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A man was injured after a shooting in Auburn Gresham Friday afternoon, according to Chicago police. The man, 63, was in front of a residence in the 7800 block of South Emerald Avenue at 5:23 p.m. when a silver vehicle …

A man was hospitalized after a shooting in Hyde Park Friday evening, according to Chicago police. The man, 39, was inside a residential building in the 8100 block of South Drexel Boulevard about 6:22 p.m. when two men approached him …

SAN DIEGO — Garrett Crochet and Lenyn Sosa did their best to forestall the inevitable — an impending 120th White Sox loss that would tie the 1962 Mets’ record for futility. Crochet struck out eight Padres in four scoreless innings …

A man was hospitalized after a shooting in West Pullman Friday afternoon, according to Chicago police. A man, 33, was sitting in a parked vehicle in the 1500 block of West 115th Street at 4:13 p.m. when someone approached him …

Look out, people — Illinois has itself a football team. A 31-24 win in overtime at Nebraska in a Friday-night thriller instantly marked one of the high points of the Bret Bielema era. In their first game as a ranked …

Undefeated conference rivals from neighboring towns facing off. High school football doesn’t get any better. It often takes a little extra something from an important player to turn the tide in such a high-profile game. Friday in Batavia the Bulldogs …

A look at how the Super 25 teams fared in Week 4. 1. Lincoln-Way East (4-0)Won 49-17 at Naperville North 2. Mount Carmel (3-1)Won 45-24 vs. St. Ignatius 3. Nazareth (3-1)Won 33-0 vs. IC Catholic 4. Downers Grove North (4-0)Won …

Justin Buckner had a throwback game on Friday night. A mainstay for St. Rita’s defense at linebacker, the senior took three direct snaps in a Wildcat formation against St. Francis and scored on two of them. That, plus a productive …

Moon Alert There are no restrictions to shopping or important decisions. The moon is in Taurus. Aries (March 21-April 19) You might have some excellent money-making ideas, perhaps about your personal life or your job. They might even be practical …

Notes come from around Chicago outdoors and beyond. WILD OF THE WEEK Joseph Opoka and his granddaughter Gabriella Opoka regularly send photos from the western suburbs and it just makes me happy and hopeful for the future. “Not sure if …

There’s realistically no world in which Coby White and Zach LaVine are thrown into the fall-camp octagon to fight for the starting two-guard spot for the Bulls. Well, until there is. Sort of. Both White and LaVine inevitably will start …

Gerri Norington, 78, who lives on the South Side, says she never wanted to be on her own as she grew old. But her first marriage ended in divorce. And her second husband died more than 30 years ago. When …

Richard Wallace, a community organizer working to ease tensions between Chicago’s Black community and its migrant newcomers, has a keen understanding of why more than 48,000 Latin American asylum seekers have made their way to his hometown over the last …

When will we stop giving away public land for personal use? The “preferred alternative” of the Illinois and Chicago Departments of Transportation — the version of North DuSable Lake Shore Drive they intend to reconstruct — would require spending at …

Are we done yet with the cat memes? I certainly hope so. For more than a week, jokes about rescuing Ohio’s pets had been consuming all the oxygen in my social media feeds. It was, in a way, a logical …

A safeguard built into Illinois’ 2013 law permitting the concealed carrying of guns was that local sheriffs could object when they saw someone they deemed a risk applying for a concealed carry permit. But that safeguard has turned out to …

City landmarks officials are trying to prevent the demolition of an elegant, 19th century building that is among the first structures built in Streeterville after the Great Chicago Fire. The non-profit Johnson O’Connor Research Foundation applied for a demolition permit …

DEAR ABBY: I’m a single mother of two children, an 8-year-old daughter and a 9-year-old son. My daughter’s father is involved; my son’s father is not. I was diagnosed with pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) when my daughter was born and …

When Bears coach Matt Eberflus was asked if he’s going to miss DeForest Buckner on Sunday, he was either playing coy or wouldn’t say. “DeForest is a wonderful, wonderful human being,” Eberflus said. “Great family man. And a really good …

When the halftime buzzer sounds at Providence’s home football games, most of the Celtics head off with their coaches to talk about second-half adjustments. Not Koda Miller. The senior offensive guard grabs his French horn and lines up with the …