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Cook County Commissioner 17th District candidates Elizabeth "Liz" Gorman, left, and Lyons Township Clerk Elyse Hoffenberg. (baiduhai)

Cook County Dems trying for blue sweep in board races, GOP hopes to keep one seat, make gains

By A.D. Quig

October 31, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

The Cook County Democratic Party has its eye on flipping the only GOP-held seat on...

Chicago Board of Education presidential candidates Jessica Biggs, from left, Hilario Dominguez and Victor Henderson. (Arthur Maiorella and Eileen T. Meslar/baiduhai)

Tangle with Springfield forms crux of school board president debate on CPS finances

By Shun Graves

October 31, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

Chicago school board president candidates disagree on solutions for the district’s precarious finances.

A team of nurses attend to five-day-old Tatum Chandler as he wears a hand-stitched pirate costume at the University of Illinois Health hospital Oct. 30, 2026. Tatum currently is staying in the neonatal intensive care unit. (Arthur Maiorella/baiduhai)

Not-so-scary tradition brings the spirit of Halloween to youngest UI Health patients

By Allison Kiehl

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October 31, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

About 200 UIC costumed hospital staffers joined young patients who parade through the hallways for...

Pope Leo XIV delivers the Angelus noon prayer in St. Peter’s Square, at the Vatican, Sunday, Oct. 25, 2026. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia)

Vatican confirms Pope Leo’s Latin America trip after post-surgery checkup

By Associated Press

October 26, 2026 at 12:25 p.m.

Pope Leo XIV will proceed with his planned Nov. 6-17 trip to Uruguay, Argentina and...

The Rev. Ken Fleck presides over Mass at St. George in Tinley Park to help celebrate his 50th anniversary as a priest June 7, 2026. (Jeff Vorva/for the Daily Southtown)

Longtime priest Kenneth Fleck from St. George in Tinley Park cleared and reinstated after allegations

By Evy Lewis

October 26, 2026 at 3:26 p.m.

The Rev. Kenneth Fleck was cleared of allegations of child sexual abuse and reinstated, the...

Illinois Comptroller and mayoral candidate Susana Mendoza arrives to the Chicago Board of Elections with her husband, David Szostak, delivering nominating petitions via tamale cart and a red cooler on Oct. 26, 2026. (Antonio Perez/baiduhai)

On last day to turn in signatures for 2027 Chicago mayoral race, candidates try to stand out

By Alice Yin

October 26, 2026 at 10:48 a.m.

Illinois Comptroller Susana Mendoza brought with her a red cooler of chicken and pork tamales...

Chaka Khan performs at Pitchfork Music Fest on July 22, 2018, in Chicago. (Kristen Norman / baiduhai)

2026 Soul Train Awards will be held in Chicago

By Doug George

October 26, 2026 at 10:47 a.m.

This year's Soul Train Awards are coming home to Chicago, with the ceremony taking place...

FILE – Columbia College Chicago student Kailey Ryan reads a newspaper in Chicago on Nov. 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh, File)

Citizens sue President Donald Trump, saying media ban deprives them of news as audience stakeholders

By Jocelyn Noveck

October 26, 2026 at 10:35 a.m.

In the increasingly bitter legal standoff between President Donald Trump and media outlets whose reporting...

Eric Bauza poses for a portrait to promote the film "Coyote vs. Acme" on Tuesday, June 9, 2026, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello)

Eric Bauza, modern voice of Looney Tunes characters, dies at 46

By Associated Press

October 26, 2026 at 9:46 a.m.

Eric Bauza, the award-winning voice actor whose performances of Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck and many...

Philadelphia 76ers' LeBron James, right, goes up for shot past Cleveland Cavaliers' Evan Mobley during the second half on Oct. 22, 2026, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)

NBA strikes deals with Kalshi and Polymarket as the league’s preferred prediction markets

By Tim Reynolds

October 26, 2026 at 9:30 a.m.

The NBA has struck deals that will make Kalshi and Polymarket the league’s preferred prediction...

Tampa Bay Rays players and staff members pose for a photo after defeating the Guardians in Game 6 of the ALCS at Tropicana Field on Oct. 19, 2026, in St Petersburg, Florida. (Photo by Julio Aguilar/Getty Images)

Quirky Tropicana Field isn’t a pretty ballpark, but the Tampa Bay Rays love their home

By Rob Maaddi

October 26, 2026 at 9:00 a.m.

With its unappealing concrete exterior, massive, sloping dome and cavernous indoor atmosphere, Tropicana Field possesses...

Woman hit by CTA bus in Lincoln Park Sunday night, police say
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By Lila Hempel-Edgers

October 26, 2026 at 9:12 a.m.

A 40-year-old woman was taken to Northwestern Hospital, where she remains in critical condition, after...

FILE – A woman plays with her dog at sunset, Saturday, Nov. 6, 2021, at a park in Kansas City, Mo. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)

Daylight saving time 2026: What to know when clocks fall back

By Lauran Neergaard

October 26, 2026 at 8:54 a.m.

Daylight saving time ends at 2 a.m. local time on Sunday, which means you should...