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- Michigan wins its 1st national title since 1997 with a 34-13 win over Washington behind Blake Corum’s 2 TDs
- Daily horoscope for January 9, 2024
- Ask Amy: Friend keeps trying to fix my life
- Today in History: Mississippi secedes from the Union
- Everything you need to set up a video doorbell alternative without the subscription fees
- What are the benefits of mushroom coffee?
- Editorial: High-level public officials aren’t entitled to the same level of health privacy as the rest of us
- Letters: School shooting in Iowa is horrible, but it’s yet another tragedy that our country enables
- In memoriam: A few final words and a Sinatra story about the Chicago-born comic Shecky Greene
- Christopher Tang and Thomas Choi: To combat the fentanyl crisis, the US should further target the supply chain
- Grant Park Music Festival announces 90th anniversary season, the final for conductor Carlos Kalmar
- Daniel DePetris: Will the US bomb the Houthis?
- Chicago’s summer 2024 calendar: Taste, Jazz Fest and a birthday bash for Millennium Park
- Mini reviews: Quick looks at Taylor’s Tacos, Marina’s Bistro and Egg Tuck
- Robin Steans: How do we address the educator shortage in Illinois? We have powerful tools to do so.
- Top 10 live music concerts in Chicago for winter 2024: Living Colour, Jamila Woods and Mary Timony
- Column: The Chicago Bears were not a disaster, which means progress for the McCaskeys’ football operation
- Rick Steves’ Europe: Tuscany’s day-trip darlings: Pisa and Lucca
- Go away with … Shoji Morimoto
- Who should be selected next for the Chicago Bulls’ Ring of Honor? 5 potential choices for the future.
- Things to do Jan. 11-17 in Pioneer Press and Doings suburbs
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- Daywatch: Human bones found 45 years ago in Batavia home spark new investigation
- Things to do Jan. 12-18 in the Chicago suburbs, northwest Indiana
- Officials say Lake County at inflection point in homelessness crisis; population growing as affordable housing lags behind
- Antioch’s Joel Bulka bulks up role, shouldering new responsibilities: ‘I don’t know where we’d be without him’
- Is Marcus Browder’s dramatic emergence for Hammond Central only the beginning? ‘I’m still learning.’
- Vista Medical Center East board members concerned about hospital finances; ‘We are working through this with everyone’
- Hundreds flock to Gurnee’s snowy Frosty Fest; ‘It’s a good way to end the holidays and start the New Year’
- Hinsdale-Clarendon Hills District 181 schools impressive in U.S. News & World Report state rankings
- Herbert Bronstein, former senior rabbi of Glencoe’s North Shore Congregation Israel, has died
- Second City teachers threaten strike and picketing of shows
- What’s next for Jim Harbaugh? Michigan coach faces decision on whether to stay or go back to NFL.
- Community news
- Coming back from knee surgery, 6-10 Isaiah Martinez stands tall, and stars, for Plano. ‘It’s a process.’
