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The property where Marie’s Pizza and Liquors, a beloved Albany Park pizza joint and liquor store that opened in the 1940s, is located is for sale for $1.7 million, according to Darwin PW Realty. It comes more than a year …

Dissecting Seth Jones’ performance is always tricky. His overpriced $9.5 million salary-cap hit makes him a lightning rod for criticism from fans, many of whom somehow believe the Blackhawks would be better off without him, which is misguided. Not only …

The buyer of Chicago Bulls legend and NBA Hall of Famer Michael Jordan’s mansion in Highland Park has been revealed: a 42-year-old real estate executive from Lincolnshire. John Cooper, a partner at Lincolnwood-based HAN Capital, bought the 56,000-square-foot property for …

Como muchos estudiantes, la ayuda financiera fue un factor decisivo para Nora Harvey, estudiante de psicología de la Universidad de Illinois en Urbana-Champaign (U of I, por sus siglas en inglés). A pesar de que su padre, que murió cuando …

Deja las llaves del auto en casa. La Agencia de Tránsito de Chicago (CTA, por sus siglas en inglés) y Metra están ofreciendo viajes gratis en la víspera de Año Nuevo. La CTA no cobrará tarifas desde las 10 p.m. …

PONTIAC—The relationship between Simeon and the Pontiac Holiday Tournament dates back to 1995. The Wolverines have participated in 29 of the 93 tournaments, winning 16 titles. It ended on Saturday after Simeon lost to Benet 67-66 in overtime in the …

Several people were stabbed Saturday afternoon at a restaurant in south suburban Oak Forest. Officers responded about 2 p.m. to Jamaica Jerk Choice, 6066 159th Street, where they found multiple people with stab wounds, Oak Forest officials said. It wasn’t …

Cook County Crime Stoppers has doubled its reward offer to anyone who can provide information leading to an arrest in a mass shooting that killed three people this month in Chicago Lawn. The reward has been increased to $20,000, up …

PONTIAC—Simeon and Benet have played several important, exciting games over the past decade. The matchup lived up to its legacy in the semifinals of the 93rd Pontiac Holiday Tournament on Saturday. There were too many twists and turns, ups and …

Forty years after World War II, the U.S. government commissioned a study to examine the impact of the internment of Japanese Americans. Public hearings included testimony from those who had been imprisoned, many of whom had never before spoken about …

Just when it was all coming together for guard Ayo Dosunmu. It’s a good thing he’s used to adversity. The Bulls announced Saturday that the sore Achilles that kept him out of the previous game now is being categorized as …

A South Side Metra line was delayed Saturday night after a train struck a car in Washington Heights. A Chicago-bound Metra Rock Island train hit a car around 7:30 p.m. near the 103rd Street station at 10355 S. Vincennes Ave. …

The conversations between executive and coach are an almost daily ritual. Bulls vice president Arturas Karnisovas never has been shy about discussing any relevant topics with Billy Donovan. But on the trade front, not a peep. Karnisovas isn’t one to …

Two men are charged with beating a food delivery driver and stealing his electric bike last week on a CTA Red Line train on the South Side. A 20-year-old man boarded an inbound train at 69th Street about 8 a.m. …

Chicago police are searching for a driver who hit a 90-year-old man as he crossed the street Saturday in Edgewater. Chicago police say the driver of a gray or silver 2005 Chevrolet Equinox struck a 90-year-old man who was crossing …

Chicago police are searching for a driver who hit a 90-year-old man as he crossed the street Saturday in Edgewater. The man was crossing the street about 5:45 p.m. in the 6000 block of North Broadway when the driver of …

PONTIAC—DePaul Prep has won back-to-back Class 3A state championships with teams built on defense. This season’s edition of the Rams plays a more up-tempo style, but Saturday in the 93rd Pontiac Holiday Tournament championship game it all came down to …

Missing two starters and chasing six points midway through the fourth quarter, Warren didn’t flinch. Led by repeat tourney MVP Jaxson Davis and much improved big man Zach Ausburn, the Blue Devils rallied past Lincoln Park 59-58 Saturday to win …

Moon alert Avoid shopping and important decisions from 5 to 10:55 p.m. Chicago time. After that, the moon moves from Sagittarius into Capricorn Aries (March 21-April 19) An average day Travel plans might be pie-in-the-sky today; nevertheless, relations with friends, …

“Uneventful.” That was the cute and thankful response I gave, a few months ago, when people asked how my week was going. It was also the kind of sad and bland new year I would have hoped for if you’d …