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2023 > December > 12
- Four shot, including three teens, inside Washington Heights home, police say
- Green Bay Packers can’t complete comeback, lose to New York Giants on a field goal as time expires
- Izzie Castro goes on a scoring tizzy for Elgin. The parental advice? It’s paying off. ‘A lot of it comes from my dad.’
- Daily horoscope for December 12, 2023
- Ask Amy: A bestie’s betrayal may be friendship-ender
- 15 celebrity-endorsed products with excellent Amazon reviews
- Editorial: ‘We’re sure not Chicago.’ Mayor Brandon Johnson’s rough start earns brickbats from near and far
- Letters: Is Joe Biden the best Democratic presidential candidate for 2024?
- Tary Coffee House brings taste of Kazakh culture to Chicago
- Once upon a time there was the radio station WLUP, and what a wild place it was
- 4,000 days of prayer: A man’s journey out of Chicago street violence to a trucking convoy honoring the Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe
- Rylie O’Meara: Chicago’s warming shelters are not adequately caring for the unhoused in winter
- Cyraina Johnson-Roullier: In British ‘royal racist’ scandal, don’t confuse simple curiosity with racism that knows how to hide
- Top 10 live concerts in Chicago in 2023: Springsteen rocked, Chance returned and yes, Taylor Swift lived up to the hype
- Best of classical music and jazz 2023: It’s always sunny in Chicago
- Things to do Dec. 15-21 in the Chicago suburbs, Northwest Indiana
- What are the Chicago Cubs’ NL Central chances in 2024? A youth infusion in the division means a title won’t come easily.
- How Chicago Bears DJs set the ‘atmosphere’ for fans — and players — at Soldier Field
- True or false: QB Justin Fields’ performance Sunday gives Chicago Bears GM Ryan Poles reason to stick with him in 2024
- Immerse yourself in all things dinosaur at Jurassic Quest in Rosemont
- Mel Tormé’s son offers holiday show ‘For Kids From 1 to 92’ at Raue Center
- Things to do Dec. 14-20 in Pioneer Press and Doings suburbs
- Daywatch: A Chicago man’s journey to honoring Our Lady of Guadalupe
- Interest in gift cards grows this holiday season; here are the top 10
- Playing through a pair of injuries, Parker Violett gives Kaneland an edge with his toughness. ‘He’s a warrior.’
- Rick Steves’ Europe: Lisbon inspires travel (and travel writers)
- Go away with … Andrés Cepeda
- Gurnee Arctic Express brings Lake County families to the North Pole; ‘It’s the best thing ever’
- Man injured in shooting on North Lake Street in Aurora
- Skokie Village Board violated Open Meetings Act, Illinois Attorney General finds
- ‘Anything with Michael Jordan in it is a hell of a compliment.’ DeMar DeRozan joins rare air in Chicago Bulls history.
- AbbVie spends $350M to bolster healthcare, education; ‘We look forward to the impact we will make in the decades to come’
- Niles Township District 219 approves 7.4% increase in tax levy
- Christmas Wizards play Trans-Siberian Orchestra’s hits on Arcada stage
- Lake Bluff police to work 12-hour shifts under new contract; ‘It is more of a benefit … with quality-of-life time with their families’
- Kentucky woman seeking court approval for abortion learned her embryo no longer has cardiac activity
- The Honeycomb Project, which lets parents and kids volunteer together, plans holiday challenge Sunday
- Owner of Springview Sweets Bakery in Lockport Metra station competes in Buddy Valastro’s The Greatest Baker
- Family and friends surprise Western Springs man and World War II veteran with celebration of his 100th birthday
- Evanston passes flavored tobacco ban amid racial equity concerns
- Una espera preocupante: Madre inmigrante lucha por obtener atención médica en Chicago
- QB Riley Leonard announces he’s transferring to Notre Dame after 3 seasons at Duke
- After seeing good results with a zero-base budgeting approach, Oak Brook officials are again using it for 2024
- Vickroy: Good luck trying to find someone who wants your old piano — these days you can’t give them away
- Review: Warm ‘It’s a Wonderful Life: Live in Chicago!’ by American Blues Theater has always felt like home for the holidays
- Death of professional hockey player sparks renewed interest in neck guard mandates for youth players
- Suicide bomber attacks police station in northwest Pakistan, killing 23 officers and wounding 32
- Burr Ridge Village Board nixes approval of previously installed awning for bagel shop in County Line Square
- Buffalo Grove trustees green light plans for Tesla dealership, luxury apartments on Dundee Road
- Elgin News Digest: Elgin council signs off on Marklund center expansion; Hanover Township to distribute holiday meal boxes Dec. 14 -23; ECC holding its fall commencement this Saturday
- Will County judge shares frustration with pace of criminal case against New Lenox gun shop owner, business partner
- La Grange-based BEDS Plus holds an It’s A Wonderful Life fundraiser in the nonprofit’s efforts to help end homelesness
- Luxury retail store in West Loop targeted for fourth time this year with latest smash-and-grab
