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- Without a gym, Aqsa School’s volleyball team chasing another winning season
- An artist’s utopia: Chicago’s Fine Arts Building
- Daily horoscope for September 29, 2023
- Chicago Cubs are swept out of Atlanta with a 5-3 loss to the Braves — but they might not know their wild-card fate until Monday
- Miami Marlins rally in the 9th inning to take a 2-1 lead against the NY Mets — but rain causes a suspension
- Ask Amy: Friend never got tested for COVID
- David Greising: Civic leaders seek sincere solutions while GOP stunt exploits Chicago violence
- Review: In ‘Mesmerized’ at Chicago Children’s Theatre, Ben Franklin solves a science mystery
- Charles Fain Lehman: Is it time to end Chicago police’s consent decree?
- Plans for Tiger Woods golf project near Obama Presidential Center have stalled, but hopes remain for restoration of existing courses
- Amy Eisenstein: It’s time we address isolation and loneliness as the systemic issues they are
- Susan Atkinson: Denial of climate change may be a party deal-breaker for young conservatives
- Editorial: Hunter Biden’s gun defense and the Second Amendment
- Letters: The media’s obsession with Joe Biden’s age
- Chicago’s trailblazing Black photojournalists are back together through an exhibit of their work
- 10 things to do around Chicago: Peter Gabriel, the Moon Festival and a not-so Little Amal
- ‘Fair Play’ review: From Netflix, a compelling, sexy corporate thriller for today
- Mayo Clinic Q&A: Maximize memory with a nutrient-rich diet
- After a taxing, chaotic and winless September, the Chicago Bears welcome a fresh start, a new month and a chance to regroup
- As Kyle Hendricks prepares for a pivotal start tonight, weak contact is the basis of his success for the Chicago Cubs
- Ask the Builder: How to remove — and prevent — algae, mold and mildew
- Bret Bielema faces off against his former DC when Illinois plays Purdue and rookie coach Ryan Walters
- 4 ways the Chicago Bulls can jump-start their offense this season, including moving the ball through Nikola Vucevic
- Northwestern put up 37 points last week in a big comeback win. Next up: No. 6 Penn State and the nation’s top-ranked defense.
- Daywatch: Plans for golf project near Obama Center have stalled
- ‘Something Rotten!’ celebrates Middle Ages in La Porte
- 2 teens, 14 and 17, shot overnight on South Side, Chicago police said
- Highland Park council endorses downtown redesign to improve walkability, outdoor dining
- Benet’s Gabby Stasys scuttles Skutt Catholic’s chances. The Nebraska power learns what local teams already know.
- The Way We Were: A look back at the 1898 Naperville Fire Company, which won that year’s state hose race contest
- Girl, 10, wounded when gunfire veers into bedroom on South Side
- Clock is ticking as United Autoworkers threaten to expand strikes against Detroit automakers Friday
- South Barrington park board votes to halt land sale to Plymouth Brethren Christian Church after clash with residents and being sued. A park commissioner quit amid the vitriol, citing ‘nonsense.’
- Democratic rising stars rally around Biden’s reelection. They’re also eyeing 2028 bids of their own
- Gates will be locked and thousands of rangers furloughed at national parks if government shuts down
- The far right has been feuding with McCarthy for weeks. Here’s how it’s spiraling into a shutdown
- Photos: Sen. Dianne Feinstein through the years
- As employers face labor shortages, Biden administration rolls out playbook for training workers
- Munster junior Nikola Dimitrijevic makes his mark on a team that’s loaded with seniors — and is just loaded
- Naperville Police Arrests
- Charges dropped against man accused of running over co-worker at steel mill parking lot
- Man attempts to sexually assault woman overnight in Washington Heights neighborhood, cops say
- Detroit Lions are in command of the NFC North after David Montgomery runs wild vs. the Green Bay Packers
- Naperville News Digest: Wellness series to feature weight training for women; DuPage Health Department lands $2 million in grants; Edward, Central DuPage ranked among best in 2023
- Despite having to manage increasing costs, proposed Glenview 2024 budget not likely to not include tax hike
- Partial solar eclipses will be visible in Northwest Indiana skies in October, April
- Column: In an age of perfection, why failure may be the best thing that can happen to our kids
- Law & Order column: Third suspect arrested in North Chicago murder-for-hire, authorities say
- What’s the impact on Illinois if the federal government shuts down?
- 5 takeaways from the Chicago Blackhawks preseason opener, including Connor Bedard’s ‘unbelievable pass’ on the winning overtime goal
- After no victim or witnesses found, COPA closes investigation of alleged sexual misconduct involving CPD officer, migrant
- Photos: Connor Bedard’s debut in the Blackhawks preseason opener
- Round Lake knows Jorgie Morales is very good. He wants to be better — for people around him and one he lost.
