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- Daily horoscope for October 6, 2023
- ‘The stars aligned’: DJ Moore explodes for 3 touchdowns as the Chicago Bears — at long last — end their lengthy losing streak
- Chicago Bears finally finish in the 4th quarter for first win in 346 days — and a ‘sigh of relief’
- Ask Amy: I’m ready to change my children’s last names
- Loren Reinhardt: An uptick in robberies has made Chicagoans feel unsafe. Drop the politics and take action.
- State money to help migrant assistance in the suburbs comes with both appreciation and wariness
- 10 things to do around Chicago: Dylan, an Indigenous People’s Day fest and chills for October
- lllinois presidential primary process starts Saturday with petitions for candidates and delegates
- Editorial: Brandon Johnson is going to the border. What about Austin, Texas, to meet with Gov. Greg Abbott?
- Anand Kumar: Age alone shouldn’t determine who runs for political office
- Elizabeth Shackelford: America’s political dysfunction is harming our reputation and national security
- ‘Help This Garden Grow’ podcast highlights environmental trauma inflicted on Black and brown communities
- Nancy E. Anderson: The waning days of the outdoor pool
- 2023 Chicago Int’l Film Fest: From Ukraine documentary to Michael Shannon debut, movies you’ll remember
- Blended courses give High School District 230 students flexibililty for sports and jobs
- Review: In ‘Wolves’ at Redtwist Theatre, the terror may already be inside the door
- On Netflix: Four short Roald Dahl tales adapted by Wes Anderson add up, splendidly
- Coby White and Ayo Dosunmu find growth in competition for Chicago Bulls starting point guard role
- Illinois plays host to Nebraska tonight with both teams looking for their first Big Ten win
- Mayo Clinic Q&A: What are skin tags?
- Ask the Builder: Stop giving contractors money upfront
- Daywatch: Dick Butkus remembered as ‘Chicago’s son’
- Seeing son Pete Crow-Armstrong play for Chicago Cubs ‘doesn’t feel real’ to Matt Armstrong, a former Naperville resident
- Who might replace McCarthy as House speaker? What are Republicans already demanding for their vote?
- 63-year-old man fatally wounds 2 overnight in New City neighborhood, Chicago police say
- Whales and dolphins in American waters are losing food and habitat to climate change, US study says
- Defender? Forward? Jackson McCabe could be anywhere. He ‘changes the game.’ Lake Central’s fortunes too.
- Naperville Police Arrests
- Naperville North sophomore Sam Hess may be ahead of his time. For a state title contender, he’s right on time.
- Calumet Township property taxes set to rise, prompting questions, challenge from landowners
- Illinois attorney general investigating Yorkville school board over closed meeting complaint after book ‘Just Mercy’ removed from English class
- Health care strike over pay and staff shortages heads into final day with no deal in sight
- Icy floodwaters kill at least 31 in India’s Himalayan northeast after lake bursts through major dam
- Drive is on to get more region vehicle owners to go electric as number of charging stations grows
- Southtown letters: Baffled by support for Donald Trump
- Aurora City Council to vote on far West Side development that would include warehouse, vehicle repair facility
- Crown Point budget includes 4% pay raise for city employees
- A back fracture postponed Ethan Goldberg’s first season playing for Lake Zurich. He’s making up for lost time.
- Instant lottery ticket worth $400,000 sold at Homewood gas station
- Friday forecast: Showers with breezy conditions expected, high of 61 degrees, then later 45 degrees
- Waukegan registry tracks vacant, foreclosed properties; ‘It affects the whole neighborhood’
- Naperville police hoping to hire two new officers to tackle backlog in confiscating revoked FOID cards
- Trial for former Lincoln-Way chief Lawrence Wyllie again pushed back, health problems cited as reason
- University Center of Lake County to offer paths to nurse practitioner careers; ‘A lot of roles a doctor does, a nurse practitioner can do’
- Stricter state laws are chipping away at sex education in K-12 schools
- Editorial: Dick Butkus was made to play football. In Chicago.
- Downtown, school board questions dominate Valpo at-large candidate night
- Affy Tapple celebrates its 75th year, dipping apples into caramel at Niles production plant
- Column: At West Aurora and Oswego, Bob Plaskas had the coach’s look. ‘You never wanted to disappoint the man.’
