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- Dig deep. Play together. Play hard. Deven Jiles’ message came through loud and clear in the fourth quarter as Richards rallies past Bremen.
- Photos: Rangers 6, Blackhawks 2
- Meet Derek Bishop, who comes to Mundelein as its acclaimed class of college recruits departs. The freshman guard scores 29 against Waukegan.
- It’s ‘D’ for Drew and ‘D’ for defense. Drew Meyers also scores 24 points in first half as Aurora Christian routs Aurora Central Catholic.
- Daily horoscope for December 8, 2021
- Ask Amy: Vaccination status interferes with holiday
- Palos students’ Puppy Piñata wins 2021 Young Inventor Challenge
- City Clerk Anna Valencia endorsed by nurses union in bid for Illinois secretary of state
- The best Jimmy Choo cologne
- The best stereo amplifier
- The best XLR microphone for Zoom meetings
- The most breathable face mask for glasses
- The best stainless steel trash can
- Chicago Bears Q&A: How long will a rebuild take to become a playoff contender? Why didn’t the NFL flex Bears-Packers out of Sunday night? And have we seen the last of Allen Robinson?
- The best toddler basketball hoop
- The best white decorative pillow
- The best decorative throw pillow
- Column: It’s still early, but the Chicago Bulls look legit. So how do they stack up against the other contenders in the Eastern Conference?
- The best electric pressure canner
- The best Chanel cologne
- Alfonso Plummer’s latest leap of faith brought him to Illinois. The sharpshooting Puerto Rico native has given the Illini another scoring threat.
- ‘She’s an icon among us’: Niles VFW helps World War II veteran Bette Horstman celebrate 100th birthday
- This day in history, December 8: United States enters World War II as Congress declares war against Imperial Japan
- Top 10 best theater Chicago in 2021: A Broadway tryout, all-star casts and a few picks you won’t expect
- Top 10 moments for dance in Chicago in 2021: Live, on a screen and behind the scenes, Chicago dance forged ahead
- Holcomb frustrated with absurd vaccine-refusal reasons: Vaccinated gov once told he ‘had a chip in me now.’
- Joining drag queens on TV show costs Indiana pastor his job: ‘I was bullied out’
- Hot stone massage vs. deep tissue massage
- Help Them To Hope
- Which laminator should I get?
- Everything you need for letterboxing
- Everything you need for urban exploration
- Daywatch: Omicron is here. Will Chicago consider proof-of-vaccine entry rules? | Closing arguments set for Jussie Smollett trial | Hailstorm Brewing co-owner ousted
- DIY chore chart ideas
- Second man gets probation in connection with Hammond drug house slaying
- Column: Negotiation is the key for Russia and Ukraine
- Crayola colored pencils vs. Prismacolor colored pencils
- Major outage at Amazon disrupts businesses across the US
- Best ways to help your kid focus on their homework
- Best winter hiking gear
- Letter to the Editor
- How to pack for long term stay hotels
- India’s military chief, 12 others killed in helicopter crash
- 13 products to help teens manage anxiety
- IOC can’t provide ‘absolute certainty on anything’ amid concern for Chinese tennis player Peng Shuai
- Airbnb’s nonprofit makes resettling refugees a core mission
- Festival celebrates holiday season in Montgomery
- Millions of followers? For book sales, ‘it’s unreliable.’
- Top holiday toys from the year you were born
- It’s a good time to be Reba McEntire
- 20 of the best movies set in winter weather
- What Christmas was like the year you were born
- Una futbolista golpeada, un divorcio y una guerra de rumores: lo que se sabe de la agresión en el PSG
- Drake retira sus dos nominaciones al Grammy de lista final
- Gobernador de Arizona exige más protección en la frontera
- McDonald’s, facing lawsuit by 77 Black former franchisees, launching $250 million initiative to attract more minority franchisees to the fast-food chain
- Caída de Amazon Web Services afecta a múltiples sitios
- Las mejores películas de 2021
- ANÁLISIS: Curry da atractivo a la NBA incluso antes de jugar
- Speak Out reader opinion: Lightfoot has failed to keep the people of Chicago safe
- The best (and worst) in visual art in Chicago in 2021
- Miguel Cotto va al Salón de la Fama Internacional del Boxeo
- Israel termina muro en torno de Franja de Gaza
- Column: Lake County municipalities approve development proposals over impassioned pleas from fearful residents
- Biden y Putin acuerdan seguir conversaciones EEUU-Rusia
- Olaf Scholz replaces Angela Merkel as German chancellor, opening new era
- Girls basketball leaders for Northwest Indiana
- Vecinos de West Humboldt Park presionan para conseguir acuerdo de beneficios antes de la llegada de Amazon
- High school basketball scores for the Southland
- Now on Disney Plus: Steven Spielberg’s ‘West Side Story,’ in all its kinetic glory. THIS is how you direct a musical warhorse.
