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- Digest (Feb. 17): Victor Rosales rides first career winner at Laurel Park
- Ask Amy: A raccoon stirs up household drama
- Customer hits turbulence when trying to get Air India refund
- Could we need a bit more aldermanic privilege?
- The Cubs and WGN-TV go hand in hand
- In Chicago city clerk’s race, questions linger over whether two candidates can stay in the competition
- The Sterigenics clampdown: As U.S. EPA fiddles, Illinois EPA acts
- Column: The Cubs’ broadcast deal with Sinclair asks the question: Can you be a sports fan and rely only on free TV?
- Abe mum on Trump’s claim of nomination for Nobel Peace Prize
- Cubs’ week ahead includes Tom Ricketts’ annual speech, labor talk and the Cactus League opener
- 34 games into his Bulls tenure, Jim Boylen’s intensity hasn’t changed a bit: ‘Push them without being combative’
- Cubs prospect Chris Singleton to wed on live TV
- Michael Jordan hosted the NBA All-Star Game, but he let today’s stars take center stage
- How Amazon’s planned HQ2 in New York became HQ-zero: Incentives, helipad spurred protests
- Ask Anna: What’s the deal with squirting?
- It’s a Midwinter wrap, as Pitchfork and the Art Institute merged, the music (mostly) won
- Do dollar stores help the poor with cheap, vital staples? Or block out grocers and trigger food deserts?
- 5 contestants with Chicago ties competing in ‘Jeopardy’ all-stars tournament
- Aurora residents walk 4 miles in the snow from mass shooting site to police station to thank officers
- Lake-effect snow could produce slick road conditions in area, but holiday means fewer commuters; accumulations high in north suburbs
- The Big Balloon Show brings vaudeville-style comedy to Oak Brook Library
- Niles students get new opportunities at Oakton Community College
- ‘This issue is so pervasive’: Oak Park support groups highlight services in wake of ‘Surviving R. Kelly’
- Western Springs police spread Valentine’s love with child safety seat checks
- New Moms vies for $20,000 grant
- Cubs’ rash of off-field controversies could give team the motivation it needs
- Park along Old Green Bay Road in Glencoe taking shape
- Investigations continue into Niles pedestrian fatalities: Police
- Letter: Stunned Hinsdale District 86 hasn’t passed a referendum since 1962
- Kris Bryant says his ‘St. Louis is so boring’ comment was taken out of context
- Selle: Going green a bright deal Waukegan can’t pass up
- Ask the Expert: Leyden students get a glimpse into speakers’ career experience
- So the machines can defeat us at chess. We have them beat at picking berries. For now.
- ‘Everybody wants justice, but it’s just us’: Family of man killed in Gary wait for answers
- The Bulls are on the clock as hosts of the 2020 NBA All-Star Game: ‘Let’s just hope there’s not a polar vortex’
- Aurora’s mass shooting, Trump’s border wall fiction and the real national emergency
- Daddy-Daughter Dance provides fun time for families
- Sailor in iconic Times Square kiss photo dies at 95
- Actors soar to new heights in Hester Junior High’s production of ‘Mary Poppins’
- Cubs and several Muslim groups announce effort to combat Islamophobia
- Former Man United winger Nani joins Orlando City on free transfer
- Column: Trump’s emergency declaration showed why some people think him incapacitated
- Tyler Mayne’s defense helps Evanston stop Maine South for 4A regional title
- Residents celebrate news Sterigenics’ use of ethylene oxide has been stopped, but seek a permanent ban
- Oak Park District 97 appoints new Lincoln School principal, announces HR director retirement
- Lake Zurich School District 95 hoping to start construction on new May Whitney Elementary by summer
- Catlow Theater in Barrington hosts watch event for Oscar-nominated short films
- You be the critic: Vote for your favorite restaurants in Tribune’s Readers’ Choice Dining Awards
- Ready for the red carpet: Niles-Maine library set for Oscar Night Party
- I Heart Halal festival returns to Navy Pier with best fried chicken and more — tickets on sale now
- Argonne lab leading U.S. push on lithium batteries: ‘If we don’t recycle, we will run out of materials’
- ‘This is more than a building’: OPRF Infant Welfare Society purchases Madison Street property
- Students get glimpse of working world
- Streaking Illinois looks to stay hot: Power rankings of the state’s Division I basketball teams
- With Bryce Harper and Manny Machado still unsigned, Cubs players voice concern: ‘It just seems like a storm brewing now’
- The Bulls are losing games and NBC Sports Chicago viewers — ratings are the lowest in at least 13 years
- Lincolnshire trustees approve another step in switch to Deerfield providing police dispatch services
- The richest 1 percent remains largely a boy’s club
- Cubs to host seven Advocate Children’s Hospital kids at Spring Training in Arizona
- Lo que se vio en el concierto de Ivy Queen
- Kane County sheriff’s office close to launching firearm owner ID compliance database; Sheriff says he feels degree of failure on Aurora shooting
- Cold Brews: Craft beer, music and pizza bring people together in Morton Grove
- Speak Out: Too many political neophytes elected, Obama not good at public speaking, time for the races to forgive
- Giants manager Bruce Bochy to retire after the season: ‘In my mind it’s time’
- EU to Trump: Put tariffs on cars, and we’ll cut soybean, liquefied gas imports
- Area municipalities, police departments particpate in local government job fair
- Lori Lightfoot gets in shouting match with Preckwinkle ally over proposal to appoint county assessor
- Israel ‘like home’ to Deerfield students
- Schneider guest to State of Union disappointed Trump didn’t mention DACA: ‘It’s a big issue’
- Mariana Treviño, una nueva flor en ‘La casa de las flores’
- Charles Gambill, former board chairman of Illinois Masonic, dies at 87
- ‘We want to make people think of kindness’: Local students try to spur good will at Orland Park mall
- Showtime: Fight Night takes center stage in Elmwood Park
- Thousands of residents ‘Wine About Winter’ through downtown Libertyville
- Wheaton North alum competing on new season of ‘Survivor’
- Dairy magnate Jim Oberweis launching GOP challenge to first-term Democratic U.S. Rep. Lauren Underwood
- ‘Empire’ star Jussie Smollett not meeting with Chicago cops on Monday, representative for actor says
- It won’t stop with Amazon Go: Many retailers are shopping for ways to get rid of checkout lines
- Rare vase from 1893 Chicago World’s Fair sells at auction for $110,000 to New York collector
- Republican operative orchestrated illegal ballot scheme, North Carolina elections director says
- The Spin: ‘Dark money’ pays for attack ads on Daley | Early voting numbers down slightly | Oberweis seeking Underwood’s seat in 2020
- Manny Machado and Bryce Harper: Phillies and Padres are in hot pursuit — but what about the White Sox?
