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- Blackhawks score 5 goals in the 3rd period — including Dominik Kubalik’s hat trick — to beat the Lightning 5-2
- Junior guard MK Drevline comes through with timely baskets in the fourth quarter as Grayslake Central holds off St. Viator to win the Class 3A Crystal Lake South Sectional final
- Girls basketball notes: Freshman forward Alyssa Latham ‘always wins,’ takes a deep breath for H-F and puts Marist away
- The end of an era: Senior guard Halle Douglass’ record-breaking high school career comes to a close as Lake Forest loses to Fremd in the Class 4A Palatine Sectional final
- Ask Amy: Wonderful grandson is terrible at the table
- Daily horoscope for February 28, 2020
- Boy, 12, shot in the leg in Lawndale
- Waubonsie Valley taps 2000 graduate and longtime assistant coach Tom Baumgartner ‘to continue legacy’ of football program
- Senior guard Kendall Holmes scores 22 points, but Benet’s 14-game winning streak ends against Bolingbrook in a Class 4A sectional final: ‘This one hurts.’
- Jacked punter crushes bench press at NFL Combine with 25 reps
- 5 Chicago police officers hospitalized after their vehicles collide in South Chicago
- You might think, ‘Who asked Dashboard Confessional to come back?’ Chris Carrabba has some answers for you
- Editorial: Chicago Forward — The toughest cases demand the most attention. Will you foster a child?
- Editorial: Clean water and flood control: Davis, Neely Dubuclet and Sepulveda for the Metropolitan Water Reclamation District
- Column: A boyhood friend of Emmett Till reflects on the new antilynching law named for Till
- Frustrated with shortages, medical marijuana patients begin growing their own at home
- Flashback: The reluctant saint: Dorothy Day lived a complicated earthly life with a sacred calling
- 40 things to do with the kids in the Chicago area in March
- Column: Getting rid of old books. This is going to take longer than I thought.
- Editorial: Choices for Cook County subcircuits
- Coronavirus outbreaks worry students studying abroad, while colleges cancel some overseas programs. ‘Doing everything I can to stay safe and healthy.’
- Sterling Bay wants to sell the McDonald’s HQ building, and a deal could shatter the record price in Chicago’s Fulton Market district
- Concealed carry license holder, would-be robber exchange gunfire in Little Village
- Chicago police release chilling video showing three people opening fire into South Side convenience store
- Backers say proposed power line would be a vital link to renewable energy. Foes say it would scar pristine Wisconsin landscape and cost too much.
- Designers take a maximalist attitude for spring
- Homer Glen American Legion meeting to help Korea, Vietnam veterans sign up for Honor Flight
- Goodbye, Columbus Day. CPS ends the holiday in favor of Indigenous Peoples Day — and parade organizers call it ‘a slap in the face.’
- Daywatch: Chicago police’s strategy against ‘L’ crime, CPS drops Columbus Day and how to get a personalized message from Blago
- Like to save money? Snag these early spring deals
- Best looks for spring in the Pantone Color of the Year
- Alan Griffin’s career-best 24 points push Illinois to a 74-66 victory at Northwestern, plus 4 takeaways from the Illini’s 3rd win in a row
- Newcomer Nomar Mazara senses the White Sox already are coming together: ‘Winning teams, they stay close throughout the whole year’
- Snowmobile racing in Wisconsin, a spring garden show in Indiana and more Midwest events
- Moving out: How to dump your roommate without being a jerk
- National Symphony cancels Japan concerts due to virus
- Chicago experts talk 2020 wedding trends
- Tax tips for retirees
- ‘Open the gates’: Turkey threatens Europe with refugees after Syrian government airstrikes kill 33 Turkish soldiers
- Ask Kip: Time your Social Security benefits
- Cubs taking a close look at candidates for a bullpen that could be completely overturned from last year’s opening day
- Managing remote workers? It takes more than the latest apps
- More companies get into business of Black History Month
- You discover your new hire lied on their resume. Now what?
