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Illinois holds its police officers to some of the highest professional standards in the country. Officers must be trained, certified and continually retrained. Supervisors must meet additional requirements. Specialized assignments demand advanced credentials and ongoing education. Yet the most powerful …

Over the past year, I’ve watched a steady stream of friends and professional colleagues lose their jobs. For a group long considered insulated, this moment feels unprecedented. Upper-middle-class professionals who assumed the economy would always work for us are now …

Editor’s Note: Last year, a new presidential administration stepped in with plans to disrupt the way companies do business through new policies, an effort to spur growth. To help gauge the administration’s impact, the Chicago Sun-Times reached out to 10 …

Have you ever had to transfer between the Ogilvie Transportation Center and the Green or Pink lines at Clinton? The walk down the escalator, out the door, up Clinton Street and up the stairs to the CTA provides plenty of …

DEAR ABBY: A co-worker, “Erin,” has been allowed to work from home since the COVID-19 pandemic, while the rest of us came back to the office. We function alongside each other much like a small family. We have no drama, …

Last weekend, seven young children, four of them just 10 years old, were charged in the viral attack on a mother and her 9-year-old son on the Far South Side, an assault that drew national outrage and calls for adult-level …

Bears coach Ben Johnson went back to Detroit in Week 2 and left with his team humiliated. In the span of 60 minutes that Johnson would later describe as a “kick in the teeth,” the Lions averaged almost 12 yards …

If we are unprejudiced in our honesty, there was no bigger story in all of U.S. sports in 2025 than the ascension of Nico Harrison simultaneously as the GOAT villain and most despised general manager in arguably the history of …

Coordinator Dennis Allen had no specific answers for why the 49ers were able to torch his Bears defense for six touchdowns last week. In fact, as is his custom, he wasn’t even taking questions about it. “We’re moving on to …

Illinois’ statewide 1% grocery tax will go away on Jan. 1, though many people will continue to pay it at the local level. Data compiled by the Illinois Municipal League shows that 656 municipalities — a little more than half …

Please send scores and corrections to preps@suntimes.com. Schedule provided by Jack Gleason. Send schedule updates to hsbballjg@gmail.com. Saturday, January 3, 2026 NONCONFERENCE Amundsen 69, Uplift 37 Belvidere North 46, Geneva 35 Brother Rice 63, Oswego 56, 2OT Hampshire 62, Vernon …

The holiday tournaments are a treasure in Illinois for high school basketball fans and the communities that host them. With a long history and a spotlight shining, the stakes feel and are higher in these late December tournaments. Typically, drama …

Chicago police are grieving following the sudden off-duty death of Deputy Chief William Betancourt, who Supt. Larry Snelling said “embodied what it meant to be a public servant and great leader.” Early Saturday after a medical emergency while he was …

President Donald Trump insisted Saturday that the U.S. government would run Venezuela after an audacious military operation that plucked leader Nicolás Maduro from power and removed him from the country. Hours after the operation, Trump said the United States would …

WASHINGTON — It’s not as though anyone had been badgering him to find out, but Blackhawks forward Teuvo Teravainen kept a secret for weeks that he had been selected for Finland’s Olympic roster. Finnish coach Antti Pennanen let him know …

Mother McAuley senior guard Quinn Arundel was holding her forearm after drawing an offensive foul against Bloom. She looked to be in discomfort, grabbing at her arm for a couple of seconds after the play, but she shook it off …

SOUTH BEND, Ind.— Notre Dame coach Micah Shrewsberry apologized Saturday, one day after charging at an official following his team’s controversial loss to Cal. He also received a public reprimand from the Atlantic Coast Conference for his actions. Shrewsberry was …

Coby White still bleeds Carolina blue, so for him to compliment a Dukie takes a lot. But there the guard was last month after watching Kon Knueppel drop 33 points on the Bulls down in Charlotte, handing out praise. “He …

Timeline of Venezuelans in Chicago Since 2014’s economic collapse, millions of Venezuelans left the country. Most went to Colombia. Tens of thousands have come to Chicago. Read “What Colombia can teach Chicago about managing a migrant wave.” The number of …

Kankakee coach Chris Pickett almost had to call the organizers of this weekend’s New Years Extravaganza shootout at Hope Academy and say his team wasn’t coming. The Kays were ravaged by the flu this week and haven’t had a full …