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- Photos: Bulls 133, Rockets 118
- ‘She was amazing’: In only her second career start, Emilia Sularski scores 19 of her 24 points in first half as Benet tops Naperville North.
- Daily horoscope for December 21, 2021
- Ask Amy: Refusing the list is refusing a gift
- He’s a magician. An escape artist. A third-period performer. Sure, but Naperville Central’s Ayden Lutes knows his key to success: ‘I wrestle gritty.’
- A sloppy 4th-and-1 failure encapsulates the Chicago Bears’ 10th loss this season: ‘That’s been the story of the year’
- Matt Nagy doesn’t regret his reaction that earned 1 of 9 Chicago Bears penalties. Said Robert Quinn: ‘Honestly, some of these calls are starting to get a little crazy.’
- Column: Some lesser known holiday traditions, from model trains at Butch McGuire’s to dancing horses in Wisconsin
- ‘(Expletive) Bigfoot!’ Alleged Sasquatch sighting in central Illinois adds to legendary creature’s big year
- My worst moment: ‘Reno 911!’ star Thomas Lennon on the Scorsese role that got away
- A night as Obi Wan Kenobi ended up providing Children’s Museum director his dream role as ‘Santa Adam’
- Editorial: CPS worst-case scenario? A return to remote learning. Parents, don’t let it happen.
- Theater Chicagoan of the Year: Namir Smallwood of Steppenwolf has affected audiences from here to Broadway
- Dance Chicagoan of the Year: Ginger Farley of Chicago Dancemakers Forum has helped bring dance to a new level
- 47 NFL players are placed on the reserve/COVID-19 list — the most in 1 day — as revised protocols go into effect. Will other leagues follow the reduced testing decision?
- Another brutal offensive game and a roster depleted by COVID: Brad Biggs’ 10 thoughts on the Chicago Bears’ 17-9 loss to the Minnesota Vikings on ‘Monday Night Football’
- This day in history, December 21: 270 people killed after terrorist bomb explodes aboard Pam Am Boeing 747 over Lockerbie, Scotland
- Niles-Maine Library Board failed to follow law and notify state librarian of trustee’s resignation
- Daywatch: ‘Unprecedented’ demand in at-home tests amid COVID holiday surge | Smollett report outlines ‘major failure’ in Kim Foxx’s office | Bears lose on ‘Monday Night Football’
- ‘Being the Ricardos’ review: In the hands of Aaron Sorkin, Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz are reduced to their dullest form
- Moo-ve along, please: cattle crash stalls traffic on I-80/94
- Biden anuncia 500 millones de pruebas gratuitas de covid
- 2021, año de la redención para Messi y Argentina
- Sunday last day to tour holiday display at Aurora’s Tanner House Museum
- Ómicrón, cómo actúa y lo que falta por aprender
- Chris Noth sale de ‘The Equalizer’ tras acusaciones de abuso sexual
- Charges dropped against Crown Point man accused of shooting neighbor over dogs
- Senior Services holiday lunch gives Elgin seniors a chance to reunite in-person after pandemic isolation
- Man to plead in 2003 Gary cold case drug murder
- Fósiles de uro y rinoceronte ilustran como se desertificó el Sáhara
- Speak Out reader opinion: COVID-19 infection rate will rise as more people are tested
- Just opened: Deep-dish pizza bagels at R&A Bread Bakers, plus more restaurant openings around Chicago
- Manuel Pellegrini renueva con el Real Betis
- Help Them To Hope
- Hinsdale agrees to participate in $22 billion national opioid settlement
- Salvation Army stages its ‘Come to Bethlehem’ pageant and concert with live camels
- Stocks rise after 3-day slump over virus, inflation worries
- Lo que la era del COVID-19 nos enseñó sobre la arquitectura en 2021
- Tradición venezolana peligra por inflación, incluso en dólares
- Behind Joe Manchin’s opposition, a long history of fighting climate measures
- Ancelotti baraja cambiar el sistema de juego del Real Madrid
- Yorkville police officer fatally shoots man while responding to medical call
- Reseña: ‘A Journal for Jordan’ te hará llorar a cántaros
- La pandemia hace atractivos los incentivos de reubicación de ciudades más pequeñas
- Dominican, Concordia Universities in River Forest weigh response to omicron surge before classes start in January
- Boric promete colaborar con proceso constitucional chileno
- Chicago’s winter officially arrives in record-setting fashion ? with still no measurable snow
- ‘A special talent’: After practicing with Don Bosco over the summer, junior guard Willie Miller Jr. is back at Lake Station to pursue program’s first sectional title since 1941
