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- Cubs select right-handed pitcher Ryan Jensen — the 109th-ranked prospect — with the No. 27 pick
- Police: Man followed, attempted to lure girl walking to school in Cragin
- West Suburban Local Scoreboard for Wednesday, June 5, 2019
- Scott Stantis, editorial cartoonist and editorial board member
- Lake County News-Sun Local Scoreboard for Wednesday, June 5, 2019
- Michael Lev, editorial board member
- Alex Rodriguez, editorial board member
- Lara Weber, editorial board member and commentary editor
- Ask Amy: Survivor’s family forces contact with her abuser
- Daily Southtown Local Scoreboard for Wednesday, June 5, 2019
- With an eye on the future, Peter Brown helps New Trier finish 3rd at state
- Glenbrook South girls lacrosse seniors lay solid foundation with third-place trophy
- Tower of Bower: Sophomore pitcher Briana Bower strikes out 15 as Huntley reaches state for first time
- Ram tough: Nic Presutti displays Grayslake Central’s grit during supersectional loss to Montini
- Calendar: Learn how to declutter your home Saturday in Lake Forest
- Daywatch: Illinois’ new taxes, a ‘Jeopardy!’ stunner and other things to know to start your day
- Milwaukee’s new Saint Kate arts hotel has a theater troupe, museum gallery and a room full of leopard spots
- Today’s paper was delayed by an electrical problem at our printing plant. Here’s a link to a digital replica.
- ‘The Summer Demands’: Oak Park’s Deborah Shapiro pens a thinking woman’s beach read
- Ranking the 100 best Bears players ever: No. 94, Gary Famiglietti
- Employment bootcamp, job fair, part of Triton College’s veterans outreach
- Astronomer searches for our ‘cosmic story’
- Recreational marijuana goes on sale Jan. 1 in Illinois. Dispensaries are already getting ready.
- Here’s when sports gambling could be legal in Illinois, and answers to other questions about casinos and betting
- If you own a car, smoke or buy gas in Illinois you will be paying more: A look at what fees and taxes state lawmakers hiked
- China handles Tiananmen anniversary with customary silence, lockdown
- 2 women shot in apparent targeted attack at South Shore gas station
- NIPSCO tree removal to monitor pipelines planned for Highland
- MLB, long expecting Latin players to learn English, is finally beginning to speak their language
- Roadrunner rewards: Nazareth claims regional titles in baseball, softball
- President Trump and first lady Melania Trump in Britain, Ireland
- Chicago Pride turns 50 this year. Here are 6 ways to celebrate, aside from the parade
- Talk of the County: Pritzker plans ‘to get rid of the middle class’
- Anyone wondering where Alfonzo McKinnie gets his work ethic and perseverance doesn’t need to look far. He got it from his mother.
- Niles West softball ready to build on 4A regional title
- Legal recreational marijuana in New York? Not this year, its governor says.
- Ron Howard’s latest music documentary shines a light on opera superstar Pavarotti
- Talk of the County: ‘Old Bone Spurs’ setting stage for another Boston Tea Party
- ‘Dead to Me’ renewed for Season 2 at Netflix
- China warns its citizens about travel to U.S., says visitors here have been harassed
- Iconic Chicago beer store West Lakeview Liquors closes in a mysterious rush. Will it reopen?
- Talk of the County: Hey Trump-haters, Clinton and Obama didn’t serve in military either
- Planning Commission approves addition of in-ground pool in Schererville
- Chicago-area contestants keep getting injured on ‘The Bachelorette’
- To attract high school workers, Walmart will offer SAT and ACT prep, pay for some online college classes
- Wisconsin man armed with knife barricades himself in home with 3 children
- First Fridays event in Aurora to feature pride activities, new food truck court
- Spring Awakening is here, and so are all the cool kids, from superstars to fast-rising locals
- Grads told their Glenbrook North High School education ‘has prepared you to excel’
- New, old traditions take stage at OPRF High School graduation
- Gorda oportunidad: Ruiz busca largo reinado en los pesados
- Graduates encouraged to keep ‘open mind’ as they leave Glenbrook South
- ‘I love this school. I wish it didn’t close.’ Hammond students leave hall messages as parting gifts
- ‘Sister Wives’ cast filmed scenes in Chicago for upcoming season
- ‘Jeopardy!’ producer: ‘Appropriate’ action planned in leak of James Holzhauer’s loss
- New Illinois pot laws won’t go into effect for 7 months. How will current laws be enforced till then?
