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- 10 players still available who could be a fit for the Chicago Bears in the second round of the NFL draft
- Lincolnshire Village Board approves $1.5M contract for road resurfacing project, even as trustees question if now is good time to spend that kind of money
- Ask Amy: Aunt wants to reunite with long-lost family
- Daily horoscope for April 24, 2020
- Looking ahead to the Chicago Bears’ second-round draft picks: 6 cornerbacks and 6 wide receivers come off the board in Round 1
- Column: The bottom line after the draft picks made by the Chicago Bears’ NFC North rivals in Round 1? There’s time for them to catch up.
- For all the changes amid the coronavirus pandemic, the NFL draft kind of looked, well, normal
- Creative ways to bring joy to your neighborhood while social distancing
- Column: Could Sen. Mitch McConnell’s bankruptcy idea actually save Illinois and Chicago taxpayers?
- Celebrate Arbor Day by enjoying all that trees bring us — and give them a little love in return
- Orland Park charity still giving toys to kids with cancer, because ‘treatments cannot stop due to a pandemic’
- An unexpected ripple effect of COVID-19: Important work to restore parts of Cook County forest preserves is put on hold
- Old Town Triangle home with wine cellar, rooftop terrace: $4.25M
- Flashback: A den of gamblers and bootleggers: No Man’s Land was party central for North Shore’s bored suburbanites
- Travis Scott’s trippy ‘Fortnite’ invasion: Welcome to the coronavirus era of live music
- Daywatch: Pritzker extends ‘modified’ shutdown, the difficulty of enforcing masks and a chef’s pandemic pivot to tamale pickup
- Barrington teen surprises food pantry with $7,500 donation to help address hunger amid coronavirus pandemic
- ‘I will shoot you!’ carjacker yells. ‘Are you serious?’ replies off-duty Chicago cop, who then wrestles him into custody in South Loop garage
- Commentary: Charmin’s bears are just cruel now. How coronavirus has changed TV ads
- Rolling Stones release a song that ‘resonates’ these days
- Make this strawberry cake for Mother’s Day
- Bacon-wrapped Brussels sprouts are impossibly crispy
- Dunes Tourism pushes social media marketing as COVID-19’s ‘new normal’ as businesses work to regain footing
- Aurora’s mayor said reopening the city would be ‘slow.’ As Illinois’ stay-at-home order is extended, here’s what experts and a city business leader have to say
- NFL draft winners and losers: Kids, Roger Goodell, Aaron Rodgers, Tristan Wirfs, Kliff Kingsbury’s digs, whatever was going on at Mike Vrabel’s house and more
- Illinois wants all shoppers to wear masks at the grocery store. Enforcing that rule is trickier.
- ‘Bad Education’ review: Hugh Jackman is at his best in the engrossing school-scam drama on HBO
- A retired Valparaiso teacher and his wife, both with COVID-19, were on ventilators at the same time. She is recovering; he did not.
- South Side native shows off her work as an aquarium biologist on CBS series ‘Mission Unstoppable’
- Amid COVID-19 pandemic, federal judge allows Green and Libertarian Party presidential and U.S. Senate candidates on November ballot without having to gather signatures
- Chicago Sky’s Allie Quigley rides a virtual ‘horse’ match to staging a quarantine competition: ‘It literally can start a dream’
- Lake County libraries adapt in face of pandemic: ‘The way we serve our public will be different going forward’
- What are the Packers doing?
- Physical therapist keeps her business afloat through coronavirus crisis
- Coronavirus: ‘Sesame Street’ characters help kids deal with the pandemic
- Speak Out: Common sense, testing and trust needed to end stay-at-home
- Califican a Trump de ‘irresponsable’ por sugerir ‘inyectar’ desinfectante para combatir el coronavirus
- What’s on TV Friday: International Jazz Day; coronavirus
- Ricardo Lavolpe anuncia su retiro como técnico
- Speak Out: Small business owners hurting during pandemic
- Meghan Markle dials in to hearing against British tabloid for publishing private letter to dad
- La historia detrás de la primera selección del draft de NFL
- Some Lake County-area beaches, shorelines remain open with caveats
- What is herd immunity and why does it matter in the fight against coronavirus?
