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- Back in the saddle: Retired Neuqua Valley baseball coach Robin Renner named athletic director at Newark
- Mugshots in the news
- Read: Audit of city’s $100 million-per-year workers’ compensation program
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- Ask Amy: Dad horrified there’s a gun in house
- Baranek: Oak Lawn and Marist share a championship bond in cancer survivor Rosemary Jepsen
- Mike Hutton’s five takeaways from the 2019 boys golf season after this week’s state meet
- Calendar: Parents and children to sing and play together Monday in Antioch
- Chicago theater openings for June 14-20
- Is Northwestern’s new medical research building a world-class structure? The building, and the answer, are incomplete.
- Gov. J.B. Pritzker cheered as he signs abortion bill, but what is the cost?
- Daywatch: Abortion law establishes ‘fundamental right,’ Fairlife and Fair Oaks Farms hit with lawsuit and other things to know to start your day
- 14 Chicagoans received $50,000 each to make a difference in the city. Here’s how they plan to spend the dough.
- Lawyer should lose license for misconduct in case of girl who watched mother run over by bus, panel says
- Chicago’s Garcia talks inclusivity and ‘Tales of the City’ revival on Netflix
- Ranking the 100 best Bears ever: No. 85, Kyle Long
- Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot says City Council must support her ethics plan: ‘It’s a new day’
- As Tony Bennett approaches 93, let’s hear it for the elders
- Bulls Q&A: Is a Lonzo Ball trade happening? How about signing D’Angelo Russell or Derrick Rose in free agency?
- Grant Park Orchestra review: A visually daunting season-opener with Mayor Lori Lightfoot
- Ford recalls 1.3 million SUVs and pickups for suspension, transmission woes
- ‘When it comes to trans issues, this country, this city, this state are decades behind’: Transgender activists say American Medical Association policy is a step forward
- An autonomous vehicle took on Chicago’s thick morning traffic. Here’s what happened.
- Puerto Rican People’s Parade and Vampire Weekend — here are 5 things to do this weekend in Chicago
- Best Chicago happy hour deals: June 13-19
- ‘Well, the socks don’t turn me on’: Virginia McCaskey admits she’s lukewarm on the Bears throwback uniforms, but the players love them
- ‘I wanted to turn over the table’: Gary parents speak out after their autistic son was dubbed ‘most annoying’ at school
- Shout Out: Jidapa Thia, engineering student who believes ‘everything happens for a reason’
- 3 things to watch for in the White Sox-Yankees series, including Eloy Jimenez channeling his inner Dick Allen and Lucas Giolito eyeing win No. 10
- From Pete Buttigieg to Kamala Harris, it’s the season of campaign books. But why bother?
- Meat and poultry king Tyson rolling out pea protein products too
- 5 takeaways from the Cubs-Rockies series, including a potential ‘spicy’ rematch in October and Javier Baez’s heroics
- ‘The FBI director is wrong’: Trump says he’d ‘want to hear’ dirt on 2020 rival if foreign governments offered
- 1 arrested in Fair Oaks Farms animal abuse case; Fairlife, farm owners hit with lawsuit as activists release new video
- Western Springs promotes two firefighters to lieutenant
- German hen breeders can keep killing 45 million male baby chicks a year, court rules
- Craft beer tasting set at historic Farnsworth House in Plano
- New road drives up Elm Place Middle School transition costs
- Matan a tiros a una mujer dentro de una Walgreens
- Tourist attraction The Ledge at Willis Tower reopens after protective coating cracks 103 floors up
- Clarkson: Hinsdale Library acquires five limited edition prints for its art collection
- Speak Out: Legal pot has supporters and detractors, repeat offenders need stiff sentences, RVs not a good fit for older Elgin areas
- With ‘increase in heavy storms,’ plan calls for improving drainage at Highland Park sports fields
- ‘American Woman’ review: Sienna Miller’s mother resonates with painful truth
- ‘Plus One’ review: Maya Erskine, Jack Quaid star in story of how to make two lovers of friends
- The 5 best jerk chicken dishes on Chicago’s South Side
- Murió la actriz mexicana Edith González; así la recuerdan
- The Rolling Stones in Chicago: A timeline of the band’s 55-year fascination with the city’s blues
- The Rolling Stones just can’t shake the Chicago blues
- Police investigating whether former Saint Viator High School staff member sent ‘inappropriate’ texts to students
- Prominent figures who have been accused of sexual misconduct
- Petrak: La Grange lawyer sampling local restaurants for Facebook blog
- Messi returns for another shot at Copa America title with Argentina
- Want it now? Target, battling Walmart and Amazon, will offer same-day delivery for $9.99 per order
- Hinsdale Village Board votes to require all dogs be leashed
