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- Senior guard Jack Prock scores nine of his 16 points in the fourth quarter and makes other heady plans as Benet wins its regular-season finale: ‘We needed him tonight.’
- Derrick Williams describes Thornton’s winning formula against Thornwood: ‘Playing tough defense and forcing turnovers’
- Daily horoscope for February 29, 2020
- Peter Kendall, Former Managing Editor, Content
- Ask Amy: Excited attendee wants to wear wedding dress
- Senior center Connor Linke and St. Charles North get a tuneup for the postseason in a close loss to Benet: ‘We’ll be better because of tonight.’
- Unidentified bicyclist killed in hit-and-run in East Garfield Park
- Rowhouse in Old Town Triangle: $1.99M
- GirlTrek kicks off Women’s History Month with #ThankBlackWomen campaign
- Philanthropist Deborah Bricker sells Gold Coast condo for $3.9 million
- Last-minute gift ideas for baby showers
- 15 products that will help you prioritize self-care this spring
- When the Cubs’ Will Venable needed coaching before interviewing for 3 managing jobs, he turned to an unlikely source: Football’s Pete Carroll
- Column: White Sox slugger Eloy Jimenez is over the Cubs — even if Cubs fans still aren’t over the trade
- Chicago police transit cops shoot man ‘jumping from train to train’ during struggle at Red Line Grand stop; video emerges on social media
- Tyler Chatwood is leaning on his changeup to get out of trouble. Plus 2 other takeaways from Cubs spring training, including Ian Miller pushing for a roster spot.
- Music review: John Eliot Gardiner changes how we hear Beethoven in a revelatory Chicago concert
- Police seek public’s help identifying vehicle in fatal hit-and-run on West Side
- Did ‘The Simpsons’ really predict the coronavirus outbreak? Twitter thinks so
- Blackhawks shut down forwards Andrew Shaw and Zack Smith for the rest of the season
- Influx of Illinois hockey players gives USHL a Windy City feel
- President Trump accuses Democrats of making coronavirus ‘their new hoax’ after criticism of his handling of outbreak
- Tony Romo signs contract extension reportedly worth $17 million a year with CBS
- Commentary: Chief Judge Timothy Evans on bail reform: More context is needed to understand report
- Strong Libertyville wrestling season ends with sectional loss to Huntley
- Calvin de Haan launches craft beer with Goose Island
- Calvin de Haan threw himself into creating a craft beer for charity while recovering from a shoulder injury. The result is Loud Barn Lager, a tribute to Blackhawks fans.
- Deerfield’s athletic director search leads to confusion: ‘There was a definite injustice done here.’
- Streaming TV’s boom is a mixed blessing for some Hollywood writers
- A bittersweet homecoming for Egypt’s Jews
- Whisky knows her toys
- Inside the New York City bodegas going viral on TikTok
- The winter surfers of Rockaway Beach
- Here to Help: 5 cheap (ish) things to organize your desk
- This tiny creature seemed extinct. DNA technology helped prove it wasn’t.
- He drove her to the hospital. She gave him the coronavirus.
- The best Brother sewing machine
- The best cabinet pull
- The best mattress for side sleepers
- The best pour-over coffee maker
- The best shower caddy
- The best pizza cutter
- The best exercise ball
- Shout Out: Dr. David Grauer, Park Ridge dentist for 66 years, church deacon
- Craving: Spicy food — our heat-seeking mission in Chicago restaurants
- Beloved WGN meteorologist Tom Skilling to take time off TV for gastric bypass surgery
- Lake Street improvement project starts up; replaces utilities from 1890s
- OPRF High School announces overhaul of freshmen curriculum to be delayed until 2022-23
- Joe Coulombe, founder of popular Trader Joe’s grocery stores, dies at age 89
- United States to leave Afghanistan in 14 months under peace terms with Taliban — ending America’s longest war
- Ecuador confirma primer caso de coronavirus
- Turkish president says he’s opening his country’s border with Europe as migrants mass near Greece
- Se registra la primer muerte en EEUU por coronavirus
- 4 casos de coronavirus en México
- EEUU firma un acuerdo de paz con los talibanes afganos
- Lexi Lamanna’s 3-point shooting provides fuel but Aurora Christian rally comes up short in Class 1A third-place game: ‘I’ve learned a lot from it’
- Family and friends of Jaya Beemon plead for apology after mother’s arrest, resources to solve killing: ‘Please do not fail us again’
- Daily Southtown Local Scoreboard for Sunday, March 1, 2020
- Post-Tribune Local Scoreboard for Sunday, March 1, 2020
- Vamos por toda la red de García Luna: Fiscalía de EEUU
- Babies born across Chicago area on Saturday will blow out candles once every four years
- Fact-checking President Donald Trump and some Democratic candidates on coronavirus
- Shorthanded Valparaiso falls to seventh seed for conference tourney after loss at Indiana State: ‘It’s 0-0 — everyone’s neutral at this point.’
- Northwestern clinches a share of Big Ten women’s title for the 1st time in 30 years
- Sophie Hunzelman wins all-around to lead Chesterton to 4th straight sectional title: ‘I’m happy I went out with a bang’
- South Carolina primary results
- Top prospect Luis Robert is ‘feeling comfortable’ as he nears his major-league debut with the White Sox
- Northwestern clinches at least share of the Big Ten women’s basketball title for the 1st time in 30 years with a victory over Illinois
- Purdue recruit Andrew Alders wins state title in 100-yard breaststroke for Chesterton: ‘This feeling is crazy to me’
- Yu Darvish holds nothing back in his Cactus League debut against the Brewers: ‘Just playing baseball,’ the Cubs pitcher says
- St. Louis police officer accused of accidentally killing colleague in Russian roulette-style shooting gets 7 years in prison
- 3 takeaways from White Sox spring training, including Andrew Vaughn feeling ‘pretty cool’ after hitting his 1st home run
- Arrest warrant issued for University Village man accused of box-cutter slaying outside Richard’s Bar
- 4 takeaways from Cubs spring training, including Kris Bryant setting a fast past leading off
- Man in Washington state dies of coronavirus, the first death on US soil; travel warnings issued for Italy and South Korea
- DePaul falls to 2-14 in the Big East with a 60-42 loss to Butler
- At CPAC, Trump says replacing ‘bad’ people in government with those ‘who love our country’ made him successful
- Billionaire activist Tom Steyer ends Democratic presidential campaign
- Patrick Kane and Jonathan Toews score shootout goals to give the Blackhawks a 3-2 win over the Panthers
- Shout Out: Ashley Hogue, salon owner and ballerina who loves to travel, teach
- ‘Shoot him’: Viral video appears to show police shooting at Grand Red Line station
- South Carolina Democratic primary: Joe Biden wins, hopes for Super Tuesday momentum
- Glenbrook Evening High School alumni reflect on the program’s impact: ‘Everybody there was going through their own personal war’