- Ashland Avenue railroad crossing closed through May 1 for maintenance
- Will the coronavirus forever alter the college experience?
- Yorkville knows finances ‘are going to take a hit’ due to pandemic
- Cubs Charities donates iPads to keep UIC hospital patients connected to families
- The Gap has stopped paying rent on shuttered stores, warns it’s running out of cash
- Column: President Trump isn’t the first one to suggest disinfectant in the body. Women were told to douche with Lysol for decades.
- Column: Why are we in quarantine? We’re saving the lives of people we will never meet.
- Riverview Bridge
- El amor al teatro lleva a los argentinos a seguirlo online en la cuarentena
- Brasserie Jo returns after 10 years as a carryout-only popup serving set dinners
- Aurora Public Library to consider employee furloughs due to pandemic
- Bart Johnson, a former Chicago White Sox pitcher and longtime scout with the organization, dies at 70
- Could the power of the sun slow the coronavirus?
- Warren graduate Kaylen Dickson’s first major injury, not the shutdown of sports, ended her sophomore season at Wake Forest: ‘I guess I went out with a bang.’
- When mom’s Zoom meeting is the one that has to wait
- Out of work during the coronavirus pandemic? Here are 5 tips to win your virtual job search.
- Netflix presenta una avalancha de películas y series en pleno crecimiento récord por pandemia
- La mesa de los cubanos también tiene síntomas del nuevo coronavirus
- Beating coronavirus at 88 and 90: One couple’s story
- Social Security and Medicare funds at risk even before virus
- Chicago businessman buys Indiana Beach amusement park
- ‘We are in prison’: France opens nursing homes, exposes pain
- Elgin firefighter tests positive for coronavirus, fire chief says
- ‘Florida is a terrible state to be an unemployed person’
- Column: How Republicans became the party of death
- Will the coronavirus forever alter the college experience?
- Libraries, museums bring education to laptops, tablets and smartphones
- Vanquish the virus? Australia and New Zealand aim to show the way
- Futbolistas transgénero se abren paso en Argentina
- How school districts are outsmarting a microbe
- Influencing? In this economy? It’s only gotten more competitive
- Comparing death rates of the pandemic across the U.S.
- Missouri pork plant workers say they can’t cover mouths to cough
- 2 brothers died of COVID. They’re being denied their last wish.
- Los rayos solares podrían matar rápidamente el coronavirus, según estudio de EEUU
- Germophobes shunning public transit give carmakers a bit of hope
- CDC stresses need for coronavirus testing at homeless shelters
- Honest Paws review: Will pet CBD help your dog remain calm for longer?
- The best Leica camera
- The best disc golf basket
- The best smartwatch
- Senior third baseman Alexis Johnson envisioned Lake Central making a deep run in the state tournament — until the season was ‘ripped away from us’
- The best walk-behind lawn edger
- The best Comcast modem
- Grocery guide: How to maximize your weekly trip to the store
- Ana Bárbara vuelve a la TV como jueza
- Review: ‘Defending Jacob’ might be Apple TV+’s first big flop
- Down to Business: Self-reliance and resiliency are skills that can be taught, institute director says
- A Chicago nurse returned to work after recovering from coronavirus. His cough came back. He tested 2 more times and got different results.
- Parques infantiles del mundo, vacíos por el coronavirus
- President Trump signs $484 billion stimulus bill to aid employers and hospitals under stress from the coronavirus pandemic
- Crazy to launch a restaurant during the pandemic shutdown? North Shore to-go spot stays on schedule and finds success.
