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Lincolnwood Human Relations Commission hears group’s presentation on possible motto
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Daily horoscope for January 5, 2021
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Ask Amy: Couple wants proof others are vaccinated
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‘Frenzy’ in Illinois real estate means more homebuyers are putting in same-day offers. Here are 7 tips to help you prepare.
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Column: After the Trump era, this country needs a different kind of truth commission
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University of Illinois’ COVID-19 saliva test moves closer to FDA approval, but not fast enough to meet the demand: ‘Every school district in Illinois would love to have this’
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Daywatch: COVID-19 vaccine confusion in Cook County, U. of I. saliva test moves closer to FDA approval and a real estate ‘frenzy’ in Illinois
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Driver arrested after van strikes and kills pedestrian in Logan Square
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Matt Nagy’s next challenge as Chicago Bears coach? Convince his players an 8-8 season was a success — and they deserve to be in the playoffs.
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Opinion: It’s a good book, but will it last? Who cares, says John Warner.
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Worst TV show released the year you were born
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Off-duty Chicago cop carjacked by thieves who tapped on her window with a gun and yelled, ‘Get out.’
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Florida zoo euthanizes giraffe with broken foot
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Final NFL power rankings: The No. 2 Buffalo Bills are the league’s hottest team entering the postseason, while the Chicago Bears finish 14th
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Larry King, hospitalized with COVID, moved out of ICU
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Hammond police chief to step down, but will stay with the department
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For women in hockey, the Chicago Blackhawks’ historic hiring of Jaime Faulkner is just the beginning: ‘The glass ceiling has been shattered — it’s now the glass floor’
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Chicago Bulls begin a 4-game West Coast trip without 4 players: ‘Watch out for who you’re around and wash your hands’
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The Goods: Pantone picked a dynamic duo for 2021’s Color of the Year. 10 great ways to bring the colors home.
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This day in history, January 5: President Richard Nixon announces development of the space shuttle.
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Annual quest for park reservations starts; renters warned of changing COVID-19 restrictions
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Family finances: Housing market will stay strong in 2021
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Everyone should be ‘CEO’ of their job and manage as if they own that part of the business
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Column: A look back at blizzards and cold snaps of winters past
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Chicago White Sox Q&A: What would it take to acquire reliever Liam Hendriks?
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Whitmer vetoes bill to let one-time DUI offenders clear record in Michigan, despite bipartisan support
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What is Biden saying about Trump’s campaign to overturn the election? Not much, really.
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Chicago business leaders at United, West Monroe Partners, Sidley and Edelman urge Congress to certify Joe Biden’s election
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Chicago Cubs release starting pitcher Colin Rea
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Ring Video Doorbell 3 review: Does it provide peace of mind?
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Bakeware breakdown: What’s the difference, and which one should you get?
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The best lickable cat treat
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The best fireplace tong
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The best ballet shoe
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The best pillar candle
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The best braid spray
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The best desk calendar
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The best carpet shampoo
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Dreamliner defects lead to new cash risk for Boeing, even as 737 Max woes fade
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The best folding chair
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The best men’s UGG slipper
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The best adjustable kettlebell
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The best blue-light-blocking glasses
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New Girl Scout cookie debuts: How to find it and when sales start
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It was the year of baking and hoarding
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Rendezvous Arts Series presents coming attractions with collage of performers
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The words that shaped the way we ate in 2020
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Análisis: Trump muestra no tener límites para retener poder
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North Carolina teacher files copyright infringement suit against Netflix’s ‘Outer Banks’
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A musical shapeshifter with universal ambitions, Kali Uchis aims ‘to show what Latin music can be’
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Northwest Indiana can accommodate your wish to ski, snowboard
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Misteriosa ausencia pública del multimillonario empresario chino Jack Ma
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Travel changed my life. But after the pandemic, who gets to go?