- México confirma dos primeros casos de coronavirus
- Madeleine Albright, Shirley Chisholm, and 25 other women politicians who broke barriers
- Michigan City officials, residents question city’s part of South Shore Double Track project
- Concachampions: Los Angeles FC golea a León y Olimpia acaba con Seattle
- Vatican task force including Cupich to help local dioceses, religious orders with abuse prevention reforms
- Tokyo Disneyland shuts down for two weeks because of coronavirus fears
- Atlanta’s Olympic cauldron to be relit for marathon trial
- Joven mexicana espera que el Abierto Mexicano le cambie la vida
- Olympic champion Sun Yang banned for 8 years in doping case
- Ally Who? Lady Gaga returns to modern pop with new single ‘Stupid Love’
- Cyr: A candidates’ debate? Not really
- Speak Out: Thanks to Katherine Johnson for under appreciated contributions to NASA
- State school chief sounds alarm, urges involvement
- Coronavirus: 83,000 infectados, 2,800 muertos en el mundo
- Nacho Ambriz: ‘Se acabó el sueño de ir al Mundial de Clubes’ (VIDEO)
- Kansas City Chiefs’ Travis Kelce excited about ‘unique experience’ of a White House visit
- CSO review: A gripping performance of Nielsen’s Violin Concerto
- Lake County News-Sun Local Scoreboard for Saturday, Feb. 29, 2020
- CLC seeks to get ‘ahead of the curve’ with expansion of solar power at Grayslake campus
- Speak Out: Blagojevich shows nothing but arrogance
- Volkswagen introduces eighth generation Golf GTI
- Bold statements, floral prints among the 5 top bridal trends for spring
- 2020 Honda CR-V Hybrid set to arrive at dealers
- New personnel go to work in Crown Point
- Guerra, misterio y animación entre las recomendaciones en Blu-ray para el fin de semana
- Developer unveils new plan for Highland senior living center, attempts to correct social media misinformation
- Go Away With … Ellis Miah
- Go Away With … Sweet Lizzy Project
- Go Away With … Tami Neilson
- ‘We’re glued to the TV’: Premier League clubs wary of virus
- Plácido Domingo enmienda su disculpa con las mujeres que lo acusan
- Merrillville gets tougher on rental landlords
- Lake County sheriff: After squad struck in head-on collision, deputy chases down suspect
- Chris Bukowski named ‘The Bachelor’ for Chicago stop of touring stage show. Here are 5 things to know about him.
- He held a plank for more than 8 hours, setting a record
- Column: ‘Why would she lie?’ Elizabeth Warren’s interview with Chris Matthews poses a crucial question
- The leopard cub with the lioness mom
- Man found dead in Lake Station
- Costa oeste de EEUU cada vez más hostil hacia republicanos
- 1 dead after car flies off I-57, crashes and burns on tracks below
- Metra sued over train strike in Hometown that left 1 dead, 3 seriously injured
- Porter County Council votes in favor of raise requests by department heads
- The leopard cub with the lioness mom
- Inmigrantes le huyen a los beneficios sociales
- How US schools are preparing for a possible coronavirus outbreak in their communities
- Andy Ruiz desvela quien es su mejor peso pesado del momento
- New Airbnb listing: a 65-foot-tall landmark elephant
- Taxes, growth among issues in Democratic primary in 65th District
- What is the offseason plan? Are players and management on the same page? 8 questions about the near- and long-term future of the Blackhawks.
- Fechas más destacadas en el calendario de Grandes Ligas
- Southwest Chicago Kiwanis ‘pushing for a resurgence,’ seeking new members to help establish adaptive playground
- Davich: Comedian Tracey Ashley, who splits time between L.A. and Northwest Indiana, gets laughs from her ‘100% true’ experiences
- Brook Forest School fifth-graders use drones to take flight with STEM
- Deerfield will ship organic waste to landfills to limit manure-like odors that upset residents
- Los juicios de Gabriel Fernández: La horrible historia de la muerte de un niño que se describe en documental de Netflix
- Democratic candidates for state rep in 54th District sound off in League of Women Voters forum
- Column: Scouting teaches kids lessons in leadership. It’s a good thing girls can now take part.
