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- High school football scores for the Southland and the Aurora, Elgin, Naperville and Lake County areas
- Dylan Cease exits the Chicago White Sox’s 1-0 win with a bruised right triceps after being hit with a hard comebacker: ‘It could have been a lot worse’
- Nicolas Tovar’s 44-yard field goal with four seconds left lifts Andrean over Hobart in a thriller: ‘I’ve practiced so many times that I know I can hit it.’
- Dial Iannantone: Without Illinois-bound Jordan Anderson, Vinny Iannantone picks up slack for Joliet Catholic in wild win over Crete-Monee
- High school football scores for Northwest Indiana
- Daily horoscope for September 25, 2021
- Ask Amy: Generous father plans a blues cruise
- Daniel Pepping scores ‘fantastic’ goal to give Benet 1-0 lead, but Morton rallies with pair of goals in 4 minutes to pull out win
- New top Bulldogs: Nick Bennett and Wauconda’s defense rise to occasion again with three late takeaways to topple 5-time defending conference champ Antioch
- ‘No words to describe it’: Logan Frederick gets that playoff feeling as Metea Valley pulls away from Waubonsie Valley in second half
- Palmer Domschke misses a kick in regulation. What does he do next? Rushes for two touchdowns in OT, lifting Neuqua Valley over Naperville Central.
- ‘We’re never satisfied’: Juny Almeida returns a fumbled lateral 72 yards for a TD to spark opportunistic Oswego East past West Aurora
- No vinyl wars as Beverly Phono Mart opens blocks away from venerable Beverly Records, giving area an enhanced ‘record-buying experience’
- Autumn color forecast: What this year’s dry summer means for fall leaf color
- Column: The Chicago Cubs held a sell-off at the trade deadline while the St. Louis Cardinals were buyers. What if the North Siders went the way of their archrivals?
- Vernon Hills to install gay pride banners around town ahead of the annual celebratory month
- This day in history, September 25: Sandra Day O’Connor sworn in as the first female justice on the Supreme Court.
- Chicago Cubs notes: Jason Adam’s amazing comeback from a gruesome injury, the value of a backup catcher and prospect Brennen Davis’ MLB timeline
- Lake Forest Ald. Karras won’t seek a second term, citing family, desire to travel and ‘new business venture’
- Prospect Elementary and Hinsdale Central named among 2021 ‘National Blue Ribbon Schools’
- COVID-19 vaccine boosters could mean billions in profits for drugmakers
- Haitian immigrants heading to US change plans, ready to wait in Mexico border
- Taliban takeover deepens mistrust between the US and Pakistan, putative allies who have tangled over Afghanistan
- Taliban hang dead body from a crane in western Afghanistan city’s main square, according to witnesses
- Leaders at UN face global concern over regional conflicts across the world
- Column: As Justin Fields makes his 1st start for the Chicago Bears, a look at the ‘roller-coaster journey’ of a rookie QB from 3 perspectives
- Texas border crossing where Haitian migrants converged in recent weeks will partially reopen
- 5 things to watch for as the Chicago Bears play the Cleveland Browns, including the game plan for Justin Fields — plus our Week 3 predictions
- Dolphins place Tua Tagovailoa on injured reserve; out several weeks
- Eddie Goldman is ruled out for the Chicago Bears’ Week 3 game because of a knee injury
- A gun was stolen from a small shop in Wisconsin. Officials have linked it to 27 shootings in Chicago.
- Photos: ‘College GameDay’ comes to Soldier Field for Notre Dame vs. Wisconsin
- Aurora Regional Fire Museum to host Community Hero Day
- Northwestern routs Ohio 35-6 behind Evan Hull’s 216 rushing yards and 2 touchdowns — including a 90-yarder
- ‘I need an army’: Across America, schools cram for their COVID tests
- Man accused of robbing high school students on CTA train, ordered held on $50,000 bail
- New Greek monument unveiled in Aurora seen as ‘another cultural milestone’ for the city
- Man order held on $75,000 bail after being accused of carjacking Amazon delivery truck
- President Biden risks losing support among critical groups in his political base amid DC gridlock
- Gaby Petito case renews call to spotlight missing people of color across the nation
- Democrats push a $3.5 trillion, 10-year bill, strengthening social safety net and climate programs
- Column: Festive atmosphere for Notre Dame-Wisconsin at Soldier Field — showing college football has a place in Chicago, even without a top program in the city
- 1 dead, at least 4 wounded in city shootings Saturday, police say
- Man, 31, held without bail after shot fired at CPD officer in Rogers Park
- ‘I will be back soon,’ Chicago police officer says over radio after shot in leg; officer is 1 of 14 wounded since Friday night
- Illinois allows a late touchdown and can’t answer in a 13-9 loss to Purdue — the Illini’s 4th straight defeat
- Andrew Vaughn’s ‘be a pro’ approach with the Chicago White Sox has the No. 3 pick in the 2019 draft eager for the postseason
- A reinvented Jon Lester shows off his new approach against the Chicago Cubs in the St. Louis Cardinals’ franchise-record 15th straight win: ‘He’s turned himself into a different pitcher’
- US takes an 11-5 lead in the Ryder Cup, its largest ever against Europe entering Day 3 at Whistling Straits
- Chicago White Sox are limited to 3 hits in a 6-0 loss to the Cleveland Indians. ‘It was not one of our better games,’ Tony La Russa says.
- Northern Illinois rides quarterback Rocky Lombardi — who runs for 3 touchdowns and passes for another — to a 41-14 win against Maine