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Letters to the Editor

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Chicago Sun-Times and WBEZ staff

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City inspects funeral home where 55 decaying bodies were found amid calls for its demolition

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Theater and Stages

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Chicago Shakespeare Theater chief Kimberly Motes to step down

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High School Football

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Mark Williams sparkles in the clutch as Naperville Central beats Warren in the 8A playoffs

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Bulls will broadcast 20 home games in Spanish via SAP

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Horoscope for Friday, October 23, 2026

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Illinois' electric grid is under a lot of stress. What does that mean for consumers?

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Museums and Zoos

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Mayor Johnson announces plan to expand food access, create indoor public markets

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Chicago passengers could see fuel surcharge on taxi fares

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Foundry Park developers break ground on $3 billion project

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Food and Drink

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A new Chicago brewery is making Korea's oldest alcoholic drink

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High School Basketball

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Leo big man Elon Henderson among several local standouts at annual Pangos frosh/soph event

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Ex-Bears kicker Robbie Gould steps down as coach at St. Viator

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Bulls hoping that whupping in season debut in Toronto was rock bottom for rebuild

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Bulls get thumped in season debut as rebuild looks like demolition site

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Bulls add much-needed size with veteran Zach Collins finally returning

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Blackhawks need to improve their breakouts, and thousand-gamer Ian Cole knows how they can

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Pope Leo's doctors say tests show he needs no further treatment for lung cancer

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2 Chicago area members of Congress again received 'suspicious' packages

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Pilsen nonprofit a finalist in national affordable housing solutions program

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Huntley school bus driver charged with possession of child sexual abuse materials

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Victims in Mundelein murder-suicide shooting identified

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2nd woman alleging sexual assault at a University of Chicago frat house feared she was drugged: police report

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UChicago students, high school senior reflect on issue of campus sexual assault

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Northwestern University student pulled from waters of Lake Michigan

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MAGA is wrong. The unrest in France has nothing to do with immigration.

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Obama Center values, respects its workers

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Restrict surveillance systems before America falls down an Orwellian abyss

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Animals in the wild are worthy of personal pronouns

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Thrifting is for need, not for greed

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Share your memory of the night the Cubs won the 2016 World Series

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Man charged with fatally stabbing man near Avondale railroad tracks

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Thursday, October 22, 2026

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Amid ICE fears, some Chicago immigrants are shifting their daily lives to the night

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Chicago Public Media's new digital public square is here!

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