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- As a reserve guard last season, Reagan Rodenbostel wrote about the girls basketball team for the Benet Herald. Now, she’s a starter.
- Daily horoscope for February 12, 2021
- Ask Amy: Matron of honor declines serving at summer wedding
- How does the COVID vaccine work? Answers to your frequently asked questions.
- Column: The ‘hostages’ left behind: 104,000 Chicago high school students
- 30 states require sex ed in public schools, but Illinois doesn’t. Some are fighting for a change.
- Column: Power means never having to say you’re sorry: Inside Trump’s brain during his impeachment trial
- Health care workers, students spending free time as volunteers giving COVID-19 vaccination shots. ‘This is one of the most therapeutic things’
- Flashback: Tucked away in rural Illinois is the site of America’s first town founded by a free Black man. His descendants want you to know its history.
- ‘We shouldn’t even have to have this conversation’: Woman recovering from opioid addiction sues to get methadone treatment in DuPage County Jail
- Column: At Trump impeachment trial, Democrats are rudely making an overwhelming case for conviction
- The Licking is ‘one of the fortunate ones that’s making it through’ — how Chicago’s Black-owned restaurants are faring during the pandemic
- This day in history, February 12: Operation Homecoming begins with the first release of American prisoners of war from the Vietnam conflict
- Why have the NBA and Adam Silver reversed course on COVID-19 and national anthem protests?
- Review: Taylor Swift’s remade ‘Love Story (Taylor’s Version)’ is still a classic, just now all hers
- Daywatch: More vaccines coming — but only to one pharmacy so far, CPS reopening met with celebration, contention and trying Popeyes’ newest sandwich
- 5 Barrington area ‘star’ couples take to the stage dancing, raising more than $200K for senior services at BACOA
- 5 elements of a balanced fitness routine
- Chicago’s Sooper Records, the little label that cares, is going off like a rocket with new music and great ideas
- The Goods: The small things get an upgrade to make the everyday exceptional
- A laptop stand: Can it be sexy? In a word, yes. OMG, did you see this?
- The history of Ebony in 6 covers, picked by the author of a new book about the magazine
- Valparaiso isn’t alone in changing its nickname. Here’s a look at pro and college sports teams going through the process — and who has doubled down on keeping theirs.
- Park Ridge residents ask city to require sidewalks be cleared of snow
- Woman, two men charged in October shooting deaths of Calumet Township teens
- Column: Please shovel a path to your mailbox. This postal carrier grandmother will thank you.
- Judge says Adler Planetarium astronomer’s case against American Girl doll can proceed, dismisses some claims
- What we’re watching: From Chicago story ‘Judas and the Black Messiah’ to HBO Max’s ‘Search Party’
- ‘Saint Maud’ review: Two actresses commit to a thriller, body and soul
- No crowds, but Australian Open will continue during COVID-19 lockdown
- Amazon faces biggest union push in its history — in right-to-work Alabama, of all places
- Indiana GOP budget plan boosts school vouchers, smoking tax
- 14-year-old boy charged with murder in November shooting in Austin, 2 months after 15-year-old also charged
- Fauci: mascarillas serán necesarias por muchos meses más
- ‘Speak Out’ reader opinion: Tom Brady a true football ‘superhero’
- La defensa de Trump tiene la palabra en juicio político
- El extenso legado que deja Chick Corea
- Chicago Cubs and WSCR-AM 670 agree to a multiyear extension of their radio deal
- Jefe del comité organizador de Juegos renuncia por comentarios sexistas
- EEUU recibirá a algunos solicitantes de asilo desde México
- COVID-19 means this year, Ash Wednesday ashes will be sprinkled or applied with a cotton applicator
- Abierto de Australia se queda sin público por cinco días
- 2 candidates to face off in April’s election to replace longtime Northbrook village president
- Las mejores fotos de la semana en América Latina 4-11 Feb./2021
- Cuba abre hoteles para aislamiento obligatorio de viajeros
