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- Phil Vettel reviews Brass Heart
- Thompson Center through the years
- Ask Amy: Nana worries about grandchild’s diet
- NFLPA head DeMaurice Smith enjoying son Alex’s lacrosse career at Maryland
- Kim Foxx a hands-down winner for March’s Golden Moutza
- Cousin who? Why spending time with our aunts and far-flung relatives sustains us
- After blowout loss, Toni Preckwinkle’s status as Cook County Democratic Party chair uncertain
- The ex-fed nobody sent, Lori Lightfoot, vs. Chicago corruption
- Tutors, private test prep coaches, homework therapists. Rich kids have all the academic advantages money can buy. But at what cost?
- Southlake YMCA ready to show off new facilities
- Cubs and White Sox in the minors: Luis Robert and Zack Collins each go deep twice for Sox; Ian Happ leads Iowa Cubs to a win
- Pitching Jose Quintana in the opener shows importance of series vs. Brewers
- Down to Business: Keeping up with constant change and trends part of the fun — and challenge — in liquor business
- Michael Cohen asks lawmakers to keep him out of prison, saying he has found more documents, recordings
- Down to Business: Alternative and natural products treat the whole body but don’t replace medicine
- How Adam Amin, the son of a Pakistani immigrant in Chicago, became the voice of the women’s Final Four
- Brad Biggs’ NFL mock draft 1.0: Where is Kyler Murray going?
- McDaniel-Hale: Sheriff’s plan to use Kane jail for rehab program a win-win for inmates and residents
- Pumas se juega la vida en el Clausura de México
- Ready for spandex, mullets and leg warmers? The 80s Cruise to set sail on Royal Caribbean Explorer of the Seas
- Read letter from Jussie Smollett’s legal team to city’s Law Department
- Davich: ‘Courageous Christians’ needed to combat racism in America
- 5 Chicago nightlife spots where fires burn bright for outdoor drinking this spring
- Tentative deal reached to end UIC strike that caused hundreds of classes to be canceled
- East Dundee’s proposed budget to fund new defibrillators for police, reduce marketing costs and add $200k to surplus
- Space invaders, 41,000 strong, flock to Disney for Star Wars Rival Run Weekend
- Prickly City-not running
- ‘Game of Thrones’ final season: Watch ‘Wait Wait’ host Peter Sagal nerd out with the Tribune
- Dutch farmers to tourists: Don’t trample our tulips
- 15th annual Kids Expo bringing the fun to Frankfort
- Letter: Illinois bill would modernize reproductive health care laws
- Bright, colorful Dutch tulip season
- It’s not as ‘natural’ as we think: 5 dangerous myths about flooding
- Things to do in Chicago this weekend: Baconfest, Donut Fest, Latino Film Fest and a saison celebration
- Gary begins pothole cleanup program
- Church news
- Why Sara Bareilles, with a raw new album, is no longer ‘terrified of upsetting anybody’
- Mobile unit brings prostate health awareness to neighborhood barbershops
- Gone in 6 minutes: The last flight of Ethiopian Airlines Flight 302
- Priests’ brand of musical seduction hits hard
- Ravi Coltrane stretches out at Jazz Showcase
- Cyr: The Mueller report and Trump’s survival
- Video shows motorist colliding with police car after running red light
- ‘The Absolute Brightness of Leonard Pelkey’ is a crime story focused on the bright, flamboyant 14-year-old boy who was killed
- Gaelic Park Players’ ‘Moll’ makes its way from Oak Forest to Ireland
- ‘America Unearthed’ crew visits Chicago for episode about Haymarket affair
- Residents complain about tree removal from Griffith bike path
- In the $100-plus tasting menu world, you’d better be prepared to play. Brass Heart is getting there.
