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- Record-seeking Garrett Konopack knows he’s not LeBron James for Lincoln-Way West. His plan? ‘Make a lot of money.’
- Daily horoscope for May 23, 2023
- Ask Amy: Infidelity has marriage feeling like a roommate situation
- Letters: Predicting the future with Brandon Johnson as mayor
- Fatal bike hit-and-run in early May still unsolved, police say
- Pop music top 10 for summer: Our must-see shows, from Chance the Rapper to Japanese Breakfast
- Cory Franklin and Robert Weinstein: Ventilators and the learning curve of COVID-19 treatment
- Editorial: Rahm reemerges, ruffles Japanese feathers, plays long political game
- Full-day kindergarten could soon be required in all Illinois districts as bill heads to Pritzker’s desk
- Daniel DePetris: Zelenskyy tries and fails to get support from the global South at the G-7 summit
- Emily Landon: Ending masking requirements in hospitals and clinics is a step backward for health care
- His Orland Park basketball program produced pros such as Miami Heat’s Max Strus, now Dave Pygon wants to motivate everyone with new book
- As Centuries & Sleuths owner prepares to retire after 30 years, a look at the joys of running an independent bookstore
- My worst moment: ‘Ted Lasso’ star Jeremy Swift missed his cue for a nude entrance
- Column: Chicago Cubs are in a May funk — and the degree of difficulty only increases in the next 28 games
- Meet the Chicago cohort of the 2023 Jordan Brand Women’s Collective: ‘We have come a long way within the culture’
- Oswego 5-bedroom home with basketball court: $1.7M
- Daywatch: The future of kindergarten in Illinois schools
- Get to know Kendall Williamson: Q&A with the new Chicago Bears safety’s college coordinator
- LeBron James posts historic first half — but ends night questioning his future after Los Angeles Lakers are swept out of NBA playoffs
- Climate change protesters carried out of Shell shareholders meeting
- Hamburger Mary’s drag show restaurant files federal lawsuit against Florida and Gov. Ron DeSantis
- Prince Harry’s effort to pay for British police protection fails in court
- Dominic Krzeczkowski becomes ‘Old Reliable’ for Benet. That makes the 6-foot-8 junior even more intimidating.
- ComEd’s proposed $1.47 billion rate hike challenged by watchdog group
- 2 motorists charged with DUI in Lake Zurich in separate incidents: Police
- Sworn-in earlier this month, Oswego trustee resigns from Village Board to take out-of-state job
- Baseball and softball scores and highlights for Northwest Indiana
- 2 young teens shot, 1 fatally, Monday night on Far South Side, police say
- Naperville Police Arrests
- Highland Park police receive report that Uber driver drove away with passenger’s groceries, never to return
- League of Women Voters of the La Grange Area holding Legislative Luncheon featuring Congressman Sean Casten
- Fox Valley residents get ready to hit the road for Memorial Day weekend
- Column: Why has the HBO name disappeared from the HBO Max streaming platform?
- Oak Lawn jewelry store owner beaten, robbed by 3 men, police say
- West Aurora School District hires three administrators, including new principal for Hope D. Wall School
- Roscoe man, juvenile caught after breaking into Deerfield building, police say
- UPS strike looms in a world grown reliant on everything delivered everywhere all the time
- Jeff Vorva’s Daily Southtown boys volleyball rankings and player of the week
- Elgin News Digest: Elgin holding four Memorial Day ceremonies Monday; Thirsty Thursday season opens in East Dundee with Blooze Brothers; five U-46 high school graduations to be held Saturday
- Will County releases $43 million in pandemic relief funds; unconcerned about potential claw back of funds
- Memorial Day events planned all along North Shore
- Father says charges against pair accused of burning overdosed woman’s body in Gary not enough
- Haake: Clarence Thomas, gilded Justice
- Marmion’s Tommy Canavan tried volleyball after a talk with his mom, a two-time state champion. ‘Fell in love with it.’
- Burr Ridge board OKs new awning, paint job at Pella restaurant
- Man allegedly rammed car into prospective Danville abortion clinic while trying to set it on fire, feds say
- Saint Xavier University initiative helps students dress for success ‘regardless of their financial background’
- Two men charged in Elgin street fight shooting, one of three weapons incidents over the weekend
- Park Ridge honors retiring Police Chief Frank Kaminski with small parade, festivities
- Registered sex offender arrested after being observed on Lake Forest Academy grounds
- Park Ridge police: Man cited for not having warning sign, fence lock for dangerous dog
- Los Angeles Dodgers reinstate LGBTQ+ ‘nun’ group for Pride Night award
- La Grange Village Board approves water main project lease agreement with BNSF Railway
- Lauren Rodgers pitches for East Aurora against Batavia — and coach who’s made big difference in her life. ‘He’s family.’