- River Grove officials celebrate at groundbreaking for future Starbucks location
- Indiana Dunes gets an upgrade, becomes 61st national park
- Dortmund’s Bundesliga lead shrinks after draw at Nürnberg
- Roma keep pace in Champions League race after win over Bologna
- Following polar vortex, Highland Park children learn how animals survive harsh area winters
- Lincolnwood police seeking to ‘meet the community’ at Coffee with a Cop event
- Top 10 value-enhancing home improvement projects for older homes
- Kris Bryant after recovery from shoulder injury: ‘I’m back to who I am’
- Bill puts brakes on two-tiered grading system
- Mike Moustakas’ return has Brewers teammates excited: ‘He just brings that edge’
- Athletic Bilbao beat Huesca, extend gap above drop zone
- 5 bystanders waiting for bus wounded in New Orleans police shootout
- New owners of St. Xavier’s Orland Park campus offer ‘freedom to explore’ to people with special needs
- Gary homeless project contractors cited for pay violations
- Three days after co-workers were gunned down, Henry Pratt employees return to Aurora plant to provide support for each other
- Buddhist monk accused of sexually abusing children who took classes at North Side temple
- Lake County News-Sun Local Scoreboard for Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2019
- Oak Park Property Tax Watch to host candidate forums
- Demonstrators in Glenview denounce Trump’s ’emergency’ declaration to fund wall
- Getting the call: Ex-Cougars announcer Wayne Randazzo lands Mets’ radio play-by-play job
- Man United beat Chelsea, advance to FA Cup quarterfinals
- 5 takeaways from White Sox spring training, including how Yoan Moncada’s possible shift to 3B could mean little for Manny Machado — but a lot for Nick Madrigal
- Park Ridge Police Station cuts overnight front desk staffing on weekends
- A public-owned bank? That’s just one issue up for debate in an unusually competitive Chicago treasurer’s race
- ‘I don’t want people to die’: Congressmen address crowd gathered to remember Aurora shooting victims
- What does the Chicago treasurer do?
- Oak Park to host forum ahead of Madison Street project
- Chicago Teachers Union suspends city’s second charter school strike after winning pay increases
- 73-year-old Montgomery man may have had medical emergency before fatal crash in Aurora
- Paul Goldschmidt exceeding expectations already, Cardinals manager Mike Schildt says
- Park Ridge park board race uncontested after appointment, withdrawal of candidates
- West Suburban Local Scoreboard for Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2019
- Local college notes: Cortez King more confident, more productive for Moraine Valley
- Vladimir Guerrero Jr., baseball’s top prospect, likely to start the season in the minors for the Blue Jays
- 5 takeaways from Cubs spring training, including Ben Zobrist’s excused absence and bulletin board material
- Head-up player: Hanover Central’s Dominic Lucido stays upbeat through temporary demotion
- Aurora shooter’s family sends condolences, seeks forgiveness. ‘Our deepest apologies to all the victims’ families’
- Is it OK to cheer for the Cubs’ Addison Russell? Domestic violence experts have surprising answers to questions around abuse
- ‘Pretty crazy how everything’s unfolded’: Playoff race has Patrick Kane and the Blackhawks excited for the stretch run
- As state police probe how Aurora mass shooter foiled background check, city mourns the dead
- Blackhawks’ Connor Murphy wants to finally experience the playoffs from ice level
- Illinois among 16 states suing to block Trump’s national emergency declaration for border wall
- Daily Southtown Local Scoreboard for Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2019
- Post-Tribune Local Scoreboard for Tuesday, Feb. 19, 2019
- Roger Stone deletes photo of judge presiding over his case, says he didn’t mean to threaten her
- Grace Hynes tunes out static, helps Mother McAuley roll into sectional final vs. Homewood-Flossmoor
- Blackhawks 8, Senators 7