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- Answering the call: Linsdey Rogers comes off bench as Benet routs Montini for sectional title
- Ask Amy: To protect herd, nurse urges all to immunize
- Southland College Prep’s Performance in the Round troupe wins state for third consecutive year
- Did Jussie Smollett use the media, or was he created by it?
- Disney tour guides share ‘Star Wars’ facts
- Contemporary Roscoe Village home with hot tub, roof deck and wine cellar: $3M
- Hollywood Studios tour takes guests on a Star Wars journey in Central Florida
- How mayoral candidate Gery Chico turned City Hall experience into lucrative law practice
- National Margarita Day: Celebrate with 8 cheap drink deals on Friday
- Walmart offers huge savings for new parents at ‘Baby Saving Day’ through Feb. 28
- Home sales down, prices up in Northwest Indiana
- Top Toni Preckwinkle adviser apologizes for invoking Nazis to criticize Lori Lightfoot
- How a text from Jussie Smollett set in motion an alleged hoax that dragged ‘Chicago’s reputation through the mud’
- Gary moves to make government more accessible to the disabled
- New study identifies ‘gaps’ in state gun law that allowed Aurora shooter to illegally keep his weapon
- Blackhawks, winners of 11 of their last 13, hosting wild-card contenders Avalanche and Stars this weekend
- FIFA prohíbe al Chelsea registrar jugadores durante dos próximos periodos
- From Antonio Brown’s future to Kyler Murray’s outlook: 7 storylines to watch as the NFL offseason heats up
- FIFA ban Chelsea from signing new players next season
- Upgrades to U.S. Steel Yard ballpark approved in Gary
- McDaniel-Hale: Elgin residents must weigh cost vs. health risk with lead pipes
- Brewers know they can’t stop Cubs fans from invading Miller Park: ‘It’s a very easy trip’
- NCAA needs to rethink amateurism because the next Zion Williamson was watching
- Travis Scott at United Center review: A rollercoaster ride comes up short
- Anyone but Bibi: Rivals join forces in challenge to Israel’s Netanyahu, who forms alliance with extreme right
- What to do if your sister-in-law is complaining about her husband — your brother
- Jussie Smollett arrest the fodder for talk shows, late-night TV
- Pinterest blocks vaccine-related searches to minimize health misinformation
- Maná anunció su gira ‘Rayando el sol’
- Florida juke joint a living time capsule of blues history
- Oscar 2019: Ser Yalitza Aparicio
- Ladytron is back with a darker edge
- DePaul basketball rallies around a 20-year-old student manager who is battling cancer: ‘Aameer is getting what he put out’
- Oscars 2019: Full Tribune coverage
- 2019 Oscars: Here’s everything you need to know
- ‘I have nothing to apologize for’: Iowa’s Steve King blames media for troubles after his racist remarks
- Kraft Heinz stock tumbles after company reveals fed investigation and $15.4B write-down
- Gov. Pritzker wants more than $1 billion in new revenue. Here’s how that might affect you.
- Kraft Heinz stock tumbles after company reveals fed investigation and $15.4B write-down
- Ryan Howard joins ESPN’s ‘Baseball Tonight’ crew
- Elgin News Digest
- Oscars: 12 of the most memorable TV moments of the last 50 years
- L’arc en Ciel Theatre Group takes on ‘True West’
- This hotel has rooms that clean themselves
- This Week in Naperville
- Pedestrian killed by Metra train during morning commute on Far South Side
- Cyr: Venezuela crisis has strategic significance
- 1 believed dead in Indiana small plane crash
- Cumbre antipederastia: Cupich pide no obstaculizar denuncia de abusos
- Sexual misconduct allegations against Time’s Up CEO Lisa Borders’ son prompted her resignation
- Patrick Kane’s friendship with Jimmy Buffett comes full circle with the Blackhawks’ ‘Margaritaville’ game tonight
- Cubs make changes in team’s player development department
- Legacy Foundation survey results offered to communities
- Speak out: Money equals high office these days
- Inside Jussie Smollett’s alleged plot: Chicago police say they were suspicious from the start
- White Sox reach contract terms with 27 players, including Reynaldo Lopez and Yoan Moncada
- Chicago’s vast camera network helped police gather evidence in Jussie Smollett investigation
- Pants that touch the ground or graze the ankle: Which ones are your kind of chic?