- Hyundai Veloster N gains 8-Speed DCT
- Lake Emergency Response Fund aids local charities
- Embracing telehealth and masks, physical therapist bends to coronavirus reality
- After reported BBQs and picnic gatherings, parking lots at ‘too popular’ Cook County Forest Preserves to be closed on weekends, Preckwinkle says
- For Chicago-area Muslims without traditional mosque access, a remote Ramadan isn’t a new concept
- Polestar announces 2021 Polestar 2 pricing
- Looking for a job? Here’s a list of places that are hiring right now in Chicago
- Killers, not cuddlers, Seattle feral cats find new lives as mousers in industrial shops
- Neymar reconoce tener ‘ansiedad’ por culpa del coronavirus
- A ‘Phantom of the Opera’ contest seeks singer with style
- Sophomore star Sanjana Tallamraju’s Munster career ends along with the Mustangs’ hopes for a state championship: ‘It was devastating.’
- Tom Hanks consuela y manda regalo a niño acosado por llamarse Corona
- At least three deaths and nearly 40 COVID-19 nursing home cases in Gary, city health department says; one-third of city cases in a single ZIP Code, mayor says
- Trump autoriza ayuda económica a negocios y hospitales por pandemia
- West Aurora School District leader says pandemic offers chance to ‘rethink public education’
- Simple recipes to add to your weeknight dinner rotation
- Chicago Symphony Center cancels concerts through June 9
- EEUU supera los 50,000 muertos por coronavirus
- Visiting the vet during pandemic
- Zoos struggle to find funds to feed animals, who seem to miss the crush of humanity
- Commentary: Juggling divorce amid the coronavirus pandemic: Why I’m grateful for my ex
- Judge blocks new Illinois workers’ compensation rule that granted benefits to employees who contract COVID-19
- Speak Out
- Buffalo Grove order calls for local businesses to refuse service to people not wearing masks, and fines up to $750
- Carreras de caballos consiguen mayor tiempo en TV en medio de pandemia
- 15 words to know to understand the stock market
- Joe Biden leads Donald Trump in key states. But at the same point in 2016, Hillary Clinton led by more.
- Joan Morris: The pain of saying goodbye to a pet when social distancing
- Adler astronomer says American Girl stole her likeness, from head to shoes, to make doll
- Joe Burrow joins past Heisman Trophy winners drafted first overall
- Encarnados en mascarillas, luchadores mexicanos protegen narices y bocas de COVID-19
- Lake County law enforcement and health officials at odds over release of COVID-19 information
- Northbrook hands out thousands of free masks to residents as village requires them to be worn in public
- Column: Politicizing Nancy Pelosi’s ice cream is a fridge too far
- Disney World, Disneyland may not be the same post-coronavirus. Here’s what could change
- Column: Why I’ll keep booking vacations even though it doesn’t make sense to fly for fun now
- Marzo, el mes más violento en México en casi dos años pese a cuarentena por COVID-19
- Lyons Township High School postpones graduation to June 28
- Lake County OKs changes to June 2 primary election amid COVID-19 pandemic
- Column: Backyard project becomes a path to ‘exhilaration and health’ amid pandemic
- Facebook lanzó Messenger Rooms para contactar con amigos en video
- Indiana Beach has new Chicago owner who hopes to reopen shuttered amusement park
- Community news
- Ibrahimovic: ‘Mi estatua ha desaparecido, pero mi historia permanecerá siempre’
- At least $200 million budget gap could hit Cook County government as sales, hotel tax revenue dry up, official says
- Maluma: ‘Yo también sueño con ese amor de mi vida’ (VIDEO)
- Black leaders want a black woman as Joe Biden’s running mate. But who?
- 15 ways to save money while staying home
- Letters: Let us choose engaged citizenship and democracy over Trump loyalty
- Partidos sin público, un plan no tan sencillo
- Quickly
- Marist offensive lineman Pat Coogan follows his heart with college commitment: ‘Notre Dame is getting the complete package.’
- Frank Miszkiewicz, a Polish immigrant who survived World War II in Germany, died in Aurora of COVID-19
- UFC 249 is set to be held May 9 without fans in attendance
- Southwest CEO warns of a ‘drastically smaller airline’ if air travel doesn’t pick up
- Glenview, Northbrook schools using technology to keep students connected to counselors in effort to deal with mental health issues due to COVID-19 disruptions
- Quickly
- Trinity Duckworth brings the best out of Hillcrest in girls basketball before heading to IUPUI: ‘A blessing any time the ball was in her hands.’