- Calumet City residents seeks answers to recent flooding but political dispute dominates council meeting
- At least 3 armed robberies reported overnight on Northwest Side, 2 teens shot, cops say
- Democratic Sen. Dianne Feinstein of California, an advocate for liberal priorities, dies at age 90
- Maine East High School reacts to death of 17-year-old student; funeral information
- Editorial: Why Chicago’s Signature Room mattered
- Lake Station eyes $13.8 million budget
- Aurora approves new regulations for solicitors, peddlers
- Decent: If only ‘The Golden Bachelor’ took place in the real world — then we’d have some ‘must-see TV’
- Migrant teens from Venezuela attacked after school in Rogers Park
- Powerball jackpot tops $960 million after long drought of winners
- Europe flips a US rally to take a record-tying 5-point lead in the Ryder Cup after sweeping the opening session
- Man tied to suspected shooter in Tupac Shakur’s 1996 killing arrested in Las Vegas, AP sources say
- Fate of Evanston’s Harley Clarke Mansion remains unknown
- Church news
- Cemetery Walk planned in Oswego
- What to know as fall vaccinations against COVID, flu and RSV get underway
- Review: The CSO takes a musical trip to Italy, plus a Philip Glass world premiere — but Strauss could have stayed home
- Afternoon Briefing: Ford workers walk out of Chicago plant
- Community news
- Column: Sandburg’s David Vales battles cancer with the same zest as coaching volleyball. ‘I’m ready to fight.’
- Opera house renovation could cancel show, cause $100K budget shortfall
- 3 dead after being found unresponsive inside Edgewater senior building
- Naperville has a coal problem. Local advocates say now’s the time to figure it out
- Zion child’s choking death was a ‘tragic accident,’ authorities say
- Officials express hope Harvey Lofts will revitalize the downtown area
- ‘Food is medicine’: Advocate Health Care hospitals in Barrington and Calumet Heights team up to address nutrition, food insecurity
- SEC charges Exelon, ComEd and former utility CEO Anne Pramaggiore in Michael Madigan scandal
- Tinley Park names Thomas Tilton as interim police chief
- Some allies break with Mayor Brandon Johnson over migrant response
- Aurora City Council OKs $666,000 contract for new software for Police Critical Incident Intelligence Center
- Two people die in Demotte fire
- Corrections and clarifications
- Aurora apartment building deemed uninhabitable after fire
- Ford workers walk out as UAW expands strike to Chicago Assembly Plant: ‘It’s our time’
- Waukegan mayor planning highly unusual veto of council move; ‘It’s my job to ensure we have the best people here’
- Michigan school shooter eligible for life sentence for killing 4 students
- Aurora begins process of creating TIF district for Hollywood Casino resort project
- Case dismissed in Merrillville rape
- Concept plans for Elgin-owned North Grove Avenue redevelopment land call for river recreation, parks, housing
- Party set for Monday to welcome the Aurora Public Library’s new bookmobile
- New York City area gets one of its wettest days in decades, as rain floods subways and streets
- Hammond Rep. Carolyn Jackson seeks governor’s help after widespread flooding
- Edgewater Systems to pay $1.25 million for fraudulent Medicaid billing for mental health services
- Clarence Page: Sen. Dianne Feinstein offered a valuable voice in a divided Senate
- Opponents of Waukegan airport’s new runway plans hold informational meeting; ‘This impacts Zion, Beach Park, Wadsworth and part of Waukegan’
- South Elgin’s SEBA Park will be chock full o’ Halloween gourds next weekend at the annual Pumpkin Patch Fest
- 5 things to watch in the Chicago Bears-Denver Broncos game — plus our Week 4 predictions
- From the Farm: Stage triumphant ‘Lehman Trilogy’ worth a mint on stage and in history
- Raymond Morrill, Wheaton parks recreation superintendent and board member, dies
- City inspector general’s office defends police transparency concerns at public safety hearing
- Looming federal government shutdown would limit services at Indiana Dunes National Park
- Sex assault, robbery suspect who jumped bail in 2020 captured in Portland, authorities say
- Chicago Cubs must shake off struggles from the last 3 weeks and refocus: ‘It’s just a matter of executing’
- House Speaker McCarthy’s last-ditch plan to keep the government open collapses, making a shutdown almost certain
- ‘You can’t ever end the push’: Director of player personnel Gene Watson brings a championship pedigree to the Chicago White Sox
- More gas stations can sell alcohol in Niles after Village Board OKs liquor licenses
- Do people underestimate Lincoln-Way East’s Nuri Muhammad because of his size? ‘If they do, they find out.’