- Winnetka Park District asks residents for views on proposed dog park
- Jewelry, cash and credit card reported stolen in Western Springs home burglary
- Advisers: Deals could be difference between solvency and debt for Gary
- Shout Out: Kelsa Robinson, dance company co-founder
- District 64 officials get first look at new budget
- Man’s body found in pond at Flossmoor golf course, police say
- ‘We’re not trying to raise the dead,’ says Dio drummer Simon Wright of the Ronnie James Dio hologram show hitting town
- Gary wants more information before vote on used car dealership plans
- Family secrets come out in Dunes Summer Theatre’s ‘Other Desert Cities’
- Chicago is (finally) getting the big-time drag festival it deserves via Chicago is a Drag
- Kane chairman says Metra funds should be used for current system, not Kendall extension
- Letter: Kalish’s ‘present’ vote on abortion takes away our voice
- Shabaka Hutchings rides a new kind of jazz comet
- 4 Cooking Secrets from Michelin-starred Chef Curtis Stone
- These 6 summer travel tips will save you money
- Easy DIY projects to refresh your home decor
- Watch Eden Hazard’s official introduction as a Real Madrid player
- Shemekia Copeland goes on the road again
- USWNT’s historic debut, Hazard’s arrival and the best of the week in soccer
- Planned Merrillville nursing facility wins town approval
- Arrestan a seis personas, incluido presunto atacante a ‘Big Papi’
- Davich: ‘Minor’ surgery happens only to other patients, regardless of procedure
- Jessica Biel, facing criticism, explains why she is against California vaccine bill
- Concerts, a drag festival to see in Chicago this summer
- Community news
- Luck on the side of customers at area casinos in May report
- Theo Ubique announces 2019-20 season
- Northwestern basketball lands an unusual transfer – the nation’s top lacrosse player, Pat Spencer
- Sherialyn and Kelley Byrdsong at the Race Against Hate event
- Whitmer triplets bring life lessons for single father
- A rooting interest: Lakes graduate D.J. Snelten relishes role as starting pitcher for the Chicago Dogs
- Young People’s Theatre Company presents ‘Mary Poppins Jr.’
- Grand Victoria won’t hold July 4 concert this year, but will help fund Elgin fireworks show
- Extravagant estates: These are some of the biggest mansions in America
- Teacher Feature: Getting thrown into deep end as novice student counselor sparked desire to ‘make a difference’
- Watch the first trailer for ‘The Shining’ sequel ‘Doctor Sleep’
- Sedar’s point: Waukegan West grad Ed Sedar rides the wave as Milwaukee Brewers’ third base coach
- Chicago Park District closes Lakefront Trail as high waves bring flooding and ‘life-threatening’ swimming conditions
- Milbank: Steve King’s proof he’s not racist? Diamond and Silk
- Patrick Beverley has an open mind about free agency — and he’s all ears if his hometown Bulls call: ‘I bleed Chicago’
- Body found slumped over at Loop bus stop
- Premier Performance cuts loose with ‘Footloose the Musical’
- ‘Music Mix, Colours & Sound’ in Park Forest showcases Salon Artists Gallery members’ work
- Highland man sentenced to 30 years in child porn case
- Affordable housing group buys Burnham Manor, Schoolhouse apartment buildings in Elgin for $11.1M
- Chicagoland best-sellers: ‘Where the Crawdads Sing’ by Delia Owens holds on at No. 1
- Hazard: ‘It was my dream since I was very young to play for Real Madrid’
- Q&A with Tarik Cohen: On the Bears’ new-look backfield, his evolving role and the ‘optimistic’ vibe at Halas Hall
- Aurora’s stolen bronze bust of the founder of Flag Day will be replaced to ‘right a wrong’
- Introducing the 2019 Beacon-News Girls Soccer All-Area Team
- La presentación de Eden Hazard por el Real Madrid
- The best photos from Real Madrid’s unveiling of Eden Hazard
- Cardinal, kids among 300 members of seven Southland churches who helped build home for family in need
- Gary gang member, 45, sentenced to life in prison
- Woman pleads guilty in Waukegan DUI crash that killed two
- Students blamed for Roosevelt vandalism
- Have some folky fun at Riverside fest at Cantigny
- Man injured after car crashes into several trees in Aurora
- Better with Setter: Waubonsie Valley’s Grace Setter is the 2019 Beacon-News Girls Soccer Player of the Year
- 6 ways to celebrate Great Outdoors Month in Illinois
- Ex-Posen mayor pleads guilty to embezzling village funds
- Julianna Zobrist, Chance the Rapper attend MCA ArtEdge gala honoring Virgil Abloh
- Southwest Airlines extends its Boeing 737 Max flight cancellations through Labor Day
- Mother of choking newborn gets help from Lake County Forest Preserves officer
- National best-sellers
- Next up in the swanky Gold Coast: Secondhand sneakers
- The U.S. rout of Thailand wasn’t just historic. It highlighted the overall inequality in the Women’s World Cup field.