- Migrants no cause for concern in Burr Ridge, mayor says
- Wilmette resident charged with possession of child pornography
- Naperville strip mall being converted into Asian restaurant/store hub; Macarena Tapas closing after 17 years
- Harvey leadership still investigating viral videos showing residents boarded up inside homes
- Evanston reflects on 2023 sustainability goals and looks to 2024
- Crete trustees discuss allowing golf cart on streets, and granting mayor emergency powers
- Stagg grad’s charity started amid pandemic now offers songs of comfort for people in hospice
- Lake Forest Hospital’s first baby arrives a day later than usual; ‘I can’t express the feeling’
- Blinken calls on Israel to work with moderate Palestinian leaders on plans for post-war Gaza
- More delays for NASA’s astronaut moonshots, with crew landing off for another few years
- Irish singer Sinead O’Connor died from natural causes, coroner says
- Lake Bluff Library cutting back hours, closing Sundays; ‘We thought it would be financially responsible’
- Elgin commission signs off on zoning for recreational cannabis dispensary at Clock Tower Plaza
- Young Hearts for Life Junior Board donates books, cards to be distributed to children in the hospital
- La Grange trustees approve hiring new chief to lead the village’s fire department
- Bally’s Chicago boosts casino revenue in December, draws nearly 100,000 visitors to Medinah Temple
- Afternoon Briefing: Chicago could see more snow tonight
- Aaron Rodgers denies implying Jimmy Kimmel was tied to Jeffrey Epstein — but the NFL QB stops short of apologizing
- North Chicago, Waukegan police hope substation will clean up 10th Street Corridor; ‘We really need it here’
- Cicero man charged violating fireworks ordinance in La Grange Park
- Elgin area remains braced for more snow with bitter cold temperatures expected by the weekend
- Hinsdale leadership deliberates with residents over the future of 6th Street
- Services to be held for pastor emeritus of former Infant Jesus of Prague in Flossmoor
- Oak Park, River Forest area school libraries awarded grants from Secretary of State Giannoulias’ office, money officials say will go to buying books, author visits and more
- Naperville receives about 2 inches of snow in winter storm opener; bitter cold moves in this weekend
- Ceremony to honor memory of three Aurora firefighters killed while battling massive 1934 blaze
- Park Ridge water, sewer rates going up nearly 10% after City Council vote
- Chicago Blackhawks file a motion to dismiss a November lawsuit by a former prospect
- Families stroll close to ‘Home for Holidays’ in downtown Oak Park
- Fireworks erupt at Harvey City Council meeting after residents being boarded up inside their apartments sparks outrage
- Park Ridge Blotter: Car stolen at gas station while owner pumped gas
- Valpo Mayor Costas welcomes Councilman Robert Cotton to president role; 2016 resolution repealed
- Chicago Public Schools told to add more training for vendors, address sexual and financial misconduct in annual report from Office of Inspector General
- Former gang leader charged in killing of Tupac Shakur allowed $750K bail, house arrest
- Porter County Commissioner Laura Blaney not seeking a fourth term
- With Trump present in court, judges express skepticism of claims he’s immune from prosecution
- Column: Door closed on community fridge in Aurora for now, but new site may be announced soon
- Glencoe Public Safety signs three year contract
- Highland council takes control of Redevelopment Commission
- Column: At a landmark moment in Chicago Bears history, team leaders need to raise the bar above ‘good enough’
- Lollapalooza sent Chicago Park District record revenue in 2023
- Terrence Shannon Jr., the suspended Illinois basketball star, files a restraining order seeking reinstatement
- Firefighters investigate cause of suspected gas explosion at historic Texas hotel that injured 21
- Morton Grove, Park Ridge, Niles, Skokie, Lincolnwood making plans in case buses drop off migrants
- Defense Secretary Austin kept cancer, surgery complications a secret from everyone — even Biden
- Trump plans to deliver a closing argument at his civil fraud trial, sources say
- Second wave of snowstorm hits Chicago Tuesday evening, with snow predicted to be worst in the northwest suburbs
- Chicago Cubs finally make a move, reportedly nearing a deal with left-handed Japanese pitcher Shota Imanaga
- Investigation into why a panel blew off a Boeing Max 9 jet focuses on missing bolts
- Woman testifies man killed boyfriend when she wouldn’t let him hold newborn
- Cedar Lake woman gets six-year split sentence in connection with infant daughter’s death
- Review: ‘Prayer for the French Republic’ on Broadway shows generations of a Jewish family — with scary prescience
- Eva Dilger sensed danger right away. ‘I heard a pop — like a crack.’ But she’s back now for Lincoln-Way East.
- Following in the family business, Brother Rice’s Zavier Fitch turns into a double-double machine. ‘I can do it.’
- No. 22 Creighton dominates DePaul men’s basketball; Loyola men fall to Richmond