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- Daily Horoscope for April 26, 2024
- Ask Amy: Sex offender lives in the neighborhood
- Today in History: Chernobyl nuclear plant disaster
- Letters: Bears want a new stadium? They should try winning more games.
- Eric Herman: Confessions of a Duke Ellington convert
- David Greising: Illinois Tier 2 pension promise needs to be fixed
- Editorial: Want to move to Canada? Think carefully, Americans.
- Paul Vallas: CTU’s Sustainable Community Schools model is a Trojan horse
- What to do around Chicago: Trace Adkins, C2E2 and a bookstore crawl
- Kenilworth mansion in ‘Planes, Trains and Automobiles,’ the 1987 film featuring Steve Martin, listed for $2.6M
- Have you met Chicago’s Bug Girl? Janelle Iaccino wants to enlighten the city on the greatness of the creepy, crawly things
- Column: Will Sundance Institute x Chicago be good for the local film industry?
- Sen. Steve McClure: Victims of domestic violence deserve better protection in Illinois
- Virtual reality headsets ease treatments for young patients at Advocate Children’s Hospitals
- Around the Southland: Sandburg engineering students succeed, fire damages Orland restaurant, more
- Chicago baseball report: Injuries not slowing the Cubs down — while historically bad White Sox look for bright spots
- 25 players the Chicago Bears could consider on Days 2 and 3 of the NFL draft
- Trump’s lawyers seek to discredit testimony of prosecution’s lead witness in hush money trial
- Daywatch: How colleges are responding to pro-Palestinian demonstrations
- Michael Osipoff’s baseball rankings and player of the week for Northwest Indiana
- Woman dies in overnight fire in Bronzeville
- Sophie and Lanie Rosner can be battery mates. But Benet freshmen have few limits. ‘They can play all over the place.’
- Man dies after being found shot 20 times in Englewood
- Naperville News Digest: Daughters of the American Revolution present annual Naperville award; League of Women Voters holding program on ‘mis/disinformation’
- As some universities negotiate with pro-Palestinian protesters, others quickly call the police
- A look at past and future cases Harvey Weinstein has faced as his New York conviction is thrown out
- Heidi Stevens: My friends and I are turning 50. Now do we get to stop hating our looks?
- 2 teens seriously wounded overnight in South Shore
- Bevy of defensive playmakers are available in Round 2 of the NFL draft after historic offensive run
- Illinois woman arrested after reaching 110 mph with toddler in vehicle
- Braden Carman’s ‘eyes light up’ when he bats. Mundelein’s 5-foot-8 senior is opening others’ eyes too.
- Event in Montgomery to offer slice of farm life
- Playing for her grandmas, Gianna Butler scores twice as Tinley Park fights breast cancer. ‘It meant a lot to me.’
- Illinois man extradited in Gary girlfriend’s death
- Column: ‘I’m a big Caleb believer.’ Hope blooms once again for Chicago Bears fans.
- After an award-winning season, Drew Burris wanted to ‘do it again.’ But the Hobart junior is doing it better.
- Steve Millar’s Daily Southtown girls soccer rankings and player of the week
- Kane County property tax bills to be mailed soon
- Vinzant and Spencer in state Senate rematch
- Rush partners with top-ranked MD Anderson, aiming to give patients more access to the latest cancer treatments
- Summer Smash 2024: Travis Scott, Playboi Carti and Chief Keef are headliners
- Gary man, 22, gets 13 years for shooting man in leg at gas station
- R. Kelly’s Chicago conviction to stand after appellate court rejects attempt to toss it
- Unfazed by wearing No. 13, Kelcie McGraw helps Lockport turn the screws on Sandburg. ‘It’s a nasty pitch.’
- Amazon users swear by this dress that’s perfect for wedding season
- Church news
- You can get any of these Chromebooks for under $300
- Pro-Palestine protests sweep across Chicago area’s college campuses, as students demand schools divest from Israel
- Tony Baranek’s Daily Southtown softball rankings and player of the week
- How to keep your child safe as they try out their first sport
- Where there’s Will Richards, there’s a way. Naperville North senior finds it. ‘My parents taught me resiliency.’
- Running the bases, Lincoln-Way East’s MJ Schley never sees red or even yellow. ‘I always have the green light.’
- From the Farm: Milk, eggs and DeMotte reader’s family travel history all noteworthy this week
- Review: ‘Illinoise’ puts movement to the music of Sufjan Stevens — it’s not the usual Broadway show
- Steve Millar’s Daily Southtown baseball rankings and player of the week
- Developer looks to build gas station on northeast side of Aurora
- Bishop Noll’s Gavin Knight is ‘the life of the team.’ Which one? It doesn’t matter. He doesn’t slow down.
- Kane County further delays sales tax referendum decision
- A first-pitch double and score a run. That’s the mindset of Bartlett’s Josh Colaizzi. ‘It’s always awesome.’