- New executive director named for Fox Valley Park District
- ‘A Christmas Carol’ production comes to Lyons Township High School’s stage, and airwaves
- News flash: Santa doesn’t deliver gifts in Italy, Belarus or many other places, according to Naper Settlement exhibit
- Ivy Tech student, Valparaiso resident wins national cybersecurity competition award
- Dog reunited with owner after 15 months in Evanston Animal Shelter: ‘Yes, this is my person. We were all in tears’
- Afternoon Briefing: NTSB issues report on Yellow Line crash
- Public safety agencies address 2024 goals — including transparency — even as the public process for police discipline is threatened
- Boys and Girls Clubs offer ‘Christmas to Remember’ in Merrillville for 500 kids from 10 clubs
- La Grange Village Board approves the 2023 tax levy with 4.5 % increase
- Israel strikes across Gaza as the offensive leaves both it and the US increasingly isolated
- With Ukraine aid in peril, Zelenskyy pleads his cause on Capitol Hill and at the White House
- Winnetka Talk records now available online through historical society, library partnership
- Talk and Save Lives for the holidays Zoom event being sponsored by American Foundation for Suicide Prevention this month
- Charlie Brown back on Lake County Council after extended illness, encourages men to take care of their health
- Sandburg Middle School Sixth Graders float STEM skills in York HS pool
- Loaves & Fishes partners with DuPagePads to bolster car donations for homeless facing transportation roadblocks
- Former Chicago inspector general named to head Civic Federation
- Park Ridge Blotter: Multiple vehicles damaged by BB gun shots, including shattered window
- Gary Housing Authority assessing Emerson High for reuse or demolition
- 4,000 días de oración: El viaje de un hombre desde la violencia callejera de Chicago hasta un convoy de camiones en honor de la Fiesta de Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe
- Rain didn’t wash out the holiday cheer at the Elmwood Park annual ‘stroll’ and tree lighting event
- UN General Assembly votes to demand a humanitarian cease-fire in Gaza
- Police find missing woman’s body in Little Calumet River
- Trial opens for Highland woman charged in deadly crash
- Biden takes a tougher stance on Israel’s ‘indiscriminate bombing’ of Gaza
- Naperville Police Arrests
- Ask Anna: Post-breakup family dynamics — and ways to deal during the holidays
- Body of missing Carpentersville girl located in Vernon Hills detention pond, officials say
- Column: National Park Service honors Yorkville chapel for its role in Underground Railroad
- Kenilworth native competes in Netflix reality show, ‘Squid Game: The Challenge’
- Los inmigrantes que llegan en autobús a Rosemont y Cicero son expulsados, pero bienvenidos en Oak Park, ya que los suburbios responden de forma diferente a la crisis
- Corrections and clarifications
- State agrees to drop enforcement of law aimed at anti-abortion clinics accused of deception
- Mayor Brandon Johnson reverses council public seating plan that had drawn fire
- LaPorte man sentenced after pleading in rape case
- Skokie Police Chief Brian Baker announces retirement
- Oswego East High School student charged with having loaded weapon at school
- Letter to the Editor
- Column: Shohei Ohtani’s unique deal with the Los Angeles Dodgers turns baseball on its head
- Yellow Line operator tried to brake before crashing into a snowplow on the tracks, preliminary NTSB report shows
- Family of Kenneka Jenkins, found frozen in a hotel freezer in 2017, to receive $6.4 million settlement
- Porter County commissioners say thank you to longtime nursing director Connie Rudd
- Get in the Christmas spirit at Michigan City ‘Messiah’
- Federal judge hears arguments on gun ban registry, while legislative panel considers rules for implementation
- Fox Valley Park District board approves almost $52 million budget
- Al Michaels won’t call an NFL playoff game for NBC this season
- ‘Faith moves mountains’ and people through Niles during Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe pilgrimage
- Cops: Driver of stolen car fatally struck by semitruck while running from police in Austin
- ‘I was working under the direction of the government’: Calm and cool former alderman and FBI mole Daniel Solis heats up Ed Burke corruption trial
- GOP presidential candidate Nikki Haley gets endorsement from New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu
- From Gilmore to Jordan to Winter, meet the 13 people in the Chicago Bulls’ inaugural Ring of Honor class
- Boy, 14 and man, 65, fatally shot outside home in Chicago Lawn neighborhood
- Illinois NAACP leader is asked to step down after video shows her likening migrants to ‘savages’ and accusing them of rape
- There’s more to Lincoln-Way East’s Lana Kerley than reverse layups. Try chemical engineering. ‘She’s a smart gal.’
- Chicago-born Emmy winner Andre Braugher, who starred in ‘Homicide’ and ‘Brooklyn Nine-Nine,’ dies at 61
- Summertime with brother Tyler pays off for Lincoln-Way West’s Max Gabriel. ‘He worked with me in the driveway.’