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- 3 takeaways from Chicago Cubs spring training Wednesday, including Willson Contreras looking good in the No. 2 spot and a possible snag at backup catcher
- Daily horoscope for March 18, 2021
- Ask Amy: Virtual dating creates actual problems
- Column: Suburbanites didn’t want a child rapist and murderer in their neighborhood. So why should Englewood have to take him in theirs?
- Column: Who’d want to be a Chicago cop?
- Peeps art contest, Frank Lloyd Wright buildings and kringle make the Racine-Kenosha area a fun-filled and delicious destination
- This day in history, March 18: Supreme Court rules unanimously that state courts are required to provide legal counsel to criminal defendants who can’t afford an attorney
- Daywatch: Illinois to expand vaccine eligibility to anyone over 16 — except in Chicago, spa shootings rattle Asian American community and Navy Pier hotel opens
- Cactus League report: Yasmani Grandal set to make his 1st spring start today for the White Sox — and ex-Cub Tommy La Stella may have a new position for the Giants
- How do Andy Dalton’s career numbers compare with those of 2020 Chicago Bears QBs Mitch Trubisky and Nick Foles?
- ‘Upsetting’ 4th-quarter collapse — outscored 39-19 — sinks Chicago Bulls in a 106-99 home loss to the San Antonio Spurs
- Hinkle Fieldhouse in Indianapolis — one of basketball’s iconic venues — gets its star turn in the NCAA Tournament, including Loyola’s 1st-round game
- Indiana officials call on feds for more COVID-19 vaccine
- Commentary: Bla, bla, bla, bla … too many docuseries go on and on, when they shouldn’t. Just make a movie and move on
- Why the ‘voice’ of Benny the Bull wants to spread the word about stem cell donations: ‘To actually save a life by sitting there for 6 hours is pretty incredible’
- Early Southwest Highway feedback supports walkable, bikeable update in Oak Lawn
- Missing since 2019, Porter Township man found dead in Lake Eliza
- Cancer Support Center expanding efforts to create connections among members of ‘club nobody wants to be part of’
- Former Gary school official alleges gender, race discrimination in lawsuit against district
- After seeing Ruth Bader Ginsburg replaced with a young conservative on the Supreme Court, some progressives are urging Stephen Breyer, 82, to retire now
- ‘Zack Snyder’s Justice League’ review: Twice as long, more punishing — and yes, better
- Salt may be a savior for roads, but it imperils Chicago-area water and wildlife. Some communities and agencies are working to change that.
- Google is ready to hire in Chicago as part of plan to add 10,000 workers nationally this year
- Federal appeals court judge Joel Flaum lists Gold Coast condo for $1.1 million
- 5 things to know about Drexel, Illinois’ 1st-round opponent that is in the NCAA Tournament for the 1st time since 1996
- 5 things to know about Georgia Tech, Loyola’s 1st-round opponent that will reportedly be without ACC Player of the Year Moses Wright
- Warren Township District 121 issues dire financial warning ahead of referendum
- Lawyers for Johnny Depp seek to appeal ‘wife beater’ ruling
- Sable Hotel opens at Navy Pier
- Ask Anna: Some quick and dirty advice on pregnancy, MMF threesomes and best sex toys
- Nissan Frontier earns J.D. Power dependability nod
- Shawn Bradley queda paralizado tras accidente en bicicleta
- EEUU: Siguen los despidos, aumentan pedidos de prestaciones
- Development among issues in election for 3rd Ward seat on St. Charles City Council
- Vanessa Bryant publica nombres de policías que compartieron fotos del accidente
- Daily Southtown, West Suburban and Lake County local scores for Friday, March 19
- Critics’ Choice Takeout Awards: Chicago’s best chefs, industry innovators and community champions of 2020
- Luce inminente victoria de demócratas en planes inmigración
- D204 confirms plans for full-time return to school
- Don Thompson grew up near Cabrini-Green and went on to lead McDonald’s. Now the former fast-food CEO wants to bring South and West side businesses to the table.
