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For workers with the Night Ministry street medicine team and many of the homeless Chicagoans they serve, the warmth of their human connection made it worth braving the bitter subzero temperatures to provide material and emotional support Saturday. “Honestly, they’re …

NEW YORK — Fernando Mendoza, the enthusiastic quarterback of No. 1 Indiana, won the Heisman Trophy on Saturday night, becoming the first Hoosier to win college football’s most prestigious award since its inception in 1935. Mendoza claimed 2,362 points, including …

In a sea of Santas, stockings and Christmas trees, one Wrigleyville establishment brings a unique holiday experience to the Chicago bar scene. Advertised as the city’s first and only Hanukkah pop-up bar, 8 Crazy Nights is hard to miss at …

Warren at Waukegan is one of the special treats for Chicago-area high school basketball fans. It’s a rivalry game between neighboring towns in one of the classic old gyms in the state. Blue Devils junior Jaxson Davis is the top …

Red Wings forward Patrick Kane skated into the United Center on Saturday — after the Blackhawks’ latest centennial ceremony — with the attitude that it was his house and his party. The Hawks, without their leader in Connor Bedard and …

Moon Alert Avoid shopping (except food and gas) or important decisions from 9:20 p.m. to 10 p.m. After that, the moon moves from Libra into Scorpio. Aries (March 21-April 19) An average day Relations with family members will be positive. …

In 2023, the Rev. Vicki Garlock read a news story about an Indian man who received a Guinness World Record for visiting 76 places of worship in one month. “Not knowing at all what I was doing, I very cavalierly …

DEAR ABBY: Ten years ago, I connected with “Christi,” a daughter I fathered with a woman I was in a relationship with for a short time decades ago. We split before Christi was born. My ex-girlfriend didn’t tell me about …

A Humboldt Park apartment caught on fire overnight and injured two people, according to the Chicago Fire Department. The fire, in the 1100 block of North Lawndale Avenue, was distinguished before 2 a.m., according to the fire department. A Chicago …

Please send scores and corrections to preps@suntimes.com. Schedule provided by Jack Gleason. Send schedule updates to hsbballjg@gmail.com. Sunday, December 14, 2025 NONCONFERENCE MCC Academy 56, Lycee 47 Yeshiva at Ellison, 4:00 GONZAGA, D.C. Young 58, Friendship Tech, D.C. 50 MOUNT …

Blackhawks prospect Vaclav Nestrasil is surprising himself with how well he’s playing during his first stretch of college hockey. The Czechia native and 25th overall pick from the 2025 NHL Draft, now a freshman at UMass, leads his new team …

“A people still, whose common ties are gone; Who, mix’d with every race, are lost in none.”— George Crabbe You can shave your beard, move to Australia — or your grandparents could, permitting you to party on a New South …

With Rome Odunze a late scratch before kickoff Sunday, the Bears needed another receiver to step up. Rookie Luther Burden did — until he left the game in the third quarter after hurting his ankle on a screen pass. By …

A 14-year-old girl from Chicago was killed Saturday morning in a car crash on a Springfield highway. The girl, whose name has not been released, was the passenger in a car involved in a multi-vehicle crash on I-55, according to …

Browns edge rusher Myles Garrett had 1½ sacks against the Bears on Sunday, moving him within one sack of tying the NFL’s single-season record. The Giants’ Michael Strahan and the Steelers’ T.J. Watt share the record, with 22½. Strahan set …

A 14-year-old boy was shot in the foot while walking in Roseland early Sunday, Chicago police said. The teen was in the 100 block of West 95th Street when he felt “numbness in his foot” around 3:50 a.m., police said. …

About two hours before Sunday’s kickoff, Patrick Vanier grilled chicken wings and Polish sausage with his family at the Waldron Deck lot outside Soldier Field. The temperature was 5 degrees. Vanier, who lives in Hammond, Indiana, took the train up …

Lights, camera, fashion! Chicago may not come to mind when it comes to fashion capitals, but the inaugural Chicago Fashion Awards Saturday honored scores of emerging and established “creatives pushing the city’s culture forward,” showing that creators and artists don’t …

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The final images of the Kansas City Chiefs’ postseason pursuit turned out to be Patrick Mahomes getting helped to the locker room, a white towel draped over his head, and backup quarterback Gardner Minshew throwing an …

Man, it was cold Sunday at Soldier Field. How cold? So cold, surrounding trees chopped themselves into firewood. Fans in the stands chipped their teeth on Italian sausages. Punts froze in midair. Way too cold for the Bears to be …