- Girls basketball leaders for the Aurora, Elgin, Naperville and Lake County areas
- Comings & Goings: Free pop for those who donate toys, Beverly area sets shopping events, and more
- Notas de un fan sobre documental de los Beatles
- El nuevo rey de la MLS sigue siendo español
- Pfizer says COVID vaccine booster offers protection against omicron
- Southtowners: Hickory Creek students chosen for ILMEA honor band and orchestra, and more
- Migrating sandhill cranes attract visitors to nature preserve: ‘We watch them their whole lives’
- Jalisco se unirá a Michoacán para exportar aguacate a EEUU
- Muere a los 23 años concursante de ‘America’s Got Talent’
- California plans to be an abortion sanctuary if the Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade
- ‘Tragedy on top of a tragedy’: For Emmett Till’s surviving relatives, a case closed with no justice or apology
- Hammond holiday comedy provides juicy roles for older actresses
- Reportan balacera en el destino turístico mexicano de Cancún
- Meet the 3 White House Fellows from Chicagoland — leaders looking to bring their experience to their communities: ‘I’m not afraid to roll up my sleeves and do the work.’
- Pets of the week
- Scholz es elegido canciller de Alemania, sucede a Merkel
- Sister is back and ‘It’s a Ho-Ho-Holy Night’
- Jussie Smollett trial: Timeline of the former ‘Empire’ actor’s Chicago criminal case
- Pelé, hospitalizado para quimioterapia por cáncer de colon
- E(art)H Chicago offering $300K for art that addresses climate change
- List of diplomatic boycotts grow for Beijing Winter Olympics, with Canada now joining the US, UK, Australia and Lithuania
- Sujeto incendia árbol navideño de Fox News en NY
- Más de 300 artistas de todo el mundo reclaman el cese de la represión en Cuba
- East Dundee hires former Evanston manager as new village administrator while current administrator on maternity leave
- ‘It’s been my goal’: Lincoln-Way Central’s Gracie Guarino goes for gold in anticipation of first girls state meet held by the IHSA.
- Homewood/East Hazel Crest site picked for south suburban casino
- Diapers are constant, costly and not covered by assistance programs. Here’s how to donate during the holidays
- The oldest farm in Chicago celebrates 175 years
- Niles police release surveillance images of vehicle that fatally struck pedestrian on Thanksgiving eve
- Serena Williams no disputará el Abierto de Australia
- Democratic congressional primary in new heavily Latino district starts to take shape with entry of state Rep. Delia Ramirez
- Seis cosas que debes saber sobre la muerte del caballo ganador del Kentucky Derby, Medina Spirit
- Quickly: Readers sound off on the issues of the day
- Top 10 in pop music of 2021: The festivals, performances and big moments in a Year of Chicago Music
- Pasado nazi de padre acosa a candidato presidencial chileno
- Supreme Court appears to suggest religious schools in Maine are OK to receive state tuition aid
- Jan. 6 panel to move forward with contempt charges against former Trump aide Mark Meadows
- Robert Quinn now credited with a sack of Kyler Murray in Sunday’s loss, giving the Chicago Bears pass rusher 12 for the season
- Chicago’s Top 10 moments in classical music, opera and jazz that defined 2021
- Lake County Symphony Orchestra gives the people what they want — a holiday concert
- Body of missing Palos Heights man found in Cal Sag canal
- Column: Biden’s blindness on Ukraine fits a US pattern
- Corrections and clarifications
- New tips sought in Indiana probe of 2 teen girls’ killings
- Braun backs businesses setting vaccine rules
- Fiscal: ‘Abrumadora’ evidencia de que Smollett fingió ataque
- Review: Drury Lane has the best ‘Holiday Inn’ yet, the hidden hit of the season
- Column: ‘Get Back’ shows how The Beatles created music that could appeal to all
- Four Winds Cirque show offers holiday fun
- Southwest Airlines raises revenue outlook after strong Thanksgiving holiday travel, says December bookings are up
- Gary offender captured after going missing from South Bend facility
- EEUU: Gobierno salvadoreño negoció con pandillas
- James Harrington, who taught philosophy at Loyola and wrote book on time, dies at 54
- Letters: Site of Illinois town founded by a free Black man deserves to become a national historical park
- Gallardo confirma que seguirá como técnico de River Plate
- Jujhar Khaira is released from the hospital after a scary hit — but was it a ‘clean’ hit? 3 takeaways from the Chicago Blackhawks’ 6-2 loss to the New York Rangers.
