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- King, the wire fox terrier, wins best in show at Westminster Kennel Club dog show
- Which Chicago mayoral candidates do you align most closely with? Take this quiz to find out.
- Budget watchdog says Illinois should tax retirement income and cap spending, but Pritzker unlikely to go along
- Ask Amy: Offensive remarks too close for comfort
- City Council’s Black Caucus leader rips white aldermanic candidate for ‘racist’ banana costume photo
- End of free Cubs games on local TV: Team partners with Sinclair to launch regional sports network in 2020
- A teaching moment from Virginia Democrats: The dogma lives loudly within them
- Illinois’ wealthiest man giving $1 million to Chicago mayoral candidate Bill Daley
- For Chicago city treasurer: Ameya Pawar
- District 181 may add elective guitar course at Clarendon Hills Middle School
- Suspects cut employee with knife, take money during River North robbery
- Norridge may be at limit with 10 video gaming locations, village president says
- 3 takeaways from the Blackhawks’ 6-3 loss to the Bruins, including Patrick Kane’s rare off night
- She was killed and dumped in a ditch in rural Illinois over 40 years ago. A deputy coroner has vowed to find out her name.
- Bears Q&A: Without Kareem Hunt, is Jordan Howard more likely to stay in 2019? Could Duke Johnson be a fit for the offense? What is the future for Kyle Long?
- ‘Tony Accardo is Joe Batters’: Our fascination with Chicago mob bosses continues with a new tell-all book
- What happened when Steppenwolf called up Albert Finney
- Find a fresh deal on literally everything at Litehouse Whole Food Grill for Black Restaurant Week
- Shout Out: David Carlin, Oak Brook Chamber president/CEO
- The Cubs are starting a new TV channel with Sinclair in 2020. Here’s what it means for fans.
- Flint will use scientific model to find, dig up lead water pipes
- Home equity could pay for that new kitchen, so why are Americans slow to borrow? Blame the Great Recession.
- Dating app diaries: ‘There’s no such thing as condoms’
- Free-for-all: Your guide to free activities in Chicago
- How your brain chooses the people you desire
- Slip into something more amazing, in 6 of the best interiors at the Chicago Auto Show
- ‘Extreme’ exercise no danger to middle-aged hearts, study finds
- Slowik: Emails requesting government web domain deepen controversy over Blue Island mayor’s role in vehicle purchases
- ‘Alita: Battle Angel’ review: James Cameron’s manga heroine not a girl, not yet a living, breathing, thinking woman
- Why Esquire deserves the flak it’s getting for that ‘American Boy’ cover
- Concertgebouw review: Superb Strauss, mixed Brahms
- Watch: Disney unveils first look at ‘Frozen 2’
- Plans for a banquet center near the Dunes pavilion have stalled, but opponents are still cautious
- Groupon falls short of expectations in fourth quarter
- 3 easy ways to fix Chicago’s traffic crisis
- Sen. Ted Cruz revives call for ‘El Chapo’ money to pay for border wall
- Shout Out: Tara Wesselink, works at area YMCA and likes to do ‘green things’ in spare time
- Real Madrid take momentum to Amsterdam in their Champions League return
- New Zealand coffee shop Mojo expanding, Barton G opening Friday, plus other restaurant news
- Elgin’s art deco-style Tower Building, one year after reopening as apartments, is fully leased
- ‘El Chapo’ conviction, seemingly a real-life movie in the U.S., underscores incredible pain in Mexico
- School District 308 board OKs $1.3 million in budget cuts
- Prickly City-same thing
- Getting Valentine’s Day roses? Thank federal inspectors who worked without pay during the shutdown.
- Wells and Wells: Congress Parkway gets a new name and Chicago gets a new intersection
- Shout Out: Dr. Sunil Kadakia, cardiologist and medical director of cardiovascular services at Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital
- Muti explores a WWII tragedy, via Schuman’s Symphony No. 9
- Lake Forest joins national ‘Smart911’ service to help emergency dispatchers speed up responses
- Celso Piña y Los Amigos Invisibles | 15 de marzo
- ‘We are dwindling’: Lindsey Vonn’s retirement signals an end of an era for the U.S. Ski Team
- UEFA charge Man United for bottle thrown at PSG’s Di Maria
- Jerry Rivera | 29 de marzo
- Wine bar Joe’s Imports opens Friday in Fulton Market
- JoJo’s Milk Bar to open in March in River North, with chef Christine McCabe’s creations
- Chicago ‘la ciudad más corrupta’ de Estados Unidos
- Amazon’s Lorena Bobbitt docu-series asks: Why did we vilify domestic-abuse victim?
