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- Lou Presta, under indictment, heads toward victory in Crestwood as Southland voters choose mayors
- Steve Lentz leads 3 challengers for mayor of Mundelein, according to unofficial election results
- Little Village community members renew calls for release of police video after shooting of 13-year-old Adam Toledo
- Richard Irvin ‘elated’ with results in Tuesday’s Aurora mayoral election
- Donnersberger and Eck leading in election for Indian Head Park Village Board
- Dixmoor Mayor Yvonne Davis loses bid for second term
- As Nikola Vucevic puts up his best night with the Chicago Bulls, Zach LaVine is happy to defer: ‘If that means me taking a lesser role some nights … I’m fine with that’
- Vicki Scaman leads Cate Readling in Oak Park village president race, according to unofficial results
- Six candidates in close race for Maercker District 60 Board
- Adbert Alzolay is able to adjust, but the Chicago Cubs offense shows troubling trends in a 1-hit, 4-0 loss to the Milwaukee Brewers
- Sharon Brannigan, trustee at center of protests because of social media comments, apparently out of Palos Township government
- Incumbent Sendaydiego leading in unofficial vote returns for Western Springs District 101 School Board
- Oak Park election: Waters leading in clerk’s race; District 97, township races remain close, per unofficial results
- Close race in Aurora for alderman at-large
- Daily horoscope for April 7, 2021
- Ask Amy: A family secret threatens to implode
- Unofficial Niles election results: Library, high schools, village
- Tiffany Henyard pledges to bring factions together in Dolton: ‘My community is divided’
- Bruno, Golm, Fattaleh and Mitchell poised to be the new faces on La Grange Highlands District 106 School Board
- Incumbents fare well in Southland high school board elections
- Oak Park voters appear to say no to defunding village police department in April 6 election
- Parakkat, Enyia, Robinson leading vote in Oak Park trustee race, according to unofficial results
- Norridge mayoral race: Daniel Tannhauser leads challenger, state official, Tom Benigno, per unofficial results
- Ann Taylor declares victory in bid to become Waukegan’s first female mayor in one of 345 election races in Lake County
- Op-ed: The Derek Chauvin trial cannot vindicate America
- Daywatch: Chicago to expand vaccine eligibility to all adults, 1-year-old critically injured in road-rage shooting and housing program pays off student loans
- Holy cow! Harry Caray made his regular-season debut as voice of the Chicago White Sox 50 years ago. Here are 5 stories about his time on the South Side.
- Mercury Theater Chicago will open again on the Southport Corridor with a new artistic director
- As more schools reopen, large numbers of students in US still learning at home, survey shows
- Chicago Bears Q&A: Does the Sam Darnold trade end any hope for a Russell Wilson deal here? What’s the QB plan for the draft? Why not keep Kyle Fuller over Jimmy Graham?
- Indiana Senate approves ‘abortion reversal’ requirement
- Incumbent Benny White, newcomers Ian Holzhauer, Paul Leong and Jennifer Taylor lead vote count in Naperville council race
- This day in history, April 7: Census Bureau reports Los Angeles replaces Chicago as the nation’s ‘second city’ in terms of population
- Column: Perspectives can change. Traditions can change. So can team names — especially ones with racist pasts and imagery.
- Indiana Senate OKs optional pregnant worker accommodations
- 2 incumbents and 2 newcomers lead race for four Indian Prairie school board seats
- Milwaukee gas station shooting leaves 2 dead, 2 wounded, including an Illinois man
- Porter charter school parents frustrated by slow pace of court case
- Jose Abreu hits his 200th career home run — a 404-foot grand slam — to lead the Chicago White Sox to a 10-4 win: ‘We all love Pito so much’
- Tiger Woods’ absence from the Masters leaves a massive void. Will the 5-time champ ever play again at Augusta National?