- Column: Instead of ending Civil War Days in Lake County, use it to tell the whole story
- Eden Hazard se graba un selfie con la afición del Real Madrid (VIDEO)
- Vote on divisive RV parking issue in Elgin put on hold so council can review possible compromise
- Park Ridge zoning board votes down hair salon’s request to replace retail shop in Uptown
- The Residences at Addison and Clark
- Evanston mayor joins international call to action as invasive Asian carp threaten Great Lakes
- Speak Out: MetroSouth Medical Center, reading
- River Forest District 90 administrator to take principal job in Evanston
- Naperville advisory group gives initial OK to replacing old Ogden Avenue gas station with new one
- 13 goals for the U.S. women’s soccer team to keep it ladylike
- Uber test uses drones to deliver McDonald’s meals
- Letter to the editor: Co-housing plan coming to Oak Park
- Wisconsin-based Unity The Band brings its original roots reggae to Fox Pointe in Lansing
- Putting eyes on the ‘heroin highway’
- Record spending and exploding debt; what could go worong?
- Four candidates to interview for vacant Park Ridge City Council seat
- Photos: Chicago’s historic Medinah Temple
- Two men with baseball bat rob Batavia liquor store
- Elmwood Park teacher memorialized in artwork by former student
- The Spin: Big waves on Lake Michigan and the tides of change at City Hall
- Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot says city will hire outside firm to oversee workers’ comp program
- One river commission ends and a new one readies for start for Kankakee, Yellow rivers
- If Mayor Lightfoot raises taxes pronto, is she breaking a promise?
- Illinois nursing homes rank third worst in the country, nonprofit group says
- Evanston city clerk amends FOIA lawsuit against city after council vote
- Un ex guardia de seguridad mata a sospechosa de robo en Walgreens, el gerente lo llamó para pedir ayuda
- Lincolnwood poet wins literary prize, including cash and Italy residency
- Farruko fue sentenciado a tres años de libertad condicional
- 5 things to do in Lake County June 21-25
- Los Auténticos Decadentes en plena ‘Fiesta Nacional’
- Computer part malfunction at South Barrington water treatment facility posed no service, health issues: Officials
- Hombres G: Resucitados y ‘revueltos’
- Denied rehearing by ICC, Lincoln Towing goes back to court for last shot to save license
- Aurora raises water and sewer rates
- Elgin pet expo this Saturday to be held in larger venue with nearly 50 vendors
- A look at Galit restaurant
- Robert Downey Jr. viene a Chicago a rendirle un tributo a Jon Fraveau
- Uptake’s second in command is moving into an adviser role
- Fly me to the moon? No, but for the right price, you can kick back in the space station
- Democratic presidential candidates go big on spending
- New automatic aid deal will make Oak Forest area fire departments ‘a more efficient unit,’ officials say
- Elgin Ribfest gets underway Friday night at Festival Park
- 5 things to do in Northwest Indiana June 21-23
- Expert Series: Scott Severson from Brandpoint on Sales and Marketing Alignment (Video)
- The American ingredient inspiring top French chefs
- Cold, wet spring put a damper on Naperville Park District swimming, golf numbers
- Laquan McDonald documentary glosses over the lingering outrage of the notorious case
- Corrections and clarifications
- Mayor Lori Lightfoot says ‘jury’s out’ on whether One Central megadevelopment will proceed
- 5 things we learned on the final day of Bears minicamp, including a motivated Akiem Hicks and a healthy Kyle Long
- Community news: Local artists take top prizes at MVCC art show
- Lightfoot talks tough to the FOP — will it backfire?
- Cubs are facing a Dodgers lineup that is much tougher on left-handed pitching than it once was
- Plymouth Place time capsule opened as facility marks 75th anniversary
- Amy Eshleman to work as a volunteer in the administration of her wife, Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot
- Zion hit-and-run death trial goes to jury
- Piping plovers in Illinois
- Maradona deja a Dorados de Sinaloa por motivos médicos
- No injuries reported after fire starts on Metra locomotive at Union Station
- ‘Best guy in this league’: Alex Crosby nears return to first base for RailCats after suffering shoulder injury
- The next two weeks will be telling for the White Sox in their fight for respectability
- Ben Zobrist’s return to the Cubs remains a possibility, Theo Epstein says
- R. Kelly’s legal troubles sparked a ‘roller coaster of emotion’ for his ex-wife
- White Sox commemorate Steve Dahl and Disco Demolition Night: ‘It could not happen again’
- As Moe goes: Grayslake Central’s Coby Moe named the 2019 News-Sun Baseball Player of the Year
- Chicago teacher contract talks underway as union casts wary eye toward new mayor
- Have you seen that ad for Tribune Tower condos? My gawd.
- Introducing the 2019 News-Sun Baseball All-Area Team
- Prosecutors drop all charges in Flint lead-poisoned water scandal, promise fresh probe
- Column: ‘The Unbreakables’ features story of a woman betrayed
- Brendt Christensen bought Drano after killing Chinese scholar at U. of I., according to testimony
- Cuba Gooding Jr. pleads not guilty to groping woman at bar
- Memphis police appeal for calm after marshals fatally shoot black man
- Press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders leaving White House job; is Arkansas governor run ahead?
- U.S. blames Iran after 2 oil tankers damaged in apparent attacks
- Federal watchdog agency recommends White House aide Kellyanne Conway be fired
- Yoan Moncada misses his 2nd straight game for the White Sox to rest his sore back