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Northwest Indiana local scores for Wednesday, Jan. 6
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Hundreds of temps at GM’s Flint Assembly to be converted to full time
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Trebek urges support for COVID-19 victims in 1 of last shows
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El reto de ‘Chessica’ Lauser, tres veces campeona de ajedrez para ciegos
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Ross Douthat column: What Republicans might gain if they lose Georgia
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Inglaterra inicia 3ra cuarentena; durará al menos 6 semanas
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EatingWell: Dinner-worthy nachos round out a perfect game day spread
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Kary Osmond: Veggie paella perfect for plant-based eaters
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Post-Tribune girls basketball rankings and player of the week for Wednesday, Jan. 6, 2021
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Aliados de Maduro retoman el control de la Asamblea Nacional
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President Biden will have to deal with a precarious Iran situation. Here’s where things stand.
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Basement fire in Hobson West single-family home extinguished quickly by Naperville firefighters
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G.I. Joe action figure’s story begins in Fox Valley
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Dolor, carencia e incertidumbre, así fue 2020 en Perú
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Chicago Master Singers director creates online lecture series for anyone who loves to sing
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Jamelle Bouie column: Can only Republicans legitimately win elections?
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Michelle Goldberg column: To defend democracy, investigate Trump
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50 amazing snow and ice sculptures from around the world
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Paul Krugman column: How the Republican Party went feral
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Bobby Shmurda eligible for release from prison in February
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Valparaiso woman, 29, killed in crash on Indiana 149
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A new population of blue whales was discovered hiding in the Indian Ocean
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Inside the CIA, she became a spy for planet Earth
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Inside the CIA, she became a spy for planet Earth
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Downtown revitalization project highlight of challenging 2020
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Top prospects take an unconventional path to the world juniors
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IRS relaunches Get My Payment portal for 2nd coronavirus stimulus
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El fiel soldado Pence atrapado entre Trump y la Constitución
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An Olympic dream is reborn, despite fears of brain trauma
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She’s starring opposite Tom Hanks. She’d never heard of him.
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Se avecina una semana crucial para el Man United
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Hobart building shored up by Landmarks grant
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Federally funded food box program critical for charities during the pandemic extended through April — and now with more food choices
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What happens when Congress counts Electoral College votes and someone objects?
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Column: As a running back at Brother Rice, Xazavian Valladay didn’t know very much about Wyoming. Now, it has become his home.
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Para repetir su papel de ‘Karate Kid’ en ‘Cobra Kai’, Tamlyn Tomita puso ciertas condiciones
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Protests, 5G and referenda for schools and firefighters made news in the western suburbs in 2020
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Un chavismo triunfalista y una oposición que aspira a seguir ‘de pie’ instalan sus asambleas paralelas
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Oak Park police: Buyer robbed at gunpoint after arranging to purchase gaming console
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Girls basketball notes: Jessica Carrothers and Crown Point bounce back from first regular-season loss in nearly three years
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COVID-19 testing site opens at Flick Park in Glenview
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‘The Chase’ brings the ‘Jeopardy!’ GOATs, including Naperville native James Holzhauer, to a whole new trivia table
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Column: Lemont’s Amy Schwem called it ‘absolute chaos.’ From William & Mary to Memphis and back to William & Mary again.
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Crown Point business owners express concerns over rezoning of business location, cite potential parking issues
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Ashleigh Banfield to host nightly talk show for WGN America
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Dar prioridad a prisioneros para las vacunas genera controversia
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Help Them To Hope
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She’s starring opposite Tom Hanks. She’d never heard of him.
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School board candidates file for April 2021 election in Northbrook, Glenview
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An Olympic dream is reborn, despite fears of brain trauma
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‘Charm City Kings,’ ‘Babyteeth’ and other hidden streaming gems
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What’s the first thing you will do when the pandemic ends?