- Northwestern student shot Monday night in Rogers Park: police
- Photos: Chicago Bears return to Halas Hall for OTAs
- Community news
- All-human circus starts Lake County run at Gurnee Mills; ‘It is very important to … bring joy in every city that we visit’
- Column: South Suburban Airport critics raise fuss, but their lame points fail to hold up under scrutiny
- Review: ‘MotherFreakingHood!’ offers cocktails and catharsis for exhausted moms at Mercury Theater
- Separate Waukegan shooting incidents reported over the weekend, with guns fired at police and into a crowd
- Afternoon Briefing: AG releases scathing clergy abuse report
- Rick Steves’ Europe: Irish music hits all the right notes
- Comings & Goings: Rainbow Cone opening in Orland Park, Juancho’s Tacos pulls back, and more
- Ron DeSantis set to announce president run on Twitter with Elon Musk
- Indy 500 driver Stefan Wilson fractures vertebra during practice, replaced in race by Graham Rahal
- East Chicago man reigns as new ‘Mr. Pierogi’ during Whiting’s annual festival
- Go away with … Zurin Villanueva
- Lincolnwood considers dog park; some favor Centennial Park location
- Larger-than-life dragonflies to emerge as this summer’s downtown Naperville street sculptures
- Trump makes video appearance in New York criminal case, trial date tentatively set for late March
- Missouri teen accused of deliberately crashing U-Haul truck into security barrier at park near White House
- NFL owners pass kickoff rule change despite strong opposition from coaches and players
- Motorcyclist from Dyer dies after driving off the road in Crete, police say
- College of DuPage hosts Warhol Exhibit
- From outdoor plays to delicious food fests, here’s how to celebrate summer
- Summer in the Southland promises a plethora of events including concerts, fairs and festivals
- Terry Savage: Do you really think you can beat the market?
- ‘I am going to lose my kids’: Hobart man charged with beating, sexually assaulting woman
- Pets of the week
- Suzanne Johnson, longtime U-46 administrator and EHS grad, to be the district’s new superintendent
- A lesson in civics, construction and horticulture, Hinsdale South students transform dilapidated school courtyard
- News-Sun obtains preliminary environmental impact report for Waukegan airport runway extension ahead of potential summer hearing
- Aaron Rodgers tweaks his calf in practice, Jets QB doesn’t believe injury is serious
- Justin Fields to DJ Moore? Early returns are positive — and now the Chicago Bears can put their wide receivers in the right order.
- Evanston cracks down on single-use bags with new ordinance and tax
- Lauryn Hill, John Legend and Chicago among 100 concerts headed to Ravinia this summer
- Police investigating fire at Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Des Plaines
- Amazon pulls back from planned Bridgeport warehouse previously opposed by community groups
- Cornerback Jaylon Johnson is among the absentees from Chicago Bears OTAs. How big of a deal is it?
- Porter County commissioners, council mulling Memorial Opera House renovations
- Remembering the mark Newton Minow left on friends, family during his lifetime
- Want to carry water while you run or hike? Get a hydration vest
- Commission endorses plans for second locations in Naperville for a day care, escape room and deli
- Skokie Police Department to buy high-powered drone with spotlight, advanced camera
- Glencoe Central School placed on lockdown Friday during car theft arrest
- Hammond eyeing car overpass for train blockage woes, but pedestrians would be out of luck
- Corrections and clarifications
- Get rid of dead grass with these great lawn scarifiers
- Encountering another Jamaica, beyond all-inclusive resorts
- Netflix to charge $8 per shared account in US
- District 64 approves math, social studies curricula: ‘We’re not going to the store to buy 94 cantaloupes’
- Englewood police shooting case tied to downtown looting in 2020 gets underway
- ‘It’s such a celebration for them’ ETHS Wildkits Class of 2023 graduates
- Column: DuPage County Board member from Aurora uses her own story to promote stroke awareness
- Legislation advances to require $1 sale of former mental health property to Tinley Park’s park district
- Margarita Inn gets final approval from City Council as permanent Evanston homeless shelter
- Chicago Bears general manager Ryan Poles buys $2M Lincolnshire home
- Lake Forest High alum dies after falling into ‘quicksand-like’ Alaska mud flats; ‘His potential was limitless’
- Ask Anna: How can I cope with jealousy and insecurity in my relationship?
- Scope of clerical sex abuse against children in Illinois widens with release of new report. Abusers able to ‘hide, often in plain sight.’
- Robert Zimmer, mathematician and former U. of C. president, dies at 75
- ESO’s new conductor a New World Symphony fellow, former San Francisco Symphony assistant conductor
- Scrappy Madison Scapardine catches break as Shepard rolls past TF South in regional semifinal. ‘She got me a strike.’
- Lake Forest’s Ava Walsh takes advice from her sister and runs with it. Fast. All the way to a sectional final.
- State deploying 30 ‘peacekeepers’ in Chicago over Memorial Day weekend in effort to prevent violence through de-escalation
- Reliever Joe Kelly is in a groove for the Chicago White Sox — and he’s having fun taking advantage of the pitch clock
- Even after scoring twice, Tyra King knows Metea Valley needs more in sectional semifinal: ‘She turned it on’
- Justin McGary, aka ‘the masked kid,’ sparks Marian Catholic past Eisenhower in regional. ‘I want to keep that persona.’
- It seems all the world’s a stage for Claudia McMahon, who stars in leading role for Hanover Central once more
- Mackenzie Loomis leads St. Charles East to 12th shutout with sectional win over Batavia. ‘We are really dangerous.’
- As the Chicago Cubs bullpen struggles to find consistency in high-leverage spots, President Jed Hoyer says: ‘That’s on me’