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- Daily horoscope for December 24, 2021
- Ask Amy: Father-in-law wants to hear his name
- A Palos Heights church gave $100 each to 245 members, and received in return stories of people helping others
- Chicagoans of the Year for Pop Music: Horsegirl is a young band having a big year
- Column: Does the pandemic + streaming equal the end of movies at the theater?
- Editorial: Chicago’s Loop has been battered by COVID-19. Here’s a way forward.
- Column: With the glut of bowl games, some players wisely take a pass
- Flooding in Cicero has become a blame game between town officials, BNSF Railway and residents. Proposed legislation aims to bring relief.
- Column: There were many dubious achievements in 2021. Here are my awards.
- New Homewood-Flossmoor Principal Clinton Alexander says ensuring student equity among his goals
- Dance and music show ‘Fly Honey New Year’ promises to be a positive way to welcome 2022
- Things to Do in Chicago for this Christmas weekend
- Forest preserve district considers fishing, nature trails and picnic groves at River Oaks, Burnham golf courses
- Request for gas station special use permit denied in Gary
- This day in history, December 24: President Franklin D. Roosevelt appoints Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower supreme commander of Allied forces in Europe as part of Operation Overlord
- Daywatch: Chicago crime in 2021 was unrelenting as it spread into new neighborhoods | Four wounded in Oakbrook Center shooting | Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer’s Chicago roots
- Parents of adult children with disabilities pushing for residential living facility to be built in Naperville
- ‘Speak Out’ reader opinion: Push for Pritzker to run for president makes no sense
- Aurora approves extension for marijuana dispensary looking to open in the city
- A long forgotten cookbook connects two families who share the same last name and homeland origin
- Quickly: Readers sound off on the issues of the day
- Quickly: Readers sound off on the issues of the day
- Quickly: Readers sound off on the issues of the day
- Community news
- Speak Out reader opinion: Investigation into Jan. 6 is political
- Guest column: Support health care workers by getting vaccinated against COVID-19
- Guest column: Healthcare workers deserve our gratitude
- Lake County Council hasn’t called in health officer to address COVID-19 as cases soar: After school mask mandate defeat, ‘I just don’t know how much confidence she has in our board’
- Citizen of the Year named in Batavia
- Omicron drives US virus cases past delta’s peak
- Decent: To help the Salvation Army as it struggles to raise the money it needs, I became a bell ringer
- Vickroy: Time to rethink Santa — the tradition fosters deceit, greed and bribery but can it be used for good?
- Down to Business: Painted Tree in Naperville offers dozens of small businesses under one roof
- COVID puts a damper on Christmas Eve again around the world
- This Week in Naperville: Check out these New Year’s Eve week activities and programs
- Naperville News Digest: Naperville man lauded for actions that protected woman, stopped car collisions; park district releases info on cold-weather facilities
- ‘It doesn’t scare me away’: Oakbrook Center’s Christmas Eve shoppers unfazed after Thursday shooting that left 4 people injured
- Chicago Bulls coach Billy Donovan enters the NBA’s COVID-19 protocols; assistant Chris Fleming to fill in as interim coach
- Elgin News Digest: Traffic signals on Longmeadow Parkway activated; coroner’s office organizes Hesed House ham donation; diversion program grant OK’d
- The momentous James Webb Space Telescope launch is scheduled for Christmas morning. Chicago astronomers are ‘waiting with bated breath’ to use its data for a better understanding of the cosmos.
- Financial adviser answers council questions about proposed senior living facility financing in Highland
- Hatty the courthouse comfort dog
- Courthouse comfort dog Hatty melts away anxiety for reticent young abuse victims
- Nick Foles will start at quarterback for the Chicago Bears on Sunday as Justin Fields continues his recovery from an ankle injury
- Potempa: A ‘Caring’ cookbook has extra special meaning this Christmas
- Pope celebrates Christmas Eve Mass as virus surges in Italy
- Family that lost mother to COVID-19 continues court fight for father to receive ivermectin treatment
- Despite mandates, COVID vaccination rates for nursing home workers lag behind residents, remain low at some facilities
- 5 things to watch for as the Chicago Bears play the Seattle Seahawks, including Nick Foles’ 1st start in more than a year — plus our Week 16 predictions
- City to spend $324K to improve stage lighting and microphones, make plans for building improvements
- Batavia center opens satellite campus in Elgin to provide day-care services for seniors
- NHL postpones its entire Monday schedule — 14 more games — because of COVID-19 concerns
- Airlines cancel flights due to COVID staffing shortages
- Author Rebecca Sive’s latest book offers guidance for moving forward in 2022
- Ian Book, the former Notre Dame star, hails an ‘unbelievable opportunity’ to make his NFL debut with the New Orleans Saints