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Housing and Development

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Reality TV star and luxury broker Ryan Serhant opening Chicago outpost

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Things To Do

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9 Chicago theater performances to get your Halloween fix this fall

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Sales surge for businesses near Rate Field as White Sox gears up for Game 3

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City replaces homemade benches in Ukrainian Village with ADA-compliant seating

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Amazon taking over long-vacant West Town warehouse for same-day deliveries

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Former Itasca, West Chicago police officers charged with felony misuse of Flock cameras

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Chicago cop fired 2 guns during off-duty shooting that left person wounded in Little Village, COPA says

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White Sox anticipating raucous crowd, seek to clinch first postseason-series victory at home since 1906

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Benet's Gene Heidkamp tops our list of high school basketball coaching awards

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White Sox have leaned into strengths with heavy bullpen use, but change is coming

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Dear Abby: Husband struggles to manage wife's dementia and hoarding

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The Chicago Mini Crossword

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Natalie Y. Moore

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Call me a proponent of keeping cellphones out of classrooms

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Controlled Substances Act is faulty barometer that allows arbitrary criminalization

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Driver dies in rollover crash on Chinatown feeder ramp

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'Divergent' author Veronica Roth returns with new twist on her bestselling series — on her own terms

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'She was a spark everywhere she went' — Pilsen grieves one of its own

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Review: Doja Cat struts, slinks and shakes through her energetic, femme-forward show

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Lime warns Divvy deal could push company from Chicago

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Video gambling saturates Chicago area — here's how many allow it, how many don't

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Lincolnwood man 'exploited the trust of the Orthodox Jewish religious community' in alleged fraud scheme

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Son of Applebee's restaurant tycoon gets prison after he 'dodged, bobbed and weaved' $1M in child support

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Woman alleges in new lawsuit she was sexually abused as a teen in 1990s at the Willow Creek megachurch

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How to vote in the November 2026 Illinois general election

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CPS Elected School Board 2026: Find your candidates and understand the races

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What you need to know about Chicago's historic school board election

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Meet the candidates for Chicago School Board president

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Chicago's 20 school board races: Who's running and how the campaigns are taking shape

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How we made the CPS School Board voter guide

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Key education endorsements for CPS School Board candidates

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Should Chicago close more schools? Candidates for school board president diverge on key issue

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As school board election nears, CPS parents incensed by political group at school event

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Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker lost 80 pounds with help from GLP-1 medications. What are they?

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Federal judge sides with Kalshi, blocks new Illinois rules on prediction markets

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Finance Committee backs $260.8M settlement resolving cases tied to former cop Reynaldo Guevara

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Former Illinois House GOP Leader Jim Durkin crosses party line to endorse Gov. JB Pritzker over Darren Bailey

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Chicago woman shot by Border Patrol sues feds — and keeps pushing for criminal charges

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Man sentenced to 15 years for selling gun to undercover cop used in fatal shooting

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4-year-old boy critically wounded in South Deering shooting

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Police looking for man who punched woman on CTA platform

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Woman charged in killing of 7-year-old girl has history of jarring attacks

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Movies and TV

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He's writing. He's acting and documentary filmmaking. But Bob Odenkirk yearns for the stage.

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Museums and Zoos

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Multimillion-dollar momentum builds for a 9-site Bronzeville cultural zone

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Palestine Fest comes to Bridgeview for its fourth year. 'I just love being around our people'

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Review: The Chicks remain defiant as ever in 'Taking the Long Way' 20th anniversary tour

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Watercolors by Peace Prophet hang in homes across Chicago. But the artist has no home of her own.

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White Sox seemingly try to make Guardians sad, sleepy with workout music playlist

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Bulls' Matas Buzelis having his patience tested and hopes to be passing

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High School Basketball

4 years ago

A look at what some former local hoops stars could have been worth in today's NIL college basketball world

10 hours ago

New coach Matt Majkrzak looks to change NIU's basketball fortunes

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High School Football

6 months ago

IHSA football playoff qualifiers with two wins? That should be enough for several teams

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Bears report: RB Kyle Monangai's thumb injury not considered serious

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Bears-Packers: Sunday is coach Ben Johnson's chance to back up what he screamed in January