- Chicago Fire, supporters reach an agreement after months of conflict
- Montgomery works to fix potholes caused by winter weather
- Lyons Township educators, anti-violence advocates outline safety steps since Parkland shootings
- Selle: Affordable housing could end Lake County’s annual homeless counts
- CEO of outdoor retailer REI resigns over undisclosed relationship
- Talking money: 10 financial tips for relationships
- The juggle is real: Online students’ tips to balance family, school
- Icardi pierde el brazalete de capitán en el Inter
- CLC exhibit explores suburban strip malls, big box stores
- Losing Instagram followers? Here’s why.
- Mezcal-obsessed mixologist Jay Schroeder launching ‘Understanding Mezcal’ book in March
- Cuentos Políticos: Las piedras y la chispa
- Four academy voters share their super-secret Oscar ballots
- Rejoice in chicken and dumplings at Luella’s Gospel Bird for Chicago Black Restaurant Week
- President Trump installs a room-sized golf simulator at White House
- Jo Jo Jorge Falcón| | 29 de marzo
- For Chicago mayor: Bill Daley, to build Chicago
- Red flag for U.S. economy: A record-high 7 million Americans are 3 months behind on car payments
- Man charged with taking copper wire from East Chicago light poles
- Get some good grub at Waukegan institution Shirl’s
- Chicago’s hush-hush O’Hare expansion architect competition: ‘This whole process has been pretty weird.’
- Coming soon to the Cubs’ network — ‘The Ryan Dempster Show’?
- Semis jackknife on I-65 near Crown Point, block southbound traffic
- Former Air Force counterintelligence agent charged with revealing classified info to Iran
- The mythologies of ‘Joe being Joe’ Biden
- Jumped on the Marie Kondo decluttering bandwagon? Here’s why you might have regrets.
- Denuncian supuesto complot de actrices mexicanas contra Yalitza Aparicio
- Former west suburban village engineer takes over as Barrington Public Works director
- Fulton Market’s Hoxton hotel is taking reservations, and early birds can swoop in for $77
- Ousted ESPNer Adnan Virk denies leaking confidential information, says both sides working to ‘settle our differences’
- ECC takes on Mel Brooks classic ‘Young Frankenstein’
- Merrillville plans to create new park, spruce up existing parks
- Illinois food stamp recipients will get March benefits early to ease gaps caused by government shutdown
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- Have a frosty cold one in February at Naperville Ale Fest
- Fermín de ‘Roma’ ya tiene su visa para ir a los Oscar
- ‘Proven Innocent’ review: Fox’s new Chicago-shot legal drama can’t muster much of a case
- Jessica Bryar, public defender who worked with families, dies
- ‘Queer Eye’ announces Season 3 premiere date with Carly Rae Jepsen song
- Thin Mints are going digital: Chicago Girl Scouts offer online cookie sales
- Models of the five O’Hare expansion proposals
- Disney muestra un primer avance de ‘Frozen 2’
- ‘Hamilton: the Exhibition’ delays opening to April 27 on Northerly Island
- Grammys torture: How stars can learn from Sidney Poitier at the Oscars in these dire days of the acceptance speech
- Speak Out: State of the Union, Ford factories upgrade
- Venezuela, un reto a la Doctrina Monroe
- Snow? What snow? 5 balmy things to know about the annual Orchid Show
- West Suburban Local Scoreboard for Thursday, Feb. 14, 2019
- Ex-state Rep. Nick Sauer seeks information from phone of woman whose nude photos he is accused of posting online
- Indiana state troopers save Crown Point woman’s life on I-65
- Council OKs owner change for former Merrillville Auto Sales
- Blue jeans giant is going for green: Levi’s files for IPO
- Lake County News-Sun Local Scoreboard for Thursday, Feb. 14, 2019
- Glenviews School District 34 administration developing steps to meet goals of strategic plan
- ‘The Total Bent’ at Haven: Story of father-son musicians with civil rights echoes is the best storefront show of winter
- El pueblo que vive de los peluches para San Valentín
- Estos son los candidatos que se juegan la alcaldía de Chicago
- North Barrington home overlooking golf course: $1.7M
- Mr. Double-Double: R.J. Holmes’ 10 points, 10 rebounds help Stevenson top Waukegan in OT
- 14 key issues and proposals in the Chicago mayor’s race
- 4 more cases tossed after being tied to corrupt cop: ‘A few years of my life gone down the drain for nothing’
- 30-acre plot of Illinois farmland once owned by Abraham Lincoln sells for $300,000
- Slowik: Metra tries to regain public trust after video showed close call at Mokena crossing
- Meet the competitors in the White Sox’s speed-pitch challenge
- ‘They have a ton of tradition’: Mike Morrissey stoked about taking over as Stevenson’s football coach
- At least 27 Iranian Revolutionary Guard personnel killed in suicide bombing: state news agency
- Trump considera ‘interesante’ la idea de pagar el muro con dinero de El Chapo
- Winfield residents will face fines for tardy trash cans
- Land of drinkin’: Illinois has nation’s cheapest beer prices, study says
- Speak Out: Doctors need to stop and listen, Carpentersville road woes, Trump’s guilty by association
- In ‘Lost Children Archive,’ Valeria Luiselli offers timely and potent novel about families separated at the border
- El arma perfecta de la NBA
- Trump confidant Thomas Barrack defends Saudi Arabia, says U.S. has committed ‘equal or worse’ atrocities
- Photos: “Anna Karenina” by Joffrey Ballet at the Auditorium Theatre
- Help wanted: Rural America needs immigrants
- Chicago man charged with making bomb threat at Hollywood Casino in Aurora
- Porter power: Jayda Mills leads way as Zion-Benton wins for injured teammate Kaylyn Porter
- Daily Southtown Local Scoreboard for Thursday, Feb. 14, 2019
- Construction projects worth $3.1 million approved for West Aurora School District
- Golfer Luke Donald sells Northfield mansion for $3.9 million
- Chicago’s Theaster Gates joins Prada diversity council after blackface outrage
- Records: Woman accused of taking money from Griffith events could have charges dismissed
- Which Illinois politicians get money from state’s richest resident, Ken Griffin?