- Former House Speaker John Boehner says Trump ‘incited that bloody insurrection,’ GOP taken over by ‘whack jobs’
- Oscar nominees eligible for essential worker waivers to attend awards show events
- RiverEdge Park in Aurora announces summer concert schedule
- Column: Paramount school in Aurora staging a comeback with summer camps
- Here comes the boom: US jobs come roaring back, surprising employers and economists
- ‘Double mutant’ coronavirus variant found in California. Here’s why scientists are worried.
- The Weeknd is top nominee for May’s iHeartRadio Music Awards
- My Pet World: Fighting fleas might mean you have to treat your home and yard
- Column: Ukraine turmoil reflects Europe’s history
- Column: MCA’s ‘The Long Dream’ intended to address inequity through art. But it has become about the museum itself.
- More inexperienced hikers are exploring during the pandemic, straining search-and-rescue teams when they get lost
- Southern Michigan offers winery tours a day trip’s drive away
- Eiza González, de ‘Godzilla vs. Kong’, estrella en México y desconocida en EEUU
- Real estate sales in NWI continue to show low inventory, higher prices: ‘Full price offers are being rejected’
- Enviado de Biden finaliza visita en Guatemala
- AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine declared safe by EU agency despite blood clot link, but UK to give alternatives to people under 30
- Daily Southtown, West Suburban and Lake County local scores for Thursday, April 8
- Illinois reopening plans may have some excited to go back to ‘normal.’ But others are feeling FOGO — fear of going out.
- Asian American Christians confront racism and evangelical ‘purity culture’ after Atlanta spa shootings
- Speak Out reader opinion: Commentators lack substance in attacks on Biden, Harris
- El largo y duro camino del portero mexicano Pablo Sisniega hasta llegar a la MLS
- Beacon-News/Courier-News football rankings and player of the week for Thursday, April 8, 2021
- Daily Southtown football rankings and player of the week for Thursday, April 8, 2021
- Inicia juicio en caso del asesinato de la ambientalista Berta Cáceres
- Longtime political operative Rudy Acosta Jr. intends to plead guilty to charges of lying to the FBI, court records show
- Northwest Indiana local scores for Thursday, April 8
- Youth To The People review: Can this peptide eye cream hydrate and firm under eyes?
- How to build a raised garden bed
- Which coffee makers are best for camping?
- Which noise-canceling headphones are best for travel?
- Congressman Alcee Hastings, after career of triumph, calamity and comeback, dies at 84
- Saks Fifth Avenue going fur-free, citing ‘customer preferences and societal shifts’
- Hank Azaria reprises Jim Brockmire character in new podcast
- The Weeknd encabeza nominaciones a los Premios iHeartRadio
- La estafa por email ‘Geek Squad’ apunta a ancianos vulnerables
- COVID-19 variant first found in Britain is now the most common strain of the virus in the US, CDC says
- EEUU y BID anuncian ayuda para migrantes venezolanos
- Pese a COVID-19, muchos hospitales ricos tuvieron un gran año con el rescate federal
- COVID-19: Venezuela busca proteger empleo y micro empresas
- Football notes: Brother Rice quarterback Jack Lausch already had an offer from Notre Dame in baseball. Can he do both for the Irish?
- Boeing lists more property for sale in Washington state as it cuts jobs, stresses remote work
- How to cook lobster tail
- Se determinan las causas del accidente de Tiger Woods (FOTOS)
- Elmhurst mayoral race appears to go to Scott Levin
- Police looking for man reported missing from Maine Township nursing home
- Swedish Days returns for 2021 with new chocolate crawl and live music; no parade or craft show
- Un oficial dice que el racismo en la frontera EEUU-Canadá ocurre a diario: ‘Debe ser expuesto’
- Motormouth: Should you disable your car’s VCM?