- New Naperville D203 contract with support staff calls for $1-an-hour pay increase, $1,000 bonus
- Justin Fields will start Sunday night against the Green Bay Packers after the Chicago Bears rookie QB was medically cleared to return from 3 cracked ribs
- Reseña: Sorkin se mete entre las bambalinas de Lucy y Desi
- Niñas de hasta 10 años en fábricas de tortillas
- Op-ed: As we wait to see whether the omicron variant causes severe disease, there is cause for hope
- Elmwood Park will reimburse residents for security cameras if they share video for police investigations
- Las claves de la final mexicana León vs. Atlas
- Panel acusará de desacato a colaborador de Trump
- UConn women’s basketball team adapting to playing without Paige Bueckers — and now Nika Mühl — for the foreseeable future
- Drag mexicana Regina Voce lista para ‘Queen of the Universe’
- California sería ‘santuario’ para abortos de otros estados
- ‘Jingle Bell Rock’ with former ‘Jersey Boys’ stars Michael Ingersoll and Christopher Kale Jones
- Thieves steal mail from Naperville animal shelter that likely contained fundraising donations, executive director says
- Acusan en EEUU a 6 por secuestros y muertes en México
- Editorial: Chicago now has the worst traffic in the country. Where are the big new ideas?
- Woman rescued after car plunges into Fox River in St. Charles
- Las mejores imágenes del mundo del espectáculo en 2021
- Citizen removed after dressing down council for ’22 premium pay proposal in Gary: ‘That kind of behavior in these times is not acceptable’
- Resumen fotográfico: El mundo del espectáculo renació en 2021
- Fesko leaving Gary Airport Authority; governor will name replacement
- Gran Bretaña anuncia nuevas restricciones contra la ómicron
- El Bayern echa al Barca de la Champions
- Speak Out: Accusing the ‘left’ of everything a typical Fox News ploy; Justice Barrett showing religious bias in abortion case; some things were pretty good while Trump was president
- Is aldermanic power killing affordable housing projects in Chicago? HUD is investigating and seeking answers from the City Council.
- Xavi: ‘El Barca no se merece estar aquí y me jode’
- Colombia confirma muerte de ex FARC ‘El Paisa’ y ‘Romaña’
- Tinley Park mayor says goal is reaching ‘middle ground’ on holiday lights dispute
- State regulators choose developers for Waukegan, south suburban casinos as gambling expansion plan crawls forward
- Chicago Bears rookie Teven Jenkins is ‘trusting the process’ in his return from back surgery. For now, that means learning behind veteran Jason Peters.
- Steel Beam invites you to sing along with Santa
- Aurora passes half-billion-dollar budget for 2022
- Desestiman demanda que pretendía mantener cárceles para inmigrantes
- 3 taken to hospital after vehicle hits two pedestrians in Midlothian
- Potempa: Joffrey’s ‘Nutcracker’ dances with history at new Lyric Opera stage home
- Aurora may extend waste hauling contract with Groot
- Hours after community members gathered for Washington Park Christmas tree lighting, it was set on fire and destroyed. ‘It was just devastating.’
- If you need a little holiday cheer in the weeks leading up to Christmas, look no further than local public libraries
- Bluesman ‘Smiley’ Tillmon makes Hard Rock Gary appearance
- Canada and other countries join the United States in a diplomatic boycott of the 2022 Beijing Games. What does the move achieve?
- Naperville News Digest
- Chicago Bulls continue to fight COVID-19 outbreak as Matt Thomas becomes the 4th player in 8 days to enter the NBA’s protocol: ‘We’ve just got to be flexible’
- East Dundee man gets 20 years in prison for murder of man in gun sale dispute in Carpentersville
- Jury wraps a first deliberation session in Jussie Smollett’s trial for allegedly orchestrating and reporting a staged hate crime
- ‘West Side Story’ review: Steven Spielberg has crafted a vibrant Hollywood musical. In many ways it’s better than the ’61 movie version.
- Shuttered organization dedicated to preserving Wheaton’s history ‘took advantage’ of donors, misused funds ‘for their own benefit,’ state lawsuit alleges
- Murder charges filed after man, 71, ‘tragically’ gunned down in Chinatown: Top cop
- Short-handed Chicago Bulls take a 115-92 beating by the Cleveland Cavaliers, getting only 16 points from their bench: ‘We need to be better than that’
- ‘He got it going’: Kennon Cook shakes off hand injury and flirts with a triple-double as Dundee-Crown takes down Hampshire.