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When Dan DeFranza’s family moved to the Northwest Side decades ago, his dad looked around for a high school to become a fan of. The choice was Notre Dame, a decision that set the course of DeFranza’s life. “I’ve been …

Mayor Brandon Johnson‘s administration closed the city’s landing zone for newly arrived asylum seekers slightly ahead of schedule, announcing Friday a new shelter intake center on the Lower West Side open to anyone experiencing homelessness. The closure of the landing …

Holiday travel is projected to hit record-high numbers, eclipsing the record set five years ago, as travelers hit the road or take to the skies over the next few days. Auto club AAA projects 119.3 million people will travel at …

Undefeated Geneva has barely been challenged this season. The Vikings’ closest game was a seven-point win against St. Francis. On paper, a trip to rival Batavia, which features Jax Abalos, one of the few Division I players in the area, …

Chicago’s Board of Education unanimously approved a resolution Friday that aimed to save seven Acero charter schools slated for closure for one more year then take over five of them in 2026. Acero parents and educators saw the vote as …

SOUTH BEND, Ind. —Marcus Freeman learned the hard lessons from all those big losses as well as the inexplicable ones. On Friday night, in the first game in college football’s new playoff era, the Notre Dame coach celebrated the most …

Moon alert There are no restrictions to shopping or important decisions. The moon is in Virgo. Aries (March 21-April 19) An average day Unexpected events might take place today that affect your job, your health or your pet. (Note: Pet …

The Board of Education voted unanimously to fire Chicago Public Schools CEO Pedro Martinez during an extraordinary special meeting Friday night after a monthslong leadership struggle with Mayor Brandon Johnson that has engulfed the school district. The saga doesn’t appear …

And the winner is . . . What happens when the “fill in the blank” line is left empty? On those super-rare occasions when no one has earned or deserves the honor? Hard to understand, harder to fathom and grasp that this …

The week before Christmas, I rode Metra into Chicago, my old hometown, to run a few errands before the winter weather set in. I had no idea that on my day trip, I would receive a message from the universe. …

DEAR ABBY: I’ve been with my boyfriend for a year and a half. We broke up for a while, but got back together and have been doing great, and we got engaged six months ago. Last week, we had a …

Bears tight end Cole Kmet, who grew up a Bears fan in Lake Barrington, knows fans at Soldier Field on Sunday might not be in the holiday spirit. “I know what the expectations were coming into this season. I definitely …

Notes come from around Chicago outdoors and beyond. WILD OF THE WEEK Not all sandhill cranes departed for Jasper-Pulaski Fish and Wildlife Area in Indiana. Readers continue to report sightings of sandhills around the area, including Vince Hall on these …

With all the tawdry drama surrounding Chicago Public Schools in recent months, capped Friday by the bad move of Mayor Brandon Johnson’s hand-picked School Board firing CPS CEO Pedro Martinez, it’s all too easy for too many people to forget …

“His face was … aquiline, with high bridge of the thin nose and peculiarly arched nostrils … his eyebrows were very massive … the mouth … was fixed and rather cruel-looking, with peculiarly sharp white teeth … his ears were …

It’s hard to distance yourself from sugar. Sure, it’s in your favorite desserts, but it’s maybe also lurking in your sandwich bread and go-to bottled salad dressing. It’s everywhere in the supermarket, which is why so many Americans are consuming …

I was taking a walk in a local park this fall when I ran into a neighbor. He works with Chicago Public Schools, and he mentioned that the first state championship in girls flag football would soon be underway, and …

Customers of the Illinois Department of Public Health may have had personal information exposed in a hack of an employee’s email. IDHS said it experienced a “privacy breach” through a phishing campaign that was sent to employee emails April 25. …

A man was killed and a woman critically hurt in a shooting in the Woodlawn neighborhood early Saturday, police said. Police responded to the 1700 block of East 67th Street around 12:35 a.m. and found a man and a woman, …

Please send scores and corrections to preps@suntimes.com. Saturday, December 21, 2024 NOBLE LEAGUE – BLUE UIC Prep at Golder, 11:00 NORTH SUBURBAN Zion-Benton at Mundelein, 6:30 NON CONFERENCE Antioch at Benet, 3:00 Beecher at St. Joseph-Ogden, 3:30 Belvidere at North …