- Write-in winners in Clarendon Hills Village Board election won’t be known for about 10 days
- Llama olímpica no recorrerá las calles de Osaka
- ‘Tantalizing’ results of 2 Fermilab experiments defy rulebook physicists use to understand the universe
- NFL draft profile: Christian Darrisaw of Virginia Tech
- 5 takeaways from the Chicago Blackhawks’ 4-2 win over the Dallas Stars, including Kirby Dach’s resurgence, Vinnie Hinostroza’s debut and Philipp Kurashev’s broken stick
- Butler District 53 vote final results delayed
- Column: Waukegan voters again show they’re a finicky bunch
- Despite ‘Right to Try’ law, experimental drugs still often elude patients: ‘I just want a fighting chance’
- Miles de peruanos votarán desde el extranjero en las elecciones generales
- Cómo algunas personas se aferran a los cambios de vida positivos que hicieron en la pandemia
- Lake County Health Department recommending continued use of masks as state mandate ends
- Richie Hoskins ‘makes some big plays that help us win.’ In fact, Lake Forest has won eight of 10 games since he became the starting quarterback.
- Candidates say Sugar Grove village president election shows residents ‘felt it was time for a change’
- NFL draft profile: Kadarius Toney of Florida
- The most affordable new SUVs for 2021
- The best mop for hardwood floors
- The best bike kickstand
- The best vacuum for carpet
- The best Babolat tennis racket
- The best interactive dog toy
- How to choose a kiddie pool
- Webcam vs. GoPro: Which is better?
- How to braid hair
- Voters appear to have rejected tax hike for Oswego Fire Protection District
- How to print from an iPad
- Which fitness tracker should you get?
- Candidata combate discriminación de comunidad trans en Perú
- How to get rid of under-the-skin pimples
- Número de demócratas en EEUU aumenta tras la victoria de Biden, según una encuesta
- Former Chicago college track coach charged in nude photo scheme in Boston
- 4 Chairs Theatre returns with streaming ‘Island Song’
- Column: A 1-year-old boy in Chicago and a mother of 6 from Pennsylvania are both victims of road rage and America’s unique scourge — gun violence
- España, Escocia y Holanda recibirán espectadores en la Euro
- Auto review: 2021 Mercedes A35 justifies its higher price
- Zaura, Stewart and Koncel are poised to win or retain seats on La Grange Park Village Board
- Mayor Lori Lightfoot says she expects ‘to see some summer festivals’ this year
- More than half million Americans gain coverage under Biden administration’s special health insurance sign-up keyed to COVID-19 pandemic
- ¿Serán los Oscar víctima de la indiferencia este año?
- Enviado de Biden visita El Salvador para hablar de migración
- Teachers union wants to delay high school reopening, but Mayor Lori Lightfoot counters there’s ‘no basis’ for waiting despite rise in city COVID-19 cases
- 15 top honeymoon destinations around the world
- How good is freshman Bo Smith? ‘He’s someone that is going to influence our golf team for years to come,’ Chesterton coach Patrick Ward says.
