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- Daily Horoscope for August 23, 2024
- Asking Eric: Friend goes silent after five-figure loan
- Today in History: Salad Bowl strike begins
- DNC in Chicago: What happened as Democrats wrapped up final day of convention
- What to do in Chicago: Pink in concert, Chicago Hip Hop Weekend and chalk art all over Howard Street
- If you’ve crossed a starting line, you’ve heard his voice: Dave Kappas announces races from Chicago Triathlon to Shamrock Shuffle
- Optimistic Democrats go heavy on the patriotism at DNC convention in Chicago
- Letters: Citation of ‘abortion’ by DNC speakers versus RNC speakers is telling
- Troy Williams: How Sox youth baseball is changing lives on Chicago’s South and West sides
- Clifton Truman Daniel: Saying goodbye to longtime Chicago family pharmacy Tarpey’s
- Elizabeth Shackelford: Passing the torch to Kamala Harris could bring needed change to US-Israel policy
- Editorial: Welcome home, Lorraine Hansberry
- Heidi Stevens: When you’re not quite ready to launch your kid, but you wouldn’t have it any other way
- Editorial: In a tense DNC week, Larry Snelling and his men and women in blue have been a credit to Chicago
- Grandkids honor legacy of Palos Lion with service club of their own
- Lake County entertainment calendar
- Aurora entertainment calendar
- Elgin entertainment calendar
- Naperville entertainment calendar
- Southland/Northwest Indiana entertainment calendar
- NWI Symphony 2024-25 season brings back Broadway, movie music of John Williams
- Fact-checking Kamala Harris’ speech and more from Day 4 of the DNC
- Waukegan Township steps in as resource for senior citizens with an emergency need for assistance
- Chicago baseball report: Cubs’ faith in Miguel Amaya paying off — while White Sox strive to play ‘tough, clean baseball’
- Daywatch: What happened as Democrats wrapped up final day of convention
- Chicago Bears went 4-0 in the preseason. Get Brad Biggs’ 10 thoughts on the 53-man roster — and what else to know before Week 1.
- Libertyville’s Avery Maddux, whose mother played volleyball at Loyola, may follow in those footsteps after all
- Man wounded overnight when leaving at restaurant in the West Loop neighborhood
- Boone Grove’s Maria Otero has been a setter and an outside hitter. Both in same match? Just another challenge.
- Man shot while driving overnight, 2 others injured including toddler in Chicago Lawn neighborhood
- Elgin News Digest: Elgin police add new dogs to K9 unit; CASA executive director to receive TriCity Family Services award; ribbon-cutting event being held for Longmeadow bridge
- Last body from sunken superyacht has been recovered off Sicily
- 48-year-old man in critical condition after being found wounded in alley in Grand Boulevard neighborhood
- Bobby Narang’s top 10 girls volleyball teams and 25 players to watch in Lake County for the 2024 season
- Aurora World War II vet looks back on a lifetime of service
- Man left in critical condition after being stabbed overnight in West Garfield Park neighborhood
- Kids Expo and Touch-a-Truck event planned in Aurora
- Tony Baranek’s top 10 girls volleyball teams and 25 players to watch in the Southland for the 2024 season
- The 10 best bread boxes on Amazon
- The best farmhouse end tables for rustic charm
- ‘It’s our time’: As Harris accepts the nomination, many women say a female president is long overdue
- Naperville girls volleyball preview: Matt Le Cren scouts the teams for the 2024 season
- Aurora eyes ComEd energy efficiency grant for new Public Works facility
- Kamala Harris’ racial and cultural firsts were onstage throughout the Democratic convention
- Hilary Decent: There’s nothing like the southern charms experienced in Charleston, South Carolina
- Stephen Colbert strips to his undies at Wrigley, gets singing lessons from Jennifer Hudson on Night 4 of ‘Late Show’ in Chicago
- Steve Millar’s top 10 boys soccer teams and 25 players to watch in the Southland for the 2024 season
- Around the Southland: Will County trail extension project complete, more
- Park Ridge aldermen chilly to hotel developer’s ask for $7.5 million in incentives
- Review: It’s the Out of This World tour, and that’s what Missy Elliott delivers
- Lake Station e-learning tough on kids, teachers
- Make no mistake, Northwestern recruit Bella Bullington focuses on one goal for Marist. ‘This is the pinnacle.’
- Purdue University Northwest welcomes students, celebrates new school year
- Roads are reopening around Chicago as the DNC ends. Here’s when all the security perimeters will be removed.