- Speak Out reader opinion: Grammys deserved the lower TV ratings
- US jobless claims rise to 770,000 with layoffs still high
- The Mural Building goes on the market
- España aprueba ley de eutanasia, el 6to país en regularla
- Big winds churn up Lake Michigan
- Astrónomos detectan una ‘medusa espacial’ en Abell 2877
- Discapacitados que fueron rezagados en EEUU presionan para superar la pandemia
- Wimbledon is expecting a reduced number of fans this summer after last year’s tournament was canceled because of COVID-19
- All seasons of ‘The Office’ are streaming free on Peacock (but just for one week)
- Ya estoy vacunado, ¿qué puedo hacer ahora de forma segura?
- Northwest Indiana local scores for Friday, March 19
- US schools prepare summer of learning to help kids catch up
- Marist’s Sydney Affolter is the 2020-21 Daily Southtown Girls Basketball Player of the Year: ‘A player like her comes along once or twice in a lifetime’
- How Alaska achieved one of the highest COVID-19 vaccination rates in the US
- Dennis Rodman’s hair made it a Chicago landmark. Next it may be known as the Bitcoin building.
- In the pandemic, young folks discover antiques for Zoom and nostalgia
- Dan Bongino tapped to fill Rush Limbaugh’s WLS radio slot in May
- Aurora looks to expand outdoor dining this year
- Asian Americans are being attacked across the US during pandemic, so why are hate crime charges so rare?
- Biden dijo que invertiría en universidades para afroamericanos. Esperan que Harris ayude
- Michigan ex-governor Snyder loses challenge to Flint water charge
- What are the health benefits of coffee?
- How long does a mattress last?
- How to make tomato juice
- Introducing the 2020-21 Daily Southtown Girls Basketball All-Area Team
- How to curl hair with a flat iron
- How to make hand sanitizer
- How to slow cook ribs in the oven
- How to decorate your home in boho style
- Best cheap drones
- Republicanos tratan de sacar provecho al tema migratorio
- How to apply foundation with a makeup blender sponge
- The best laptop for accounting
- Second City will reopen with live shows in May
- Partidarios de Trump y grandes empresas se adelantaron para obtener préstamos PPP. Luego los devolvieron
- Vacuna no será obligatoria para disputar los Juegos de Tokyo
- UChicago Medicine’s Dr. Emily Landon to answer reader questions about COVID-19 vaccinations Tuesday on Facebook Live
- Oak Park board approves 7-story, 158-unit development for Pleasant District
- Nurse delays retirement to fight COVID-19
- ‘A giant of Oak Park’: Diversity pioneer Sherlynn Reid dies at 85
- As Sharon Osbourne drama plays out, Sheryl Underwood is chill: ‘Forgiveness first’
- Column: The Illinois high school football season kicks off Friday. It gives a new meaning to March Madness.
- 2 dead from gunshot wounds found inside Elgin home in what police are calling a domestic incident
- Replacing lead service lines in Galesburg
- México decomisa 5,700 dosis falsas de la vacuna Sputnik V
- Recibía $662 al mes por administrar una oficinita de correos en un pueblo de Washington. Cuando pidió más, el Servicio Postal la cerró
- COVID-19 vaccine: How many people are eligible because of preexisting conditions? Search for your county
- ‘Tamale Guy’ Claudio Velez sues restaurant partners, alleging they froze him out while profiting off his likeness and recipes
- Wimbledon restringirá asistencia para torneo de 2021
- Last phases of Crown Point water improvement project expected to be completed this year
- Introducing the 2020-21 Beacon-News/Courier-News Boys Basketball All-Area Team
- Naperville Police Beat
- What Pritzker’s ‘bridge’ plan means for movies, theater, concerts and more
- EEUU enviará vacunas AstraZeneca a México y Canadá
- Waukegan lineman Martin Sotomayor’s long wait to play football again ends Friday. How long? His last game was in 2018.
