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- Basketball and local scores for the Southland, Aurora, Elgin, Naperville and Lake County
- 5 takeaways from the Chicago Bulls’ 124-108 win, including Dalen Terry’s role and a LeBron James anniversary in Chicago
- After sitting out with flu, Kathleen Martin returns to lift St. Laurence past Marist. How? ‘She gets us hyped.’
- Northwestern rides dominating first half to 65-46 win over Arizona State
- Daily horoscope for December 21, 2023
- Ask Amy: Smart friend really wants a tiny home
- Odds of white Christmas in Chicago not good, meteorologists say. But it could be one of the warmest.
- After planned migrant camp is scrapped over toxins at Brighton Park site, neighbors want to know how city is going to protect them
- Chicagoland chefs share their favorite suburban meals in 2023
- Shadi Bartsch-Zimmer: What would former U. of C. leader Robert Zimmer say about antisemitism on campus?
- Weather permitting, get out on the suburban Chicago, northwest Indiana slopes
- Kelly McKinney: Are we as a nation ready for the next big threat? What Oct. 7 and the pandemic have taught us.
- Letters: Only one side wants peace in the tensions between Israelis and Palestinians
- Editorial: Rest in infamy, Westforth Sports gun store. We’re glad to see you go.
- Editorial: You think you’ve seen everything as a Chicago sports fan, and then comes the Justin Fields debate
- Jason Opal: Even as American colonists defied the British, they understood the importance of the rule of law
- Around the Southland: Oak Lawn students earn vocabulary honors, Rotarians replenish art supplies, more
- Column: Betty Boop, now Broadway bound, had many influences. One is a remarkable 1920s South Side Chicago story.
- 12 gifts so good people won’t even mind they arrived late
- Enhance your home with the best fireplace mantels
- Column: A ‘nightmare’ 2023 for Chicago sports included some memorable moments on TV and radio
- Can an improving Chicago Bears defense provide an emphatic finish to the season? 12 numbers and nuggets for Week 16.
- Daywatch: Will Chicago see a white Christmas?
- Robbie Fulks brings NYE shows to FitzGeralds
- Is Metea Valley’s Will Ashford ‘one of the best players in the state’? He makes a case against Oswego East.
- Lowell’s Elysia Laub, hailed as ‘guardian angel’ when she was 9, grows into formidable 6-foot-2 center
- ‘Anyone But You’ review: Down in Australia, much ado about not enough with Glen Powell and Sydney Sweeney
- Toddler found wandering alone overnight on Far South Side, Chicago police say
- Security crisis could force Olympics to rethink Paris’ huge opening ceremony on the River Seine
- The holiday rush to the airports and highways is underway
- Taylor Swift’s new romance, debt-erasing gifts and the eclipse are among most joyous moments of 2023
- Craig Osika steps down as Hobart football coach
- Northbrook District 28 Board of Education and Northbrook Federation of Teachers approve three-year contract
- Free book fair in Gary Saturday
- Victim discovered fatally wounded in alley overnight in East Chatham neighborhood
- Libertyville’s Ben Van Lyssel rises to challenge amid ‘big change’ for defending sectional champion
- Burglary reported at grocery store in Edgewater neighborhood, cops say
- National tour of the Birds in Art exhibition begins in Crete Township
- A deal on US border policy is closer than it seems. Here’s how it is shaping up and what’s at stake
- In 2023, the Saudis dove further into sports. They are expected to keep it up in 2024.
- Are gift cards an easy Christmas shopping choice? Think again
- Delivery food was a pandemic necessity. It’s now a luxury of convenience that’s here to stay
- More US auto buyers are turning to hybrids as sales of electric vehicles slow
- Gregg Voss’ Daily Southtown girls basketball rankings and player of the week
- Woman’s donation of 700 toys provides happy ending for Elgin Salvation Army’s gift giveaway program
- Lake County auxiliary deputy hurt, 2 others critically injured in Lake Forest crashes
- College football signing day: Who is headed to Notre Dame, Illinois, Northwestern and NIU — plus incoming and outgoing transfers
- Eat. Watch. Do. — Christmas rom-coms, NYE restaurant specials and Atelier review
- Gary preschoolers get into the holiday spirit
- McHenry County Judge Michael Coppedge dies
- Metea Valley’s Lucy and Annie Burk, longtime multisport athletes, are finally together in basketball: ‘It’s really fun’
- Toys for Tots of Lake County distributes more gifts than usual; ‘There is a lot of generosity this year’
- Naperville pilots suicide prevention training for teens: ‘We’ve got to make an effort to get better’
- Army football recruit Andrew Wiggins soldiers on for Oswego East in basketball. ‘Brings so much to the table.’
