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- Daily Horoscope for December 09, 2024
- Asking Eric: Can someone reserve a table at a bookshop?
- Today in History: Gov. Rod Blagojevich arrested on corruption charges
- Today in Sports History: Chicago Blackhawks’ Marc-André Fleury reaches 500 career wins
- Ask Anna: Is it wrong to break up because of their family?
- Imperiled wetlands save the Midwest billions in flood damage costs, study shows, but they’re disappearing
- Letters: Peoria’s public sleeping ban will create a never-ending cycle of poverty
- Becoming Clark Griswold is holiday magic for ‘Christmas Vacation’ superfan
- Restaurant news: Chef Erick Williams opens Cantina Rosa, the only craft cocktail bar in Hyde Park
- Amy J. St. Eve and Michael Y. Scudder: The judiciary just lost the legendary Judge Joel Flaum
- Katherine Yon Ebright: Donald Trump plans to exploit the Alien Enemies Act. The courts should stop him.
- Editorial: AI is ‘helping’ with your online holiday shopping, whether you like it or not
- Sheldon H. Jacobson: Time to reassess how NFL penalties hold back offenses
- For the Chicago Blackhawks, the only way is up. What’s the outlook for season now — and for Connor Bedard?
- Chicago Bears were outcoached, outplayed and outclassed. Brad Biggs’ 10 thoughts on Week 14’s dud of a ballgame.
- Should Roki Sasaki join the Chicago Cubs? Rahm Emanuel, a fan and US ambassador to Japan, is being diplomatic.
- What are the matchups in the College Football Playoff? And who are the favorites? Here’s what to know.
- Daywatch: Two seismic weeks that toppled Syria’s government
- ‘Emilia Pérez’ leads Golden Globe nominations with 10, followed by ‘The Brutalist’ and ‘Conclave’
- Waukegan’s Alliaya Cade takes next step after good freshman season. ‘I just catch on quickly.’ Opponents will too.
- Zelenskyy open to Western troops providing security for end to war in Ukraine
- Adam Schiff to be sworn into the Senate, where he wants to be more than a Donald Trump antagonist
- ‘Polarization’ is Merriam-Webster’s 2024 word of the year
- Bobby Narang’s girls basketball rankings and player of the week for Lake County
- Lincoln Park home of the late Joey Meyer, former DePaul men’s basketball coach, slated for demolition
- Oswego looks at honoring Zentmyer family for its impact on the village
- Score big with the best ice hockey sticks
- MLB teams can start bidding for Japanese right-hander Roki Sasaki on Tuesday
- Make ice fishing easier with these top augers
- Hobart main firehouse gets a face lift
- Steve Millar’s Daily Southtown boys basketball rankings and player of the week
- Column: Abundance of volunteers a sign of hope in troubled times
- Rick Armstrong’s Aurora-Elgin boys basketball rankings and player of the week
- Cast announced for Steppenwolf’s ‘Purpose’ on Broadway
- Illinois better prepared for possible recession than it was in 2007 or 2020, study shows
- Lake County has almost 10K lead water pipes; ‘It’s a known toxin’
- Naperville Police Arrests for Nov. 27-30
- No. 19 Tennessee returns to women’s AP Top 25 to end the school’s longest drought; UCLA and UConn remain 1-2
- ‘It’s like a baby tuba!’ Tuba players of all sorts gather for festive annual concert
- ‘Making the Movie Home Alone’ documentary in Winnetka to spill insider stories
- Editorial: The Syrian diaspora declares itself to be free. But the Hamas hostages still must come home.
- Elected officials meet with Navy about future of troubled Halsey Village; ‘There is an opportunity for economic development’
- Column: Tips to save your holidays from scammers
- Tennessee grabs No. 1 in men’s AP Top 25 after shakeup — while No. 3 Iowa State has highest ranking since 1950s
- Michael Peregrine: Dick Allen isn’t going to return to save the Sox again. But there are lessons here.
- After late start in wrestling, Homewood-Flossmoor’s Davion Henry turns it up a notch. ‘I knew what I had to do.’
- Community news: Valparaiso’s Good Neighbor, Mount Baldy program and PFAS webinar
- Jim Dodge to stay on ballot as challenger to Orland Park Mayor Keith Pekau after objection pulled
- Afternoon Briefing: Becoming Clark Griswold
- Wind Creek opening boosts Illinois casino revenue in November as Bally’s Chicago numbers drop
- Gary man charged with sexual assault
- Former Thornton Fractional South wrestling coach charged with sexual assault of student
- Elgin man charged in stabbing death of his estranged wife
- New, returning Kane County Board members sworn in at ceremony
- Deerfield Winter Holiday Market’s celebratory atmosphere showcases local artisans’ work
- Police: Portage man threatened another driver with loaded gun on US 30
- Cicero teen charged with firing on squad car, striking officer
- Mayor Brandon Johnson says top adviser voting in Texas is ‘personal matter’
- 7th Circuit upholds Gary drug car wash sentence but rebukes federal prosecutors
- Miracle on Main Street in downtown Lake Zurich brings community together to celebrate
- Shedd Aquarium shows off new centerpiece Wonder of Water and a refreshed rotunda
- Indiana Supreme Court declines to review state law after sheriff’s criminal case ended
- HelloFresh being investigated for alleged child labor violations at Aurora plant
- Gary Common Council to vote on animal shelter bid Tuesday
- Children enjoy pancakes with Santa Claus at annual Lake Bluff-Lake Forest Kiwanis Club Breakfast
- Donations pouring in for residents displaced by Crown Point fire
- Two rescued after fire in South Holland home
- La Grange Park celebrates community with lighting of trees
- Lake County mental health center for vets, first responders opens; ‘This center is really going to make a difference’
- Chicago Symphony Orchestra offers ‘cultural nourishment’ in west suburbs with free show
- 2024 Rotary Santa Run in Arlington Heights is a record breaker with 2,012 participants
- Lake Zurich starting $4M Main Street corridor project; ‘It will totally change the look and feel … for decades’
- Officer K9 Chase retires from Lake Forest Police Department after nearly six-year run
- Veteran lefty Matthew Boyd, the grandson of a die-hard Chicago Cubs fan, sees ‘a ton of upside’ in his new team
- Fire Chief Peter Siebert retiring after eight years at helm of Lake Forest Fire Department
- East Benton Street in downtown Aurora reopened to traffic
- Chicago grand jury charges Syrian intelligence officials with war crimes
- 2 men shot to death in Matteson, police investigate possible link
- La Grange Holiday Walk draws 1,000 people for shopping, revelry
- Skokie Village Board OKs $100 million Westfield Old Orchard redevelopment
- City delays permit decision for Pilsen scrap metal shredder, residents feel neglected
- A timeline of the fatal shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson and search for his killer
- Speaker Sphinx? Sitting U.S. congresswoman testifies about Madigan’s odd Egyptian nickname
- Grady Sizemore sticks with the Chicago White Sox, named offensive coordinator with the 2025 coaching staff
- 4 women drop lawsuit accusing former Indiana attorney general Curtis Hill of groping them
- A different kind of homeless shelter for men opens in Rogers Park
- From Will County to oil country: How the Ferrari family built the rapidly growing Phoenix Capital Group
- Dr. Shiping Bao’s journey from excellence to justice
- Suspect in the killing of UnitedHealthcare’s CEO charged with murder
- Dansby Swanson’s need for hernia surgery in October ‘surprised’ the Chicago Cubs
- Mike Tauchman goes from North Side to South Side after agreeing to contract with White Sox