- Suspect in 2 killings at Roundy’s warehouse in Wisconsin identified, but motive unclear, police say
- AMC reabre más salas de cine en EEUU
- El debate migratorio se intensifica —en la frontera y en el Congreso
- Introducing the 2020-21 Naperville Sun Boys Basketball All-Area Team
- Parking meters coming to Chicago’s Montrose Harbor as part of Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s budget plan
- Quickly: Readers sound off on the issues of the day
- Post-Tribune boys basketball rankings and player of the week for Friday, March 19, 2021
- Gary woman, 56, killed in single-vehicle crash on I-80/94
- Charges announced in LaSalle County double homicide; ex-husband of slain couple’s daughter held on $5 million bail
- Muere el laureado artista mexicano Vicente Rojo
- Op-ed: How Rep. Kinzinger became a target in the GOP loyalty war
- ‘Call of Duty’ among 2021 finalists for Video Game Hall of Fame
- Endangered gazelles make a comeback on the edge of a war zone
- Amended plan for Naper Commons subdivision with 17 fewer homes clears Naperville planning and zoning hurdles
- Former trucking firm official testifies former Portage mayor asked for money; jury to return Friday to begin deliberations
- Clarendon Hills expanding farmers market, likely going ahead with some summer concerts in hopeful return to normalcy
- If you look at your phone while walking, you’re an agent of chaos
- Groups oppose bid to require city approval for museums like those planned for Emmett Till, Muddy Waters homes
- After ‘stressful, sleepless season,’ Southland cheer squads clean up at virtual state championships
- Speak Out reader opinions: Grammys nothing but ‘prime-time porn’; no matter how it’s spent, relief money helps everyone; are all minimum wage jobs worth $15 an hour?
- ‘Serial stowaway’ ordered held on $100,000 bail as lawyer blames TV news broadcast for latest airport case
- ‘I can’t leave them yet’: A year after her planned retirement, a nurse stays on to fight COVID-19
- Waubonsie Valley’s Ben Schwieger is the 2020-21 Naperville Sun and Beacon-News/Courier-News Boys Basketball Player of the Year
- Xavier Becerra confirmed as Biden’s health secretary, the first Latino to hold the post
- Mayores de 16 años podrán vacunarse en Illinois en abril; excepto los de Chicago
- La Grange Pet Parade planned for September
- Column: Not all alcoholics remain anonymous: ‘I’m right back where I began’
- Common Council personnel discussion in public meeting blasted by Gary mayor, attorney: ‘This very conversation is my concern’
- Read Gov. Pritzker’s metrics-based reopening plan ‘A Bridge to Phase 5’
- Letters: Accommodations for DACA children and reparations for slavery are not the same
- How arenas are working to keep fans safe at indoor sporting events — including the NCAA Tournament in Indianapolis
- ‘Tamale Guy’ Claudio Velez demanda a los socios del restaurante, alegando que lo congelaron mientras se beneficiaban de su imagen y recetas
- HBO Max orders Brittany Murphy documentary series
- Boys basketball notes: Jalen Washington attracts the spotlight. But he knows Quimari Peterson is semistate-bound West Side’s ‘heart and soul.’
- Trevor Noah on Atlanta shootings: ‘If that’s not racism … the word has no meaning’
- Simply Elton pays tribute to Sir Elton John’s long career and legendary music catalog
- EEUU: Senado confirma a Becerra como secretario de Salud
- Crowded bars for the NCAA Tournament — unsafe in the COVID-19 era or a return to normalcy?
- 55 mph wind gusts, 13-foot waves, flooding, expected to continue in Chicago area through Friday, forecasters say
- Gold Coast 6-bedroom home with terraced roof deck: $9.9 million
- Iowa man gets 45 years in Gary gas station slaying
- Mitch Trubisky is officially gone. As he moves on from the Chicago Bears, here are 20 of the most important stories from the QB’s 4-year tenure.