- Attacks on older Asians stoke fear in San Francisco and Oakland Chinatowns
- Variantes del COVID-19 presionan aún más a las agencias de salud pública
- U.S. cities where homes are selling the fastest
- Dogecoin’s creator is just as baffled as you are about the cryptocurrency’s rise
- Speak Out reader opinion: Gas prices already on the rise under Biden Administration
- Car plummets off Stevenson Expressway
- Letters to the Editor
- Vacunación en EEUU opta por clínicas en estadios en lugar de consultorios médicos
- Suburban Minneapolis man given 5 years for firebombing in George Floyd protest aftermath
- Harris bill will encourage development of Lake Michigan shoreline; Gary mayor, SSCVA in favor of legislation
- Ancianos sin familia o amigos se quedan atrás en la carrera para vacunarse
- If you’re sick of Tinder, try new dating app Struck for astrology lovers and skeptics alike
- Review: ‘The Map of Tiny Perfect Things’ charts the contours of Lev Grossman’s time-loop romantic fantasy
- Fernando Alonso pasa por el quirófano tras ser atropellado
- México: Hallan 18 bolsas con restos humanos en Jalisco
- Lunar New Year in the age of COVID-19: Red envelopes stuffed with checks, not cash
- Review: In ‘The Mauritanian,’ a star-making lead performance as Guantanamo Bay detainee
- Heart-shaped art brings love, hope to virus-ravaged spots
- Trump returns to the spotlight in his impeachment trial — but not on his terms
- Bisa Butler quilts Black life portraits
- Here’s what heart-shaped things each state is searching for
- UK economy, hit by pandemic, suffers biggest drop since 1709
- Trump nuevamente en el centro de la escena, pero sin voz
- Chicago prepares for Ash Wednesday
- Vacunas obligatorias dividirían la industria del cuidado a largo plazo
- Park Ridge Memorial Day Parade canceled for second year due to pandemic; other events ‘uncertain’
- Caso de niña refleja injusticia racial hacia menores
- Pedro Fernández es ahora el nuevo ‘santo de los narcos’
- Baseball card sales on an upswing
- Muchos supuestos genes de riesgo de cáncer de mama no aumentan el riesgo, según estudios
- The Chicago Blackhawks are wrestling with lessons to learn after giving up 4 goals in the 3rd period of a 6-5 collapse to the Columbus Blue Jackets: ‘Just kind of a bad feeling in all our stomachs’
- Algo positivo en la pandemia: Los suicidios en Florida disminuyeron. Pero, ¿cuánto durará?
- Loan payment deferral proposal for Gary would bring $600K influx to city coffers
- Djokovic se lesiona en Australia y se encienden las alarmas
- Justin Timberlake apologizes to Britney Spears and Janet Jackson: ‘I failed’
- Educators embrace benefits of Senate bill requiring trauma training to get teaching license in state
- Op-ed: COVID through the eyes of … a dog
- Decent: Wordsmith learns hard way that being victorious in Scrabble requires more math than spelling
- Man faces charges after Chicago alderman’s office spray-painted in December
- Capitol riot video spotlights mob’s focus on stopping a Biden win: ‘We were invited here! ‘
- Científica enseña el poder de la sanación; a través del tejido
- Ricky Martin será el portavoz del memorial del club nocturno Pulse
- Column: Lake Villa Township highway boss defies drug-test request
- Cae vehículo de la autopista Stevenson, 2 muertos, 2 heridos graves
- This Week in Naperville
- Column: Healthy and humbled, former H-F running back Justin Hall ready to turn some heads again for Western Illinois
- Art Institute reopens with its own Van Goghs plus Monet, Bisa Butler exhibitions
- MLB realigns the minor leagues into a 120-team regional setup
- Biden: EEUU tendrá 600 millones de dosis de vacunas en julio
- Daily Southtown, West Suburban and Lake County local scores for Sunday, Feb. 14
- Column: Mike Pence could turn the impeachment trial around
- Quickly: Readers sound off on the issues of the day
- Cuomo aide defends comments amid mounting criticism over New York’s handling of COVID in nursing homes
- Alan Tudyk: ‘Es fantástico que la ciencia ficción sea tan popular’
- District 181 approves property tax abatement
- Hawthorn first graders make Valentine’s Day cards
- Lake County’s rotating homeless shelters closed when the pandemic hit. Now PADS is housing more than 200 in hotels.