- Best happy hours in Miami, Lauderdale, Boca, Delray, West Palm Beach and other South Florida cities
- ‘Elizabeth Rex’ explores gender issues for men and women
- Si tienes auto o fumas, pagarás más
- If Bowen Byram is the best player available at No. 3, the Blackhawks won’t shy away from drafting another defenseman
- Lollapalooza 2019 after shows: Idles, Death Cab, Sharon Van Etten and more
- La generación culebra
- 6 things to know about White Sox top draft pick Andrew Vaughn, including his love of fishing and his baseball idols
- The Cubs drafted Chase Strumpf with the No. 64 pick. Seconds later, he hit a home run for UCLA.
- Shout Out: Garrett Minich, an Eagle Scout from Oak Park
- Historical Society exhibit looks at La Grange during World War I
- My worst moment: Bruce Campbell and unmanageable costumes — ‘no one ever talks about the pinches, the scrapes, the chafing’
- Maluma presenta su camino a la fama en el documental
- Teen hoping to become paramedic credited with life-saving response to Maine South High School student
- In France, world’s largest Nutella factory blockaded by worker protest
- Residents seek answers to concerns with Union Pacific’s west line track project in River Forest
- New Trier High School grads determined to give back, make a difference
- Ald. Edward Burke pleads not guilty to corruption charges; mayor renews call to resign
- CVS announces further expansion into health care services
- Spike Lee to present Denzel Washington with AFI Award
- James Beard-winning owners of Parachute opening second restaurant, Wherewithall, this summer
- Ed Burke se declara no culpable de los cargos de corrupción
- ‘The Mountaintop’ imagines conversation between Martin Luther King, hotel maid
- Penthouse in former Montgomery Ward’s Observatory
- Brandon Marshall takes loss on Loop penthouse, selling for $3.2 million
- Community gardener Cynthia McGann receives first Heart of Darien award
- Unique ways to add style and personality to your kitchen
- William Ipema, pastor who looked for new approaches to race relations and building urban communities, dies
- Comings & Goings: Simply Slices opens in Mokena; America’s Dog and Burger opens in Evergreen park
- Four new principals announced for East Aurora schools
- We’ve had 10 years of economic expansion. Don’t count on 11.
- Grand Funk Railroad, ZZ Ward to open for Bad Company on last day of Naperville Ribfest
- Ridgewood baseball makes late surge, wins 3A regional title
- Strawdog Theatre’s ‘Take Me’ has music by Jon Langford and a story of alien conspiracy theories
- Three charged in connection with items taken from a Naperville car, cops say
- Oak Park Village Board appoints former trustee to lead community relations commission on split vote
- Oak Brook Polo Club set to begin 97th season
- Learn what ‘Sally’ has to say at Three Brothers world premiere
- ‘I want women and girls to feel safe in every part of the city in every part of the day’: New Chicago Foundation for Women CEO brings police experience to role
- ‘Poisonous thorns’: The times Abraham Lincoln got mad — like, really mad — at the Chicago Tribune
- ‘The Killer’ is a fine absurdist introduction to those curious about Trap Door Theatre
- Tras el triunfo de Rocky llega… ‘El Rocky Balboa Mexicano’ (VIDEO)
- Speak Out: Reader praises customers at Elgin Aldi, churches should start paying taxes, FOID checks may be faulty
- So close: OPRF softball falls just short of 4A sectional crown
- Elmhurst residents near York and Diversey call for traffic light
- Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot calls for TIF district reforms after watchdog report
- When service transcended party: D-Day, my dad and Gen. Dwight Eisenhower
- Naperville seeks bids for affordable housing plan following report that found city’s stock is lacking
- Millones quedarían fuera del censo
- Glenbrook South baseball finds ways to win during resurgent season
- Data center boosters hope new tax incentives ‘stop the bleeding,’ keep tech sites in Illinois
- Colleges give scholarships to Naperville area National Merit winners
- Citing transparency efforts, Evanston police unveil crime data dashboard
- Plano man facing felony drug charge
- Complete control: Matt Jachec strikes out 8 in shutout as Hampshire gets to state for 1st time
- 2-year-old critically hurt in fall from second-story window
- Drowning doesn’t look like drowning, says water safety advocate
- Swedish Days brings back some old favorites for its 70th year
- ‘Punky Brewster’ sequel series in the works with Soleil Moon Frye
- ‘Jeopardy!’ looking into how Holzhauer’s losing game leaked online day before being aired Monday
