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Joe Henricksen and Michael O’Brien’s weekly breakdown of Illinois high school basketball. This week’s episode is all about the holiday tournaments. Mike and Joe break down the brackets at Pontiac, York, the Big Dipper, Centralia, Pekin, Hinsdale Central, Wheeling, Elgin, …

Allstate customers next year will see their homeowners insurance rate increase by an average of 8.8%, continuing a trend of insurers increasing rates. The planned increase, contained in a recent filing with the Illinois Department of Insurance, is set to …

Head coach Ben Johnson preached for weeks that the Bears needed 11 victories to make the playoffs. On Saturday, they got their 11th victory. On Sunday, they got into the playoffs. ‘‘That was Step 1,’’ Johnson said Monday, about 18 …

FRISCO, Texas — Dak Prescott led the Dallas Cowboys to touchdowns on their first two drives against the Los Angeles Chargers. Justin Herbert easily answered both times against a Dallas defense that tops the list of reasons the Cowboys will …

Despite nonstop turbulence in the lineup, the Bears’ defense still has forced an NFL-best 31 turnovers. Heading into the last two games of the regular season, the defense is about as healthy as it’s going to get with nine of …

Los funcionarios estatales impusieron la sanción más severa posible a una escuela secundaria chárter de Chicago después de que una investigación encontrara tres años de violaciones “repetidas y no resueltas” en educación especial. El Instituto Health Sciences Career Academy (IHSCA), …

Un residente de mucho tiempo en Chicago, originario de Bulgaria, murió el pasado lunes mientras estaba bajo custodia de Inmigración y Control de Aduanas (ICE) en un centro de detención en Michigan. Nenko Gantchev, de 56 años, fue arrestado el …

A federal grand jury has indicted six alleged members of the Faceworld faction of the Gangster Disciples, accusing them of being connected to 13 homicides and other violent crimes across the city, according to court documents. Diontae Harper, 28; Tyrone …

Seven children are facing battery charges in an attack on a mother and her 9-year-old son near a Far South Side elementary school last month, according to Chicago police. The children — ranging in age from 10 to 13 — …

Browsing Nike sweatsuits in a downtown athletics store alongside Bears wide receiver DJ Moore, 18-year-old Madison had to pinch herself. “I was like, ‘This isn’t real,’” she said. Madison, a freshman at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, was one of 10 …

A group of Illinois lawmakers who were denied entry into U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s processing facility in suburban Broadview in June returned on Monday, court order in hand, and toured the facility for roughly an hour. The U.S. Reps. …

For almost 32 minutes there was nothing at all pretty about No. 2 Curie’s 42-40 win against No. 6 St. Ignatius in the Merry Madness Holiday Shootout at Young on Monday. It was a defensive slugfest. Curie junior Kendall Holiday …

Barry Manilow will be having surgery to remove a cancerous spot on his lung and will reschedule his January concerts, the singer announced Monday. Manilow, 82, said doctors found the cancer after he had an extended bout of bronchitis, at …

The U.S. Department of Justice sued Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker and Attorney General Kwame Raoul over the state’s new law aimed at limiting immigration enforcement in courthouses. The law, signed by Pritzker this month, bars immigration enforcement from courthouses and …

Moon Alert There are no restrictions to shopping or important decisions today. The moon is in Aquarius. Aries (March 21-April 19) A positive day Enjoy your interactions with friends and groups today because you’re eager to explore ideas, see new …

Editor’s note: Once again, we bring you this classic Mike Royko Christmas column. It is considered one of his most popular columns, though he often later said he didn’t like it much. He started it in 1963 and tinkered with …

DEAR ABBY: My sister, “Blanche,” and I didn’t grow up together after she turned 13. I was 6 at that time, and our grandmother raised her. We talked on the phone a lot until I was 45 and my husband …

Which tagine is best? Tagines are two-piece, slow-cooking vessels consisting of a cone-shaped top and a wide bowl of a base. Vegetables, meat and spices are layered and covered with liquid, and the whole dish cooks slowly in the oven …