- School District 21 gets $623,000 gift from late teacher who had retired more than 30 years ago
- Former Barrington athlete, once on dozens of meds, now has ‘contagious passion’ for healthful living
- Shout out: Iris Natasha Linares, has YouTube channel
- Oak Lawn youth director had sexual contact with minor during church service project, lawsuit claims
- Driver killed after vehicle hits tree in St. Charles Township
- Democratic presidential candidates are fighting over Obama. He has some opinions about the race.
- Column: No, not Bernie Sanders, not ever — he is not a liberal, he’s the end of liberalism
- CHMS eighth-graders enjoy World War II Day tradition
- Coronavirus taking a toll on Chicago companies. ‘You know a wave is coming.’
- Mayor Lori Lightfoot says she won’t support eliminating Columbus Day city holiday
- Column: Mike Bloomberg, the mayor who menaced blackness — he presents a rosy picture of his time as New York’s mayor. But for black people, it was a horror.
- Villa Taj in Burr Ridge — one of Chicagoland’s languishing megamansions — drops price tag to $5 million
- Oil industry tool to save polar bear dens is more miss than hit
- Fechas importantes del Censo 2020: Correos, opciones, visitas a pie y más…
- Is my adult son too old for house rules?
- Everyday heroes: Black History Month project at Richards in Oak Lawn puts students’ focus on the people they see at school
- Ben Affleck trata de recuperar su vida y reordenar su carrera con su nueva película
- How to keep your proposal a surprise (hint: ditch the box)
- Appellate court orders resentencing for Waukegan man convicted of sexual assault
- New Airbnb listing: A 65-foot-tall landmark elephant
- Column: When a pandemic meets a personality cult — the Trump team confirms all of our worst fears.
- Commentary: How to talk to your adult children
- What do those Spotify ‘top fans’ messages mean?
- Old engine La Grange Park sold appeared in episode of ‘Chicago Fire’ show
- The political pundits of the future are on TikTok
- Behind the scenes at Sydney Zoo
- One woman’s quest to get dog walkers to pick up poop bags
- How Chicago police will combat CTA crime spike: 50 more cops on ‘L’ patrols, new center for real-time monitoring of surveillance cameras
- Para millones en Brasil, la Tierra es plana
- Review: ‘Middle Passage’ at Lifeline Theatre is both a swashbuckling adventure and a powerful indictment of slavery
- Arranca la MLS 2020, la liga de fútbol más grande del mundo
- Moran: Easy on the salt — winter winds down after a quiet season for Lake County plows
- Aurora looking to tear down nine Bilter Road houses
- Tottenham’s Son Heung-min to be quarantined upon return from Korea
- Historic Paris train station evacuated after fire engulfs multiple vehicles nearby
- Police arrest man accused of punching people near Harold Washington Library
- Los Angeles deputies reportedly shared graphic Kobe Bryant crash photos
- Election officials are touting sleek new voting machines for the Illinois primary. With early voting underway, are they more secure than old-fashioned paper ballots?
- Counterfeit money used at Yorkville businesses
- Ex gobernador de Nayarit ‘aceptó sobornos de narcotraficantes’: EEUU
- Oswego high school artists earn nearly $2M in scholarships
- Column: Would a red-light camera ban affect your town? It depends whether your community is home rule.
