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- Northwest Indiana local scores for Sunday, Oct. 18
- ‘Dynamic’ Morton transfer Paris Hewlett totals 162 yards and scores a touchdown as Merrillville tops Chesterton to win conference title
- Daily horoscope for October 17, 2020
- Ask Amy: Household needs a recycling czar
- Dark blotches on leaves of pachysandra are sign of Volutella blight. Here’s how to treat it.
- What’s the trade landscape for Kris Bryant? 4 questions about the Chicago Cubs third baseman heading into 2021.
- Rhonda Fleming, film star of ’40s and ’50s who appeared in ‘Spellbound,’ dies at 97
- AirDoctor review: Does this top-of-the-line air purifier’s performance justify the price?
- The best American Standard toilet
- The best fishing lure set
- The best bathrobe of 2020
- The best manual lawn aerator
- The best Christmas light projector
- The best ice fishing rod
- The best postnatal vitamin of 2020
- The best women’s rock climbing shoe
- How to make a pandemic time capsule
- Bringing perfect waves to the masses
- How green is that electric car? And when it hits 100 mph?
- A man, a megaphone and a mission to shame the Houston Astros
- This urban safari comes with a warning: Watch out for snakes
- How a Medusa sculpture from a decade ago became #MeToo art
- Man’s best friend once made nice wool blankets, too
- 5 things to watch for in the Chicago Bears’ Week 6 game, including Cole Kmet’s activity and Teddy Bridgewater’s efficiency
- The Great Barrier Reef has lost half its corals
- ‘The Batman’ movie films in the Loop during the weekend
- The Marc Jacobs whisperer
- For the Navajo Nation, ‘everything takes time,’ including voting
- Deerfield School District 109 going back to all-remote learning, citing ‘alarming’ Lake County uptick in COVID-19 cases
- The Chicago Bears and Carolina Panthers are headed for a 3rd-down showdown: ‘For us, they’re never in until they’re in’
- Penrose Brewing strikes hazy IPA gold at the Great American Beer Festival as Chicago continues aptitude in category
- Speak Out reader opinion: Graduated-rate income tax is not going to be fair
- Elgin News Digest: Ecker Center online auction to include Berlin Wall chunk; blood donors will receive Panera meal; ‘Spooky Tales’ forest preserve hike
- President Trump plays down the coronavirus while he steps up his pitch for a second term as election nears
- ‘I feel great’: Neuqua Valley’s Nicolas Dovalovsky continues season to remember by winning DuPage Valley Conference Meet
- Man accused of assaulting 7-year-old girl during online learning class had been sexually abusing her for a year, prosecutors say
- Sinclair Broadcast, planning to host Trump town hall Wednesday, will remove commentary dismissive of mask-wearing
- New coronavirus restrictions go into effect in Europe to slow resurgence of pandemic
- ‘Vote. Vote. Vote. Vote. Vote.’ Women’s March holds mix of smaller in-person, virtual events amid pandemic and widening political gender gap
- 14-year-old boy among 4 dead and 9 wounded in overnight shootings, police say
- Aurora farmers market concludes its 108th year
- Djordje Mihailovic’s goal in stoppage time rescues a point for the Chicago Fire in their 2-2 draw against Sporting Kansas City
- NFL COVID-19 updates: New England Patriots add 3 players to the COVID-19 list
- Ian Book’s touchdown run gives No. 4 Notre Dame a 12-7 victory over Louisville
- National Guard celebrates 50th anniversary of armory dedication to Black military leader
- Windy weather dying down after causing handful of issues, including power outages and a few delays and cancellations at O’Hare and Midway airports
- As the coronavirus surges and US surpasses 8 million known cases, a new culprit emerges: pandemic fatigue
- Los Angeles Dodgers force Game 7 with a 3-1 win over the Atlanta Braves in the NLCS
- Rural Midwest hospitals struggling to handle virus surge: ‘I don’t see the end in sight’
- Want to zip down fairways at 18 mph in an electric bike? Go to The Glen Club and ask for Wheels for Golf.
- At large Wisconsin rally, President Trump downplays pandemic as state’s coronavirus cases hit record levels
- Josh Wadowski delivers a goal and an assist as Chesterton edges Munster for regional title: ‘Sometimes, you have to grind it out.’
- Angelina Majchrowicz follows plan, produces 21 kills as Andrean sweeps Illiana Christian for 5th straight sectional title: ‘She executed it perfectly.’
- John Fogerty says he is sending cease-and-desist letter over Trump’s use of ‘Fortunate Son’