- Review: Wynton Marsalis’ Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra in a spirited, if uneven, collaboration with the CSO
- Paul Johnson’s Aurora-Elgin area baseball rankings and player of the week
- Afternoon Briefing: Protests continue for second day at Northwestern
- What we do — and don’t — know about the gun-related arrests at Naperville’s Topgolf
- Decent: Looming influx of cicadas feeling a lot like a biblical plague, but things could be far, far worse
- William Kallas, mayor who led efforts to bring lake water to Oakbrook Terrace, dies
- Wilmette Village Board outlines 2024 comprehensive plan
- Review: Hay and fever dreams in Joffrey Ballet’s wild and wacky ‘Midsummer Night’s Dream’
- Lawsuit claims Lansing police officer shoved student at Thornton Fractional South
- West Aurora’s Keira Hayton wasn’t slaphappy. She had a concussion. But a year later? ‘She flies under the radar.’
- Lake County high school students present their projects for the Mikva Challenge
- Cook County Commissioner Monica Gordon is the Democratic Party’s choice for county clerk
- Editorial: For the DNC, Kim Foxx is scrapping do-not-prosecute rules for ‘peaceful’ protesters. She should do so permanently.
- Good showing on this week’s ‘Next Level’ pushes ECC’s Laidlaw into final four
- Biden administration indefinitely postpones rule that would ban menthol-flavored cigarettes
- Rick Armstrong’s Aurora-Elgin area softball rankings and player of the week
- Gary non-profit buys historic Geter Means home in Means Manor
- Column: Stories, and the faces behind them, matter in battle against opioid abuse
- Bradshaw: Philosophy major offers variety of career paths
- Law & Order column: Lake County detectives search for Beach Park store robber
- El famoso chorlito de Chicago Imani ha vuelto a la playa de Montrose para el verano
- Column: Left tackle Braxton Jones emerged as a winner from Chicago Bears’ Round 1 draft bonanza
- Aurora adopts new fine designed to cut down on drivers fleeing police
- Here’s a look at the protests over the war in Gaza that have emerged on college campuses nationwide
- Backlash continues in Hammond as some students walk out of school
- Lake County leads multi-city 911 dispatch consolidation into next stages; Sheriff’s Office to remain separate due to logistical concerns
- 140,000 people did their taxes with the free IRS direct file pilot, but the program’s future is unclear
- The Way We Were: Cock Robin ice cream shop went into the history books in 2000, but its story dates back to 1931
- Merrillville tow truck driver convicted in murder
- Hinsdale District 86 teachers square off against school board, call for reorganization and new president
- Elgin News Digest: Carpentersville hosting Mental Health Awareness Month events in May; CASA Kane County hosts inaugural Countryside Clays Sporting Tournament; ‘Those Were the Days’ host to talk about old-time radio at St. Charles library
- Paramedic who injected Elijah McClain with ketamine before his death avoids prison
- Michael Penix Jr. hears from Kirk Cousins — and Michael Vick — after landing with Atlanta Falcons as NFL draft’s 1st-round surprise
- U.S. Steel air permit hearing draws a crowd
- Gary woman gets 25 years for role in Calumet Township bank robbery where guard from Tinley Park killed
- NFL to allow players to wear protective soft-shell helmet covers during games
- With new partnership, Rush Copley in Aurora aims to become ‘destination cancer program in the western suburbs’
- Unique Bob Dylan poster — and story that goes with it — puts Naperville resident on ‘Antiques Roadshow’
- Pilots forced to return to New York after emergency slide falls off a Delta Air Lines plane
- Winnetka Park Board censures commissioner vocally opposed to Elder/Centennial project
- Veteran outfielder Tommy Pham joins Chicago White Sox as the struggling offense looks for a boost
- Photos: Chicago Bears introduce No. 1 pick Caleb Willams and No. 9 pick Rome Odunze
- IDOT planning to close Illinois, Lavoie ramps as part of Route 20 overhaul in Elgin
- Caleb Williams and Rome Odunze fearlessly vow to raise expectations for the Chicago Bears: ‘What’s the reason to duck?’
- McKinley Park man gets 50-year sentence for 2016 killing of Brighton Park teen, attorney general says
- Mark Leiter Jr. and Yency Almonte stepping up to solidify Chicago Cubs bullpen amid injuries
- Warrant names suspect in slaying of Chicago police officer
- Caleb Williams breaks Caitlin Clark’s draft-night record for jersey sales after the Chicago Bears select him at No. 1
- Baseball and local scores for the Southland, Aurora, Elgin, Naperville and Lake County
- Chicago White Sox snap 7-game skid with 9-4 win against Tampa Bay Rays behind Chris Flexen’s strong start
- Chicago Cubs and Shota Imanaga keep finding ways to win, routing the Boston Red Sox 7-1: ‘It’s a total group effort’