- Anuncian Cardinals partido en México esta temporada
- After a tumultuous 2019 season, Cubs outfielder Ian Happ seeks to stabilize his role in the lineup
- General Motors adding 1,200 workers at Lansing, Michigan, factories
- Se hace añicos la carrera del más grande nadador chino en la historia
- Wisconsin court overturns ruling that ordered removal of up to 209,000 people from voter rolls
- The best tampon
- The best ice cube tray
- Residente expone su lado más vulnerable con ‘René’
- The best men’s deodorant
- Amtrak police officer found not guilty of murder in 2017 shooting of unarmed man at Union Station
- The best baseball bat
- The best DeWalt impact driver
- The best dog leash
- Corte suspende programa de Trump ‘Permanece en México’
- Non-resident staffing additions questioned in Gary
- The best sippy cup
- ‘Le quitaron muchas plumas a mis alas’
- 3 Illinois Racing Board members forced out over campaign contributions they made in violation of 2019 gaming law
- Church news
- New Arlington Heights TIF district could help finance revitalization of southern gateway, village leaders say
- Escuelas de EEUU se preparan para llegada de coronavirus
- Dos equipos de fútbol prohíben a sus jugadores dar la mano por el coronavirus
- FDA reports first US drug shortage tied coronavirus outbreak — but declines to identify manufacturer or product
- Elgin News Digest
- Community news
- Se estrena otro tema inédito de Jenni Rivera
- Community news
- Martin Luther King Jr. exhibit at DuSable
- Coronavirus llega a 60 países y agrava la situación financiera
- Chicago-based Paper Source to reopen 30 stores closed by bankrupt Papyrus, but don’t expect any Papyrus greeting cards
- Joliet woman charged in Yorkville with spreading a sexual image of another person on social media
- Real Madrid y Barca buscan impulso en un clásico de gigantes tambaleantes
- Naperville News Digest
- Shout Out: Emanuele Andrizzi, director of orchestras
- Commentary: Chicago Forward — Getting to college isn’t enough, graduation is the goal
- The northern lights in Norway, sunsets in Santorini and more amazing experiences Americans shouldn’t miss abroad
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- Corrections and clarifications
- Former baseball coach’s lawsuit against OPRF High School moved to federal court
- Trump administration’s ‘Remain in Mexico’ policy blocked by federal appeals court
- Dale Earnhardt Jr. ready to race away from historic Key West home
- United extends China flight cancellations, reduces service to other Asian destinations as coronavirus spreads
- Can my pet get the coronavirus? An expert answers that question
- Longtime former development director listed as consultant for proposed downtown Aurora marijuana dispensary
- Give dogs a task so they forget about barking
- Letters: To stop youths from becoming disconnected, we need to reach them when they’re children
- Talavera de México es declarada patrimonio cultural por la Unesco
- Face masks, especially the N95, suffer shortages worldwide amid coronavirus panic
- Mueren siguiendo los pasos del idealista de ‘Into the Wild’
- After years under federal oversight and millions of dollars later, Lake County Jail touts improvements in medical and mental health facilities
- Portage man enters plea in elderly mother’s death, is assigned a public defender
- McDaniel-Hale: Toll on new bridge a slap in the face to its many opponents
- Commentary: The world needs businesses to speak out on climate. Workers can lead the charge.
- Shout Out: Derek Evans, star of one-person show on Theodore Roosevelt
- Fed Chair Jerome Powell pledges to ‘use our tools’ to support economy amid coronavirus crisis
- Un día sin mujeres en México como señal de protesta
- Start of March to bring slightly above-normal temperatures, with more warming possibly on the way, forecasters say
- ‘Chicharito’ y Beckham destacan en la 25 campaña de la MLS
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- Salamanders and frogs hide a glowing secret
- Kildeer home with 5 bedrooms: $1.08M
- They saw themselves in Elizabeth Warren. So what do they see now?
- Letter to the Editor: What can Elmwood Park do to help the environment?
- All-day summer camps to debut in 2020 at Community Park District of La Grange Park
- Shout Out: Karlo Juarez, a ‘genuine, chill and likable’ barista who wants to go skydiving someday
- Garth Brooks fans lose their mind after thinking his Barry Sanders jersey is Bernie endorsement
- Commentary: A Moroccan orphan finds the American Dream is also accessible
- R. Kelly lawyers seek dismissal of racketeering charges against singer in New York
- This Week in Naperville
- Cómo evitar náuseas en los viajes
- Go bold and go home. Fashion and home design embrace a maximalist attitude for spring
- Gary’s Roosevelt High was built for a growing city’s black students when schools resisted integration. Now it’s shuttered with an uncertain future.