- NFL draft profile: Jeremiah Owusu-Koramoah of Notre Dame
- Un ancestro neandertal aporta el genoma humano moderno más antiguo
- Milwaukee Rep announces 2021-22 shows, including the Beatles ‘As You Like It’
- WFLD-Channel 32 political editor Mike Flannery lists 7-bedroom Beverly mansion for $1.3M
- NFL draft profile: Trevor Lawrence of Clemson
- Cubrebocas terminan como basura en playas de todo el mundo
- Nike suspends endorsement contract with QB Deshaun Watson amid sexual assault allegations
- Chicago Cubs’ Marquee Sports Network is now streaming on fuboTV, a week after a carriage agreement was announced
- Lake Effect Brewing and nine apartments coming to former Jefferson Park firehouse after legal battle ends
- NFL draft profile: Zach Wilson of BYU
- University of Notre Dame will require COVID-19 vaccines for all students next fall
- How the pandemic has adversely affected already marginalized populations
- WFLD-Channel 32 political editor Mike Flannery lists 7-bedroom Beverly mansion for $1.3M
- NFL draft profile: Trey Lance of North Dakota State
- Body found near brush fire identified as Portage Township man, 82,
- Melendez, Campbell, Mandra slate win seats on La Grange District 102 School Board in unofficial results
- Twenty One Pilots debuts new single, announces ‘Scaled and Icy’ Album
- NFL draft profile: Justin Fields of Ohio State
- Biden officials push for higher business taxes, see room for compromise
- ‘The Crown’ Season 5 to start filming in July
- Daily COVID-19 cases, positivity rate in Illinois reach levels not seen since late January
- NFL draft profile: Teven Jenkins of Oklahoma State
- Rapper DMX to be tested for brain function while on life support in a coma
- Merrillville growth in Ameriplex business park touted for millions of dollars in investment; town manager expects activity to continue
- Southland voters weigh in on taxes, libraries, park land purchases and term limits
- Andy Cohen to host a ‘Keeping Up With the Kardashians’ reunion
- While the nation debates voting rights, turnout in suburban Chicago municipal elections is ‘frankly disappointing’
- Target pledges to spend more than $2 billion at Black-owned businesses
- Editorial: The All-Star Game moves, and businesses confront the perils of politics
- Maine Township Board, long a GOP bastion, appears flipping to Democrats in unofficial election results
- Orland Park Mayor Keith Pekau defeats predecessor to win second term
- River Forest’s Adduci likely headed to third term as village president, per unofficial results
- Man, 18, charged in shooting death of Hammond teen at drug deal, records allege
- Column: Sports and politics don’t mix, yet they keep colliding
- Indiana lawmakers dial back controversial wetlands bill
- Column: Republicans vs. ‘woke corporations’: A losing battle
- Tom Brady regresa finalmente a Disney World
- Celebrity zookeeper Jack Hanna diagnosed with dementia
- OPRF School Board: Arkin, Mohanraj, Henry, Cofsky leading race, according to unofficial results posted Tuesday
- McGrath: Hypersensitive sense of smell provides unique perspective when it comes to eliminating federal pot laws
- El Salvador: oposición política en crisis tras paliza
- Honda plans to sell 2 fully electric SUVs in 2024
- Pharrell pide investigación federal de tiroteo policial
- Atacante de Maryland era técnico en base militar
- Ann Taylor ponders addition of city manager as she prepares to become Waukegan’s first female mayor
- Blue Island mayor loses bid for third term to Ald. Fred Bilotto
- Plans for warehouse, residential projects discussed in Merrillville
- Editorial: Bison on a bridge? A Quad Cities dream.
- Grupo tecnológico dice que EEUU perdería frente a China sin nuevos migrantes
- Eat. Watch. Do. — New restaurant reopenings | Rarely seen Britney doc | 23 top hot dog stands
- Most popular baby names for baby boomers
- NFL draft profile: Trevon Moehrig of TCU
- Photos: New DePaul coach Tony Stubblefield
- Letters: MLB’s pulling of All-Star Game from Georgia is just pandering
- Mike Hutton’s top five teams and top 10 players in Northwest Indiana for the 2021 boys golf season
- Ald. Pat Dowell joins secretary of state race, vows not to use it as political steppingstone
- Sylvester Stallone termina el montaje del director de Rocky IV
- A new batch of stimulus money is being sent out. Here’s who is getting it.