- Lori Lightfoot unfiltered: The full Tribune Q&A with Chicago’s mayor-elect
- Aurora Library Board violates Open Meetings Act for third time
- Hunt’s tomato paste recalled; some cans could have mold
- Davich: ‘Silent victims’ of opioid addiction should share their family’s story, and pain
- Inmigración detiene a 280 migrantes en empresa en Texas
- How Disney World put together its new Lightning McQueen attraction
- Advisory commission won’t recommend council approval for boozy milkshake biz seeking liquor license
- Hobart man sentenced to 30 years on child porn charges
- Park Forest boy in world premiere of ‘Watsons Go to Birmingham – 1963’
- Speak out: Trusting government never works
- Letter to the Editor
- Gary extends construction timeline for Dollar General
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- Hobart backs bill to move Gary casino
- ChainBridge, South Florida’s newest distillery, pours fruit brandy and vodka in Oakland Park
- What the ‘Shazam!’ post-credits scene means
- Additional software problem detected in Boeing 737 Max flight-control system, officials say
- Mayor-elect Lori Lightfoot’s transition team offers window into her priorities: Education and crime-fighting
- ChicagoNow’s 20 best posts of March 2019
- Quickly
- Burglars continue to target self-storage facilities in River Grove and Northlake: police
- Dead body takes center stage in Steel Beam’s ‘Inspector Hound’
- Adam Sandler to host ‘Saturday Night Live’ for the first time
- Safety concerns spur Hobart to act on house demolition
- One man’s obsession with design and trash in a Euro-style trash bin
- 5 things we know about the Timmothy Pitzen case
- Easy DIY projects to enhance your yard and garden
- Why sitting is not the new smoking
- Albanese to save about $3 million with 10-year tax abatement
- Reflecting on a mother’s mercy and a Ripper Crew murderer’s return
- Two friends, both 86 — one a Cubs fan, the other a Sox fan — hope to hit their 100th minor league park this summer
- Yorkville candidate who lost by two votes unsure if he will contest results
- 5 things to do in Lake County April 12-14
- Community news
- A dog’s very obedient take on Joe Biden’s personal space issues
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- 5 things to do in Northwest Indiana April 12-14
- Buscan a joven desaparecida en el noroeste de Chicago
- Rolling Stones’ Mick Jagger doing well after receiving medical treatment, rep says
- Guest column: Early intervention, parent involvment and other actions helping police cut down on gang activity in Elgin
- Clubes y ligas negociarán reformas a la Liga de Campeones
- In Tribune interview, Chicago Mayor-elect Lori Lightfoot sketches out plans for a new City Hall
- Who would cruelly pose as a missing child? Brian Rini isn’t the first.
- Aurora fair puts spotlight on opportunities for young people
- Some Northwest Indiana thrift stores are seeing donation surge in wake of Marie Kondo’s show
- Deep River helps tell the history of Maple Sugar time
- Decent: If the doppelgangers are coming to get you, here are are a fews dos and don’ts to avoid being killed by scissors
- Dunes National Park proposes reservations for campsites, picnic shelters
- Ald. Raymond Lopez leaves Latino Caucus because colleagues endorsed his challenger in runoff
- ‘This guy’s got the goods’: Lake Zurich’s Parker Brown set to compete in Golden Gloves final
- More questions than answers about proposed Merrillville nursing facility
- Hiring rebounds as U.S. employers add a solid 196,000 jobs
- Hobart seeks comments on stormwater problems, conservation areas
- Proposal for new River Grove library was ‘just too big for our small town,’ referendum foe says
- Library spotlights African American family trees
- Marmion Drill Team comes in first at national championships
- Trooper Ellis funeral
- Good news at White Sox home opener: New digital-only ticketing goes smoothly
- Read the criminal complaint against Brian Rini, the Ohio man who claimed to be missing Aurora boy Timmothy Pitzen
- German birthplace marks Bauhaus centenary with new museum
- Disabato: Southeast Missouri State recruit Collin Wilma simply ‘the best,’ strikes out 20 for Tinley Park
- Lake County News-Sun Local Scoreboard for Saturday, April 6, 2019
- 12 beer specials from Chicago bars for National Beer Day
- Bill Cosby agrees to settle 7 defamation lawsuits
- Educación y lucha contra el crimen, prioridades de la próxima alcalde de Chicago, revela el perfil de su equipo de transición
- Man who said he was Timmothy Pitzen once ‘trashed’ luxury home after convincing builder he was heir to grocery chain fortune, cops say
- Bad diets kill more people around the world than smoking, study says
- Posthumous Avicii album due in June
- Second call for special prosecutor to investigate Kim Foxx’s handling of Jussie Smollett investigation
- Letter: Support Reproductive Health Act in Illinois
- Gary mayor ‘optimistic’ about casino bill’s chances
- Naperville News Digest
- Mayor-elect Lori Lightfoot throws out first pitch at White Sox home opener, Cubs next
- Aside from Special Olympics controversy, DeVos budget includes school choice, cuts for after-school programs
- Incumbents, newcomers in Glenview races sail to victory in mostly-uncontested elections
- Indonesian-Creole mash-up Bumbu Roux coming to new food hall Politan Row, plus more restaurant news
- Matteson heart transplant recipient will share her story at Alsip Library organ donor event
- High style meets high art at West Loop gallery show
- American English offers a new show each visit
- Blackhawks hoping their 2nd-half success carries over to avoid another slow start next season
- Renovated, vintage home in Lincoln Park: $869,500
- Merrillville wants to see detailed plans for proposed U.S. 30 convention center
- Juggling act: Star center fielder Jess Pozezinski makes two sports work for Grayslake North
- Easter egg hunt at Mooseheart set for April 13
- Elgin News Digest
- Bar Louie in downtown Oak Park closes
- Evergreens show signs of winter injury in spring but they can recover
- Chicago Fire’s Jeremiah Gutjahr: ‘I always wanted to play professionally, specifically here’
- Bears will have a tryout for former AAF kickers Wednesday at Halas Hall
- Trump’s retreat from closing the border: More proof that when it comes to making deals, Trump is a bust
- Is Chicago ready for reform? We’ve heard that before.