- Down to Business: Screen printing a great way for companies to get their message out to the public
- David Ruder, former SEC chairman and dean of Northwestern’s law school, dies at 90
- Aurora garage fire causes $150,000 in damage
- Vuelven las fiestas latinas a las duelas de la NBA con las ‘Noches Éne-Bé-A’
- Down to Business: If you can stand 220-below for 3 minutes, you’ll feel great, CryoLuxe owner says
- Developer’s plan to tear down Stonebridge estate landmarks has Lake Bluff residents concerned
- Nunca suelte la mano de los niños en escaleras mecánicas
- He drove her to the hospital. She gave him the coronavirus.
- Deborah Bricker sells Gold Coast condo for $3.9 million
- TV: Dramas sobre nazis generan discusiones
- Tourism to Cuba drops significantly, official figures show
- 36 mountain goats killed in helicopter shooting
- Column: Can an Amazon warehouse deliver the architectural beauty of Chicago’s old warehouses and factories? Don’t bet on it.
- Investigan si policías compartieron fotos de accidente de Kobe Bryant
- Stock market suffers worst week since 2008; Dow closes down 357 points
- Rivals Lori Lightfoot and Toni Preckwinkle rally for Kim Foxx, together but separately
- Column: Selection of Mike Pence to oversee government’s response to coronavirus scare should have been quarantined
- Decent: It may come as a surprise but many women finding careers in funeral industry
- Woman facing DUI charges in connection with Kendall hay wagon crash
- Foxconn’s Wisconsin factory isn’t what it initially promised. Can it still turn Mount Pleasant into a high-tech hub?
- After obesity surgery, more patients returning for another
- Playful push uncovers childhood disease, propels marathoner
- Disabato: My list of favorites and sleepers for the Class 4A and Class 3A state playoffs in boys basketball
- ‘Parece como si estuviéramos en guerra’
- Corona claps back at claims coronavirus scare will hurt sales
- There may be ‘a pot of gold’ at the end of Michigan’s hemp farming rainbow, or useless marijuana
- Sephora creates CBD standards for products
- Taylor Swift denuncia la masculinidad tóxica en un nuevo videoclip (VIDEO)
- Malawi legalizes cannabis cultivation for certain uses
- High-tech exhibit puts visitors eye-to-eye with MLK
- Website aims to highlight hidden figures in black history
- Hutton: These boys basketball sectional predictions are never wrong
- White Sox catcher Yasmani Grandal says his strained left calf ‘feels good right now,’ but there’s still no timeline for playing in a Cactus League game
- Attorney, IT consultant facing off in battle for Dem nomination in DuPage circuit clerk’s race
- Eighth graders from Washington School in Riverdale make history with state title
- Desencantados con Trump en la mira de demócratas moderados
- El ultracompetitivo mundo de la mercancía de Kobe Bryant después de su muerte
- Motormouth: Yes, adaptive cruise signals slowdowns with brake lights
- Larry Printz: Land Rover designer turns to modern art as inspiration for the 2020 Defender
- Under the Hood: Truck’s seat cushions heat up unbidden
- These states have the highest percentage of households that earn six-figures
- Auto review: The Ferrari 488 Pista brings racetrack performance to the freeway
- One car color projects a gutsy sense of style, ‘unpretentious’ confidence
- Aurora looks for federal funding for road projects
- Nadal mantiene su paso dominante en México
- Semana negra para las bolsas mundiales, con la peor caída desde la crisis de 2008
- Physicist whose written books on teaching science to babies to appear at DuPage Children’s Museum
- Advocates sue Secretary of State Jesse White and elections board over automatic voter registration problems
- Stock market just had a ‘correction’ over coronavirus fears. Here’s what that means and what might be next.
