Dosunmu building his legacy
- La verdad detrás de lo que dijo Trump en su discurso del Estado de la Unión
- EU president ponders ‘that special place in hell’ for some Brexit backers
- Naperville councilman calls for resignation of state rep who said city has white supremacist policies
- Burned body found in car belonging to missing Milwaukee teacher
- Kristoff St. John’s last ‘Young and the Restless’ episode airs Wednesday
- Last trip of Boeing 747: Being towed 7.8 miles on roads, through fields to become hotel attraction
- 5 takeaways from President Trump’s State of the Union speech
- Bundle up for 12 new winter brunches in Chicago
- Free-for-all: Your guide to free activities in Chicago
- Bears Q&A: Will Ryan Pace be aggressive entering free agency? What are the chances Adrian Amos is re-signed? One position that could be a surprise for upgrades?
- DuPage jury convicts Chicago man of driving car toward Elmhurst cop during traffic stop before being shot
- Critic’s Choice Dining Awards: The Chicago chefs who defined excellence in 2018
- Runner fights off, kills mountain lion in northern Colorado attack
- The film academy finally confirms that the Oscars will not have a host this year
- 3 takeaways from the Blackhawks’ 6-2 win over the Oilers, including Cam Ward’s heroics
- Make it a winter weekend in Madison for a quick, no-fuss getaway
- Universal: Mardi Gras will have animal appeal, new menu sampler
- HBO’s ‘Breslin and Hamill’ is about a couple of columnists who mattered from the glory days of newspapers
- Gary council comes to Sparks-Wade’s defense, bans Washington from meetings after battery charges
- ‘Modern Family’ has an incredible legacy. There may never ever be another show like it again.
- Outfielder Brandon Guyer agrees to a minor-league deal with the White Sox
- Jennifer Lawrence is engaged to boyfriend Cooke Maroney
- Harvey police spokesman makes public appeal after nephew is killed in drive-by shooting
- Dragons and turkey legs? Florida Renaissance Festival kicks off with ‘Game of Thrones’ weekend
- El aeropuerto de Chicago recupera el trono de más operaciones en EEUU
- Infantino to be sole candidate in FIFA president election
- Liam Neeson, Gov. Northam, Joe Ricketts: This would be a great week for people to stop saying, ‘I don’t see race’
- Corey Crawford’s Chevelle
- 60 percent of Trump’s schedule is ‘executive time.’ Most corporate CEOs don’t get even half that.
- Chicago was mostly spared from a predicted ice storm. Here’s why.
- Barcelona await Messi’s fitness to face healthy Real Madrid
- Trump struggles to create blue-collar jobs in key parts of the U.S.: ‘I don’t think he’s done anything to stop the bleeding’
- McHenry man sentenced to 4 years in heroin death of man found on floor of gas station bathroom
- Selle: The cruise may be over for Chicago’s privateer pols
- A Wisconsin man offered to help a 14-year-old who said her father raped her — but only if she recorded it first
- 5 minutes with: ‘Chopped’ host Ted Allen
- Prickly City- free stuff
- German Cup Recap: Werder Bremen eliminate Dortmund in PKs
- Fact check: Trump’s claims in his State of the Union address
- John Cusack on the ‘good mischief’ that led to ‘High Fidelity,’ his legacy and Twitter
- Shout Out: Tiffiny Blake is a salon manager, plays violin and teaches it
- Marseille notch narrow victory over Bordeaux in empty stadium
- ‘The Masked Singer’ costume designer takes us inside TV’s most colorful closet
- The polar vortex was Chicago’s common enemy. And I miss it.