- The Way We Were: Looking back to 1955, when Naperville had just one high school
- Worship news
- Matthew Suchecki, who also plays golf in the fall, grabs reins for St. Laurence in soccer. ‘He’s taken charge.’
- ‘Good One’ review: A father-daughter hiking trip leads to a heart-rending feature debut
- Porter County candidates questioned over support for possible public safety tax
- Texas, other GOP-led states sue over program to give immigrant spouses of US citizens legal status
- Michigan man acquitted in Merrillville house fire arson case
- Mental competency hearing set for accomplice in Hammond home invasion
- Chicago Bears add to their defensive front with a trade for pass rusher Darrell Taylor
- Chicago Bears DB Douglas Coleman III released from hospital after being taken off on a stretcher during preseason game
- Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says he’s suspending his presidential bid and backing Donald Trump
- Rick Armstrong’s top 10 girls volleyball teams and 25 players to watch in Aurora-Elgin area for the 2024 season
- Cast of new animal characters await visitors at Randall Oak Zoo’s World of Wonders
- Park Ridge police: Teen arrested for fleeing and eluding, two vehicles stolen
- District 60 officials working on African American Male Achievement Initiative to help underachieving students
- DNC in Chicago: A photojournalist’s view of the protests from the 4-day event
- Waukegan woman died in fall from high-rise apartment building
- As Aurora approves final Del Webb plans, alderman concerned about traffic impact on Route 30
- From friendship bracelets to camo hats, what Chicago DNC fashion over the past week tells us about politics today
- Afternoon Briefing: City-run free speech platform during DNC met with frustration
- From the Farm: Boston baked beans rank rich in flavor and history
- Paul Johnson’s top 10 boys soccer teams and 25 players to watch in Aurora-Elgin area for the 2024 season
- Ex-Thea Bowman substitute teacher in Gary charged with child seduction
- Wilton brings its ‘sweet’ baking classes to Naperville after pandemic ended them: ‘There’s a lot of love in this type of thing’
- Canadian union threatens to strike against freight railroad hours after trains resume service
- RFK Jr. suspends presidential campaign, endorses Trump shortly after favorable Illinois elections board decision
- Law & Order column: Woman charged with possession of stolen vehicle after allegedly leading police on high-speed chase
- Under spotlight of DNC, Mayor Brandon Johnson sought to boost progressive, pro-labor brand
- Students’ love of marine life leads to Naperville North’s Aquarium and Reefing Club, ambitious fundraising efforts
- ‘Can we stop talking about 1968?’ Chicago’s top cop takes victory lap after DNC protests.
- At least 5 Secret Service agents have been placed on modified duty after Donald Trump’s assassination attempt
- Naperville teen helps initiate state law requiring climate change be taught in schools
- Lil Jon and Stevie Wonder, country artists and rumors of Beyoncé: the soundtrack of the DNC
- Second time around, East Carolina recruit Katie Schuele sets up Metea Valley for success. ‘She’s wonderful.’
- What life is like when the DNC is your neighbor for a week: ‘They caged me in’
- Big 12 leaders to discuss potentially inviting UConn after school makes pitch
- Deion Sanders will no longer answer Denver Post columnist’s questions, Colorado says, citing ‘sustained, personal attacks’
- Round Lake Beach man sentenced to 10 years in prison for 2020 vehicle crash that killed two people
- Column: Pete Crow-Armstrong’s progress — and his inside-the-park HR — one of the few bright spots left for Chicago Cubs
- DNC spotlight brought clean CTA stations and helpful staff: ‘If only it was this clean every day’
- Chicago White Sox GM Chris Getz on the team’s managerial search: ‘Hopefully we can check all the boxes’
- Lakefront mansion in Winnetka listed for $18M
- Back from Bosnia, Streamwood’s AJ Sabanovic raises the bar for himself. ‘We’re going for 40-something goals.’
- After meeting for 10 hours over two days, Sugar Grove Village Board continues meeting again on controversial development
- The White House insists it is making progress on Gaza cease-fire as talks continue over the weekend
- A second ex-Memphis officer pleads guilty in Tyre Nichols’ death. He could serve 40 years in prison
- Photos: Detroit Tigers 5, Chicago White Sox 2
- Chicago Sky’s Angel Reese becomes 1st player in WNBA history with consecutive 20-rebound games
- Chris Flexen’s winless streak reaches 19 games for the Chicago White Sox, who are 2-23 when he starts