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Michael O’Brien and Joe Henricksen’s weekly look at Illinois high school basketball is back for a 12th season. This episode is all about the preseason Super 25 rankings. We go in-depth on the top teams and discuss each of the …

White Sox fans shouldn’t plan on much outside reinforcement coming to help the team next season. “We’re not actively looking to move anyone, but naturally there is some interest in our players,” general manager Chris Getz said Wednesday. He then …

Recently released documents by Congress from the estate of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein are shedding new light on the disgraced financier’s relationship with prominent Illinois civic figure Thomas Pritzker. Pritzker, Gov. JB Pritzker’s cousin, exchanged at least 20 back-and-forth …

One Chicago restaurant earned a coveted Michelin star Tuesday night, while another was upgraded from one star to two during a ceremony in Philadelphia. Chicago’s Kasama was elevated from one star to two stars. The Ukrainian Village Filipino restaurant is …

A data breach at St. Anthony Hospital could have exposed the personal information of patients, staff and others, according to hospital officials. In February, the hospital learned a “small number” of employee accounts had been accessed by an “unauthorized actor,” …

Mayor Brandon Johnson’s corporate head tax is not dead — even after being voted down by the City Council’s Finance Committee — because his veto threat creates a threshold that cannot be overcome, a powerful mayoral ally said Wednesday. Budget …

Bears quarterback Caleb Williams has been through a lot in the NFL, but it’s still early in his career. He’s barely past the halfway point of his second season, so plenty of new challenges lie ahead. This week, in his …

White Eagle Events and Convention Center in Niles, which hosted dinners for numerous celebrities, a pope and a president, will permanently close at the end of the year. Ted Przybylo opened the business in 1947 in Chicago and moved it …

The Coalition for Spiritual and Public Leadership said the U.S. Department of Homeland Security used “shifting, contradictory, and often opaque communication” to deny clergy the ability to pray with detainees at the ICE facility in Broadview, including late immigrant activists …

WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump signed legislation Wednesday that compels his administration to release files on convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, bowing to political pressure from his own party after initially resisting those efforts. Trump could have chosen to …

PORTLAND – Billy Donovan admittedly thought it would happen in Denver. After all, the Bulls coach watched his team fall in double overtime the night before in Utah, get on a plane to the “Mile High City” afterwards, and then …

It was choppy. It definitely wasn’t pretty. The Near West Side has seen snow drifts that were more artful and traffic jams that were easier on the eyes. But it’s early. Too early to make any assumptions about where Illinois’ …

Moon alert Avoid shopping (except food and gas) or major decisions from 3 to 4:45 a.m. After that, the moon moves from Scorpio into Sagittarius. Aries (March 21-April 19) A positive day Today, you feel a strong urge to get …

PORTLAND, Ore. – The body is as good as it’s been since the Bulls made Patrick Williams the No. 4 overall selection in the 2020 draft. There’s a reason his teammates now refer to him as “Skinny Pat.” But the …

The Chicago Housing Authority and its partners marked the end of their decades-long effort to transform the land where the Henry Horner public housing complex once towered on the West Side. The CHA, city officials, developers Brinshore Development and The …

Mayor Brandon Johnson has tried — and so far failed — to sell his corporate head tax by rebranding it as a “community safety surcharge” with $100 million in annual revenue for crime fighting and prevention programs that include summer …

Daevon Reynolds grew up in Austin on Chicago’s West Side, where burning off energy at the neighborhood park around people selling drugs wasn’t safe. His mom would take her two boys to the vast Columbus Park nearby to play. Reynolds …

The Sun-Times’ Bears experts make their pick for Sunday’s game against the Steelers at Soldier Field (noon, CBS 2): Patrick Finley Bears, 23-20 (OT): No NFL team allows more passing yards per game than the Steelers’ 261.7. After leaning on …

DEAR ABBY: I recently bought a first-floor condo because I am an older woman with a knee disability. Otherwise, I would have purchased a unit on the second floor of this two-story condo complex. I am only here part time …

Police are investigating a bizarre shooting that left a man and woman critically hurt while traveling in car Wednesday night in Brighton Park neighborhood on the Southwest Side. The incident happened around 8 p.m. in the 3500 block of South …