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Editorial: Springfield Democrats must heed Eileen O'Neill Burke's call to action on electronic monitoring

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Stevie Wonder announces Chicago concert in November

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Photos: Chicago Air and Water Show 2026

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Photos: A look inside the Obama Presidential Center

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The Blade newspaper in Toledo is for sale, and ownership says it will shut down if no buyer is found

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'Knowledge is free': Students without permanent legal status navigate Illinois in-state tuition changes

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Operation Midway Blitz, one year later: A changed Chicago forges on after the resistance

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Nury Ortega's partner was taken, then deported. Now she helps other families through dance and support.

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The Veraza family heard fireworks, flash bangs and blaring horns. Then a crying baby.

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Stagg High School's 'closet' offers students free clothes, service hours

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Lincoln-Way East students removed from Homewood-Flossmoor football game for alleged 'racist harassment'

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Crime and Public Safety

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East Chicago man on trial for allegedly killing teen who snuck in apartment

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Suspect in custody for slaying of city of Chicago worker: family, records

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New California law will ban watering decorative grass

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Second section of Fox River Trail in Geneva to be closed starting Sept. 14 due to construction project

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U.S. Steel announces Gary Works blast furnace reline completion

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Restaurants, Food and Drink

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Food icon: Mario DiPaolo Jr. of Mario's Italian Lemonade, where summer starts and ends in Chicago

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Iceman on 'Hot Ones:' Chicago Bears QB Caleb Williams takes on popular YouTube series' gauntlet of scorching wings

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Restaurant review: Maplewood Brewery & Distillery now serving whimsical Polish American food around Chicago

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Many Loop restaurants shut their doors during the pandemic. Now new ones are taking their place.

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Data centers near O'Hare win nearly $100M in local tax breaks, leaving suburban homeowners to cover the gap

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As microplastics pollute every corner of the Great Lakes, scientists push governments to combat threat

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Missed opportunities, incomplete investigations preceded discovery of 56 bodies at funeral home

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Today in Chicago History: Lady Elgin — the Titanic of the Great Lakes — sinks off the North Shore

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Lake County Council passes resolution against NIPSCO rate increases

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Batavia Public Library will stay open amid 12-month renovation project starting this fall

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Lake County Council unanimously passes economic development agreement

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