- Second defendant in Portage Township murder case held without bond, appointed public defender
- Florida State to discuss future of athletics and its affiliation with the ACC at Friday board meeting
- Naperville District 203 board OKs tax levy that will raise property taxes paid next year by 5%
- Real Estate Matters: Timeshare owner feels niece, nephew took advantage of their kindness
- Taking the kids: Gifting a trip the right way
- The grass is greener at Soldier Field — and that’s great for the Chicago Bears. Here’s how ultraviolet lights have helped.
- Uptown man charged in May fatal shooting in Humboldt Park neighborhood
- State’s attorney candidate prosecuted boy whose murder conviction was overturned because police coerced confession
- At least 15 people die in a mass shooting at a Prague university
- Elgin council OKs 2024 budget that saves money on lead water line replacement bonds but not all happy with deal
- Tips offered for weathering stress, staying healthy and shopping safely as holidays loom
- Will County Board rejects second proposed solar farm in Green Garden Township
- SUV backs into garage, then rams into a separate home in Niles, police say
- Kettle ringer in Palos Heights trades in bell for brass: ‘That guy with the trombone. He made my day.’
- Park Forest, Ill. man sentenced to 11 years for rape of unconscious woman
- Afternoon Briefing: State’s attorney candidate faces questions
- Homer Glen gains control of Route 1 from county, halts plans for widening
- University Park enacts bus ordinance after unscheduled drop off of migrants
- Wilmette unveils $61 million stormwater management system
- Elmwood Park to pay $80K for ESPN 1000 AM radio plugs of the village, on-air talent visits
- 3 Lake County students named winners of clerk’s ‘I Voted’ sticker design contest
- Ex-Ald. Ed Burke convicted on 13 of 14 counts at landmark federal corruption trial; jury convicts one co-defendant and acquits the other
- Crowd holds silent walk in Oak Park at ‘Vigil for Gaza’ in support of peace for Palestinians and Israelis amid war
- David Bahlman, Landmarks Illinois leader who led fight to save Cook County Hospital, dies
- Los inmigrantes llegaron a Chicago desde Texas en un vuelo chárter, según las autoridades
- After migrants dropped off at Aurora train station, city looks at new ordinance regulating buses
- Former judge, county clerk Lorenzo Arredondo recalled as sage political adviser, avid reader and ‘guiding light’
- $7,500 bond set for Chicago man charged with child molestation, rape
- Aurora approves preliminary plans for far West Side subdivision
- ‘The Color Purple’ review: First-class performers. So why does the musical version feel less authentic than the first film, even?
- Chicago politicians urge federal government to provide funding to help house, care for migrants
- Los vecinos de Brighton Park quieren saber cómo les va a proteger la ciudad tras el rechazo del proyecto de campamento de inmigrantes por toxinas
- Stellantis hires back first 165 laid-off autoworkers in Belvidere to staff new parts distribution center
- Rudy Giuliani files for bankruptcy days after being ordered to pay $148 million in defamation case
- Chicago Bears’ evaluation of ‘ascending’ LT Braxton Jones will play into offseason moves — and his test against Myles Garrett was big
- UN says more than 1 in 4 people in Gaza are starving because of war
- Vin Diesel accused of sexual battery by former assistant
- Lake County residents can recycle Christmas trees; ‘Use that tree one more time to get the full value out of its life’
- Editorial: For Ed Burke, the tuna turns rotten
- Waubonsee Community College earns ‘Tree Campus’ honor
- Hinsdale school district’s temporary superintendent resigns early
- MLB is widening the runner’s lane to 1st base among its rule changes for the 2024 season
- Over 2.5 million Acura and Honda vehicles are under recall
- In 14th Ward, where former Ald. Ed Burke was lord, conviction greeted with both shrugs and cheers
- Columbia College part-time faculty union ratifies new contract with some cut classes restored
- Photos: Chicago Bulls 114, San Antonio Spurs 95
- Hannah Laub makes point as point guard, lifts Waubonsie Valley past Oswego East. A switch? ‘But she sees it.’
- Victor Wembanyama catches the eye of fans in his United Center debut — but the Chicago Bulls stay hot with a 114-95 win