- University Park officials express shock as state, county file consent order in Aqua lawsuit: ‘We just don’t trust the water’
- Naperville News Digest: Commuter parking lot pay changes kick in Monday; sign-up underway for Naperville Citizen Fire Academy; Downtown Naperville hosting Oct. 29 Halloween Hop
- Chicago trio charged with stealing $37k in fireworks from Uncle Sam’s in Hammond: documents
- Three-vehicle crash leaves 18-year-old dead, one injured in Homer Glen
- Lake Station man charged after ambushing woman in car, biting her face, breaking teeth with phone
- Educators: Unlike Golda Meir during the Yom Kippur War, Benjamin Netanyahu is acting with ignoble intent
- Winfield library branch gets a makeover
- Hobart moves to dismiss police officer charged with defrauding Lowe’s
- Aurora area donation drive to aid women in need
- Hobart hikes beginner teacher pay
- Letters: Mayor Brandon Johnson should consider appointing Kam Buckner as the head of the CTA
- Former enforcer John Scott won’t pull punches during Chicago Blackhawks pre- and postgame shows: ‘I’m going to tell it like it is’
- Judge to rule Oct. 20 whether to dismiss Cook County clerk from Robbins Park Board election lawsuit
- Sexual assaults in Englewood and Loop under investigation, cops say
- Tickets on sale for Fill the Bowls fundraiser to benefit Marie Wilkinson Food Pantry in Aurora
- Security questions swirl at the Wisconsin Capitol after armed man sought governor twice in one day
- Church news
- Police bodycam video shows arrest of suspect in 1996 killing of Tupac Shakur
- Chicago becomes largest US city to independently abolish subminimum wage for tipped workers
- Afternoon Briefing: Domestic violence survivor wants to honor women’s resilience
- Law & Order column: Lake County veterans invited to share their stories
- Artsy jack-o-lanterns displayed in their own ‘World’ at Paulus Park in Lake Zurich
- Column: Don’t let life get in the way of your story
- Kohl’s Children’s Museum Pop-Up starts 2-month run in Waukegan; ‘It’s a great way for kids to play freely in a safe environment’
- Bally’s Chicago opens with 80,000 visitors and $6.7 million in revenue during its first three weeks of gaming in September
- Decent: Even after all these years, the little quirks that make England different than the U.S. still jarring
- Arson, other charge added for man accused of burning overdosed woman’s body in Gary
- Photos: Migrating bird carnage
- Julian Phillips and Dalen Terry face an uphill battle, but the young Chicago Bulls guards are working for playing time
- Police authorized by council to issue tickets for loitering, vandalism at Naperville parking decks
- A surge of hiring in September defies predictions, pointing to US job market’s enduring resilience
- Waukegan tears down ‘historic’ or ‘ugly’ lakefront water tower; ‘It would be nice to leave a symbol of what was there’
- Corrections and clarifications
- Glenwood, Illinois man charged with stabbing Methodist Hospital co-worker found not competent: records
- Chicago Bears trade Chase Claypool to the Miami Dolphins with an exchange of late-round 2025 draft picks
- Village’s financial assistance in new proposed restaurant is to help spur development in Glenview’s downtown
- ‘What you’re doing is in bad faith’: Judge’s frustration palpable as Donald Johnson’s trial moves closer to reality
- Naperville native breaks new ground as the only woman playing for elite USA Wheelchair Rugby team
- Gary man to remain out as prosecutor drops bid to revoke bond in strip club case
- Griffith man gets probation for drunkenly threatening cop
- Hammond man admits to role in bar fight
- Almost 1,000 migrating birds die Thursday in Chicago after crashing into McCormick Place Lakeside Center, a 40-year record
- 3 things we heard from Chicago Bears coach Matt Eberflus, including consideration of defensive coaching help and Khalil Herbert’s injury
- Porter County tests voting machines ahead of Nov. 7 election
- Simone Biles wins 6th all-around title at worlds to become the most decorated gymnast in history: ‘It means everything to me’
- Aurora man charged with firing handgun during Juneteenth celebration where several people were shot, one fatally, in unincorporated Willowbrook
- The Way We Were: Photo offers a glimpse at just how small and rural Naperville was in the 1930s
- Hammond Port Authority to rename Hammond Marina after former Mayor Thomas McDermott Sr.
- UAW bringing its labor battle with the Big Three to Chicago Saturday in support of striking Ford workers
- Elgin News Digest: Foundation donates $40K to Elgin’s Boys and Girls Club; free tickets available for U.S. Air Force Band concert; Dundee Library seeking pix for Day of Dead ofrenda
- From the Farm: ACF Chefs of NWI celebrate farm harvest with Design Barn charity event
- ECC total enrollment up 7.8% over last year as the school continue to rebound after the pandemic
- Young suburban woman charged with murder of 16-year-old mother in the Loop
- Partial eclipse next weekend eagerly awaited by those who will be able to view some of it in Elgin
- In the wake of Dick Butkus’ death, celebrating the man behind the image
- New deportation flights to Venezuela concern immigration advocates as Mayor Johnson continues his call for more aid
- Community news
- A patient Jordan Kemp lifts Lockport with 132 yards and 2 TDs in second half. ‘He hits the hole like none other.’