- Pete’s Fresh Market breaks ground at site on Madison after two decades of planning
- As Rivian struggles to meet early demand, Illinois looks to become manufacturing hub in coming EV revolution
- Homeless man accused of setting fire inside Hammond dollar store
- Oak Park’s Nineteenth Century Charitable Association fa-la-las with ‘Merry Measure’
- Homer Glen Board OKs tax levy, but mayor and trustee walk out over dispute on salary freeze
- Wreathes laid at Fort Sheridan National Cemetery before Christmas
- NHL pauses all activities starting Wednesday and postpones Thursday’s schedule — including the Chicago Blackhawks-Dallas Stars game — as COVID-19 cases rise
- Goodman cancels ‘A Christmas Carol’ through Dec. 24 due to COVID
- Denzel Washington: Todavía estoy aprendiendo como director
- Column: Chicago Bulls’ COVID-19 outbreak has affected many individuals, forcing everyone — from the players to the broadcasters — to adapt on a daily basis
- Join Moana Lotte for Elgin NYE show
- Lake Bluff 7-bedroom home with theater and wine rooms: $4.1M
- Victim of fatal North Chicago crash identified
- Betsy McCormick, librarian at Children’s Memorial Hospital who helped develop research tool for health topics, dies at 78
- Naperville Police Arrests
- For many Filipino Catholics, the Christmastime tradition of Simbáng Gabi ‘brings back the memories’
- Honorable Lionel Jean-Baptiste Way to be dedicated in Evanston in recognition of judge, former alderman
- My basement is a hoarder. My garage is, too. I think they’re both in denial.
- Mayor Lori Lightfoot mandates proof of vaccination for patrons of restaurants, gyms, entertainment venues amid surge of COVID-19 omicron cases
- Op-ed: Revenge shopping? Let’s come up with better alternatives to feeling satisfied.
- Hammond man sentenced to 18 months for buying guns for Chicagoans
- Planned age-restricted building on Sherman Avenue reduces number of units to 152
- Wrestling notes: Five days after the football season ended, Evergreen Park’s Michael Torres was back on the mat. He’s 15-0 at 170 pounds.
- Popularity of geocaching at Indiana Dunes during pandemic
- Community news
- UC’s Guild of Change Ringers has been following a tradition — and getting on Hyde Park’s nerves — for generations
- West Dundee president says frustration’s growing as new owners keep mum on Spring Hill Mall’s future
- Highland Redevelopment head steps down; replacement search to begin soon
- D204 boundary map presented to board lets some students remain at current school until graduation
- Friday night bites: Pork chop sandwiches served at Lemont football games deemed among best in state
- Quickly: Readers sound off on the issues of the day
- Winning hasn’t come easily for Grayslake North, but Joseph Valera has been ‘tough in the face of those things.’ The senior guard also scores a lot of points.
- Se frena el crecimiento poblacional en EEUU
- Free COVID-19 tests at Chicago airports, lane closures lifted on the tollways: Here’s what you need to know about holiday travel
- Las cinco mejores camisetas de la historia en la NBA
- New year marks 3 decades for Northwest Indiana Excellence in Theatre Foundation
- México reporta 23 casos de ómicron y Ecuador 22
- Letters: Criticism of the discretion shown by the state’s attorney’s office in the Smollett case is unwarranted
- Israel y países árabes normalizan relaciones y enfrentan un enemigo común, Irán
- Column: Calumet City mayor scores political points with sloppy audit accusing clerk of misdeeds
- Reseña: ‘The Matrix Resurrections’ reprograma su código
- Op-ed: A CBS holiday ad from 1966 taught me about one of the greatest gifts we can give
- These are the 26 jobs you are most likely to quit
- Crossroads Y continues growth as facility opens in former Franciscan Health Fitness in Schererville
- Santas take over Downtown Clarendon Hills for food donations
- Aurora man faces federal charges for allegedly attacking cops with flagpole during Capitol riot
- En México se forma un plan: ayudar a las estadounidenses a abortar
- Gary teachers ratify contract, 3% raise expected
- Highest grossing original films of all time
- Local holiday tradition ‘Nutckracker on Ice’ returns to Evanston
- Beyond star ratings: 10 things consumers should look for in product reviews
- In wake of recent Niles, Evanston school threats, social workers point to mental health, pandemic, social media as triggers
- Former ACLU attorney who pushed for Chicago police reform among 7 recommended for federal bench
- Editorial: On Kim Foxx’s tenure is the indelible stain of the Smollett case.
