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- Daily horoscope for December 19, 2023
- Ask Amy: Single man searches for the right match
- Champagne toasts and seafood towers mark 55 Chicago restaurant celebrations to ring in 2024
- True or false: Bears QB Justin Fields’ inability to close will accelerate his exit from Chicago
- Maggie Mulqueen: Here’s how we can show up for others during a hard time
- Daniel DePetris: A war between Hezbollah and Israel is the last thing the US wants
- Review of U2 at the Sphere in Las Vegas: This was the right band to open this brain-bending venue
- Jerald McNair: ‘Tis the season to be more neighborly. And doing so can transform communities.
- Estrangement in the family can be hard during the holidays. Here are tips to manage expectations.
- Student groups call out U. of C. and UIC for restricting freedom of speech
- Letters: NAACP state director’s awful remarks about migrants are antithetical to humane leadership
- Editorial: Clarence Thomas’ story is cautionary. Even a Supreme Court justice at day’s end is a public servant.
- Chicagoan of the Year for Museums: NMMA founder and outgoing president Carlos Tortolero rethought what a museum could be
- Chicagoan of the Year for Books: Every so often, a book comes along that changes everything. Enter Jonathan Eig and ‘King.’
- Chicagoan of the Year for Theater: Roche Schulfer guided the Goodman through the arts storm of the century
- Go away with … Isa Briones
- Rick Steves’ Europe: France’s Dordogne: Caves, canoes, and culture
- Column: Cubs Convention is on, while SoxFest remains off. Can an old tradition be revived?
- Things to do Dec. 21-27 in Pioneer Press and Doings suburbs
- Evanston 7-bedroom home with brick front porch, 8 fireplaces: $1.9M
- Daywatch: With Supreme Court to weigh in on federal bribery statute, ripples felt quickly in Chicago corruption cases
- Things to do Dec. 22-28 in the Chicago suburbs, Northwest Indiana
- Preston Saia sets record in his 4th game for Merrillville but is just getting started: ‘He’s a great addition’
- After missing time with a concussion, Bernard Fellows gets fired up for Aurora Central Catholic. ‘So why stop now?’
- Help Them To Hope
- Zoe Navarro, who wants to go into medical field, provides remedy for ailing Neuqua Valley
- Southwest Airlines reaches $140 million settlement over holiday flight-canceling meltdown last year
- Jeff Vorva’s Daily Southtown boys basketball rankings and player of the week
- Behind the shortage keeping cancer patients from chemo
- 2 injured, one critically, in overnight blaze in Back of the Yards neighborhood, officials say
- CJ Carr, the grandson of former Michigan coach Lloyd Carr and All-American Tom Curtis, will play football at Notre Dame
- 6 cocktails for your New Year’s Eve party
- Casey Vyverman steps ‘out of her comfort zone’ to become leader for Mundelein, which takes big leap forward
- Boy, 17, fatally wounded Monday in Jewel parking lot on Near West Side, cops say
- Couple named Batavia Citizens of the Year
- Highland Park considering ban on sale of synthetic THC products: ‘They’re not regulated at all … We feel that is problematic’
- Woman, 18, critically stabbed on South Side, police said
- Aurora police launch new online system for reporting non-emergency incidents
- Illegal crossings surge in remote areas as Congress, White House weigh major asylum limits
- Restaurant on Lincoln Avenue falls victim to armed robbers overnight, police said
- Man charged in strangulation of 15-year-old girl in South Shore neighborhood, police say
- Homer Glen hires Joe Baber as village manager, the sixth since 2016
- Waukegan event allows sampling of different cultures’ holidays; ‘A chance to share the joy of the diverse people in our community’
- Nazareth Academy’s Almost, Maine production selected for Illinois State Theatre Festival
- Officials see Waukegan apartment complex sale as positive sign of things to come; ‘The demand for housing is through the roof’
- Producing a new Elgin Christmas ornament every year a jewelry store tradition for 28 years
- Brands see online content creators as key to shaping buying habits, especially Gen Z
- Lockport High School officials share timeline of Central Campus ceiling repairs
- Retailers are improving their delivery speeds, meaning good news for late holiday shoppers
- Gary teen charged with stealing gun
- Hammond man charged with robbing restaurant
- Lake Forest Library to restore historic rotunda murals; ‘There is a lot of respect and affection for these murals’
- Cold in the office? These products will help you heat up while you work
- Lake Forest changes fees for use of city athletic fields
- Naperville News Digest: Renovated skate park at Centennial Park opens Thursday; Naperville North student wins YoungArts Award; Will County surveying residents on electric, alternative vehicles
- DAR places wreaths on graves to honor veterans at Luther Cemetery
- Highland Park forms agreement with service agencies to assist parade shooting victims
- Bids approved for Glencoe District 35 admin office rehab
- Aurora man charged with attempted murder
- Student fires bullet from officer’s gun at Hammond school; no one injured