- Speak Out: David Webb Jr., marijuana
- One Eleven Food Hall guide: What to eat at the new dining collective in Pullman
- Trump administration halts popular cruises and educational travel to Cuba under new rules
- Sprint to fund internet access for Hinsdale District 86 students in need
- Armstrong: Tom Babyar almost quit after his first year at York. This year, he led Aurora Central Catholic to a sectional title
- New scoreboard coming to West Aurora High School stadium
- ALLIES INVADE FRANCE: Scenes from the city as D-Day news reaches Chicago
- A fun party, but ‘Ms. Blakk for President’ at Steppenwolf needs a dose of Chicago truth
- 74th annual Winnetka Children’s Fair kicks-off the start of summer
- Rompa steps down after 20 years with La Grange Park police, six as chief
- Column: Oak Park resident’s research into Chicago and the Mafia on display during upcoming gangster tour
- La Women Premier es líder en la UPSL
- ‘Jeopardy!’ ratings: James Holzhauer’s defeat most watched episode in 14 years
- Morton Grove farmers market set to open for the season
- St. Rita shocker: Northwestern’s Vic Law calls the ouster of basketball coach Gary DeCesare ‘a joke’
- Judge: Sentencing can proceed for woman guilty of human trafficking
- Illinois bill requiring minorities on corporate boards ‘gutted’; lawmakers pass version calling for disclosure, report card
- Meet Emma Boettcher, the University of Chicago librarian who just beat James Holzhauer on ‘Jeopardy!’
- Bottle Band marks 40th anniversary in Park Ridge: ‘It’s just goofy, goofy, goofy’
- Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal are set for another matchup at the French Open
- Zion stabbing victim identified by coroner
- Vote for Best of Chicago Southland
- Educator with ELL background hired as new Maplebrook Elementary principal
- 2 people hospitalized after being stabbed during domestic incident in Downers Grove, police say
- Church news: Luau Party, church picnic, VBS and more at area churches in June
- Evanston Township High School celebrates class of 2019
- ‘I am made for these big moments’: Vic Aguilar pitches St. Rita back to 4A state semifinals
- U.S. Senate report reveals previously undisclosed list of nearly 400 troubled nursing homes, with almost 20 in Illinois
- We want good governance, Gov. Pritzker
- Stanley’s Restaurant owner shuts down West Dundee location, citing poor business
- ‘Figures of Speech’ by Virgil Abloh
- Slowik: State delivers airport funding, casino, racetrack and more to south suburbs
- Blues on the Fox drops price, brings in new acts
- Missing Gary man’s body identified in Porter County
- Porter County official given probation for failing to supply information to IRS
- Fake Nancy Pelosi video is a reminder that mockery of stuttering needs to stop
- Program provides summer meals for Aurora kids in need
- Hammond man, 64, pleads guilty to child porn charges
- Americans must accept that none of these things ever happened
- Trial for Center Township man accused of animal neglect, multilation set for August
- After massacre, Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam demands action on gun control
- Southtowners: Student from Worth recognized by Illinois Geographical Society, more
- Title defense: Naperville North stuns Barrington in PKs for state championship after going without a shot in regulation, OT
- Aurora officials OK with Illinois gambling changes
- Coffee & Classics show a chance to see rare, expensive European cars in downtown East Dundee
- In Chicago speech, Powell boosts markets with hint Fed will cut rates if needed over trade disputes
- James Bond film rocked by explosion on set, injuring crew member
- Cómo lidiar con un ‘bully’ (Trump)
- Back from the brink: Benet rallies for 2A state title in girls soccer after being 106 seconds away from defeat
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- Olympian urges persistence at Make A Difference Day event
- A celebrity fan from every NHL team
- 93-year-old Cubs fan, a 90-year-old Sox fan taking rivalry to Crosstown Classic
- Patient-nurse ratio bill fails, but nurses aren’t giving up
- These Southland pets need new homes
- Lincolnwood man who owned Uptown medical clinic gets 75 months in prison for illegal sale of opioids, feds say
- Family-friendly Skokie Pride event set for June 9
- ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ star Yvonne Strahovksi became a mother before Season 3 — and things got real
- Wonks for the win: Chicago librarian changes the ‘Jeopardy!’ story
- Big Ten commissioner Kevin Warren
- Promotor de Joshua anuncia revancha con Ruiz
- ¿Quién pagará los aranceles de Trump a México?
