Maine South’s girls basketball team entered Saturday’s matinee with visiting Wheaton Warrenville South having dropped three of its last six games.
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The end of a contentious chapter in CPS history: CEO Pedro Martinez’s milestones and demise
The firing of Chicago Public Schools chief executive officer Pedro Martinez has been top of mind for months now.
Senate passes RFK Stadium land bill, clearing path for Washington Commanders to return to nation’s capital
The path for the NFL’s Washington Commanders to return to the nation’s capital is clear after an on-again, off-again saga in Congress ended early Saturday with a postmidnight reprieve.
Germans mourn the 5 killed and 200 injured in the apparent attack on a Christmas market
MAGDEBURG, Germany — Germans on Saturday mourned the victims of an apparent attack in which authorities say a doctor drove into a busy outdoor Christmas market, killing five people, injuring 200 others and shaking the public’s sense of security at what would otherwise be a time of joy.
Penn State steamrolls mistake-prone SMU 38-10 in the 1st round of the College Football Playoff
Dominic DeLuca and Tony Rojas returned interceptions for touchdowns, and Penn State toyed with SMU in a 38-10 rout Saturday in the opening round of the College Football Playoff.
US flu season is underway, with cases surging in some areas and vaccinations lagging
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday released its latest flu-monitoring data, and noted sharp increases in several measures.
Jim O’Donnell: Holiday fantasies include Troy Aikman as new high czar of Halas Hall
Chicago, Illinois — gateway city to sports futility. A town where championship teams get broken up, inept executives remain employed and four primary franchise titans operate with all the impunity of Vlad Putin on a local school board in suburban Moscow. But against that cheery backdrop, some Yuletide Ins and Outs to warm a pointless Bears Sunday:
Glenview passes budget without property tax increases for homeowners
Glenview trustees have passed a 2025 budget that includes a 3.5% levy hike that is not expected to increase property taxes for local homeowners, per village officials. The Village Board voted unanimously Dec. 3 to adopt a budget of $97 million with a $200,000 surplus for the coming year. The board also voted to increase […]
Internal emails, texts show how Arlington Heights worked with school districts to strike Bears deal
Email and text communications obtained by the Daily Herald reveal the extent of Arlington Heights’ efforts to broker a tax deal with schools in hopes of luring the Bears away from the Chicago lakefront.
Illinois is ending its 1% tax on groceries. Will your town replace it?
The elimination of the state’s grocery tax in 2025 might save shoppers a little, but will cost their communities big. Here’s how some suburbs plan to make up for the lost revenue.