- MLB considering drastic rule changes that could speed up games and create universal DH
- When saying ‘I do’ means a move: 5 tips for combining households
- 6 ways to make your outside wedding more comfortable
- Ricardo Abarca hace su primer villano en ‘Miss Bala’
- All aboard Odyssey Chicago River dinner cruise for Restaurant Week
- Man injured in Porter County crash
- Chicago Restaurant Week gets 5-day extension
- Oswego looks for public input on downtown traffic signals
- Is there a better cure for cabin fever than chocolate? Homewood aims to sweeten the season with Chocolate Fest
- Women released some great comedy specials last year, but the Grammy will go to a man
- Manslaughter conviction upheld of young woman who texted boyfriend to kill himself
- Naperville manhunt ends without catching suspect in 2 hit-and-run crashes
- North Central students take on challenge of ‘Sweeney Todd’
- Chicago CEO pays $3.46 million for condo in luxury No. 9 Walton building
- Mexicana superdotada es la primera menor en ingresar a Harvard en 100 años
- Shout Out: Steve Salski — Lincoln Hall teacher, beach volleyball enthusiast, Golden Apple winner
- Glendale Heights cop was justified in shooting man who was ‘wildly’ waving knives in domestic incident, DuPage probe finds
- 10-man Leganes beat Rayo to drift farther away from relegation zone
- Oak Brook’s new sledding hill is higher, steeper and has ‘two humps’
- State grants bring $1 million to Aurora for parks
- How to defuse uncivil behavior at condo board meetings
- Police: Valparaiso man resisted arrest, stole car
- Black History Month event set at East Aurora High School
- Naperville approves more than 300 single-family homes, church on former Wagner Farms land
- Patriarca de los Cachorros ofrece disculpas
- Community news
- Young couple who just became parents shot — 1 fatally — in Markham drive-by
- Read the Chicago Park District’s 2018 fourth quarter and annual report
- Grand jury testimony of state insurance department worker Gordon Casper
- Illinois academy Brusfa collects trophies in St. Louis futsal regional
- Tax time: End of popular deductions may shock small-business owners
- Quickly
- Letter: It is the time to vote yes for the District 86 referendum
- Un salario mínimo de $15 por hora en Illinois, planea el gobernador
- Suspect in Jayme Closs’ abduction tells family ‘I love you’ at court hearing
- Lake Forest approves sales tax increase, other fee hikes to cover upcoming projects
- Pictures: Universal Orlando Mardi Gras 2019 sneak peek
- East Dundee ups maximum code violation fee from $750 to $5,000 for repeat offenders
- Gary council finishes giving approval to Alliance Steel tax abatement package
- Joe Lambert named executive chef at Nico Osteria
- Gary council to consider making itself more accessible to the disabled
- Messi out of Barcelona’s starting XI to face Real Madrid
- Cher at the United Center review: Defiance, confidence, determination … and dazzling outfits
- Authorities find owner of dog hit, injured by car in Winfield
- DH or no DH, it’s time for Major League Baseball to decide once and for all
- Speak Out: Health care, political parties
- ‘March is coming’: Nikola Mirotic wants to finish strong — then focus on his upcoming free agency
- Belleza y virtud
- Burns Harbor steelmaker reports pair of power outages
- Police: Boone Grove teen held in knife incident
- Man accused of killing, dismembering 2-year-old boy declines plea deal
- Lake County gives $150K to North Township, GPTC
- Trump EPA confirms Sterigenics is emitting alarming levels of cancer-causing gas in Willowbrook but still won’t take action
- Lake County News-Sun Local Scoreboard for Thursday, Feb. 7, 2019
- Clarendon Hills Park District considers pickleball court at Prospect Park
- Ozuna ostenta un récord millonario en YouTube
- West Suburban Local Scoreboard for Thursday, Feb. 7, 2019
- Frío extremo, ¿nueva era del hielo?
- ChicagoNow’s 20 best posts of January 2019
- Daily Southtown Local Scoreboard for Thursday, Feb. 7, 2019
- In Frankfort, polar vortex temperature swings make for better whiskey
- AOC wants to soak the rich. Here’s why that’s a bad idea.
- Southern Miss overrules coach who brought Art Briles in for interview
- Clarkson: Authors, journalists to celebrate written word at Young Writers’ Night
- Bulls rank 4th on Forbes’ list of most valuable NBA franchises
- ‘World War Z’ sequel starring Brad Pitt halts pre-production
- R. Kelly tweets then deletes plans to tour Sri Lanka, Australia, New Zealand
- Sale of Dan Bridges ‘Hero’ t-shirts brings in nearly $2,700 for D203 education foundation
- Izzy Young, who organized Bob Dylan’s first big concert, dies
- Naperville not immune to racism but doesn’t have white supremacist policies, black councilman says
- Read the documents: Bill Daley’s doctored insurance exam, grand jury testimony
- Proposed $13.5 million kindergarten center in Vernon Hills approved by village board
- No bail for Oak Lawn man in hit-and-run death of Richards H.S. freshman
- Girls basketball notes: Junior forward Morgan Frank already reaches the 1,000-point mark for Mundelein
- Coupe de France Recap: PSG eliminate 3rd-tier Villefranche in extra time
- County-owned land headed to the market again
- 2018 was the 4th-warmest year on Earth, but meteorologists predict the next 5 years could break records
- Raise the Illinois minimum wage, what’s the worst that can happen?
- Griffith announces LAUW partnership
- Why do first generation college students fall behind their peers?
- Kankakee River ice jam causes flooding
- Lori Lightfoot’s new ad takes aim at the issue that’s redefined the Chicago mayor’s race: Public corruption
- Portion of Hill Road in Winnetka closed Wednesday after water main break
- Cubs invite 27 non-roster players to spring training
- Parents of Northwestern basketball player whose suicide prompted lawsuit say she wanted to be part of ‘something special’
- Man dies after being found unresponsive on CTA bus at Far North Side terminal
- Column: Will you be my valentine?