- Ask Mister Manners: I’m dreading Christmas this year. Can I just skip it?
- Column: New Pentagon mission: Ban extremism, but not free speech.
- Madre en Wisconsin muere tratando de proteger a su hijo del ataque de su pit bull
- Dr. June: How to help young niece after her mom dies
- Lake County creates 3 non-voting precincts to follow new redistricting maps
- 25 modern inventions we really don’t use anymore
- Gail Borden library wins 5-star rating from national organization — one of only 86 in U.S. to make list
- Evanston distributes toys, food collected during annual holiday drive: ‘It’s so inspiring and humbling to see’
- Chicago man charged with burglary in Wilmette, trespassing in Winnetka
- Palmer Place restaurant in La Grange getting new owners
- Rivian subcontractors to pay nearly $400,000 in back wages to Mexican laborers building Normal production line following state investigation
- Op-ed: I asked Mattel to represent Muslim girls in its American Girl line. It followed through.
- La rebanada de pizza de $1 es la víctima más reciente de la inflación
- Live podcasts? Selfie rooms? Weddings? Waukegan officials get creative in approving one-of-a-kind business
- Sky Zone Trampoline to remain open, with conditions, under settlement with Orland Park
- Oscar: México, Panamá y España siguen en la contienda
- Biden pivots to home tests to confront omicron surge
- North Shore communities discuss future of gas-powered leaf blowers, form working group to study issue
- One for the Books: Reading is sweet, and winter reading even sweeter when kids can earn prizes
- President Biden pledges 500 million free COVID-19 tests to counter omicron surge
- Two men rob four teens at gunpoint in Elmwood Park alley, take valuables
- After 14 years in custody and 2 overturned convictions in 2007 North Chicago homicide, suspects to be released
- Cicely Fleming announces resignation from Evanston City Council
- Orland Park OKs higher water rates for 2022
- Santa and Mrs. Claus make return to Burr Ridge for 2021
- Jurors in Kim Potter cop trial ask judge about not being able to reach a verdict
- Naperville News Digest
- President Biden vows to work with Sen. Joe Manchin on $2 trillion bill
- Parking lot closure challenged small Park Ridge retail shops this holiday season, owners say
- Naperville teen gives half the money she made through her small business to pancreatic cancer research
- Billy, the runaway bison who charmed suburban Cary, is (almost) home for the holidays
- Making it their own: Bremen students stage, film ‘Cupcake Wars’ competition
- Chicago firefighter dies days after being injured battling ‘wind-whipped … intense’ fire in Belmont Central neighborhood
- 3 things we heard from Chicago Bears coach Matt Nagy, including Justin Fields’ comfort zone and whether Thomas Graham Jr. earned more playing time
- Aurora OKs contract for master plan for Phillips Park
- Where to find the most scrumptious cups of hot chocolate in the western suburbs
- Romantically involved East Dundee admins booted from international association for ethics violations
- Chicago Blackhawks players react to the NHL’s COVID-19 shutdown: ‘It just throws everything into a huge mess with our schedule’
- Naperville businesses not yet affected by COVID spike, but worried residents seeking vaccinations, home test kits
- NBA has ‘no plans’ to pause its season despite a rise in COVID-19 cases: ‘We’re going to have to learn to live with it,’ Commissioner Adam Silver says
- 2-year-old boy dead after house fire in West Pullman
- He’s a shooter. That’s the scouting report on Andrew’s Michael Morawski. Reavis finds out he can still do that … but much more.
- Nojus Indrusaitis has only played 22 high school games for Lemont, but Illinois and Nebraska have already noticed: ‘He can do a lot.’
- If ‘a little unnoticed’ in previous seasons, Anna Kleszynski is hard to miss these days. The senior does it all for Marian Catholic.