- Tinley Park businesses partner on pecan snowball cookie stout, raising money for charity
- Column: Christmastime marks the anniversary of the Battle of the Bulge
- Editorial: Spiraling migrant crisis, not Gaza, needs full City Council attention
- Elgin News Digest: Gift fair being held Saturday at Black & Gray Brewing; South Elgin police holding cocoa and cookies event; Hanover Township offering winter break open gym in Elgin
- Letters to the Editor
- Hinsdale Village Board postpones greenlighting of safety wall outside Fuller’s Car Wash
- Illinois high schools vote against districts for football
- Toy shop to make a Naperville comeback; locals launch new music academy; Miskatonic brewpub/restaurant now open
- Sandra Day O’Connor called a pioneer and ‘iconic jurist’ as she is memorialized by Biden, Roberts
- One dead after Waukegan apartment fire
- U-46 officials announce plans to close 6 elementary schools and build 2 new ones in Elgin, Hanover, Streamwood
- Afternoon Briefing: Jurors in Burke trial send first note
- Glencoe and Skokie recognized for electronic vehicle readiness
- Synagogue in Wheeling holds open house on last night of Hanukkah
- Park Ridge Blotter: 69-year-old man arrested for battery
- Two candidates so far for Jan. 3 caucus to replace Melton
- Man exonerated in 1989 double murder sues city, county
- East Chicago man charged in another bar shooting
- Bartels Park would enlarged and improved under proposed East Dundee riverfront plan
- El Ayuntamiento ha perdido toda comunicación sobre las bajas de inmigrantes desde las nuevas sanciones, según un funcionario
- DuPage County expands Board of Health and appoints county engineer to acting Director of Transportation
- CTA holiday train jingled all the way down the Blue Line: ‘This is a nice way to bring some holiday cheer’
- Illinois’ population declined by nearly 33,000, new 2023 census figures show, even as the nation as a whole grew
- High School District 219 OKs $7.3 million for Niles West pool repairs; open to building second pool
- Northwestern Medicine celebrates cancer care center in Orland Park, funded with $51 million gift
- Aaron Rodgers’ return will come next season with New York Jets out of playoff hunt and QB not 100% healthy
- Attendance numbers up at Christkindlmarket in Aurora
- Se abrirá un refugio temporal para inmigrantes en Portage Park. Los residentes tienen fuertes sensaciones
- Work on driveway at Maya Energy site on hold after city intervenes
- No path forward for SSCVA leadership after David Uran’s resignation as study for new convention center looms
- Northeastern US mops up ahead of holidays after deadly storm kills at least 5
- Arlington Heights bridal shop owner charged with theft after bride doesn’t receive wedding gown
- Northwestern University gifts new firetruck to Evanston
- Southtowners: Grissom teacher named ‘Legend,’ MVCC journalists win awards, more
- Will the eruption of the volcano in Iceland affect flights and how serious is it?
- Evanston residents charged with unlawful use of weapon
- Marvel kicked out Jonathan Majors after his conviction. It’s thrown years of plans into disarray
- ¿’Tripledemia’? Médicos expertos locales instan a la vacunación ante el aumento de las hospitalizaciones por COVID, gripe y RSV en todo el país
- Waukegan council rejects alderman’s attempt to get immunity from compliance ticket; ‘It makes every one of us look bad’
- Jurors in ex-Ald. Ed Burke corruption trial end first full day of deliberations after sending three notes; co-defendant hospitalized
- New gun violence prevention group says it has already stopped 4 shootings; ‘They are living with violence, guns and death’
- A temporary migrant shelter will open in Portage Park. Residents have strong feelings.
- Corrections and clarifications
- Anonymous donation to Winnetka Park District could rival that of billionaire at center of beach controversy
- Celebrate New Year’s Eve in Skokie, Park Ridge, Niles with these events
- Meghan Jones makes history with Chicago Cubs: ‘It’s not lost on me the importance of having representation at this level’
- Waukegan Township teaching seniors how to get most out of smartphones, computers; ‘It allows them a lot of leeway’
- Ask Anna: New year reflections — should you reconnect with your ex?
- Chicago grocer Dom’s Kitchen & Market to open first suburban location in Vernon Hills
- Israel strikes south Gaza and raids a hospital in the north as war grinds on with renewed US support
- At least 3 injured in 2-alarm fire at Uptown public housing building
- Sandburg’s Zach Barrett has offers from Lindenwood, Chattanooga, Grand Valley State. Then Illinois came calling.
- Groups sue over new Texas law that lets police arrest migrants who enter US illegally
- Man convicted of murder based on testimony of blind witness wins freedom as prosecutors opt against new trial
- Interior demolition work gets underway at former Will County Courthouse as committee plans final effort to save building
- Donald Trump banned from Colorado ballot in historic ruling by state’s Supreme Court
- After making four 3-pointers in first quarter, Danny Laird really gets going for Andrew. ‘That was my focus.’
- From his first two shots at Oak Lawn, Sandburg’s Ryan Tomczak knew. He just knew. ‘Everything felt right.’