- Metra to shutter Winnetka station ticket office
- Three Embers offers onsite farm to table dining
- Politan Row food hall heading to West Loop
- Let’s not make a deal: The Blackhawks are playoff contenders and need to act like it
- Tickled pink to be a Panther: Oswego East’s Jordan Williams bides time and ends up at Eastern Illinois
- Shout Out: Samantha Handley, new Trilogy Behavioral Healthcare CEO
- Real Madrid hold Barcelona to draw in Copa del Rey semis
- Petrak: Highlight’s Goofus and Gallant has lessons for adults today
- Shout Out: Leslie Mueller, a Deerfield native who hosts the TV show ‘Museum Access’
- 4 simple tips to satisfy your comfort food cravings
- Nanjing, China: Come for the history, stay for the food
- Show off your talent at CLC Poetry Slam
- Girls Like Us: River Forest show celebrates the work of Carole King, Carly Simon, Joni Mitchell
- Deep Dish Baseball: Gearing up for spring training and talking to Reds announcer Marty Brennaman
- Lovie Smith names himself Illinois defensive coordinator and promotes his son Miles to linebackers coach
- Hotel Essex renderings
- Gary gathers for annual benefit for United Negro College Fund: ‘I’m going to help you raise your hand’
- Burst pipe after cold wave closes Chicago History Museum exhibit
- Busquets on El Clasico: ‘The draw is the fairest result’
- Mike Clark’s Chicago-area boys basketball rankings, Feb. 6
- Baranek: St. Xavier softball standouts Taylor Sterkowitz and Lexxie Lux beat polar vortex and play ball
- Racial bias influences health care — and it starts in the exam room
- House Intelligence Committee launches broad new probe of Trump’s finances and Russia ties
- City contractor accused of forging documents to pad multi-million dollar contracts
- Evanston to switch from parking meters to pay stations
- Navas on El Clasico: ‘The 1-1 feels very short’
- Shepard foreign language teacher will head to Senegal on a Fulbright fellowship
- Shout Out: Allison Wiott, Elmwood Park Girl Scout helped save sea turtles in Costa Rica
- Corrections and clarifications
- The Spin: Fallout from Ald. Moreno police probe | State minimum wage hike in sight | Muslim community on Joe Ricketts’ emails
- President Trump hit a home run with his State of the Union speech
- ‘It is what it is’ — Residents along Kankakee River in Will County deal with flooding after ice jam breaks up
- Hipocresía
- Looking ahead at 6 major development deals anticipated for Aurora
- Slowik: A Flossmoor trustee’s residency is drawing scrutiny. So should a state law.
- Ask Tom: How is snow accurately measured?
- Sandhill cranes migration
- ‘Something different, something special’: Elmwood Park eateries prepare for Restaurant Week
- Mayoral candidate Amara Enyia releases first Spanish-language TV ad, works toward diverse coalition
- Girls basketball notes: Oswego East’s Christine Corpuz improves game with stronger drives to lane
- Vet ‘to the stars’ with local roots proud of Neil Diamond
- Wrestling notes: Providence’s Jake Lindsey shoulders on, keeps fighting for return to top form
- Recent I-57 shootings are not connected, police say
- Man accused of having half-pound of methamphetamine in Aurora
- A very cold Friday follows Thursday’s rain
- Cold Brews festival to offer beer, music, pizza and more in Morton Grove
- Illinois’ minimum wage would hit $15 in 2025 under plan introduced by state Senate Democrats
- Milwaukee police officer who was shot while serving a warrant has died; suspect in custody
- Lake County sheriff announces new policy of posting weekly list of arrests online
- Shout out: Judy Tyler, Maine East High School teacher, Golden Apple award finalist
- Trump’s State of the Union was well-received by those who watched: Republicans.
- Government rests, defense calls first witness in Portage mayor’s bribery trial
- Moving on: Dave Cecchini steps down as Valparaiso football coach to take over program at Bucknell
- The early years of the Chicago Auto Show
- Professor who accused Virginia Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax of sexual assault identifies herself and details alleged incident
- Judge bars Chicago schools attorney from asking about sexual history of special-needs student who reported being raped
- Rewind: UConn men vs. Temple
- Former Michigan Rep. John Dingell, longest-serving member of Congress in American history, in hospice care
- Two-fer: Lake Central swimmers Paige Bakker, Michael Zajac raising money for St. Baldrick’s Foundation
- Virginia’s top 3 elected officials engulfed in crisis as attorney general admits to wearing blackface
- Rewind: UConn women vs. ECU
- National signing day wrap-up: Full class lists for Notre Dame, Illinois, Northwestern and NIU, plus a look at the nation’s top 10
- Joliet cop fatally shoots armed man while investigating bank robbery, police say
- Park District let nonprofit president raise funds that mostly paid his salary, didn’t help Grant Park, watchdog find
- 16-year-old shot to death near Dolton high school
- Rollover crash caught on dashcam leads to DUI charge: Lake Zurich police
- Digest (Feb. 6): Handicapping contest scheduled for Laurel Park
- People attend vigil for man shot in the Gresham neighborhood
- Notre Dame goes ice-cold in 62-47 loss at Miami, the Irish’s 6th loss in 7 games
- Post-Tribune Local Scoreboard for Thursday, Feb. 7, 2019
- Ruth Bader Ginsburg was seen in public, alive and well. Conspiracy theorists still insist she’s dead.
- Scott Stantis Cartoon Caption Contest Winner and Extras
- Arizona border town wants razor wire removed from wall: It’s ‘only found in a war, prison or battle setting’
- Pelicans 125, Bulls 120
- Toni Preckwinkle faces slew of attacks in latest Chicago mayor’s forum