- EEUU: Abogados debaten sobre testigos en caso Floyd
- Elgin to receive $21.6M in federal stimulus cash, and smaller area towns can expect anywhere from $377,000 to $4.6 million
- Column: The next big test for Speaker Welch: A fair map
- Coronavirus vaccines: Here’s what’s available in US and what may be coming next
- Reform advocate Sharone Mitchell’s appointment as Cook County public defender made official
- Letter: Support Jill Brickman for Northfield Township supervisor
- Op-ed: Chatting with strangers, and other things I’ve missed during the pandemic
- AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine: No link to increased risk of blood clots, benefits outweigh risks, EU agency says
- Controlled burns planned for several Naperville parks this spring and fall as way to improve plant habitat
- Los 12 finalistas al Salón de la Fama de Videojuegos
- Comadronas guatemaltecas reciben vacunas contra COVID
- DePaul professor Julie Moody-Freeman creates a podcast examining Black romance novels as scholarship
- Illinois guard Andre Curbelo in action
- Dazzling point guard Andre Curbelo helped lead Illinois to a No. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament. Motivated by family and Puerto Rico, ‘I do it for my family and for my island.’
- Girls volleyball preview: Carmel and Libertyville lost Division I recruits to injury and early graduation. Expect both to be competitive anyway.
- Next principal of Spring Avenue School in La Grange headed schools in Oak Brook, Elmhurst and Downers Grove
- Park Ridge aldermen approve $120,835 in engineering design costs for ‘green’ parking lot in Uptown
- ¿Despertarán los bates de los Rojos?
- Chicago Walgreens stores aren’t consistently giving COVID-19 vaccines to people with health conditions. Why?
- Former Palatine High School teacher files defamation suit against suburban Black Lives Matter leader who’s running for school board
- Portage mayor recalls challenges in ‘rocky’ 2020 as she looks forward to more work in new year
- Column: Bracket your feelings and root for your bitter rivals in the NCAA tournaments
- Princesa Leonor presidirá 30 aniversario de Instituto Cervantes
- Column: Sex researcher weighs in on Atlanta-area shootings: ‘Do not excuse racist crimes as being the result of sex addiction.’
- México impone restricciones de viaje en su frontera sur
- Around the Southland: Providence Catholic dancers bring home state title, and more
- Juicio expone los trapos sucios de Costa Rica en el Mundial de Brasil
- Column: Six months into extended deadline, gaming board still behind schedule in awarding south suburban casino license
- Career Center students get inside look at building new high school in Hammond
- Watch this. Eat that: Prepping for the Oscars with ‘Minari’? Head to Chicagoland’s new Koreatown.
- CouponCabin founder, ‘Real Housewives’ alum split after she moved to Chicago
- Elmhurst District 205 parents rally to open schools, board votes to do so
- Biden: 100 millones de vacunas contra coronavirus en 58 días
- Column: Kane County jail stats prove opioid prevention program a lifesaver
- It’s March Madness, you’re working from home and the boss isn’t looking over your shoulder. What could go wrong?
