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- Jacob Keating’s bunt single sparks eight-run first as Waubonsie Valley wins DVC Tournament. The difference? ‘Right now, we’re hot.’
- Daily horoscope for May 20, 2022
- Watch out, coach. Julia Nicholus switches to shortstop but stays on point at plate for Naperville Central: ‘I feel good with her coming up.’
- Ask Amy: Widower worries about dating again
- Alison Cuddy: Promontory Point is crumbling under a fierce Lake Michigan. ‘Slow water’ fixes may be critical.
- Top 10 in Chicago jazz for summer: From Armstrong to Z Fest, and of course Jazz Fest
- Mayor Lori Lightfoot swept into office as an avowed reformer. Three years later, critics see ‘missed opportunities’ and a mixed record.
- Biden’s plan for free community college has stalled, but at some Chicago-area schools, it’s already happening
- Things to Do Around Chicago: Doc10 film fest, BBQ stars at Big Star and a celebration of Tap Dance Day
- Around the Southland: Eisenhower singers complete triumphant spring with win at Six Flags, centenarian nurse honored in Cal City, and more
- Kids ages 5 to 11 should get a booster dose of Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine, CDC says
- Preakness 2022 betting analysis: Who can challenge favorite and Kentucky Derby runner-up Epicenter?
- 4 things we heard from Chicago Bears assistant coaches, including Justin Fields reinforcing expectations
- Daywatch: Lightfoot swept into office as an avowed reformer. 3 years later, critics see ‘missed opportunities.’
- Mass shooting on Chicago’s Near North Side
- Biden’s approval rating dips to lowest of presidency: AP-NORC poll
- This day in history, May 20: United States explodes the first airborne hydrogen bomb over Bikini Atoll in the Pacific
- Naperville Police Arrests
- Speak Out: Sox fans deserver a better team than they have now; guns and cops and shootings should make for interesting Chicago tourism; pandemics just a part of historical evolution
- This Week in Naperville
- Photos: Chicago Cubs lose 3-1 to the Arizona Diamondbacks
- Lake County using $30 million grant for 14 flood mitigation projects
- Policía: tiroteo en Chicago deja dos muertos y ocho heridos
- Local scores for the Southland and the Aurora, Elgin, Naperville and Lake County areas
- Racists once terrorized this Georgia county. Diversity made it prosper.
- Pachuca deja al borde del abismo al América en la liguilla mexicana
- Aprobación hacia Biden cae al nivel más bajo de su mandato
- Con pastel y mañanitas, Poniatowska celebra sus 90 años
- One of Gary’s best kept secrets — an artesian well — to be transformed into a park
- Glenview home once owned by former Cubs Hall of Famer Ryne Sandberg sells for $831,000
- Chicago aldermen grill CPS officials as new budget figures are released: ‘Why are we cutting positions in schools?’
- Reported southeastern Illinois tornado knocks down trees and damages school
- Zack Ryan leaves Carmel for Warren, embracing the challenges of the North Suburban Conference and Class 4A: ‘I’ve seen how good they can be.’
- Speak Out reader opinion: Biden is fanning flames of racism with comments about Buffalo shooting
- El fenómeno Alcaraz roba protagonismo en París a Nadal y Djokovic
- ‘Speak Out’ reader opinion: White Sox fans deserve a better team
- President Gerald Ford lived in Oak Park at a very young age, researcher establishes
- ¿Qué es la viruela símica y dónde se propaga?
- El fichaje de Mbappé por el Real Madrid corre serio peligro
- Decent: Being a cop much more than just arresting bad guys, as these Naperville award winners will tell you
- Cruz Roja se ha reunido con prisioneros de guerra
- Elgin News Digest: Elgin woman to discuss her book on fleeing Laos at library event; Elgin League holding three primary candidate forums
- Letters to the Editor: Medicare and VA should have ability to negotiate for lower drug prices; Naperville a safer bet than Chicago if you want a night out on the town
- Quickly: Readers sound off on the issues of the day
- Orange Garden, the oldest Chinese restaurant in Chicago
- Editorial: 175 years of editorials and counting
- Ann Landers’ realistic solution for safe sex
- Quickly: Readers sound off on the issues of the day
- Column: Sports Illustrated swimsuit cover critics don’t care about public health. If they did, they’d read the room.
