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Un residente de mucho tiempo en Chicago, originario de Bulgaria, murió el pasado lunes mientras estaba bajo custodia de Inmigración y Control de Aduanas (ICE) en un centro de detención en Michigan. Nenko Gantchev, de 56 años, fue arrestado el …

A federal grand jury has indicted six alleged members of the Faceworld faction of the Gangster Disciples, accusing them of being connected to 13 homicides and other violent crimes across the city, according to court documents. Diontae Harper, 28; Tyrone …

Seven children are facing battery charges in an attack on a mother and her 9-year-old son near a Far South Side elementary school last month, according to Chicago police. The children — ranging in age from 10 to 13 — …

Browsing Nike sweatsuits in a downtown athletics store alongside Bears wide receiver DJ Moore, 18-year-old Madison had to pinch herself. “I was like, ‘This isn’t real,’” she said. Madison, a freshman at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, was one of 10 …

A group of Illinois lawmakers who were denied entry into U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s processing facility in suburban Broadview in June returned on Monday, court order in hand, and toured the facility for roughly an hour. The U.S. Reps. …

For almost 32 minutes there was nothing at all pretty about No. 2 Curie’s 42-40 win against No. 6 St. Ignatius in the Merry Madness Holiday Shootout at Young on Monday. It was a defensive slugfest. Curie junior Kendall Holiday …

Barry Manilow will be having surgery to remove a cancerous spot on his lung and will reschedule his January concerts, the singer announced Monday. Manilow, 82, said doctors found the cancer after he had an extended bout of bronchitis, at …

The U.S. Department of Justice sued Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker and Attorney General Kwame Raoul over the state’s new law aimed at limiting immigration enforcement in courthouses. The law, signed by Pritzker this month, bars immigration enforcement from courthouses and …

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Editor’s note: Once again, we bring you this classic Mike Royko Christmas column. It is considered one of his most popular columns, though he often later said he didn’t like it much. He started it in 1963 and tinkered with …

DEAR ABBY: My sister, “Blanche,” and I didn’t grow up together after she turned 13. I was 6 at that time, and our grandmother raised her. We talked on the phone a lot until I was 45 and my husband …

Gregory Bovino took Chicago by storm this fall when he led the U.S. Border Patrol through the streets during the mass-deportation campaign dubbed “Operation Midway Blitz.” During that time federal agents shot two people and arrested thousands. Bovino frequently posted …

A man was shot to death early Tuesday in South Deering on the South Side, according to Chicago police. The man was found unresponsive with a gunshot wound to his back around 6:20 a.m. in the 1600 block of East …

Three Bears players were named to the league’s Pro Bowl Games on Tuesday: center Drew Dalman, guard Joe Thuney and safety Kevin Byard. The all-star honors reflect the 11-4 Bears’ rise in the NFL world this year. They had only …

Please send scores and corrections to preps@suntimes.com. Schedule provided by Jack Gleason. Send schedule updates to hsbballjg@gmail.com. Tuesday, December 23, 2025 NONCONFERENCE Bulls Prep at Glenbrook South, 1:00 Hansberry at Ellison, 12:30 Montini at Northridge, 5:00 BARRETO BOYS & GIRLS …

Chicago Mayor Brandon says he will not veto a 2026 budget that he has called “morally bankrupt,” instead allowing it to go into effect and staving off political gridlock and the risk of an unprecedented government shutdown. “I will not …

The White Sox announced Tuesday that they signed left-hander Sean Newcomb to a one-year, $4.5 million contract. It’s not quite a press conference for Munetaka Murakami, but the Sox needed another reliable arm on their pitching staff. To make room …

El primero de cuatro vehículos sin identificar de la Patrulla Fronteriza se detiene en una estrecha calle de un solo sentido en Albany Park. Un agente en el asiento trasero enciende su cámara corporal. Al principio, el metraje no tiene …

Two cybersecurity professionals, including a former employee of a Chicago firm that helps resolve ransomware attacks, pleaded guilty last week to hacking a medical device company and extorting a ransom of nearly $1.3 million to unlock its servers. Kevin Tyler …

Two men were shot, one of them fatally, on a CTA Pink Line train in the Loop early Tuesday after they began arguing with a knife-wielding man who took a gun from one of them and shot them both, Chicago …