- Eat. Watch. Do: ‘Judas & the Black Messiah’ — a must-see Chicago film about Fred Hampton — plus last-minute Valentine’s Day plans
- ‘A big relief’ for woman finally free of Gorilla Glue after using it instead of hair spray
- Bayern Munich adquiere a estadounidense de 17 años
- Mundelein announces Gold Star Award winners
- Quickly: Readers sound off on the issues of the day
- Metropolitan Brewing relying on ‘hope’ and negotiations as eviction case ramps up
- Op-ed: Don’t stop with this criminal justice reform, Illinois. There’s more work to do.
- Longtime incumbent North Chicago mayor not ready to ‘pass on the torch’ in race against ‘new face’ challenger
- John Milhiser, U.S. attorney for central Illinois, is submitting resignation to President Biden
- Council member, teacher build suicide awarness task force in Porter County
- White House deputy press secretary suspended for threatening reporter
- Quickly: Readers sound off on the issues of the day
- Mike Simmons, Illinois’ first openly gay state senator, looks to address economic and health disparities while thinking of his late mother, who urged him to ‘make a difference for other people’
- Preocupan ataques a asiáticos mayores en San Francisco
- Ed Perkins on Travel: When can I travel internationally again?
- Column: Harry Mark Petrakis’ legacy of literary genius: ‘That’s what writers do, they give words their true value’
- Rick Steves’ Europe: After hours at a German Stammtisch
- Airlines push White House to reject COVID-19 testing for domestic flights
- Coronavirus hurts housing affordability: The 5 most and least affordable metro areas
- Gary Police looking to fire cop charged in salvage auto title case
- Review: ‘Clarice’ is more CBS procedural than ‘Silence of the Lambs.’ That’s not a bad thing
- ¿Cómo es el efecto placebo y el nocebo?
- Lem’s Bar-B-Q in Chatham
- Juicio político a Trump es revanchismo político dice la defensa
- Down to Business: Strong foundation key to great patio, walk or driveway, Naperville paving company owner says
- Chinese restaurants and bakeries in Chicago offering food and specials to celebrate the Lunar New Year
- Law & Order column: Grayslake man credited with highway Heimlich rescue
- Op-ed: Pro: Charter schools offer the choice parents and students need
- CDC provides roadmap for reopening schools, saying there is strong evidence that in-person schooling can be done safely
- J.J. Watt and the Houston Texans agree to ‘mutually part ways,’ giving the 3-time Defensive Player of the Year free agency
- Oswego OKs agreement for senior housing development
- Ecuador: candidatos piden recuento de votos
- Arte de corazón da amor y esperanza en medio de la pandemia
- Timberlake se disculpa con Britney Spears y Janet Jackson
- Sign of inequality: US salaries recover even as jobs haven’t, showing how economy ‘really tanked for the most vulnerable’
- Stimulus check updates: As part of $1.9 trillion coronavirus package, Biden wants to send $350 billion to state and local governments
- El covid afecta la vivienda: las 5 áreas metropolitanas más y menos asequibles
- Editorial: Paper Clip Court: How incumbents keep outsiders out
- Warren Township High School District freezes administrators’ salaries, looks to referendum to address financial woes
- Sterling Bay is taking down a late-1800s flour mill in Fulton Market, despite efforts by preservationists
- Column: A surge of violent crime against Asian Americans sparks fear of renewed racism
- ¿Será diferente el segundo año de ‘Chicharito’ en Los Ángeles?
