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Here’s what happened at Halas Hall on Thursday: Wright back After missing Wednesday’s practice with a knee injury, Bears all-pro right tackle Darnell Wright returned — and was limited — Thursday. Wright wore sleeves over both legs but no hard …

West Suburban Medical Center and Weiss Memorial Hospital are expected to be sold to Insight Health Systems, bringing a monthslong, bitter legal fight over the safety-net hospitals to an end. The hospitals’ landlord, Rathnakar Reddy Patlola, made a late-night deal …

Closing public schools in Chicago became a political hot potato after former Mayor Rahm Emanuel shuttered 50 at once in 2013, creating upheaval in communities and leaving neighborhoods with decaying empty buildings. But as student enrollment continues to drop, a …

It’s a loaded weekend around the area in Week 5. Here are previews of a few of the best games. No. 5 Providence at No. 22 Nazareth, 6 p.m. Friday An intriguing Catholic League crossover only got more interesting with …

Blackhawks coach Jeff Blashill delivered a rousing speech to his team Wednesday night, some 12 hours before the first on-ice session of training camp. The Hawks’ media relations team wanted to record it for future promotional videos. Blashill declined that …

Please send scores and corrections to preps@suntimes.com. Thursday, Sept. 17 BLUE SOUTH Back of the Yards def. Washington, fft. RED NORTH Urban Prep vs. Muchin at Lane, 7:30 RED SOUTH Corliss 58, Vocational 8 WHITE CENTRAL Dunbar vs. Collins at …

Patrick Finley and Jason Lieser preview the Vikings game Sunday at Soldier Field. New episodes of “Halas Intrigue” will be published regularly with accompanying stories collected on the podcast’s hub page. You can also listen to “Halas Intrigue” wherever you …

Former U.S. women’s national team coach Vlatko Andonovski has joined the Stars as chief soccer officer, the team announced Thursday. Andonovski’s new team has already been eliminated from playoff contention this season with a 5-17-2 record. The Stars fired coach …

Foul play is not suspected after the body of a man was found in a parked police vehicle Thursday morning at the city’s Calumet District station in the Pullman neighborhood. The remains were found in the backseat of a new, …

A city staffer who works as a timekeeper for the Chicago Police Department was ordered held in jail Thursday after he was charged with sexually abusing a 14-year-old girl he allegedly met on a dating app for teenagers. Cook County …

The Francis W. Parker School scored a victory in its yearslong battle against some Lincoln Park neighbors over its plan to build a middle school on West Belden Avenue. The school, which has been in Lincoln Park for 125 years, …

After a disappointing year, some hard conversations are coming for the Sky. The big one will be with coach Tyler Marsh about whether he’s earned a third season. Marsh told the Sun-Times on Thursday he hasn’t yet discussed his job …

The Lincoln-Way School District Board of Education voted unanimously to allow the students involved in the racial harassment incident during the football game at Homewood-Flossmoor on Sept. 4 to withdraw voluntarily from Lincoln-Way East rather than be expelled. “This investigation, …

A man was charged with the murder of a woman in West Ridge in February, police said. Darreon Plummer, 33, of suburban Glen Ellyn, faces a first-degree murder charge in connection with the fatal shooting of 36-year-old Da’J Dameka Flowers. …

Images of Woodlawn’s DJ Morgan will haunt Bowen’s football players for at least the next few days. The Boilermakers were powerless to stop Morgan on Thursday. The junior running back scored four touchdowns and ran for 261 yards in Woodlawn’s …

Amtrak officials and developers faced off against angry community members Thursday, opposing construction plans for a massive rail yard in Chinatown, Bridgeport and Armour Square beginning as early as the end of this year. The plan, headed by White Sox …

A 56-year-old woman was wounded after being shot in an alley in Chatham late Thursday, police said. At about 8:12 p.m., police said the woman was walking in an alley in the 8100 block of South Maryland Avenue when she …

Moon alert Avoid shopping (except food and gas) and important decisions after 3:15 p.m. Chicago time. After that, the moon moves from Sagittarius into Capricorn. Aries (March 21-April 19) An average day This is a poor day to challenge anyone …

A man was hospitalized Thursday after he was shot in the neck while inside a vehicle in Morgan Park, police said. Police said the victim, a 29-year-old man, sustained a single gunshot wound to the neck at about 8 p.m. …

Mientras municipios, ciudades y universidades en Illinois y en todo el país rompen lazos con Flock Safety, una revisión exhaustiva de contratos realizada por WBEZ encontró que cinco de las 12 universidades públicas del estado aún trabajan con la controversial …