- Community news
- After 11 years together, Ravens reportedly agree to trade Joe Flacco to Broncos for draft pick
- Jennifer López celebrará sus 50 con la gira ‘It’s My Party’
- Vero Voce kids jump right into ‘Jungle Book’ adaptation
- Rick Bayless’ Family Foundation awards 2019 ‘Stepping Stone’ grants to three Chicago theaters
- HGTV orders second season of ‘Windy City Rehab’
- Taste of Oak Brook may have DJ instead of bands, costlier parking and tax subsidy
- Sleazy journalism can serve the public good
- Ego ruined Antonio Brown with the Steelers. Will it poison his trade value, too?
- 2 Elgin men found with loaded gun arrested on weapons charges, police say
- Post-Tribune Local Scoreboard for Thursday, Feb. 14, 2019
- Michigan governor pardoned ‘career drunk driver’ with felony record as term ended
- Montgomery Trustee Stan Bond dies after battle with cancer
- Man kidnapped two, then killed man during attempted carjacking after chase from Missouri to Illinois, police say
- Notre Dame adds 4-star defensive lineman from Denver to 2020 recruiting class
- Chicago theater openings for Feb. 22-28
- ‘Heartwarming’ handmade cards distributed to Lake County veterans for Valentine’s Day
- Guitarist joins in on Elgin Symphony concert
- Tigris roller coaster takes shape at Busch Gardens Tampa Bay
- La Grange Plan Commission rejects condo development for Jackson Square Mall site
- Oak Forest fires former fire chief accused of theft, forgery
- Virgin Voyages unveils designs for cruise ship suites
- Chicago Fire y aficionados fuman la pipa de la paz
- Ask Tom: Was December 2018 a record low for snow in Chicago?
- Ligue 1 Recap: Saint-Etienne climb to 4th place, Nantes win in Caen
- Spring break style: 14 must-have items
- Substitute Asensio gives Real Madrid late victory over Ajax
- Clarkson: Church to offer classes on working with youth in crisis
- Column: New novel sends powerful message to divorced people
- Son, Vertonghen give Tottenham victory past Dortmund at Wembley
- These are the 7 things you should absolutely do to save money on travel
- Ex-U.S. Rep. Luis Gutierrez released after spending week in hospital
- Center stage: Winona State recruit Ava Sergio stars but Batavia’s up-and-down season ends in regional
- Retired correctional officer dies after attack outside Hazel Crest home
- Cubs create pay-to-watch network, will that turn their fans away?
- Vernon Hills grad Andre Szmyt completes ‘wild ride’ from walk-on kicker to unanimous All-American
- No verdict in Portage mayor’s corruption trial; jurors to resume deliberations Thursday
- Wheeling man partially closed lid on hot tub with wife still in it, cops say. Now he is charged in her death.
