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Brother Rice's Kameron McGee (5) reacts after a penalty against Lincoln-Way East during a nonconference game in Frankfort on Friday, Aug. 21, 2026. (Sean King / Daily Southtown)

Steve Millar’s high school football rankings and opening round players of the week for the Southland

By Steve Millar

October 27, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

Joliet Catholic's Da'Sani Smart and Lemont's Jullian Lowe are the Southland players of the week...

Lemont’s Joey Francis (22) and Matthew Koutoulogenis, left, react after beating Hinsdale South in a Class 2A Chicago U-High Sectional semifinal game at Jackman Field on Monday, Oct. 26, 2026. (John Konstantaras / Daily Southtown)

Lemont’s Joey Francis nails 1st playoff goal then follows with 2nd — and a back flip — to beat Hinsdale South

By Steve Millar

October 27, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

Joey Francis comes off bench to score twice, lifting Lemont to 6-0 win over Hinsdale...

Oswego East’s Frank English (22) and Jack Ponto (27) combine for a tackle against Yorkville during a Southwest Prairie West game in Yorkville on Friday, Oct. 9, 2026. (Jeremy Toney / The Beacon-News)

Rick Armstrong’s high school football rankings and opening round players of the week for Aurora-Elgin area

By Rick Armstrong

October 27, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

Sandwich's Wyatt Gregory and Oswego East's Jack Ponto are the Aurora-Elgin area players of the...

Weiss Memorial Hospital in Chicago's Uptown neighborhood on Aug. 20, 2026. The hospital was closed in August 2025 by its for-profit owner, Resilience Healthcare. Insight Health Systems is now poised to take over Weiss and West Suburban Medical Center. (Stacey Wescott/baiduhai)

Potential buyer of Weiss and West Suburban hospitals has mixed track record

By Lisa Schencker

October 26, 2026 at 6:14 p.m.

Insight Chicago owes tens of millions of dollars to the state, and its Bronzeville hospital...

Kevin Hagen, Chuck Harris run for open Center Township Trustee seat

By Shelley Jones

October 25, 2026 at 3:41 p.m.

Center Township has two Valparaiso residents with backgrounds in service to choose from when they...

Business briefs: Economic outlook set for Oct. 30 at Ivy Tech Valparaiso

By Post-Tribune

October 25, 2026 at 3:39 p.m.

News and events around the area

Geisen team members push their coffin with the YMCA Ghostbusters close behind in the final round of the inaugural Crown Point Coffin Cup on Saturday, October 24, 2026. (Kyle Telechan/for the Post-Tribune)

Geisen Funeral Home team captures Crown Point’s inaugural Coffin Cup

By Jim Masters

October 25, 2026 at 3:29 p.m.

Geisen Funeral Home evidently knows something about coffins, which came in handy at Saturday’s inaugural...

Portage City Hall. (Doug Ross/for the Post-Tribune)

Portage team tags Texans for advice on new attractions, downtown development

By Doug Ross

October 25, 2026 at 12:29 p.m.

Portage’s economic development team took a field trip to Texas to say howdy to advice...

Dean of Students DeJuan Eskew hands out tags as students exit their bus at Glen Park Academy on Gary, Indiana Tuesday August 9, 2022. (Andy Lavalley for the Post-Tribune)

Bus service, extracurriculars on the chopping block if school referendums fail

By Jim Masters

October 26, 2026 at 12:18 p.m.

As Senate Enrolled Act 1 significantly reduces the ability of public schools’ to rely on...

People cast their votes during the Oak Park Township Annual Town Meeting at Julian Middle School on Tuesday, April 28, 2026. (Cam'ron Hardy/Pioneer Press)

Israel boycott referendum question creates divide in Oak Park community

By Cam'ron Hardy

October 25, 2026 at 5:07 a.m.

An advisory referendum will ask Oak Park voters if the state should repeal laws related...

Kevin Warren, Chicago Bears team president and CEO, on the field before the game at Soldier Field on Oct. 4, 2026. (E. Jason Wambsgans/baiduhai/)

Chicago Bears stadium becomes a political game as midterms near. Can it score for Republicans?

By Rick Pearson

October 25, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

The saga over where the future home of the Chicago Bears has become about more...

Pat Hynes, candidate for Cook County assessor, in his Lincoln Square campaign office on Oct. 21, 2026. (Arthur Maiorella/baiduhai)

Cook County assessor favorite Patrick Hynes vows ‘stability,’ detente with appeals board

By A.D. Quig

October 25, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

Patrick Hynes, who ousted his former boss Fritz Kaegi in the Democratic primary, faces Libertarian...

Marmion’s Henry Miller (4) slips past a would-be tackler against North Lawndale during a Class 4A opening-round playoff game in Chicago on Saturday, Oct. 24, 2026. (Vincent D. Johnson / The Beacon-News)

IHSA football playoffs: Marmion’s Henry Miller, who ‘brings the juice,’ sparkles in return after 6-week layoff

By Rick Armstrong

October 24, 2026 at 10:34 p.m.

Henry Miller piles up 122 yards and three TDs on nine carries in Marmion's 40-0...