- El deslumbrante base Andre Curbelo ayudó a llevar a Illinois a la posición No. 1 en el Torneo de la NCAA. Motivado por la familia y Puerto Rico, ‘lo hago por mi familia y por mi isla’
- Column: Loyola — 3 years after a historic NCAA Tournament run — faces another uphill challenge in Indianapolis
- Former campaign officials ‘shocked’ at falsified education information on Valparaiso Dem’s resume
- Lake Michigan warming
- Motorist rammed police cars, accelerated into cops during chase across several South Side neighborhoods, prosecutors say
- Mujer acusa al actor Armie Hammer de violarla violentamente
- Empresas de EEUU se suman a la lucha contra el racismo
- Column: Candace Owens, spare us your sanctimony over Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion
- Ivy Tech partners with Charter School of the Dunes on class for parents
- Motormouth: Your car knows more about you than you might think
- Auto review: Impressive Cadillac XT4 carving a niche for itself
- Corrections and clarifications
- Pronóstico para la primavera: se agrava la sequía en EEUU
- US ties with Russia nosedive after Biden-Putin back-and-forth
- The Spin: Pritzker to open vaccinations to all Illinois residents starting April 12 | New Montrose Harbor parking meters part of solving Lightfoot’s pandemic budget woes | State lawmaker Andre Thapedi resigns
- El Tottenham de Mourinho se hunde en la Liga Europa
- BMW ramps up electric vehicle offerings
- Union League Club does not have to sell prized Monet to Australian firm: judge
- Following Atlanta-area shootings, Chicago Chinatown leaders describe residents scared of going outside, businesses closing early
- Waukegan school board candidates discuss a variety of issues in virtual debate
- Juez en Miami rechaza moción de empresario aliado de Maduro
- Gov. J.B. Pritzker extends state income tax filing deadline to May 17
- Editorial: Can you hear it? There’s a beep on Chicago’s EKG with some good news on the business front.
- NFL is reviewing claims of sexual assault against Houston Texans QB Deshaun Watson
- Alexi McCammond, incoming Teen Vogue editor in chief, parts ways with magazine over past tweets
- Aurora mayoral candidates spar over campaign contributions
- Nuevo contrato de transmisión de NFL duplicará ganancias
- New mom, Army vet among 8 killed in Atlanta-area shootings
- Pritzker opens Illinois a bit more on a new, gradual path toward normal, expands COVID-19 vaccine eligibility to residents 16 and up on April 12
- Dylan Strome’s return could cause a lineup dilemma for the Chicago Blackhawks — and the same goes for when Kirby Dach recovers from an injury
- Andy Dalton says he wants to ‘bring some excitement’ to a skeptical city after the Chicago Bears assured him he was their starting quarterback
- Biden’s $1.9 trillion pandemic relief package funnels millions to victims of domestic abuse
- Atlanta spa shootings: ‘Nothing off the table,’ including possible hate crime, police say
- Column: The Chicago Bears released Kyle Fuller without a backup plan. Now Matt Nagy, who often references the hows and whys, has more explaining to do.
- Royal George Theatre shows are told to leave and the theater is likely to close
- Divided House OKs Democrats’ bill offering legal status to around 2 million Dreamers
- US stops taking migrant teens to converted Texas camp following safety concerns
- 3 takeaways from Chicago White Sox spring training Thursday, including Dallas Keuchel making his 1st spring start and Yasmani Grandal debuting behind the plate
- NFL cuts lucrative new deals through the 2033 season with Fox, CBS, NBC, ESPN — and Amazon Prime. Look for Super Bowls on ABC, flexing on ‘Monday Night Football’ and more.
- Elgin News Digest
- Column: Judy Brodhead looks back at her Naperville council years — the changes, the stands made and the things left unaccomplished
- Down to Business: If you’re painting a wall, it’s the prep work that makes it look good, Naperville painting experts say
- Air travel slowly rebounding
- After residents blasted the idea, Thorntons pulls request for special consideration to a gas station in Mundelein
- Registration open for planting plots at Libertyville Gardens
- Letters to the Editor
- Naperville Police Beat
- This Week in Naperville
- Very Cavalleri: After sitting out last season with a torn ACL, Giorgia Cavalleri turns in a peach of a performance for Naperville Central
- Naperville News Digest: 3 businesses fail tobacco/nicotine checks done by cops; city’s Arbor Day Tree Sale starts Monday; Will County conducting resident survey on energy, conservation
- Council OKs 5th Avenue apartments/offices, Mall of India banquet hall; recognizes Naperville Rotary’s 80th anniversary