- Strikes — and near-strikes — at Illinois universities
- ‘We wanted a union then, and we deserved a union then’: University of Chicago grad student workers go on strike
- Just because you know how to swim doesn’t mean you know how to survive drowning
- How did U. of C. librarian Emma Boettcher fare on ‘Jeopardy!’ one day after beating James Holzhauer?
- Montessori school in Oak Park earns new accreditation
- New York could become first state to ban cat declawing
- The Spin: Amid the pot, casino talk out of legislature, you may have missed the part about lawmakers’ pay hike
- Who is a journalist? Don’t let the government decide.
- Skokie teacher retiring after 60 years with the same district: ‘To me, it wasn’t work’
- Gary schools chief apologizes after teacher gives ‘most annoying’ trophy to boy with autism
- Elgin Youth Symphony Orchestra cuts ties with longtime artistic director Randy Swiggum
- University of Chicago Medicine says some donor, patient information mistakenly exposed
- Recreational marijuana: Illinois embarks on a long, strange trip
- ‘It’s finally happened’: Griffith graduate Kody Hoese drafted in first round out of Tulane by Los Angeles Dodgers
- Former jail inmate sues Lake County sheriff and officers over alleged mistreatment
- IDOT patches Dundee Road in Glencoe, but local officials keep up resurfacing push
- Post-Tribune Local Scoreboard for Wednesday, June 5, 2019
- El mejor gol de la Champions 2018-19 según la UEFA (VIDEO)
- Blackhawks add Stanley Cup-winning coach Marc Crawford to complete Jeremy Colliton’s staff
- Trump makes nice with British Prime Minister Theresa May days before she leaves office
- Hit-and-run driver arrested after hitting woman in Round Lake Heights
- Joe Biden’s $5 trillion climate plan: Net zero emissions by 2050
- Corrections and clarifications
- Clarendon Hills Village Board moves closer to TIF district for downtown building upgrades
- U46, advisory council doing study of district buildings to identify repair, maintenance costs
- Slain cabbie’s family sues Uber after driver flees to China, is charged with murder
- Pritzker taxes
- Orland Park OKs payment of legal bill related to bidding probe
- During pro-immigrant speech, Mayor Lori Lightfoot criticizes ICE, President Trump
- Understaffed nursing homes face hefty fines under newly passed Illinois legislation
- ‘I can’t help but look back’ — dad reflects on life after kids’ graduations
- Norridge, Harwood Heights police offer summer safety tips
- FBI, Northbrook police say man wanted for robbing a Fifth Third Bank branch
- U46 to consider $106,000 purchase of Spanish-language textbooks for dual-language expansion in high schools
- 2 men hurt in tree fall outside Noble Square senior building
- White Sox outfielder Nicky Delmonico has season-ending shoulder surgery
- Fire department searches Chain O’ Lakes inlet for Fox Lake man missing since early May
- GOP senators warn Trump over Mexico tariffs. He says they’d be ‘foolish’ to try to stop him.
- Chicago man pleads guilty to hate crime for yelling slurs, slashing tires at Lombard store where he was a clerk, officials say
- Julie Rothenfluh checking out of Naperville library after more than 20 years, six as director
- Khalil Mack receives Butkus Award — yes, they give them to pro players too — from Dick Butkus
- Gary Democrat Eddie Melton weighing bid for governor
- Some possible Chicago casino sites
- Gov. J.B. Pritzker says he will sign budget with legislative pay increases, defends lawmakers’ hard work
- Fact check: Trump said protests over his UK visit were ‘very, very small’ as thousands demonstrated nearby
- Kevin Warren is the 1st African-American commissioner of a Power 5 conference: ‘It is definitely not lost on me’
- Man shot in hip after fight in Evanston parking lot
- Joe Maddon won’t guarantee Albert Almora Jr. more consistent playing time
- MLB Commissioner Rob Manfred doesn’t expect protective nets to change in season
- ‘He’s gotten some big outs’: Jumpei Akanuma wants to make jump from RailCats to major leagues
- Home runs by Kyle Schwarber, Javier Baez support Kyle Hendricks’ 10 strikeouts in Cubs’ 6-3 win over Rockies
- Nationals 9, White Sox 5
- Cubs 6, Rockies 3
- Reynaldo Lopez and the White Sox blow a 5-0 lead en route to a 9-5 loss to Stephen Strasburg and the Nationals
- Rockies’ return to Wrigley Field sparks memories of lessons learned from Cubs’ 2018 season
- Wisconsin Republicans stand by rejection of Democratic Gov. Tony Evers’ plan to expand Medicaid