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Ask Anna: I’m dating a married man, who is also my ex
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Un matemático advierte de que el modelo actual usado para predecir los contagios de Covid podría no servir
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Coronavirus vaccine questions: How to know when to get your 2nd shot, who’s tracking your data and more
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Los Browns pierden a su entrenador por covid
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El Congreso validará la victoria de Biden, pese a objeción de Trump
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My worst moment: Jane Levy, star of ‘Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist,’ and the perils of an unintentionally revealing audition
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Jeff Bezos’ air force: Amazon is buying 11 Boeing 767s to ship orders faster
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Cuadrado, segundo positivo en 24 horas en la Juventus
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México prepara brigadas de vacunación para zonas aisladas
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Column: St. Charles East’s Luke Schildmeyer used his senior cross country season to emerge as a star. Then Notre Dame came calling.
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Mayo Clinic Q and A: The health benefits of yoga
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Editorial: Tax hike? Don’t even think about it, Springfield lawmakers
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Woman, 2 pets found dead after Albany Park apartment fire
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How one school counselor is trying to tackle a pandemic mental health crisis
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La pandemia se agrava en todo el mundo, pese a las vacunas
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Tanya Roberts dies at 65 after premature death announcement
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‘Nina does it all’: Neuqua Valley senior Nina Calcaterra’s plan to play soccer at University of Texas at Dallas represents only one of her interests
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Mayo Clinic Q and A: Top 10 workout myths
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Trebek pide apoyo a víctimas de COVID-19
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Indiana COVID-19 hospitalizations increasing in new year; Lake County reports 13 new deaths
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Lake Forest Hospital celebrates first baby of 2021
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A 95-year-old quiltmaker beat COVID and has made about 3,000 masks
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Decades revisited: After father’s death, son finds comfort in upgrading family home
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Leave it to Biewer: New toy dog breed to join many US shows
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Objection to Drake Hotel owner’s Oak Brook Village Board candidacy dismissed by Electoral Board
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‘History of Swear Words’: Netflix and Nicolas Cage let ‘er rip, to #$*%) results
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Trump falsely says Pence can reject electors Wednesday as he focuses attention on VP’s Electoral College role: ‘I hope Mike Pence comes through for us’
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Naperville District 203 students and staff can take weekly COVID-19 saliva tests when they go back to school this month
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Stevenson District 125 looking to buy land for parking, though officials say high school ‘still won’t have enough’
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A tribunal, Kyle Rittenhouse acusado de matar a manifestantes en Wisconsin
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Second stimulus checks go missing: Why some relief payments get deposited to wrong accounts
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‘Redemption Day’ review: A no-frills thriller in desperate need of more thrills
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Larry King continúa hospitalizado con covid
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Column: Mike Braun joins Senate Republicans’ shameful attempt at undermining democracy
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Chicago Bears in the playoffs: How they compare with Sunday’s wild-card opponent, the New Orleans Saints
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State Rep. Didech calls for constituent input on his legislative agenda: ‘It’s going to be a very challenging year’
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Second stimulus check updates: Direct deposits issued, but some glitches; paper checks may take longer
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Bruja Escarlata y Visión tendrá más capítulos de lo previsto
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Column: Why Chrissy Teigen giving up alcohol has one sober mom supporter feeling optimistic
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Why is the president sworn in on Jan. 20, and other inauguration questions answered
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Police and state child welfare officials investigating after 4-month-old boy from West Side dies
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American Airlines bans emotional support animals. Service dogs still free, but flyers must pay for pets.