- ‘Holy grail’ Michael Jordan card sells for $350,100, setting an eBay record
- Toni Preckwinkle’s top adviser fired after online post invoking Nazis to criticize Lori Lightfoot
- St. John police panel says misconduct investigation of chief should end
- Following new term limits, 7 candidates vie to replace Harvey’s longtime mayor
- New musical ‘Confessions of an Adult Artist’ heads to Hammond
- Artists wanted for the next ‘Umbrella Sky’ display in Coral Gables
- True-crime TV show recalls Lake Barrington body-swap murder
- Gary double homicide victims identified as Hammond man, Hobart woman
- Elk Grove Village spent $300,000 to sponsor the Bahamas Bowl. It resulted in $12 million in media exposure, the mayor says.
- Minnesota coach P.J. Fleck ‘saddened’ by criticism from former coach Jerry Kill
- CSO review: Fervent accounts of Schuman’s Ninth and Mozart’s Requiem
- Jussie Smollett won’t be on final episodes of ‘Empire’ season
- Charles Barkley’s advice to Jussie Smollett: ‘If you’re going to break the law, do not write a check’
- Letter: Hinsdale District 86 candidate pledges to restore cuts regardless of referendum outcome
- Ex-priest Fred Lenczycki, convicted of sexually abusing boys in DuPage County in 2004, faces similar charges in Missouri
- Letter: Tax cap makes referendum necessary in Hinsdale District 86
- Orland SD135 switches site of Monday meeting to reconsider recent cuts
- Judge reduces bail of man charged in Hobart Walmart shooting
- Víctimas de un internet brutal
- Here’s where to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day in Northwest Indiana
- Local issues take center stage at legislative breakfast in Geneva
- No matter how much money the Cubs and White Sox spend, it’s never enough for their fans
- New fed budget funding keeps South Shore projects chugging along
- ‘This is an ongoing battle.’ Workers at the forefront of the Fight for $15 relish minimum wage victory, press on for union rights.
- Chicago’s reputation held up just fine under the weight of Jussie Smollett, thank you very much
- Brookfield Zoo science fair explores cookies, phone cases and insulation projects
- Berizzo es presentado como técnico de Paraguay
- 4 closing arguments: The case for Bill Daley
- Gov. Pritzker’s tax-and-spend plan will drive employers out of Illinois
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- Church briefs
- Public’s help sought in locating missing Oak Lawn man
- What is a Chicago alderman and what do they do?
- Why the Heartbreakers are resisting the lure of an all-star Tom Petty tribute
- Two Chicago men sentenced to prison for armed robberies of Hampshire, East Dundee gas stations
- When choosing plants, you’ll be looking for the right version — the cultivar
- Manny Machado will play third base for the Padres: ‘I saw a great opportunity to help out (Fernando) Tatis’
- Letters to the editor
- Berg: Pritzker budget doubles down on failure
- If LeBron James is content to be like Mike in ‘Space Jam 2,’ Michael Jordan has won the G.O.A.T. debate
- NWI Bikers Against Child Abuse chapter seek to empower kids, ‘have their back’
- It will take some time, but your maple tree can make syrup that ‘tastes amazing’
- A change to libel law could backfire on President Trump
- Buffalo Grove Park District to use $400K state grant to improve Green Lake Park: Officials
- ‘Dozens of arrests yet to come’ in sex-trafficking ring, Florida sheriff says
- Letters to the editor
- Aurora City Council set to vote on development projects that could change face of downtown
- Ad agency becomes fourth office tenant at Old Post Office redevelopment
- La madre de El Chapo pide ayuda a López Obrador
- Down to Business: Joy of making stained glass contagious for owner of A Glass Act in Elgin
- What is ‘Medicare-for-all’? Democrats take different approaches to key campaign issue
- Two U.S. cardinals at Vatican summit hope new accountability stops abusers in future
- Naperville People in the News
- Letters: America should be a welcoming nation
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- Lena Dunham cashmere scarves and $100 limited-edition lipstick: MCA pop-up shop features photographer’s whimsical work
- Down to Business: Serendity sells quality used items with one goal in mind — helping Little Friends
- Makeover on Madison: Ahead of construction, Oak Park residents review streetscape, road diet project
- $100 lipstick and Lena Dunham cashmere scarves: MCA pop-up shop features photographer’s whimsical work
- Prosecutors argue Amber Alert not misused in Gary murder case
- Conmebol: año nuevo, viejas mañas en sus copas
- Dueño de Patriots involucrado en escándalo de prostitución
- ‘Empire’ retira a Smollett ante la acusación de montar un ataque racista y homófobo
- Trump bars clinics that provide abortion referrals from $286 million family planning program
- Your next can of PBR might be designed by this Chicago artist
- Uptake-owned company alleges GE ‘simply ignored’ contract in latest legal spar between the companies
- El Chapo to seek new trial, hearing to probe jury misconduct
- R. Kelly enfrenta 10 cargos de abuso sexual
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- Indiana Dunes National Park: A long-sought summit achieved
- Museum of the Dog
- OPRF students gather near superintendent’s office to protest treatment of black students, officials say
- 5 takeaways from White Sox spring training, including the low-risk Ervin Santana signing and a shout-out from Manny Machado
- Naperville News Digest
- Portage Dem race now unopposed as primary voting record disqualifies would-be candidate
- Let the ISIS bride return to the U.S.
