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- Asking Eric: Mother resentful after daughter moves back in with ex
- Today in Chicago History: Danny Bonaduce vs. Donny Osmond — in the boxing ring
- Today in History: Prohibition of alcohol begins in the US
- Daniel Biss: Evanston will protect residents from Donald Trump’s immigration officials
- Editorial: Trump now has to stick the Gaza ceasefire
- What to do in Chicago: Cubs Convention, Puppet Fest and an MLK concert
- Nominations close soon in our Readers’ Choice Food Awards. Want to compete? Download our media kit.
- Find your Chicago school district and meet your school board representative
- Will Johnson: Many Chicago residents think their rent is too high
- Peter H. Schwartz: Will the influence of Catholic ‘natural law’ on Trump officials make America medieval?
- David Greising: Taxpayers deserve to know just how much governments fattened themselves on federal COVID-19 money
- Editorial: Should Chicago have a specific mechanism for recalling its mayor? With caveats, yes.
- Chicago Reader announces layoffs and CEO exit as alternative weekly struggles to survive as nonprofit
- Pro-Trump Latino business leaders launch campaign for border security and legal status for ‘Dreamers’ and essential workers
- Ahead of Trump 2.0, Women’s March rebrands as ‘The People’s March,’ with local events. Can they revive the fervor of 2017?
- Letters: A to-do list for the new Chicago Board of Education
- Teens are ‘showing up,’ helping out via growing Palos Leo Club
- ‘September 5’ review: The 1972 Olympics hostage crisis goes live, again, in a tense docudrama
- Column: Chicago Bulls’ Lonzo Ball showcases the NBA’s need for a Comeback Player of the Year award
- From coaching candidates to ‘classic prank’ on Caleb Williams: 10 Chicago Bears storylines to watch for this weekend
- Tony Award-winning British actor Joan Plowright, widow of Laurence Olivier, dies at 95
- President Joe Biden commutes sentences of nearly 2,500 people convicted on nonviolent drug charges
- Nalia Clifford steps into the spotlight for Neuqua Valley. At showtime, ‘she has the ability to take over.’
- Daywatch: Evidence phase of Madigan’s corruption trial is complete
- A Colorado pastor thought he could make flat-Earthers see the light in Antarctica. It didn’t work.
- ‘Juuuust a bit outside!’ Bob Uecker’s acting — and broadcasting — ability came together in ‘Major League.’
- FIFA bans Panama soccer president for his fat-shaming comment at women’s national team star
- Conquer freezing days with these top heated jackets for men
- 5 takeaways from the Chicago Blackhawks’ 10th loss in 12 games, including finding Connor Bedard’s missing piece
- Designed for curves, loved for comfort: Top plus-size leggings
- Plans to offer co-ownership shares in Michael Jordan’s former mansion appear legally permissible, officials say
- Chicago business owner Mellody Hobson to step down as lead independent director at Starbucks
- Lemetrius Williams steps forward as a leader for 21st Century. Personal goals wait. ‘We want a state title.’
- Heidi Stevens: Yes, 2025 is off to a heartbreaking start. And we can help heal it
- Chicago Cubs unveil a new ‘Blues Alternate’ uniform — and the navy ‘Wrigleyville’ jersey will be retired
- Detroit Lions and Washington Commanders meet nearly a year after coaching decisions affected their trajectories
- Capital One dealing with service disruption, mostly related to deposits
- Supreme Court upholds law banning TikTok if it’s not sold by its Chinese parent company
- 3 in custody after Hazel Crest shooting wounds woman
- Lake County business leaders told to expect ‘solid’ economic growth, despite uncertainties
- Grayslake Central’s Vincent DeMarco is poised for success. But work never ends. ‘A great face of our program.’
- Joe Biden says the Equal Rights Amendment should be considered ratified
- SpaceX launch accident likely caused by fire that sent trails of flaming debris near the Caribbean
- PWHL’s Takeover Tour drawing attention and ‘We want a team’ chants as expansion looms
- CBP One border app that became ‘a salvation’ for migrants to legally enter the US may end
- Changing temperatures wreaking havoc on Waukegan water mains; ‘We encourage people to be ready’
- Michael Osipoff’s boys basketball rankings and player of the week for Northwest Indiana
- Ozempic, Wegovy and other drugs are among 15 selected for Medicare’s price negotiations
- How Donald Trump’s political and business interests will intersect in the White House
- Corte Suprema de EEUU ratifica ley que prohíbe TikTok si no es vendida por su empresa matriz china
- Chicago weather: Friday warmth expected to give way to minus 7 Tuesday
- Donald Trump swearing-in will move inside Capitol Rotunda because of intense cold
- Justin Baldoni demanda a Blake Lively y Ryan Reynolds por 400 millones de dólares
- Waubonsee to offer free tax services at Aurora campus
- Gary council president wins Calumet Township trustee caucus
- Events planned in Aurora to celebrate Martin Luther King Day
- Chrystia Freeland se postula para reemplazar a Justin Trudeau como primer ministro de Canadá
- Merrillville Clerk-Treasurer, Town Manager disagree over bond signature requirements
- Kaniya Perkins and Takevia Sashington are ‘establishing another culture’ at West Side under an Indiana icon
- A rare gold medal from the 1904 St. Louis Olympics sells for $545,371 at auction
- Worship news: Blood drive and Hope in the City Mass
- Letters to the Editor: Many questions unanswered about Elgin’s tent city
- Letters to the Editor: City must say no to extending IMEA electricity contract
- Donna Vickroy: As the LA fires have shown, everyone needs a fire — and other disaster — safety plan
- Appreciation: In David Lynch’s dreams, cinema cracked open a little wider
- Key moments from Kristi Noem’s hearing for Homeland Security chief
- Security a priority at Unrivaled with cyber stalking on the rise toward women’s basketball players
- Da’Jha Johnson, all-state quarterback in flag football, comes through on the court for Hillcrest. ‘Still amazing.’