- Editorial: Taxpayers in no shape to subsidize downtown Chicago megaproject One Central
- Letters: Mob mentality is a frightening phenomenon
- Down to one snow removal truck, Gary workers look to mayor’s office for capital improvements
- McGrath: When ego gets out of the way, true love can find a way into your heart
- 2 dead, 2 critically hurt when vehicle plunges off Stevenson
- Alonso se recupera de operación tras atropello en bicicleta
- Black History Month events in full swing in Southland
- Johnny Roeser transferred to Lake Forest College in July. Only now can the Carmel grad and the Foresters’ other Chicago-area products get back on the court.
- After ‘Mandalorian’ exit Gina Carano vows to fight cancel culture with new film deal
- MTV’s ‘The Real World’ franchise being revived at Paramount Plus
- Naperville florist helps spread the Valentine’s Day love on the busiest flower-giving holiday of the year
- Coronavirus transforma a Las Vegas en un lugar apacible
- Remodeling gives Park Ridge’s Iannelli Studios historically accurate look, local historian says
- As snow continues to fall, area public works crews keeping an eye on salt supplies
- Community news
- Juez prepara juicio que salpicaría a presidente de Honduras
- COVID vaccines for kids are coming, but not for many months
- Chicago White Sox begin Cactus League play Feb. 28 and the Chicago Cubs on March 1 — and both will allow limited fans at spring home games
- Spike in COVID-19 cases at New Trier High School linked to student gatherings: ‘Parents are complicit, as they either knew, or should have known’
- Chicago cops caught on video lounging around Rep. Bobby Rush’s office during summer unrest made explanation attempts and apologies during investigation
- As millions get shots, FDA struggles to get safety monitoring system running
- Elgin florist helps spread the Valentine’s Day love on the busiest flower-giving day of the year
- Cuatro nuevos personajes para House of the Dragon
- ELN acusa a gobierno colombiano de mala intención con Cuba
- Pandemic love: Couples who found romance in a year of tragedy
- Homewood golf course redevelopment could sprout 80-foot tall buildings, according to warehouse plans
- Baseball cards are booming during the pandemic, with long lines, short supplies and million-dollar sales
- Gage DeMarco reached the state finals last season. This time the Chesterton junior wants to get there with his younger brother Hayden.
- MTV’s ‘The Real World’ returning with New York reunion special on Paramount+
- What to wear when working in extreme cold weather
- Espresso machine vs. coffee maker: Which should you buy?
- The best portable LED projector
- The best fire starter
- The best Sceptre TV
- The best cereal dispenser
- CDC: Guía para el regreso a clases en persona
- Hernán Crespo, nuevo entrenador del Sao Paulo
- The best school glue
- What to wear cross-country skiing
- How to fix a leaky roof
- Shop owners expecting late rush for Valentine’s flowers, candy and cards despite pandemic; ‘Consumers are committed to celebrating friends and loved ones’
- How to use a Cuisinart food processor
- Op-ed: The fine arts grapple with COVID-19: Will it destroy their future or make it stronger?
- Porter health workers volunteering to administer COVID-19 vaccine: ‘Everyone is happy to be here’
- Indian Head Park will explore moving its Village Hall to the Lyonsville Congregational Church property
- Three more Wisconsin residents charged in sweeping investigation into illegal bartering for sturgeon caviar
- Op-ed: Con: Charters schools offer only the illusion of choice
- Illinois says 10% of residents have received at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine; New daily high of 95,375 vaccinations set Thursday
- COVID-19 testing site opens in a former Des Plaines Kmart
- Column: Candidates hurl verbal barbs at each other in contentious Riverdale mayoral contest
- After losing mother, grandmother and uncle to COVID-19, Evanston family tries to move forward. ‘I haven’t seen miracles happen when it comes to COVID.’
- Chicago-area counties have among the lowest COVID vaccination rates in the state. Officials say they’re handcuffed by supply.