- Quickly: Readers sound off on the issues of the day
- Montrose beach dunes habitat expansion
- NFL draft profile: Mac Jones of Alabama
- NFL draft profile: Kyle Pitts of Florida
- Many children with serious inflammatory syndrome had no COVID symptoms
- NFL draft profile: DeVonta Smith of Alabama
- Excessive speed caused Tiger Woods to crash his SUV — the golfer was driving nearly 90 mph in a 45 mph zone on a downhill stretch of road
- ‘Mystery Science Theater 3000’ launches new kickstarter campaign for more episodes, online distribution platform
- NFL draft profile: Jaylen Waddle of Alabama
- Community Solutions receives $100 million grant from the MacArthur Foundation
- Park District expands habitat at Montrose Beach ahead of expected return of plovers Monty and Rose
- Emma Stone le declara la guerra a Emma Thompson (VIDEO)
- Marijuana will be legal in Virginia on July 1, years earlier than planned
- Tight races in some Evanston aldermanic contests as mix of incumbents and newcomers hold leads
- Bryon Clouse is returning home. Hanover Central’s boys basketball coach will succeed Rick Snodgrass at Portage.
- Production of music video leads to shooting death in Ford Heights
- Los demócratas sopesan proyecto de ley de reconciliación para la acción migratoria
- NFL draft profile: Zaven Collins of Tulsa
- Detenido el actor Zach Avery por estafa
- Op-ed: My grandfather’s role in the Nazi occupation is forcing a reckoning in Lithuania
- Latinoamérica no está recibiendo suficientes vacunas
- Elgin’s mass vaccination clinic opens to applause for the joint effort that made it happen and relief for those getting shots
- Arlington Heights Mayor Hayes uncontested in race for 3rd term: ‘I feel called to help lead … through this time of unprecedented uncertainty’
- Candidato Guillermo Lasso cierra campaña en Ecuador
- Vacant Gary apartment building burns
- Top CBS local station executives exit amid probe of racism allegations
- Pianist Wael Farouk to join New Philharmonic for epic concerto event
- Gary’s new COVID-19 vaccination site is welcoming plenty of Illinois residents
- Why the home opener is the ‘biggest day of the year’ for groundskeeper Roger Bossard — aka ‘The Sodfather’ — now in his 55th season with the Chicago White Sox
- O’Grady claims victory in Orland Township, says results validate his team’s work
- Column: In the small village of Ford Heights, voters support a former mayor accused of stealing nearly $150K in public funds
- Football notes: Elgin quarterback Jeffery Lomax has flown under the recruiting radar. Northern Illinois could be the beneficiary. ‘They love his potential.’
- NFL draft profile: Terrace Marshall Jr. of LSU
- Kathryn Ciesla declares victory in Northbrook village president race; caucus candidates lead in trustee race
- Bridgeview tax preparer accused of defrauding COVID-19 aid programs
- La RFEF ve ‘inviable’ que haya público en San Mamés durante la Euro
- Family, Black Lives Matter-Gary call for more accountability in 2019 police shooting of man, 83, in Gary
- Illinois & Michigan Canal is having a renaissance
- Committee meets to discuss changes to bill outlining how to remove elected officials, a bill inspired by former Lake County recorder’s absenteeism
- Lake Forest 7-bedroom home with finished basement: $1.5M
- El PSG acaba con la imbatibilidad del Bayern en Champions
- Kristal Larson declares victory in bid to become first out transgender person elected to nonjudicial office in Illinois
- Newly elected LTHS School Board member says it was an amiable race
- Watch this. Eat that: ‘Raya and the Last Dragon’ inspires a trip to Argyle Street
- NFL draft profile: Tutu Atwell of Louisville
- Chicago’s MacArthur Foundation awards $100 million grant to Community Solutions to end homelessness
- University of Chicago launching nation’s first quantum startup accelerator. Will South Side be the Silicon Valley of next-gen technology?