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Neuqua Valley graduate Blaise Meredith fired up by chance to carry more of an offensive load for North Central College
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Chicago style: Hot dog vendor goes from Oak Lawn library to Netflix series ‘Tiny Pretty Things’
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Pool of 7 seeking to fill 4 seats on the Township High School District 214 board in April election
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Se acaba el tiempo para animales de apoyo en los vuelos
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Column: Chicago Public Schools teachers aren’t showing up for in-person classes — and I don’t blame them a bit
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Pochettino pone el punto de mira en el PSG-Barca
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Kyle Rittenhouse se declara inocente de matar a dos manifestantes en Kenosha
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Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot again tries to pass civilian oversight of Police Department
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Lake County Historian Bruce Woods dead at 78; former Merrillville teacher ‘was always around when people needed him’
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Op-ed: Counting the Chicago homeless: ‘I will never forget the inhumanity of that moment’
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Tanya Roberts falleció varias horas después de que fuera reportada muerta por error
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Naper Settlement seeks code changes to allow smaller setbacks and for new fencing, landscaping
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España: 352 muertes confirmadas por coronavirus en un día
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Rev. Thomas Dore, former pastor in Oak Park, Niles, River Grove, Chicago, remembered after dying of COVID-19
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Tanya Roberts dies at 65, a day after premature death announcement
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Quickly: Readers sound off on the issues of the day
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Cleveland Browns coach Kevin Stefanski tests positive for COVID-19 and will miss team’s 1st playoff game since 2002
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Community news
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Gobierno de Trump reduce protecciones para aves silvestres
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El Galaxy ya tiene nuevo técnico, y es un viejo conocido
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Mayor Lori Lightfoot says she apologized to Anjanette Young during their private meeting
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Letters: CPS buildings are not ready for safe in-school teaching during the pandemic
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Macy’s closing Water Tower Place flagship store on Chicago’s Magnificent Mile
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Alemania extiende el encierro por la pandemia
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Koeman: ‘Con los jugadores que tenemos debemos ser más efectivos’
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La OMS pide a los países vacunar ‘lo más rápido posible’
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Comings & Goings: Duluth Trading arrives in Orland Park, and more
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ChicagoNow’s 20 best posts of December 2020
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‘Lazarus,’ the musical, made no sense. Then David Bowie died. Now you can see for yourself.
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Skokie looks to expand urban farming in industrial areas of the village
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Premios Grammy se aplazan por coronavirus
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Identifican en El Salvador nueve variantes de COVID-19
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Hinsdale High School District 86 considers saliva-based COVID-19 tests and how to pay for them
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Column: Curiously, there is almost nothing to admire about our nation’s ‘most-admired man’
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Where will Cam Newton play to start the 2021 regular season?
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El policía blanco de Wisconsin que baleó al afroamericano Jacob Blake en Kenosha no enfrentará cargos criminales
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Gary Common Council President William Godwin keeps position for 2021 as council reorganizes
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High-speed crash in Gresham neighborhood sends 3 to hospitals with serious injuries
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Grammy Awards shift to March due to pandemic conditions
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Eric Jerome Dickey, bestselling novelist, dead at 59
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Walks in Kane forest preserves set for seniors
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Elmwood Park’s crystal ball for 2021: commercial developments, upgraded recreation facilities, summer events
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Elgin manufacturing company having boon year after tapping into the demand for acrylic shields
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Biden ‘muy optimista’ sobre posibilidades de candidatos demócratas al Senado en Georgia
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Park Ridge projects flood relief, thriving restaurants, vaccines, recreation – and hugs – in 2021
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Proud Boys leader challenged cops to arrest him, and now he’s banned from the nation’s capital
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Economic challenges for Water Tower Place
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Lincoln Park, Brookfield Zoos now closed for extraordinary two-month breaks
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Will County officials begin clearing low-level marijuana possession cases from court records
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Early MLB mock draft has Chicago Cubs picking a Louisville catcher and Chicago White Sox selecting a Wake Forest pitcher
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50 car companies that no longer exist
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Illinois county officials begin clearing low-level marijuana possession cases from court records
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Indiana House to consider GOP rep’s resolution to end COVID-19 health emergency; Lake County leader wonders ‘what world he lives in’
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Column: A teacher assigned students to write letters to nursing home residents. The result: A lesson in apathy.