- Impuesto a pagos en divisas genera inquietud en venezolanos
- Childless couples have own ideas about discipline
- Rosie Perez investiga a grupo de amigos en ‘Now & Then’
- Naperville residents receive college/university diplomas and dean’s list, honor roll and similar academic recognition
- There are two sides to living as twins
- Exjefa de comisión de desinformación vio torrente de abusos
- Grayslake Central’s Zack Chamernik, whose mother has Lou Gehrig’s disease, stays vigilant during baseball season: ‘The possibility of bringing COVID home is always in my mind.’
- Peruano Reynoso, de héroe a técnico destituido de Cruz Azul
- Law & Order column: Zion woman gets 5-year prison sentence in fatal hit-and-run accident
- Gira de Bad Bunny es la segunda más lucrativa a nivel mundial
- Review: In the new musical ‘Somewhere Over the Border’ by Teatro Vista, the ‘Wizard of Oz’ story gets a new kind of magic
- David McGrath: Wheaties, thanks for celebrating Michael Jordan again. But ease up on the idol worship.
- Homer Township officials kill senior housing plan, referendum in face of fierce opposition
- African scientists baffled by monkeypox cases in Europe and the US
- Aurora City Council to vote on help for two downtown businesses
- First Black astronaut Maj. Robert Lawrence Jr.
- Último día en la Premier inglesa lo decidirá todo
- “Forothermore,” Nick Cave’s first major career retrospective
- Sobrevivió 4 veces, hoy entierra víctimas de masacre en Perú
- Preakness 2022: With Early Voting, trainer Chad Brown and owner Seth Klarman look to beat the odds once again
- Watch live: Mayor Lori Lightfoot and Police Superintendent David Brown speak after mass Near North Side shooting
- Waukegan High grads recall pandemic in positive light; ‘Just another accomplishment showing our strength, resilience and courage’
- Paul Johnson’s Beacon-News/Courier-News baseball rankings and player of the week for Sunday, May 22, 2022
- Kane County health officials urge caution at graduation events as COVID-19 numbers rise
- The gift of Gabby: Illinois recruit Gabby Debevec has given Antioch her all since homering in her 2nd career at-bat. ‘She’s an elite athlete.’
- Bartlett’s Conrad Luczynski, 7-foot-3 and growing, looks to expand game at Missouri prep school: ‘This kid wants to play in the NBA.’
- Column: Longtime community activist in Aurora another victim of housing crisis
- Photos: Fergie Jenkins statue unveiled outside Wrigley Field
- Biden estudia si invita un representante de Cuba a cumbre
- Proposed Chicago casino could get City Council vote next week, despite complaints decision is rushed
- Tennessee recruit Matt Santana is ‘as good a high school catcher as there is.’ Good thing for Lake Central he’s back there again.
- Steve Chapman: Both political parties say they have the cure for inflation — and they’re both wrong
- With summer on horizon, Gary gets ready for beach season
- Downtown Naperville tavern doing an outdoor seating makeover at Chicago Avenue and Washington Street
- Lee Jung-jae de ‘Squid Game’ debuta como director en Cannes
- Trump pays $110K fine and must submit paperwork to end contempt
- Russia claims to have taken full control of Mariupol
- Iconic ‘Hope’ portrait of Obama sells at auction for $735,000
- KidsMatter reviewing child protection practices after board member arrested on child porn charges
- México: gobernador pide que armas aseguradas vayan a policía
- Dolton Bowl granted reprieve by new owner: ‘He wants to make it the pride of Dolton’
- As gas prices keep going up, Aurora-area residents say they are driving less
- R. Kelly’s sentencing in New York delayed … again
- Feds probing alleged payments to Riverdale mayor by owners of landscaping and recycling firm
- NWI transgender, women’s rights advocates write letters, plan to rally to show opposition to transgender bill veto override vote
- ATP y WTA no otorgarán puntos por Wimbledon
- Naperville Public Library may hire construction manager to oversee $1.5M in behind-the-scene work at library branches
- Column: Volunteers plant tiny forest at Markham courthouse. ‘This is the beginning of a movement.’
- Migrantes en la frontera: incertidumbre jurídica sobre asilo
- Column: ‘Congratulations, you’re husband and wife,’ the courthouse clerk told us with all the excitement of a divorce proceeding
- Evidencia de minería más antigua de América, hace 13,000 años
- Letters: Why I’m a loyal CTA rider
- Gary approves $7.7 million in equipment purchases across city departments
- Indiana kids ages 5-11 can receive COVID-19 vaccine booster
- Gary aims to hire up to 300 youth for summer jobs
- Here are the details of Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s new curfew rules for youths
- NEA gives more than $2 million to Illinois and Chicago arts organizations
- Oakland recruit Ryan Donley and twin brother Trevor are ‘everything you’d want in a player.’ They want to win a few more games for Chesterton.