- On eve of election, political operative resurrects Preckwinkle-Burke connection
- Black Button Eyes sets 2019-20 season
- Sheriff Tom Dart proposes creating units to seize guns from owners with revoked licenses, blames NRA for current ‘dangerous’ system
- Stop looking to other countries for the path to U.S. health care reform
- Gov. J.B. Pritzker wants a 5-cent bag tax across Illinois. Shoppers aren’t buying it.
- Read the indictments handed down against R. Kelly
- A suburban mayor runs some meetings by phone from Arizona. That’s legal, but vague town attendance records may not be.
- Falling tax refunds highlight the Republican tax scam
- Moran: Your annual Oscar picks, regardless of whether we can pick Olivia Colman out of a lineup
- General Motors extends life of its only Detroit factory until early 2020
- Bright future: Lockport’s Kaleb Thompson, Lemont look ahead after falling in state quarterfinals
- Armed man who forced his way into Batavia home convicted of domestic battery, trespass
- R. Kelly’s musical legacy: Era-defining success brought down by scandal
- Detention of American in Russia on spy charges extended by three months
- History proves to be a valuable teacher
- Western suburban St. Patrick’s Day options abound
- District 219 school board candidates
- Man killed in Gary was great-grandson of pastor, civil rights activist
- Maple syrup hikes in Riverwoods offer families a chance to get out of ‘hibernation mode’
- After 30 years, Malort is home. Production of the bitter liqueur returned to Chicago this week.
- Yes, ‘Mamma Mia!’ is back and yes, it’s still a hit, especially at the Drury Lane
- Iowa play-by-play announcer suspended for referring to Maryland’s Bruno Fernando as ‘King Kong’
- Communication, safety among issues as District 219 school board candidates face off at Niles West
- Potempa: Cafeteria recipe for ‘curry soup’ offers an unmatched flavor
- When cities invest in bike infrastructure, minority areas usually end up neglected. Here’s how to improve that
- Lawsuit accuses drugmaker Akorn of misleading investors about problems at Decatur plant
- Acusan a R. Kelly de abusar sexualmente de cuatro víctimas, tres eran menores
- Javier Baez is the latest Cubs player to get married
- Gary expects to finalize public safety building plan in spring
- Rosselló acusa a Trump por lenta ayuda a Puerto Rico
- Police: Overall crime in Evanston down 2.7 percent, robberies up 17.5 percent
- The Spin: Preckwinkle fires campaign adviser | R. Kelly indicted | ‘Gaps’ in Illinois’ gun law
- Shout Out: Kristin Mariani, Evanston artist
- Oscars producers on landing Queen, going host-less and dealing with this year’s ‘curveballs’
- Community news
- Speak Out: Political commercials, trade curriculum
- My best guesses (not necessarily good ones!) about Tuesday’s election
- 13-year-old boy fatally shot in Joliet; 2 other youths wounded: police
- Piva Beer Spa
- Bullets on the floor, a ‘nightmare’ maze and 1 victim’s escape: Coroner describes scene of Aurora mass shooting
- 5 futuristic concepts drivers want most
- What’s in a wipe? The truth about flushable products
- Officials hope safer traffic is legacy of Richards High School student killed by motorist while walking to school
- Celebrate St. Patrick’s Day at Lake County events
- Issue of teacher pay tests Northwest Indiana teachers and state lawmakers alike
- White House looking into Labor Secretary Alex Acosta’s role in Jeffrey Epstein sexual abuse case
- Man attempting to steal air mattress from Target brandished box cutter, Evanston police say
- Man charged after meth lab found in Orland Park home, police say
- Family honors patriarch killed in Aurora mass shooting: ‘He always wanted what was best for us’
- Lake County News-Sun Local Scoreboard for Saturday, Feb. 23, 2019
- AP source: Special counsel Robert Mueller’s report on Russia probe not expected next week
- Archbishop Cupich at Vatican: Catholic leaders need to be held more accountable; 4 Chicago priests have children
- 19th Ward alderman faces first-time candidate in bid for third term
- Oak Park and River Forest High School, park district to again consider community rec center partnership
- We must strictly regulate gene-editing now, before it becomes the norm
- Orley Herron, former president of National Louis University, dies at 85
- O’Hare adds new cold weather feature: a central facility for de-icing planes
- Good golly, Miss Molly: Fisher takes control as Lake Forest upsets Fremd for Class 4A sectional title
- R. Kelly indicted: Will justice finally be served?