- We need to say no to plan for elected school board
- Moving on: Junior center Jaume Sorolla plans to leave Valparaiso after three seasons
- Suburban Cooks: The kids are grown but love for mom’s (and now grandma’s) cream puffs remains
- Former sports radio co-host Craig Carton gets 31/2 years in prison for a ticket reselling scam
- Concordia University announces four finalists in president search
- Migrating birds need a helping hand as they fly through Chicago
- This Week in Naperville
- ‘Empire’ actor Jussie Smollett’s lawyer refuses Chicago’s demand of $130K, says actor ‘will not be intimidated’
- Gov. J.B. Pritzker puts Helmut Jahn-designed Thompson Center on the market
- Mayor Rahm Emanuel says he’s ‘totally against’ Kim Foxx resigning over Jussie Smollett case
- Attorney general defends handling of Mueller’s Russia report
- Aurora man accused of digging up grave told cemetery workers he was ‘moving the body’ of woman born in 1866: police
- ‘Game of Thrones’ will end, but respect for fantasy should not
- Demonstrators in Glenview join national activist group’s call for full release of Mueller report
- Celebrate Earth Week with these Lake County events
- Gerald Ellis, state trooper killed in wrong-way crash, remembered for laugh and dedication to duty
- Earth Week activities to help folks reconnect with nature around Naperville
- Snapchat adding online games and original shows, expanding ad services
- 15 perfect pet-friendly places in Illinois
- Boy, 2, dies after falling out of third-story window on West Side
- Pedway could get cleaner, with better signs, thanks to a $12.5 million proposal
- Following fiercely-contested Wilmette trustee race, voters elect team of incumbents, newcomers
- Incoming Lake Forest mayor details his vision as new city council prepares for inauguration
- Notre Dame’s Muffet McGraw is right: We have a long way to go to gender equality.
- Speak Out: Cubs, Republicans
- Tuesday Talks with Mayor Uran
- Republicans aim to prohibit opening new power plants in Soliday bill
- Longtime Naperville District 203 educator, administrator Ron Gibson dead at 78
- New faces joining Oak Park boards after election results
- The Spin: Lightfoot talks to Trump | The mayor-elect’s game plan | Preckwinkle loss may cost her the party job
- Democrats and the perils — not just financial — of ‘Medicare for All’
- Potempa: April showers inspire hearty soup and nod to clotheslines
- Fox View Apartments in Carpentersville to restore Pace bus access, village manager says
- ‘The Goose Island’ at Guaranteed Rate Field
- Joe Biden jokes about accusations at union speech, says he ‘had permission’ for a hug
- Acusan a un sujeto que mintió al afirmar que era un niño que desapareció en 2011
- Trump, Obama among many who have called Chicago Mayor-elect Lori Lightfoot
- Factory Theater announces 2019-20 season in Rogers Park
- Strong showing for newcomers in River Forest Village Board race
- Barrington School District 220 $185M referendum a ‘no’ as 2 newcomers elected to the school board
- Walmart planning to stay in Vernon Hills after considering moves to nearby Mundelein
- Waubonsee Community College to offer Aurora Strong First Responders Scholarship
- Illinois Medicaid to cover gender reassignment surgery
- Elgin embraces Earth Day by expanding it to a month-long celebration of all things environmental
- Polka-dot footies and animal backpacks — a dad’s lament that he can’t dress like his kids
- $4.5 million deal in allegedly fabricated rape case up before City Council’s Finance Committee
- Chicago-area software developer may face verdict Monday in spoofing trial
- Boeing will cut production of 737 Max
- Hundreds meet Easter Bunny, hunt for eggs in annual Dundee Township event
- Slowik: South suburban lawmaker questions racial optics of police groups’ call for Kim Foxx to resign
- White Sox rally against the Mariners to win their home opener 10-8
- Get Kansas City barbecue at BBQ’d Productions
- Incumbent, two newcomers emerge from big field in Oak Park Village Board race
- Kim Foxx must come clean about the Jussie Smollett case
- Sheriff Tom Dart: Solitary confinement should be eliminated everywhere
- A kidnapping, a little girl and a cop: 3 infamous Illinois hoaxes
- Berg: Gas tax hike could fuel Pritzker’s sputtering income tax plan
- Man fatally wounded in drive-by shooting on West Side
- UIC teaching assistants end 3-week strike, will return to work Monday
- Home opener: White Sox 10, Mariners 8
- Protesters want Ripper Crew killer Thomas Kokoraleis out of Aurora facility: ‘How are we to say he’s rehabilitated?’