- Take a trip through movie musicals with Tinley Park Library Zoom seminar
- Unofficial results for Glenbrook 225 school board race show support for Doughty, Glowacki, Seguin and O’Hara
- Se dice que Matt Gaetz, leal por años a Trump, pidió un perdón general
- Corrections and clarifications
- Conductor ayuda a un bebé herido de bala a llegar al hospital, y relata los dramáticos momentos
- Man pleads guilty to carrying gun he test-fired, unwittingly drawing two Chicago police officers to their deaths on Metra tracks
- Presidente de México justifica liberación del narco Rafael Caro Quintero
- Derek Chauvin trial: Expert testifies former Minneapolis officer never took knee off George Floyd’s neck
- Dr. Oz tanks ‘Jeopardy!’ ratings during stint as guest host: report
- Mexico president justifies ruling that freed one of the drug lords most wanted by US authorities
- Tower Slide at Maggie Daley Park torn down following injuries, lawsuits
- Bill Owens, uncle and musical mentor to Dolly Parton, dies
- Unite Glenview ahead in polls as battling slates wait for finalized results; uncontested Michael Jenny to lead as president
- El Tri vuelve a EEUU tras un año de ausencia
- New DePaul coach Tony Stubblefield vows to make the Blue Demons ‘Chicago’s team’ with strong recruiting and a unified playing style: ‘The potential is here’
- Column: GOP must boycott baseball, Coke and all of ‘woke America’
- The Spin: Lightfoot vs. CTU over sending high schoolers back to classrooms | Oak Park residents vote down ‘defund police’ referendum | Mayor Lightfoot to attend White Sox home opener
- Mass vaccination event at Naperville’s Mall of India gives 2,700 Johnson & Johnson shots in 8 hours: ‘One and done. It’s all good.’
- Photos: Milwaukee Brewers 4, Chicago Cubs 2 (10 inn.)
- Naperville People in the News
- Coronavirus in Illinois updates: Here’s what happened April 7 with COVID-19 in the Chicago area
- Bookie with long history of alleged mob links sentenced to more than two years in prison for role in gambling case
- Richard Irvin looking forward to second term as Aurora mayor: ‘We will change the face of the city’
- Public health official says Cook County ‘will not hesitate’ to impose further COVID-19 restrictions if suburban case numbers don’t improve
- Roti closing a third of its restaurants, including six in Chicago area, after downtown lunchtime rush disappears
- Indian Prairie board incumbents headed to victory despite demands for their ouster over back-to-school actions
- River Forest elections: Village trustee, park board, library board races yet to be settled, per unofficial results
- Potempa: Drew Family coaching dynasty continues with Scott Drew’s NCAA championship
- ‘Just jump in. I will help you get to the hospital.’ Man in the Tesla tells of dramatic moments after 1-year-old boy was shot in head on Lake Shore Drive.
- GOP group warns of ‘defector’ list if donors uncheck recurring box
- President Biden to unveil a series of executive actions aimed at addressing gun violence, including new ATF boss
- Illinois COVID-19 questions answered: Should I let my child play sports? Why should I hold on to my vaccination card?
- LeVar Burton’s fans want him to host ‘Jeopardy!’ and he is there for it
- Tim Anderson will miss the Chicago White Sox home opener — and more — after going on the 10-day injured list: ‘You can’t replicate him’
- Biden open to compromise on $2.3 trillion infrastructure plan — but not inaction
- Hollywood and Broadway producer Scott Rudin is ‘monster’ to work for, threw things at employees, ex-staffers say
- ‘No matter where she’s hitting,’ Lake Central’s Amanda Aardema can influence a game. Against Chesterton, she did it from the No. 9 spot.
- Column: Chicago Cubs should feel fortunate to be 3-3 after a startling lack of hitting during their opening homestand
- Two 16-year-old boys among five fatally shot Tuesday
- Undefeated Mother McAuley made a late-scheduled visit. But Denison recruit Daria Rodriguez’s ‘big swing’ made a big impact for still-unbeaten Benet.
- Two weeks of quarantine. Two weeks without games. Gael Arriaga then comes out as a force for Eisenhower in win over T.F. United.
- Chicago White Sox allow a 7-run 6th inning in an 8-4 loss to cap their opening trip at 3-4. ‘I did a really lousy job of managing,’ Tony La Russa says.