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- Daily Horoscope for August 12, 2024
- Asking Eric: Husband messaging women on Facebook Dating
- Today in History: Charlottesville car attack
- Today in Sports History: Usain Bolt ends stellar career with injury
- Parking meter deal violation could cost Chicago over $100 million
- Scott Gillespie: Tim Walz’s greatest skill is adaptability
- Letters: Editorial board gives PAC too much credit for Rep. Cori Bush’s defeat
- ‘There is not enough pie’: When companies file for bankruptcy, workers with unpaid wage claims are left in limbo
- Andy Brehm: Tim Walz has been a disaster for the once-thriving Minnesota
- Laura Washington: The African Festival of the Arts, a path to my heritage, has sadly been canceled
- WMAQ-Ch. 5 news anchor Alex Maragos buys Kenilworth home for $1.5M
- Editorial: Main Street has weathered the ‘retail apocalypse’ adroitly. But there’s still plenty of brick-and-mortar uncertainty.
- Working Families Aurora to hold 1st Ward candidate forum
- Column: Should the Chicago White Sox make a change in the TV booth in 2025 or keep the status quo?
- 4 moments that mattered for the Chicago Bears in their preseason win, including Caleb Williams’ big throw
- Daywatch: The legacy of the Paris Olympics
- Local Olympians won medals, fell short, overcame injuries and broke records. Here are their stories.
- Democrats launch first paid ad campaign for the Harris-Walz ticket in battleground states
- US women’s basketball future looks bright — but the rest of the world is closing the talent gap
- Best gold facial mask
- Four men shot in altercation at South Loop business, one in critical condition
- Repair clinic at Aurora church offers chance to get bikes fixed before start of school year
- Best enamel toothpaste
- Steve Millar’s 10 things to watch as high school football kicks off with first day of practice in Illinois
- 2 fans charged with trespassing after delaying last inning of White Sox-Cubs City Series game
- Chicago basketball report: Former Sky players star in gold medal game — and Angel Reese sets ‘Unrivaled’ offseason plans
- K-pop music, dance, Korean culture star at Taste of Korea in Skokie
- Review: “44 — The unOFFICIAL, unSANCTIONED Obama Musical” deliciously skewers Barack, Joe, Michelle and the gang
- Georgia is No. 1 in preseason AP poll with Ohio State at No. 2 as expanded SEC and Big Ten flex muscles
- Morton Grove Board tours Public Works to prep for future decision-making
- ICC prosecutors are monitoring Venezuela, where security forces are cracking down on dissent
- Column: Plans for Gurnee homeless shelter appear to be in trouble
- Park Ridge, Niles police welcome residents at National Night Out-type events
- Metra service to O’Hare is about to get much better — for the DNC, at least
- Kathy Byrne, trial attorney and daughter of city’s first female mayor, dies at 66
- Rick Armstrong’s 10 things to watch as high school football kicks off with first day of practice in Illinois
- Evanston/Skokie School District 65 facing $10 million in debt
- Chicago Bears to ask focus groups what they want in new stadium, but not where they want it
- Pro-Palestinian U. of C. graduates receive withheld degrees
- Waukegan library distributes free supplies at Back to School Bash; ‘We are committed to … alleviating some of the financial strain on parents’
- Longtime owners of iconic Banana Split ice cream shop in Aurora set to retire
- A year later, the ‘red boxes’ with life-saving naloxone for opioid overdose still made available
- Marathon swimmer says he quit his trek across Lake Michigan after going in wrong direction without a working GPS
- Column: Grant will help bring clean energy training facility to Park Forest
- First full weekend of the new NFL kickoff rule brings 2 long returns — and plenty of confusion
- Homewood-Flossmoor theater program racks up awards
- New five-year contract approved for School District 308 superintendent
- Lake Forest Day festivities celebrate community pride; ‘A testament to a great city’
- Afternoon Briefing: Judge orders Stateville inmates transferred
- Melissa Wynne not to seek reelection for Evanston City Council
- Waukegan schools open their doors for the year ahead; ‘I’m going to learn some fun things’
- NEO’s Creekside Early Learning Center gets big NWI United Way boost
- Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic Church has new church bells blessed at special mass and dedication
- Once a potential spot for Walmart, Tesla dealership opens in Northbrook
- Boston Red Sox’s Jarren Duran suspended 2 games for shouting homophobic slur at fan who heckled him
- Community news
- Indiana schools and students are facing new laws as the academic year begins
- Glenview Village Board approves grant for cafe to open downtown, but an existing business owner isn’t pleased
- Gary air show to take off this weekend
- Dolton paying $30,000 to settle false arrest lawsuit, charged after protest near Village Hall
- MTV Video Music Awards move to new date because of US presidential debate. VMAs will be on Sept. 11
- Gary man, 69, charged with kidnapping and sexually assaulting girl, 16, from Michael Jackson home
- Glenview resident reportedly loses $100,000 in phone scam
- Evanston police make arrests in multiple early August shootings
- Top Ukrainian commander says his forces now control almost 390 square miles of Russia’s Kursk region
- North Suburban YMCA raises funds to aid families with its 4th Annual Community Strong Golf Event
- The Book Table has been a ‘staple’ bookstore in Oak Park. The owners are set to close it soon.
- Dolton deputy police Chief Lewis Lacey, an ally of Mayor Tiffany Henyard, indicted on federal bankruptcy fraud charges
- Northwestern University enters naming agreement with Northwestern Medicine for temporary football field
- 13-year-old fatally shot in Edgewater identified
- Drop in winds offers hope as Greek firefighters battle huge wildfire scorching the fringes of Athens
- Fourth Paws and Claws Rally for Rescues event scheduled for Sept. 21 in Evanston
- Free COVID vaccines will soon become harder for some to find
- Quake felt from LA to San Diego, swaying buildings and knocking items off shelves but no big damage
- Trump falsely claims a crowd photo from Harris’ campaign rally in Detroit was created using AI
- Jordan Chiles medal inquiry: USA Gymnastics says arbitration panel won’t reconsider decision
- All-Star Dearica Hamby sues the WNBA and Las Vegas Aces, alleging discrimination and retaliation for being pregnant
- La Grange Park Police Department joins three neighboring communities to celebrate National Night Out
- Bill Holland, Illinois’ longest-serving auditor general, dies at 72
- Shutting down Ben Brown is the latest detour for the Chicago Cubs’ young pitchers
- Review: ‘Once Upon a Mattress’ on Broadway has Sutton Foster as our princess of Woebegone, aiming to peas
- Trump and Musk talk about assassination attempt and deportations during glitchy chat on X
- West Pullman man, 18, charged in shooting of cousin, 12, authorities say
- Column: Aaron Judge and the New York Yankees present a giant task — but Chicago White Sox play ‘David’ in 12-2 upset
- Chicago Cubs take positives from erasing 5-run deficit, but 9-8 loss keeps them below .500