- Chicago police unveil new technology aimed to help detectives solve more homicides, shootings
- Election of 3 women to Park Ridge-Niles District 64 School Board puts ‘mommies in the room where it happens’
- Aurora discourages storage use in former Carson’s building
- Chicago vows to file suit after ‘Empire’ actor Jussie Smollett refuses demand to pay $130,000
- Dashcam video shows driver speed away from cop before fatal crash that is subject of lawsuit against Oak Park police
- As answers stall in ‘targeted’ double slaying, Brittani Rice’s family plans to fulfill final wish: A birthday party for her daughter
- Explanations aplenty on why 4 of 6 incumbents lost re-election bids in Mundelein
- Struggling Eloy Jimenez goes 0-for-4 in front of his parents in his home debut: ‘He will adjust’
- Teach for a day, get a pension for life: Another reason to fix Illinois’ constitution
- ‘This view is amazing’: Goose Island section debuts to (mostly) rave reviews at White Sox home opener
- Home opener sees Sox fans optimistic in Southland
- The silly obsession with Lori Lightfoot’s height
- Bail denied for man accused of murder for the second time
- Ohio man who said he was Timmothy Pitzen charged with federal crime; learned about missing Aurora boy from TV show, authorities say
- Sure, it’s early, but the White Sox and Cubs, it seems, are going in opposite directions
- Makeup of new school boards in Districts 113, 112 start to take shape following election
- South Elgin fire officials to break ground on new stations Monday
- Struggling Carl Edwards Jr. vows to silence critics: ‘I’m a great baseball player. I’m just in a rough patch right now’
- Another visitor has died at the Grand Canyon after a man fell off the edge. It’s the park’s third death in recent weeks.
- ‘It was cool’: South Elgin graduate Ryan Weiss makes first pitching start for Kane County Cougars
- Fire are looking to buy out their SeatGeek Stadium lease and return to Soldier Field: reports
- Chicago police Superintendent Eddie Johnson on Lori Lightfoot, Kim Foxx and Jussie Smollett
- Dixmoor siblings charged after 6 children, elderly mother found living in ‘deplorable’ conditions, police say
- Woman stole nearly $100K from Homer Glen landscaping firm to pay for Amazon, medical bills, limos and more: police
- Trump attorney argues that IRS cannot legally release president’s tax returns
- Smiley face: Evansville recruit Erin Kleffman keeps cool, pitches Lockport past Lincoln-Way West
- Post-Tribune Local Scoreboard for Saturday, April 6, 2019
- New Cubs aren’t worried about their eerie resemblance to the Cubs of old
- Quick fix: Kaleb Brown’s addition as a freshman provides boost for St. Rita’s sprinters
- Cubs are well aware of the Brewers’ potential as a long-term threat in the NL Central: ‘They’ve got winners’
- The Country Club Hills mayor gave a city worker a $16K advance. Was it a kind gesture or a betrayal of taxpayer trust?
- DePaul falls to South Florida, which wins the CBI title with a 2-1 series victory
- Tre’ on a platter: Michigan recruit Tre’ Hondras reaches base five times as H-F stymies Andrew
- Brewers 13, Cubs 10
- Daily Southtown Local Scoreboard for Saturday, April 6, 2019
- Blackhawks 6, Stars 1
- Notre Dame beats UConn 81-76 at the Final Four, will defend its NCAA title Sunday against Baylor
- Jose Quintana knocked out early as the Cubs fall to the Brewers 13-10 for their 6th consecutive loss