- Body found after Homewood fire was homicide victim: medical examiner
- Rep. Brad Schneider says he can’t promise a ‘when’ on immigration reform, but he’ll keep pushing
- Students’ study of World War II includes decoding, weapons, uniforms and swing dancing
- White Sox prospects Eloy Jimenez, Nick Madrigal and Dylan Cease take the spotlight with Manny Machado out of the picture
- Bryce Harper and Scott Boras are on the verge of the least satisfying 9-figure deal ever
- Trump vows veto as House Democrats introduce bill to revoke emergency declaration
- State senator seeks air quality testing at Lake County plants that emit carcinogens via letter to EPA, resolution
- County Executive Pittman supports Stronach plans for Laurel Park investment
- Lawsuit alleging Orland school district employee wasn’t promoted because she rebuffed official’s advances is ongoing
- Blank Paige: Crown Point’s Paige Hein eliminates distractions to dominate on balance beam
- Park Ridge Park District staff look for modifications to $33 million Oakton Park plan
- After swastikas painted on Mokena street signs, activists spreading a more positive message across south suburbs
- School District 218 homeowners will get a rebate of $89 on average thanks to state grant program
- Enforcing gun laws might prevent the next Aurora
- Controversial Hernandez goal helps West Ham upend Fulham
- ‘I have something else to offer besides a bat and glove’: Veteran leader Ben Zobrist vows to be more assertive
- 2 dead after Venezuelan national guard opens fire on civilians attempting to keep border open
- With ‘precariously’ balanced budget plan, Pritzker ‘punts’ on difficult decisions, ratings agency says
- DuPage County roadwork plan includes more traffic signal upgrades along 75th Street, Diehl Road and elsewhere
- Disabato: Running down the favorites and sleepers for Class 3A, 4A state playoffs in boys basketball
- Patriots owner Robert Kraft charged with soliciting prostitution in Jupiter
- R. Kelly sex abuse charges signal to victims ‘that their voices can be heard,’ advocates say
- Aurora mass shooter lost his gun license but kept his gun — as have thousands of other Illinoisans. Here’s a look at what went wrong.
- Elgin mayoral candidates talk garbage contracts, city development and council’s role in Decynthia Clements shooting
- Russell Beyer, killed in Aurora mass shooting, remembered as proud union rep whose favorite word was ‘advocate’
- 5 takeaways from Cubs spring training, including Saturday’s Cactus League opener — weather permitting
- Blackhawks bring back rookie Henri Jokiharju from Rockford as an insurance policy
- Votes for 2 women challenging City Clerk Anna Valencia won’t be counted after court ruling
- Karen Lewis, former Chicago Teachers Union president, endorses Toni Preckwinkle on eve of Feb. 26 election
- ‘He’s fearless’: Drake Caggiula is turning out to be a great fit with Patrick Kane and Jonathan Toews
- Looking ahead: Lexie Sinclair and Bartlett stay excited about the future after losing in sectional final
- Grand jury is examining whether former Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke lied to federal investigators
- Bears will release kicker Cody Parkey at the start of the new league year
- Henrikson a hit: Junior guard Julia Henrikson makes four 3-pointers as Oswego wins sectional title
- ‘He’s doing just fine’: Zach LaVine supports Kris Dunn as the Bulls’ evaluation of the point guard continues
- Patriots owner Robert Kraft charged with misdemeanor solicitation of prostitution
- Robin Lopez stays steady and Lauri Markkanen shines late in the Bulls’ 110-109 victory over the Magic
- Post-Tribune Local Scoreboard for Saturday, Feb. 23, 2019
- Dorothy Gaters and Marshall will shoot for their 10th state title after Class 2A semifinal win
- Youth served: Robbie Avila scores nine of 21 points in final four minutes to lift Oak Forest past T.F. South
- While some Chicago mayoral candidates don’t like each other, a few have bonded on the 2019 campaign trail
- Mundelein trustee candidates differ on business development
- Wake up, Chicago: The most important election in decades is days away
- Jimmie on the jump: Washington’s bookend 3-pointers power West Side past Chesterton
- Jourdan rules: Jackson scores a game-high 21 points to lead Shepard past Eisenhower
- Avalanche 5, Blackhawks 3
- Daily Southtown Local Scoreboard for Saturday, Feb. 23, 2019
- Next stop, Marshall: Leo celebrates regional title, but looks forward to rematch in sectional
- Stuttgart dent Werder Bremen’s European hopes after draw
- Decent: Who doesn’t love a Thin Mint or Samoa? But there’s so much more to know about Girl Scout cookies.