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Bears rule out QB Caleb Williams vs. Packers, will start backup Tyson Bagent again

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Halas Intrigue podcast: Bears ground Jets

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Michael Jordan commits $10 million to UNC School of Social Work in honor of his mother

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Bulls guard Josh Giddey knows thing or two about word 'rebuild'

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Bulls excited to see what Matas Buzelis-Caleb Wilson team-up looks like

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Horoscope for Tuesday, October 06, 2026

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Dear Abby: Partner's married daughters are allowed to visit whenever they want

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Horoscope for Monday, October 05, 2026

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Cook County pledges $8 million to help south suburban communities clean summer storm damage

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'All heat-related deaths are preventable' but in the Chicago area 16 died from heat this summer

3 days ago

Search underway for Chicago's next Christmas tree

4 days ago

Ticket prices soaring for first White Sox home playoff game

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Residents near Ryan Field welcome football back to the neighborhood — with apprehension about other events

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Lawmakers look to require AM radio in new cars despite automakers' pushback

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Taraji P. Henson stars in 'Give Me Some Sugah,' film about a South Shore baker reuniting with long-lost son

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Food and Drink

1 year ago

These Chicago chefs and restaurants are finalists for the Banchet Awards, the top local food honor

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Apple picking 2026: Your guide to 9 orchards in Illinois and beyond

7 days ago

Super 25 Football Rankings

1 month ago

Michael O'Brien's Super 25 high school football rankings for Week 8

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High school football schedule for Week 8

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Loyola's defense steps up to shut down the St. Ignatius ground game

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Missouri jumps to No. 14 in AP Top 25 after blowout win over Florida

2 days ago

Illini stunned at home by Boilermakers

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Notre Dame, Carr run past Bill Belichick's Tar Heels

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Reality bites as feel-good Bulls will have to start playing games soon

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Summer of change for Bulls' Matas Buzelis but what will that look like?

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Bulls and Caleb Wilson getting defensive in first week of training camp

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With new dad Bowen Byram back in fold, Blackhawks hope to stabilize defense

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How NHL's salary boom affects Blackhawks' negotiations with 2027 restricted free agents

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Blackhawks' disastrous opening trip ends with late loss to Sabres

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Housing Action Illinois sues HUD as Trump administration brands nonprofit 'radical left NGO'

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Nation and World

1 year ago

Renee Good's family sues U.S., immigration officials over her killing in Minneapolis

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Idaho authorities present new lead on Tylenol murders tied to recently identified man

13 days ago

Attorney general, city seek to end 'sickening' smells from Southeast Side plant

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Early voting kicks off in Chicago for 2026 midterm election

5 days ago

Illinois passed the nation's first climate migration law. The effort has languished since

8 days ago

Dennis Hastert, former U.S. House speaker disgraced by sex abuse allegations, dies at 84

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McHenry man sentenced to 12 years for battering infant son

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Daily Herald journalists vote to form labor union

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University of Chicago demystifies science with annual festival

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CPS School Board candidate Sendhil Revuluri drops out, making it a three-way race

6 days ago

University of Chicago theoretical physicist honored as MacArthur Fellow

7 days ago

One public toilet? Chicago bathroom desert belies its aspirations to be world-class city

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Bears' defense — the No-Names of the Midway? — is standing up and demanding to be noticed

2 days ago

Housing counseling services are a public investment — not favors

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Legalizing video gambling terminals is a bad bet for Chicago

13 days ago

Youth caregivers shouldn't be backstop for systemic failures

16 days ago

State's attorney's proposed pretrial changes undermine justice

22 days ago

Letters to the Editor

7 years ago

Take caution, but don't avoid fruits, vegetables during contamination outbreaks

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Trump has been trashing election results, democracy from the start

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I got my doctorate at 75, which shows it's never too late to pursue your dream

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2026 Chicago Marathon — what to know, how to watch

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2 charged in Streeterville armed robbery that injured New York tourist

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Cyclist fatally struck by driver in East Garfield Park

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Tuesday, October 6, 2026

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How about these gas prices?

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'One Day Came a Rumble': How Midway Blitz inspired a children's book to help kids cope during scary times

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How a Chicago park became an arboretum

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When should you get your flu, COVID-19 shots? Right now

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