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The IHSA state football championships will be played Friday and Saturday at Illinois State’s Hancock Stadium in Normal. Friday, Nov. 28 CLASS 1A Lena-Winslow vs. Brown County, 10 a.m. CLASS 2A Wilmington vs. Maroa-Forsyth, 1 CLASS 3A Byron vs. Tolono …

A winter storm watch is in effect for northern and central Illinois and northwest Indiana from late Friday through Sunday, according to the National Weather Service. A regional winter storm is expected to move across the lower Great Lakes on …

Most NHL players claim they avoid looking at the standings, but there’s one trope they have begrudgingly memorized: the standings are largely set by American Thanksgiving. “I know that’s usually the indicator: 80% of the teams that are in usually …

Starting cornerbacks Jaylon Johnson and Kyler Gordon will be back on the Bears roster in time to face the defending champion Eagles on Friday. The Bears will activate both from injured reserve later Thursday, NFL Network reported. The Bears had …

Illinois is among a group of Democratic states suing the Trump administration, seeking to block a change to the federal food stamps program that the states say unlawfully prevented some legal immigrants from accessing the aid. Kwame Raoul, Illinois’ top …

No one was injured after a home exploded in Calumet City Wednesday night, according to a city official. Firefighters responded to a call of a small frame house explosion around 6:15 p.m. near 155th Street and Price Avenue, city spokesman …

Thynoise King is planning to serve a Thanksgiving dinner Thursday to his five children when they visit him. But King, 66, needs help to make the ends meet. On Wednesday, he joined dozens of Chicagoans to receive free food at …

PACKERS at LIONS Time: Noon, Fox 32 Line: Lions by 2½ Total: 48½ Records (overall/ATS): Packers 7-3-1/4-7; Lions 7-4/6-5 Outlook: Against the Giants, the Lions got bailed out by RB Jahmyr Gibbs (264 total yards). But he’s averaging only 64 …

Theater Cheyenne Casebier and Lawrence Grimm star in “Gaslight,” running Nov. 28-Jan. 4 at North Shore Center for the Performing Arts in Skokie. Greg Inda Northlight Theatre presents Steven Dietz’s “Gaslight,” a Victorian mystery based on the original play by …

For Jimmy Murray, there’s not much to be thankful for this year. With a leaky toilet, no working stove and a cockroach infestation, Murray hopes his living conditions improve soon at the Harrison Courts Apartments in East Garfield Park. “It’s …

Northwestern University is reportedly nearing an agreement with the Trump administration that would restore hundreds of millions of dollars in frozen funding and end a federal antisemitism investigation. The New York Times reported Wednesday that Northwestern would pay a $75 …

WASHINGTON — Two West Virginia National Guard members who deployed to the nation’s capital were shot Wednesday just blocks from the White House in a brazen act of violence. FBI Director Kash Patel and Washington Mayor Muriel Bowser said the …

The Illinois Supreme Court has elected to weigh in on whether disciplinary hearings for Chicago police officers accused of serious misconduct should be held in private. Wednesday’s decision to take up the case came after Chicago’s Fraternal Order of Police …

St. Rita coach Martin Hopkins has a good idea of what is happening right now across much of the South Side. “I’m sure there will be a lot of trash talk this week at Thanksgiving,” Hopkins said. With the Mustangs …

High school basketball is more fun with big men. High quality guards will always rule the high school game, but when a skilled and exciting tall player showcases his skills, the gym feels like a special place. DePaul Prep senior …

Dr. Carrie Soloway, the Chicago psychiatrist whose gender journey was the inspiration for the Amazon show “Transparent,” has died. Dr. Soloway counseled patients in private practice for more than four decades as Dr. Harry J. Soloway. Dr. Soloway died from …

In a couple months, Kendall Griffin will travel a thousand miles to his new home for the next four years. But the transition from Chicago to Laramie, Wyoming, will be eased by the presence of a familiar face. Griffin, one …

If Amazon is trying to keep millions of people home on Black Friday to shop from its wares, it might have devised the best way to do it. Three words: free live sports. On Friday, Amazon’s Prime Video will broadcast …

Since Lovie Smith and Dave Toub left the Bears after Smith was fired following the 2012 season, two high-level coaches in particular have been able to rise above the dysfunctional muck at Halas Hall to be the best version of …

Cubs general manager Carter Hawkins admits that he was the “low guy” on right-handed pitcher Cade Horton when the team was preparing for the 2022 MLB Draft. That wasn’t a knock on Horton himself, or his standout performance in the …