- El Real Madrid acaba con el Ajax de dos zarpazos
- Help wanted ad: Executioners of ‘excellent moral character’ needed as Sri Lanka ramps up death penalty
- The Spin: What Griffin’s $1M donation means | O’Hare’s hush-hush plan | A year after Cmdr. Bauer’s death
- Baranek: Marist graduate Claire Austin finds she can come home again at St. Xavier
- Stereotypes smashed in Steel Beam’s ‘Scatter the Pigeons’
- One year after Parkland, Crown Point student says the need for change continues: ‘It doesn’t mean that you stop’
- Proposed downtown Aurora projects include $5 million in incentives from city, possible 3-restaurant development
- Ranked choice voting a cure for a chaotic mayoral race
- Ramos on victory over Ajax: ‘Soccer is not just about playing pretty”
- Read: City Council candidate David Krupa sues Chicago Teachers Union
- City Council candidate wants $4 million from Chicago Teachers Union for ‘defamatory’ campaign mailer
- Shout Out: Laurie Rubin, a blind mezzo-soprano talking to Chicago area students about bullying
- Chef’s Choice: If you’re looking for a quick-fix meal, you’re missing the passion, Fire It Up chef says
- Aurora mayor apologizes to alderman: ‘I was … disrespectful’
- Stop into Baba’s for a lemonade and a ‘crispy gym shoe’
- Metra Electric District riders to get 15 percent pass discount to make up for service problems
- NASA pronounces Mars rover dead, 15 years after it landed on planet
- Shout Out: Natalie Serratos, OPRF student’s film prevails in Walgreens ‘challenge’
- Corrections and clarifications
- Percy Julian: Pioneering African American chemist
- Virgin Voyages reveals destinations, cabin details for Scarlet Lady
- FEMA chief William Long, who faced questions over his use of government vehicle, resigns
- Here’s the pitch: Cubs starters need to throw deeper into games
- Eisenhower football coach Travis Moore headed to Northern Illinois as a defensive assistant
- Oak Forest changes city tobacco ordinance to include vape pens, e-cigarettes
- ‘We must do better’: Equity policy nearing adoption in Oak Park District 97
- Trump still coy on whether he’ll sign border deal, but claims victory anyway
- Radio personality ‘Mancow’ Muller describes Harvest Bible Chapel turmoil as ‘spiritual sucker-punch’
- Jon Lester says it’s a ‘sad time’ with Bryce Harper and Manny Machado still unsigned
- If the White Sox sign Manny Machado, he’ll have a ready-made entourage in Jon Jay and Yonder Alonso
- Crown Point astronaut Ross here this month for charity luncheon
- Naperville looking at how to bring more ‘smart’ technologies to city
- Glen Ellyn man sentenced to 14 years for supplying drugs that led to death of Addison man
- Oak Forest OKs substantial raise for part-time firefighters after departure of five in last 90 days
- Aurora woman, California man accused of selling fentanyl-laced heroin
- Assistant athletic director charged with stealing nearly $2,300 from Lake Forest High School
- New York police say suspect in robbery that left officer dead by friendly fire has history of bizarre pranks
- D.J. in the house: Hamiti wants to be first two-time state champion for Joliet Catholic
- Air Landers: Senior forward Corey Landers scores 16 points as Griffith slips past Munster
- Shout Out: John-Paul Paonessa, Elmwood Park resident teaches marketing class at Triton
- A warm but cloudy Valentine’s Day, then colder
- Shout Out: Jim Argionis, attorney and Park Ridge ‘Community Star’
- Bill Daley deflects criticism from opponents over $1M donation from Illinois’ wealthiest resident
- Republican Illinois Rep. Adam Kinzinger’s Air National Guard unit deployed to U.S.-Mexico border
- Wrestling notes: Gladiator finds groove as Jaymiere Johnson reaches state for first time for Gavit
- Ex-spokeswoman sues Amara Enyia, alleges candidate failed to pay her $24,000
- Former aide’s breach of contract lawsuit against Amara Enyia
- Lyndon LaRouche, conspiracy theorist who ran for president 8 times, including once from prison, dies at 96
- Winner in the White Sox’s speed-pitch challenge clocks in at 76 mph
- Cepeda: Latino travelers report feeling discriminated against by border agents
- Singer Ryan Adams was inappropriate and emotionally abusive, say 7 women, including ex-wife Mandy Moore: report
- Bobby Portis’ agent says Bulls ‘wanted him there long term’ until late offer from Wizards
- 5 takeaways from Cubs spring training, including David Bote emerging as a backup shortstop and Brandon Morrow’s rehab
- FBI shares victim sketches drawn by admitted serial killer
- Cutrara above: Sophomore guard Jules Cutrara sparks Marian Catholic past Hillcrest in regional
- Northwestern drops its 5th straight game, falling 59-56 to Rutgers: ‘It’s not a fun feeling’
- Cold-shooting Loyola falls to Bradley, 61-54
- Squandered effort: Valparaiso loses fourth straight conference home game despite Ryan Fazekas’ return
- Bulls 122, Grizzlies 110
- Jason Van Dyke fue golpeado en la prisión
- 4 things you might not know about boat shows
- Cubs agree to terms with relief pitcher Xavier Cedeno