- Oswego museum digitizing historic documents in its collections
- Indiana governor heading to World Economic Forum in Davos
- Column: How did Gordie Kerkman get hired at West Aurora? Find out as Basketball Museum of Illinois honors legendary coach.
- Jill Biden se reúne con homóloga panameña y visitará escuela
- M’ville Plan Commission OKs two developments on land of former Broadmoor Country Club
- FIFA planea anunciar en junio sedes para Copa del Mundo 2026
- Tow truck driver targeted victim’s friend in fatal Merrillville hit-and-run: documents
- Guest column: It won’t change until we act
- Ginni Thomas’ emails deepen her involvement in 2020 election
- Candidates in Kane District 11 Republican primary discuss inflation, transparency
- Chicago cop who shot fleeing 13-year-old carjacking suspect is relieved of police powers, officials say
- Metra agrees to $12.2 million settlement in 2015 fatal crash in Hometown that killed 2 women
- Charlotte Knights manager Wes Helms placed on ‘indefinite leave’ from the Chicago White Sox Triple-A affiliate
- Indiana woman convicted in 3-year-old son’s beating death
- Nicaragua: obispo inicia ayuno tras persecución policial
- Gabriel Slonina commits to the US national team over Poland: ‘My heart is American,’ the Chicago Fire goalie says
- Schneider-authored domestic terrorism bill passes House; faces uncertain fate in Senate despite Buffalo killings
- Stocks claw back from edge of first bear market since 2020
- Editorial: Another teen is shot in a police foot chase. Will CPD finally adopt a permanent foot pursuit policy?
- Reportera de TV, herida por pelotazo en juego de Rockies
- Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s new curfew plan on path for approval after aldermen question but OK revisions
- Villa, imputado por violación, citado por Boca para final
- Potempa: NWI Symphony Women’s Society May wine luncheon hits 50-year mark
- Lake Forest High students protest in favor of abortion rights; ‘We uphold the constitutional rights of our students’
- Naperville News Digest: $705K grant to help fund Settlement’s new gateway; Will County book recycling event set for June 3-5
- Silva gets 20-year term in Porter County drug double homicide
- New businesses look to take flight at Boardwalk Shops in Batavia
- Pennsylvania Senate GOP primary too close to call and a recount is likely
- Juez: Restricciones de EEUU al asilo deben mantenerse
- Indiana lawmakers likely to override trans sports bill veto
- Gifford Park Association makes $5,000 donation to Elgin Fire Barn museum’s memorial plaza
- Final plans approved for $70 million apartment complex in downtown Aurora
- Postponement gives the Chicago White Sox some needed rest for their weekend series against the New York Yankees
- Franklin Park, Northlake police: Three garage doors tagged with spray paint
- New trial possible in 2017 Beecher crash that killed pregnant mom, 3 kids, but lawyers mum
- Downtown again rocked by violence; Mayor Lightfoot calls mass shooting on Near North Side a ‘horrible tragedy’
- Several Memorial Day programs planned for Elgin and South Elgin
- Íngrid Betancourt renuncia a su candidatura y hace alianza
- Chicago Public Schools says ransomware attack affects nearly 500,000 students and 56,000 employees
- Skokie Theatre show salutes Judy Garland’s centennial
- Photos: Cubs lose to Diamondbacks 10-6
- In front of MLB scouts, Oswego’s Joey Cecola figures out how to tame spotlight. ‘Focus in and throw your game.’ Plus, baseball notes.
- Column: Fergie Jenkins soaks up the adoration as the Chicago Cubs unveil his statue outside Wrigley Field
- Clarence Page: Don’t be duped by ‘replacement theory.’ Put race in its proper place.
- Roy Wiley, journalist turned PR man who ‘knew everybody,’ dies
- HAST students perform radio play at the Dunes
- Kofi Cockburn out to prove the doubters wrong after the NBA draft combine: ‘They have no idea what I’m capable of’
- Will Zalatoris leads after the 2nd round of the PGA Championship, and Tiger Woods makes the cut — barely
- Welcome back, Emily Tobin. IUPUI recruit scores goal to spark Andrew past Lincoln-Way West for regional title: ‘I’m really excited.’
- Local scores for the Southland and the Aurora, Elgin, Naperville and Lake County areas
- Local scores for Northwest Indiana
- Selma Larbi scores twice, including 20 seconds into regional final, as Neuqua stuns Naperville Central: ‘I wasn’t even trying to do that.’
- Off-duty sheriff’s officer returns fire, shooting gunman at Millennium Park, police say