- Cambios en pretemporada de béisbol por la pandemia
- Mixed-use development approved for Vogue Fabrics site in Evanston
- Aurora program offers snow shoveling for seniors
- Impeachment trial Day 4 highlights: Trump grievances and the word ‘fight’
- Potempa: At home Mardi Gras celebrations still possible despite global pandemic
- Pizza was the restaurant hero of 2020
- Cuba sufre apagón digital temporal
- Column: Hold off on celebrating new term limits on leadership in Springfield until they’re set in stone
- Pochettino sobre el estilo de vida de Neymar: ‘Es muy profesional’
- ‘Jeopardy’ winner Brayden Smith, dubbed Alex Trebek’s last great champ, suddenly dead at 24
- Pitcher Shelby Miller is among the 25 Chicago Cubs non-roster invitees to spring training
- Guest column: Why don’t nursing homes ever get better?
- Naper Settlement lands $749,700 grant to build new ag lab, part of much larger museum expansion
- Op-ed: Presidential etiquette? History is full of bad behavior — and at least one ripped-off toupee
- Column: Love is admitting you can’t pick a good Valentine’s Day movie
- Evanston man charged with murder in shooting death at Skokie hotel denied bond
- Police dig in wooded area 3 miles from home of missing Michigan couple
- Southwest Airlines takes off at O’Hare: Here’s what it could mean for fares
- Schock Centre reopens for programs and classes
- Waukegan family fun center moving to new location
- Op-ed: New Illinois teaching standards will help more students succeed — especially bilingual learners
- National soccer training company to take over 95,000-square-foot complex in Naperville
- Aurora commission says no to Public Works building site
- The Spin: Pritzker trying to address inequities in vaccine distribution as new state data shows stark racial disparities | Census delay could yank Illinois Democrats’ control of state remap
- More people died on Illinois roads last year than since 2007. Is the pandemic to blame?
- Program offers tax preparation help for seniors
- Column: West Side, Hammond and Kouts all could make deep runs in boys basketball. They are among the storylines to follow as the season winds down.
- Man who made news as teen Chicago police impersonator is now accused of responding to shots fired calls, pulling people over, making TikTok videos in uniform
- Column: Looking for the light in the depths of February
- ‘Sorry, Britney’: Media is criticized for past coverage, and some own up
- They dated every Sunday night on the phone. Here’s how they got to marriage.
- Aurora looks at Sexton Street sewer project
- US Census Bureau not releasing redistricting data until end of September
- Illinois will soon begin vaccinating prisoners against COVID-19. Some politicians question state’s priorities.
- Coronavirus in Illinois updates: Here’s what happened Feb. 12 with COVID-19 in the Chicago area
- 18-year-old man faces murder, carjacking charges after 3-hour crime spree on Northwest Side and Elmwood Park, police say
- Tras perder a su madre, abuela y tío por COVID-19, familia latina intenta seguir adelante. ‘No he visto milagros cuando se trata de COVID’
- Nikki Haley slams Trump’s election claims: ‘We shouldn’t have followed him’
- Trump’s defense team argues impeachment is based on ‘hatred,’ hurtling Senate toward final vote in historic trial
- Stark divide in Illinois COVID-19 vaccinations by race, ethnicity and age, new data shows
- Jake Arrieta is returning to the Chicago Cubs on a 1-year, $6 million deal
- Chicago Bulls guard Zach LaVine is putting up another career season. Will this be the year he earns an All-Star bid?
- Photos: Los Angeles Clippers 125, Chicago Bulls 106
- Breece Walls hits three early 3-pointers and finishes with 14 points as Valparaiso makes outside shots to get past Crown Point
- Christian Meeks has been working on his outside shot. It’s a must for college. But H-F needed him inside against Lincoln-Way East.
- ‘There’s no tomorrow’: Quimari Peterson and senior-led West Side continue surge with a 68-52 win against Munster