- Lost parents to COVID-19 days apart
- Commentary: Don’t let Chicago’s federal jail become the next coronavirus hot spot
- Council member critical of earlier meeting start time in Valparaiso
- Escasez y burocracia, fallas monumentales en EEUU
- Quickly
- Naperville Letters to the Editor
- COVID-19 outbreaks affect Illinois hog farmer
- Column: Guns, abortion and COVID-19 opportunism — what Gov. Pritzker got right
- Coronavirus price-gouging lawsuit: Major egg producer jacked up prices 300%, Texas attorney general says
- How to listen to your loved ones with empathy when you yourself are feeling the strain of social distancing
- Navy recommends reinstatement of aircraft carrier captain fired after plea for help with onboard coronavirus outbreak
- City Council votes to pull horse-drawn carriages off the streets of Chicago by the end of the year
- Hutton: High school seniors, like Valparaiso’s Mark Civanich, bear the brunt of the sports shutdown. ‘Everybody else has a get-out-of-jail-free card.’
- Column: When stay-at-home restrictions are lifted, the hard choices on whether to resume our lifestyles will fall on us
- NBA lookback: Michael Jordan’s first playoff game in Chicago
- 6 tips for parents who home-school
- Hinsdale Central pool to be named after Hall of Fame swim coach Don Watson
- A year after budget cuts threatened District 86 water polo programs, Hinsdale athletes deal with COVID-19
- Judge warns he’ll dismiss lawsuit about conditions in Lake County Jail amid COVID-19 pandemic unless inmate files amended complaint
- Camarena: ‘Sepan que los estaremos esperando en los teatros’
- Naperville People in the News
- Chicago police issued more dispersal orders on West Side in early days of stay-at-home order than other parts of the city, including the lakefront
- UFC anuncia tres eventos sin público en Florida
- Pat Disabato’s list of the 10 best high school boys basketball players from the Southland from 2010 to 2020
- Editorial: Restaurants are suffering. You are hungry. Be a customer, if you can.
- How to safely run outside during coronavirus quarantine
- Volunteers promote value of census; explaining role in representation
- Jerome Sutton died from COVID-19, but family wants him remembered for how he lived. ‘To know him was to love him. He could make anybody laugh.’
- Porter County voters flooding elections office with absentee ballot requests
- Editorial: Senate President Harmon’s plea for a bailout yet another reason to reject the Pritzker Tax in November
- Difficult decisions loom for summer events in Lake and Porter counties, officials and planners say
- Illinois: 2,724 nuevos casos de COVID-19, en el mayor aumento en un día
- Jobless Griffith woman, daughter make visits on horseback to bring a little happiness to others
- Gary couple quarantined on a cruise ship for 3 weeks after adventure to Antarctica goes south
- As hundreds protest Wisconsin stay-at-home orders on the steps of the Capitol, some of the state’s most prominent Republicans skip
- Millones ‘atrapados y hambrientos’ en cinturones de miseria en el mundo, indica Manos Unidas
- 12 families, 24 victims: COVID-19 has been especially brutal on these Chicago families
- Las mascaras de lucha libre mexicana se reinventan con el coronavirus
- Hawthorn School District 73, teachers union ink 5-year agreement
- Column: The top four arguments against the ‘fair tax’ and why they fail
- For those of you who like your bourbon on the high-rye side of the spectrum
- Prom plans paused for pandemic? TikTok to the rescue with virtual prom week
- What to do with all those potatoes you stockpiled: Make delectable savory pancakes
- Waukegan extends economic incentive agreement with Atlanta-based supplier to keep fulfillment, call center in city
- How the 1918 flu pandemic mirrors today’s coronavirus crisis
- Applying for new jobs? Avoid these resume mistakes
- Column: Magnolia trees, birdsong and tulips — welcome comforts during a global pandemic
- Family mourns losses of mother and grandmother
- ‘I’m excited’: Indian Creek’s Cooper Larsen tops early signees for coach Lance Robinson’s first full recruiting class at Waubonsee
- Juanes promete show lleno de amor con Filarmónica de Bogotá
- After one season of high school soccer, Benet junior star Jaimee Cibulka commits to Loyola: ‘It definitely isn’t a bad thing that I’m closer to home.’