- The Spin: Gov. J.B. Pritzker ‘not relying on White House’ in coronavirus response | Lightfoot vs. Preckwinkle still going year after election | Ken Griffin opens wallet to aid in fighting CTA crime
- Gary taking a look at city court, code enforcement ordinances
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- Harley-Davidson CEO to leave struggling motorcycle maker
- Festival de Viña del Mar cierra imbuido en la crisis social de Chile
- Coca-Cola, women’s suffrage highlight Dundee Historical Museum’s new season
- Derbi de la Serie A se disputará en estadio vacío
- Park Ridge City Council to consider request for 12 apartments with first-floor commercial space on Higgins Road
- AMLO propone premiar a empresarios que admitan haber pagado ‘moches’
- Aurora police commander in line for deputy chief role
- Inhaler: ‘Aspiramos a hacer canciones sin fecha’
- Naperville pastor who recovered from knee surgery without pain meds now prepping for marathon
- Illinois officials announce 2 new test labs for coronavirus, stress risk here still low
- Column: Trump’s chickens come home to roost in coronavirus confusion
- Free tax help to be offered at Waubonsee in Aurora
- Five Republican candidates seek opportunity to challenge longtime U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin in November
- Former coach at North Shore Country Day School charged with sexually assaulting student a decade ago
- Elgin letters
- Utah advances plan to remove felony status for polygamy: ‘It seems so surreal’
- Anthony Ferrill, gunman in the fatal Molson Coors brewery shooting in Milwaukee, accused of punching a woman, gun crime in the ’90s, court documents show
- A Packers fan, a Navy vet, a grandpa, a father of small kids and a fellow electrician: The victims of the Molson Coors shooting in Milwaukee
- Who is Donna More?
- Who is Kim Foxx?
- Who is Bill Conway?
- Who is Bob Fioretti?
- Naperville letters
- Gov. J.B. Pritzker names new head of Department of Agriculture after former director implicated in email mentioning ‘rape in Champaign’
- Candid Candace Girls in the Game
- Dane Dunning clears a hurdle, and Michael Kopech ‘looks really good.’ 3 takeaways from White Sox spring training.
- Petition asks major airlines to nix fees so that families can sit together
- Crosby: After 25 years, Aurora Central Catholic three-sport star Moshe Rogers’ life and death not forgotten in Aurora
- Column: February’s moutza is bleepin’ golden
- Anna Griffin notches double-double but Aurora Christian loses to Lewistown in Class 1A state semifinals: ‘We just came out flat’
- Crosby: Dan Dolan Sr. loved Aurora and Aurora loved him
- Column: Hey, all you face-touchers out there, in an age of coronavirus — just stop!
- Chicago police shoot man at Grand station on CTA Red Line
- Read: Reports from CPS Inspector General Nicholas Schuler
- CPS board challenges claims of possible cheating on standardized tests — but inspector general says it would be ‘naive’ to rule it out
- Kim Foxx, other Cook County state’s attorney candidates attack Bill Conway over his father’s $7.5 million in contributions to his campaign
- Health officials confirm 2nd case of coronavirus in California that may have been transmitted by ‘community spread’
- Daily Southtown Local Scoreboard for Saturday, Feb. 29, 2020
- Potempa: March St. Pat’s and potatoes themes with reader recipe
- Coronavirus outbreak starts to look more like worldwide economic crisis as anxiety drags slumping financial markets even lower
- West Suburban Local Scoreboard for Sunday, March 1, 2020
- Post-Tribune Local Scoreboard for Saturday, Feb. 29, 2020
- Jake Warren scores a career-high 22 points as Chesterton rolls past West Side: ‘It’s special to do it on senior night’
- Elementary school employee in Portland area is 1st coronavirus case in Oregon
- Sophomore guard Cayden Vasko’s finds his shooting touch and matches his career high of 18 points as Lowell fends off Crown Point: ‘He has worked hard at it.’
- Julius Rollins’ slam dunk powers Hillcrest past Oak Forest for share of title: ‘We didn’t want to lose. Winning conference means a lot to us.’
- Purdue Northwest hosts mobile Black History museum to tell stories of slave trade, civil rights, sports and culture
- Shepard transfer Burtron Harper delivers highlight dunk as Richards routs his former school: ‘They wanted me to do it and I gave it to them’
- Pictures: Up Up and Away Florida Hot Air Balloon Festival