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Kenwood’s multifaceted roster has always been a key to the team’s success. Last year, the Broncos were able to score in a variety of ways. Their guards relentlessly attacked the paint and sprayed passes to shooters, and their post players …

It was not the first time the museum resembled a classroom, nor would it be the last. On a Saturday afternoon last year, more than 60 children sat on the floor of the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, drawing and …

Bears quarterback Caleb Williams has never seen anything like Vikings coordinator Brian Flores’ defense: a blitzing, bluffing, chaotic attack meant to confuse veteran quarterbacks, much less rookie ones. The Vikings blitz 37.7% of the time, the highest rate in the …

There isn’t a team on this list ranked in the Sun-Times’ preseason top 25. But it won’t be a surprise if several of them do indeed rise up and climb into the rankings at some point this season. Here are …

A mural in South Chicago celebrates Black and Brown communities working together to revitalize their neighborhood after the century-old U.S. Steel South Works mill was shut down more than 30 years ago. The image on the west-facing wall of the …

We asked readers for CTA etiquette tips. Here’s what you said about riding on an L train or a bus in Chicago, lightly edited for clarity: “Keep purses close to the body, be on the lookout, give the singer a …

It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas in Chicago. The city’s official Christmas tree lighting will take place on Friday in Millennium Park. The tradition has been going on for over 100 years in the city — here’s what …

It might be chilly in Chicago, but “Brat” spring is coming. Charli XCX — who made waves with her 2024 album “Brat” — announced four U.S. tour stops on her Brat 2025 Arena Tour, including a show at Allstate Arena …

A 28-year-old man was fatally shot Friday morning in the South Shore neighborhood. The man was shot several times about 6:10 a.m. Friday in the 7300 block of South Phillips Avenue, Chicago police said. The wounded man was dropped off …

A Cook County Jail detainee who had been locked up for a week was allegedly found in possession of a handgun while he was being released from custody earlier this week, the Chicago Sun-Times has learned. The silver and black …

Blue Man Group, the dialogue-free, three-blue-faced-persons show combining music, mime, art and audience participation — not to mention a whole lotta Cap’n Crunch cereal, PVC piping and marshmallows — is ending its historic run in Chicago, it was announced Friday. The last …

The Hollywood business model has changed drastically over the years, e.g., the narrowing of the gap between a movie’s theatrical release and its home video debut from six months to three months to 90 days, 45 days, 30 days, two …

A man possibly trying to stay warm apparently started a fire in a storage area for a popular Lincoln Park restaurant early Friday. The man and a firefighter were taken to hospitals when propane tanks began burning at 4:20 a.m. …

Connor Bedard may not have a particularly effusive personality, but there has always been an unmissable element of defiance beneath his polished, polite public persona. Right now, deep into the biggest slump of Bedard’s NHL career to date, that defiance …

Soy maestra de Educación para Adultos en los City Colleges de Chicago (CCC, por sus siglas en inglés). Como la mayoría de los maestros de educación para adultos del sistema, imparto una combinación de inglés como segunda lengua y clases …

SoxFest is back, people. For the most part, anyway. The White Sox haven’t hosted a winter fan festival since January 2020, an absence that — by the time the last two offseasons rolled around — struck many as being a …

Despite being listed as questionable, Bears running back D’Andre Swift will play Sunday against the Vikings. “No questions asked,” Swift said Friday. Exactly how much, though, is a different question after new offensive coordinator Thomas Brown gave backup running back …

Kenwood opened last season with the No. 1 ranking and barrels of hype. The season didn’t go as planned, but that is all in the past. Interim coach Joseph Mason has a loaded, motivated team ready to tip off against …

Ahead of the holidays, consumer watchdogs are warning parents not to buy dangerous toys from international sellers for prices that are “too good to be true.” At a news conference Friday about the Trouble in Toyland 2024 report at Lurie …

Hospitals around the country are conserving intravenous fluid supplies to cope with a shortage that could last months. Some hospital administrators say they are changing how they think about IV fluid hydration altogether. Hurricane Helene, which hit North Carolina in …