- The Way We Were: Very first Medicare recipient in 1966 was a Naperville woman
- The Senate advances a migrant detention bill that could be Donald Trump’s first law to sign
- Clarendon Hills moves to settle fire chief position
- Geneva man accused of killing girlfriend and her son to remain detained at Kane County jail
- Afternoon Briefing: Pro-Trump Latino business leaders launch campaign
- Medicare agrega a Ozempic, Wegovy y otros medicamentos a su lista para reducir precios
- Geneva City Council votes to include $68 million bond referendum question on April 1 ballot
- Column: State may raise age for required senior-citizen road tests
- Northwest Indiana casinos report decrease in year over year winnings in December
- La Grange brings police force to full strength with officer hire, squad car purchases
- New middle school English curriculum coming to Indian Prairie School District 204
- Quadriplegic man convicted in E.C. killing asks to leave prison, saying he’s not getting adequate medical care
- Law & Order column: Zion man arrested on drug, weapons charges
- Budding pilot Brayden Swanson takes flight for Oswego. But wrestling comes first. ‘Just keeps going and going.’
- Overflow crowd demands Will County Board reject quarry plans for site not far from Naperville
- Arctic blast to hit Southland, challenging drivers, public works crews
- How the deal to pause the Israel-Hamas war could unfold
- Grand Avenue underpass plan gets $13 million federal boost in Elmwood Park
- Federal Reserve says it will leave climate change organization
- How TikTok grew from a fun app for teens into a potential national security threat
- Waukegan High co-principal named Lake County principal of the year; ‘This is your home’
- Evanston strengthens immigrants’ protections against deportation threat
- From the Farm: January marks two decades since Mom’s car accident survival
- US announces $1.2 billion to help finance renewable energy projects in Puerto Rico
- Aurora pastor honored for opening church to those in need during cold nights
- For TikTok users, mourning, frustration and clinging to hope as TikTok ban looms
- Apartment fire in La Grange draws large response Friday
- PADS Lake County to use grant for new administrative center; ‘It’s running out of places to offer … services’
- Judge who released Portage Park domestic violence suspect reassigned
- Former foster mom sentenced to five years in prison, one on probation, in boy’s death
- Mayor Brandon Johnson’s finance reports show trouble raising money, accounting for it
- Column: Homeless and handicapped, Gabe wants place his Fox Valley family can call home
- Mother of slain Plainfield boy Wadee Alfayoumi meets Biden for ‘human-to-human connection’
- Hobart councilman arrested for shoplifting steaks
- LA’s Olympic venues spared by wildfires, but the city’s rebuild could affect the run-up to the 2028 Summer Games
- Israel’s Cabinet approves a deal for a ceasefire in Gaza and the release of dozens of hostages
- Former Chicago Heights Mayor Angelo ‘Sam’ Ciambrone dies at 95, was mayor 1995-2003
- Japanese phenom Roki Sasaki is signing with the world champion Los Angeles Dodgers
- Aurora panel recommends micro-unit apartment plan for historic building downtown
- Former CIA analyst pleads guilty to leaking info on planned Israeli attack on Iran
- Reorganized Valparaiso City Council officers includes female leadership
- Donald Trump wants to cut taxes. So do governors and lawmakers in some states
- What will happen to TikTok on Apple and Google’s app store on Sunday?
- Daily Horoscope for January 18, 2025
- Consortium of community organizations, citizens wants Naperville council to ‘Say No To Coal’
- Mexico expands regional migrant aid to Latin America as Donald Trump’s inauguration nears
- David Grumman, engineer who focused on energy efficiency and air quality, dies
- Antony Blinken says he’s worried Trump administration may abandon key Biden foreign policy initiatives
- Sammy Sosa and Derrek Lee to be inducted into the Chicago Cubs Hall of Fame this summer
- Censured Naperville D203 board member says she wants evidence against her made public: ‘They’ve taken away my credibility’
- Portage Park man charged in connection to pregnant partner’s shooting death
- US accuses Walgreens of filling millions of illegitimate prescriptions, including for opioids
- Elgin News Digest: ‘Zooperheros’ animal show at Hawthorne Hill center; state Rep. Moeller hosting coffee at Elgin library
- Lewis recruit Arden Eaves, a Thornwood transfer, thrives in new role for Homewood-Flossmoor. ‘Play to that level.’
- When the weather is right to ‘make it snow,’ the Villa Olivia hills can open for skiing, tubing and snowboarding
- Alongside heralded twin brother, Ikee Brooks handles point for Rich Township. And he gets it. ‘I just have to be me.’
- Nikola Vučević scores a season-high 40, but the Chicago Bulls lose to the Charlotte Hornets for their 4th straight defeat
- Basketball and local scores for the Southland, Aurora, Elgin, Naperville and Lake County
- DePaul snaps a 39-game regular-season Big East skid with a 73-68 win over Georgetown
- Taking page from Kobe Bryant’s game, Donte Montgomery powers Oak Lawn past TF South. ‘That primary person.’