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Muere el novelista Eric Jerome Dickey a los 59 años
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College football’s national championship game still set for Monday despite Ohio State’s reported COVID-19 issues
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Buffalo Grove breadcrumb company seeks special use permit to relocate its operations to Elgin
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Column: Electoral boards race clock to settle disputes and meet voting deadlines
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Southtowners: Area music students excel at state level, and more
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Georgia decide qué partido tendrá el control del Senado
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México creará 10,000 brigadas para vacunar a ancianos contra el COVID-19
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Incertidumbre por el virus inquieta al tenis
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Ralph Bishop, lifelong Park Ridge resident and former fire captain, dies
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Glencoe shopping center owner plans to build two-story office building in place of shuttered Walgreens
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District 128 formally approves new superintendent set to take over July 1
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Speak Out reader opinion: Assumption of party loyalty shows inability to compromise
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EEUU tilda de ‘ilegítima’ la Asamblea Nacional ‘chavista’ y reitera apoyo a Guaidó
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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un opens first ruling party congress in 5 years with an admission of policy failures
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Looking to 2021 in Northbrook, Glenview: Developments, lawsuits, staff turnover and vaccines
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El ‘March Madness’ se jugará en Indiana
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Dr. Anthony Fauci: US could soon give 1 million vaccinations a day
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Pets of the week
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Alleging voting irregularities, state Sen. Jim Oberweis contests Rep. Lauren Underwood’s reelection in U.S. House
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Puerto Rico reabre playas y acorta toque de queda
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Aurora works on filling new Planning and Zoning Commission
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Elgin News Digest: Free COVID testing in Elgin area; shirts, hats, masks being sold for city’s MLK scholarship, food causes; Elgin Christmas tree pickup
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EEUU podría vacunar a un millón de personas al día: Fauci
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Franklin Park looks forward to 2021: Construction to begin on Franklin Avenue, Quiet Zone to be completed and more
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US national security agencies say hack of federal government and corporations ‘likely Russian in origin’
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Former Naperville City Council member David Wentz, a longtime community volunteer, dies at 57
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Op-ed: Open Chicago schools. City Hall and CPS, do not back down.
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Elmwood Park firefighters, paramedics receive COVID-19 vaccine
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Longtime Hobart minister John Barley dies at age 86
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Expresidente salvadoreño cupable por enriquecimiento ilicito
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The Spin: Mayor Lightfoot says she apologized to Anjanette Young | Kenosha cop won’t face charges in Blake shooting | Today’s Georgia special elections to determine balance of power in U.S. Senate
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The Chicago Bears — somehow — are back in the playoffs. The Bear Download podcast previews the matchup with the New Orleans Saints.
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Yang Rohr to resign Naperville D203 seat next week, giving school board 45 days to fill vacancy
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COVID-19 tests offered at St. John Brebeuf Jan. 8-9; will benefit parish’s fund for the needy
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Former Lake County State’s Attorney Michael Nerheim appointed to judgeship
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Half of CPS teachers expected to return to schools Monday failed to show up, as CEO calls out aldermen who oppose reopening plan: ‘Why the concern now?’
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Column: ‘Red the Barber,’ who cut hair in Aurora for generations, dies of COVID-19
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Coronavirus in Illinois updates: Here’s what happened Jan. 5 with COVID-19 in the Chicago area
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Men who tried to rob a Naperville bank Monday suspected in two other bank robberies on same day
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Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot says ‘exponential increase’ of COVID-19 vaccines needed to fight spread of coronavirus
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Alabama’s DeVonta Smith wins the Heisman Trophy, the 1st wide receiver to win it in 29 years
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VP Mike Pence said to have told Trump he lacks power to change election result
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Newsroom union wants Alden representatives off Tribune Publishing board following buyout offer
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Dozens of Hong Kong pro-democracy figures arrested under national security law, reports say
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As need for shelter explodes during pandemic, Evanston-based agency receives $80K from public, private sectors to feed households
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Police officer won’t face charges in Jacob Blake police shooting, Kenosha prosecutor says; Rittenhouse pleads not guilty
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Poll: Against all odds, we have another 20-entry Tweet of the Week survey!
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Kim Kardashian planning to divorce Kanye West: reports
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Centenares de seguidores de Trump se reúnen en Washington para protestar contra la victoria de Biden
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Rally capped: Ethan Osowski beats the buzzer with 3-pointer as LaPorte makes 20-point comeback to edge Lowell
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Cailynn Dilosa scores 23 points and keeps pressure on Michigan City as Merrillville remains unbeaten in DAC