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The Cook County Crime Stoppers are offering a $10,000 reward for information leading to an arrest in the “especially tragic and disturbing” shooting death of an Office of Emergency and Management and Communications dispatcher early Friday in the Back of …

Please send scores and corrections to preps@suntimes.com. Friday, Sept. 11 BLUE NORTH Steinmetz 20, Chicago Academy 14 RED NORTH Prosser vs. Urban Prep at Rockne, 4:30 RED SHIELD Kenwood 46, Lane 3 Young 24, Lincoln Park 6 RED SOUTH South …

ST. LOUIS, Mo. — From a detached, outsider perspective, the 2026 White Sox have been doing backstrokes in an infinity pool full of house money all year. To have 75 wins at all, let alone with 16 games remaining, is …

A federal jury on Friday found rapper Lil Durk not guilty of the attempted killing for hire of rival rapper Quando Rondo at a Los Angeles gas station, a shooting that resulted in the death of Rondo’s cousin. The jury …

Loyola linebacker Will Mettee is well-known in the Catholic League Blue, but the Boston College recruit isn’t one of the state’s headline stars. Friday in Wilmette, in the biggest local game of the high school football season so far, up …

A look at how the Super 25 fared in Week 4. 1. Loyola (4-0): Won 27-24 vs. No. 6 Brother Rice. 2. Mount Carmel (3-1): Won 56-26 vs. Marist. 3. Lincoln-Way East (4-0): Won 50-7 vs. Bradley-Bourbonnais. 4. Oswego (3-1): …

Downers Grove North’s Kevin Jay only played one series last week and it went down to the wire whether he’d play this week. But the senior stepped in when needed and delivered the throws that helped the No. 17 Trojans …

Moon Alert There are no restrictions to shopping or important decisions today. The moon is in Libra. Aries (March 21-April 19) An average day Relax and take it easy today. The moon is opposite your sign, which can create a …

Analyzing the Bears’ 2026 schedule: Week 1. Sept. 13 at Panthers, noon (Fox 32) If not for a trade, Caleb Williams might be a Panther. He and Bryce Young, whom the Panthers took with the No. 1 pick the Bears sent …

Columnist Roger Simon, who for 40 years covered every presidential election, joked that he needed to be buried in his hometown of Chicago, despite living in Washington, D.C., for half his life. That way, he would say, he could still …

You may know that embattled Legislative Inspector General Michael McCuskey has agreed to resign his post by the end of September. But this sorry saga shouldn’t end there. The Legislative Ethics Commission should immediately launch an investigation into why so …

This weekend, tourists at Cloud Gate may find themselves drawn to the adjacent Jay Pritzker Pavilion, enticed by music booming from the lawn speakers. But when they approach, they’ll find the Millennium Park stage perplexingly empty. Without realizing it, they’ve …

This article references suicide. If you are in crisis, please call, text or chat with the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline at 988, or contact the Crisis Text Line by texting TALK to 741741. Michelle Thompkins wants to empower her son …

Chicago author Jonathan Eig’s non-fiction book, “The Birth of the Pill,” does not come across as an obvious candidate for theatrical adaptation. It’s filled with compelling details about the development of the revolutionary contraceptive and spreads its focus out over …

During the COVID-19 pandemic, Chris Clark was furloughed from his corporate job. So he started giving tennis lessons in Lincoln Park’s Oz Park. The former college tennis player has built his onetime side hustle into the racket sports company Toss …

DEAR ABBY: About 15 years ago, my nephew gave me a birthday gift of a baseball bat signed by a top player. I love baseball, so it was a lovely gift. After I thanked him, he said, “When my son …

Keshia Golden’s plea deal acceptance was a bittersweet victory after courageously fighting a legal system historically stacked against survivors criminalized for defending themselves. Despite more than 50 police calls, four arrests documenting her partner’s abuse and an order of protection, …

We asked readers whether the White Sox should build a new ballpark by the river, as minority owner Justin Ishbia has proposed. Here’s what you told us, lightly edited for clarity: “A new White Sox stadium by the river would …

This week’s top photo comes from photojournalist and Photo Desk Editor Ashlee Rezin. Follow her on X and Instagram. What makes this photo important? Nearly every American above a certain age remembers where they were on Sept. 11, 2001. I …

Since the last time they played a meaningful snap, the Bears have lost more on defense than they’ve gained. Safety Kevin Byard, the NFL’s interceptions leader last year, and cornerback Nahshon Wright, its takeaway leader, each left for free agency. …