- 21 Mother’s Day gifts for all types of moms
- Iniesta habla de su depresión en documental
- Commentary: Ramadan in the time of coronavirus: Finding serenity in the storm
- Illinois reopens golf May 1 but with strict regulations — twosomes only, no carts and no practice putting
- Commentary: This shared pandemic experience will change us in countless ways
- Joe Biden increasingly speculates Trump may try to delay or disrupt the election in some way: ‘God knows what can happen’
- 21 best Mother’s Day gifts 2020
- The Spin: Pull the plug on Trump live? | Cook County budget hole’s at least $200 million this year | Chicago City Council approves Lightfoot’s pandemic response order
- Chicago City Council approves Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s coronavirus emergency powers order
- Chyno y Nacho estrenan versión acústica de ‘Raro’ (VIDEO)
- Glenwood school adapts as remote learning has potential to put kids in harm’s way
- Augustana recruit Zach Dinkel humbled by loss of senior season for Naperville North: ‘It is a very hard time for us from top to bottom.’
- Answers to questions about new coronavirus antibody studies
- Even partial view of economic damage from virus is massive
- Decent: So much to miss in these days of self-isolation, and so much to look forward to when it’s in the past
- Crosby: Drive-by event will allow community to honor Aurora ‘Cross Man’ Greg Zanis, who has terminal cancer
- Edward-Elmhurst Health facing double-whammy: 40% drop in income and millions in unbudgeted COVID-19 costs
- Coronavirus updates: United States passes 50,000 deaths as Georgia, Oklahoma and Alaska start easing lockdown
- Malaria drugs touted by President Trump as possible COVID-19 treatment trigger FDA warning of ‘serious side effects and death’
- Illinois officials say the state is hitting its COVID-19 peak — and that’s actually good news
- Recruiting notes: Vernon Hills LB Jackson Wiegold a rising prospect
- Armstrong: Yorkville Christian’s Jaden Schutt watches the Big Ten ‘all the time,’ should receive big recruiting boost from Illinois offer
- Editorial: Lightfoot takes on Kwame Raoul: COVID-19 victims shouldn’t be branded with a scarlet letter
- Northwestern testing drug to help treat a ‘storm’ inside the body caused by COVID-19
- Column: Injections of bleach and beams of sunlight to cure the coronavirus? President Trump is self-destructing
- Illinois surpasses Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s 10,000-test goal, sets new single-day record for known cases with more than 2,700
- Chicagoans cope with another month at home: closing a pancake house, missing students and setting up routines
- Matty Sylvester was a star defender in 2014 as Naperville North reached the supersectional in boys soccer. Now, he’s a defender of the flag with the U.S. Army.
- Column: Could Chicago use Seattle’s ideas to keep more green spaces and paths open, yet safe?
- Crosby: Masks now becoming part of everyone’s pandemic wardrobe
- Column: In a time of social isolation, how the coronavirus pandemic brought one big family together
- Potempa: Mother’s Great Depression recipe inspires Munster children’s author’s creativity
- Brother of Dallas Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott dies at 31
- One case? Or 38? Pandemic exposes inconsistent, incomplete data on COVID-19 cases in Illinois.
- Online town hall meeting for veterans planned
- A spike in New Yorkers ingesting household cleaners following Trump’s controversial coronavirus comments
- Trump suggested studying injections of disinfectant to treat coronavirus, then said he was being sarcastic. Here’s video and a transcript.
- Chicago police coronavirus dispersals
- Coronavirus in Illinois updates: Here’s what happened April 24 with COVID-19 in the Chicago area
- Loaves & Fishes says people seeking food assistance up dramatically, and they need financial help to meet demand
- Judson pushes commencement ceremony to Sept. 19
- St. Charles North in the top 30 for Illinois high schools, U.S. News and World Report says