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Politics
After creating traffic jams with offer of free gas, mayoral hopeful Willie
Wilson said he will do it again — this time offering $1 million worth
Wilson said he will also expand the number of stations involved in the March 24
giveaway to 50, with some of them in the suburbs as well as Chicago.
By Sun-Times Wire

March 18, 2022 01:40 PM
The Watchdogs
Text pals: J.B. Pritzker, Cardinal Blase Cupich in close contact amid the
pandemic, messages, emails show
The communications offer a rare look at the relationship between Pritzker and
Cupich, who privately heaped praise on the governor and worked with him behind
the scenes to guide church protocols.
By Robert Herguth

March 18, 2022 05:30 AM
The Watchdogs
‘Last gasp for coal’ sees Illinois plants crank up emission-spewing production
By Brett Chase and Dan Gearino | Inside Climate News

March 18, 2022 05:30 AM
The Watchdogs
Challenge to Jones principal’s Chicago residency bolstered by public records
tying him to Missouri
By Lauren FitzPatrick and Nader Issa

March 17, 2022 06:28 PM
Jussie Smollett
Defamation lawsuit against Jussie Smollett’s lawyer can proceed, judge rules
By Andy Grimm

March 18, 2022 12:42 PM
Crime
Prosecutors recommend two-year prison sentence for former Crestwood Mayor Louis
Presta
By Stefano Esposito

March 18, 2022 01:34 PM
Commentary

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Natalie Y. Moore
Contributor
Salena Claybourne’s murder reminds us how the routine — getting gas — can be
dangerous
Mark Brown
Columnist
With Patrick Daley Thompson out, who will Mayor Lori Lightfoot appoint for
coveted 11th ward opening?
Neil Steinberg
Columnist
Palmer House Hilton hotel’s Ken Price, the ‘last of the great publicists,’ has
died at 82
CST Editorial Board
Don’t feed the bully Donald Trump
Politics
Columnists
With Patrick Daley Thompson out, who will Mayor Lori Lightfoot appoint for
coveted 11th ward opening?
The mayor is expected, by Wednesday’s Chicago City Council meeting, to reveal
her choice amid pressure to name someone who is Asian American.
By Mark Brown

March 18, 2022 05:35 AM
The Watchdogs
Would-be Cook County judge’s description of her bar association ratings ‘a
little deceiving,’ says group that rated her ‘qualified’
By Robert Herguth

March 18, 2022 12:45 PM
City Hall
Former Chicago City Council member sentenced to 13 months in prison
By Jon Seidel

March 17, 2022 01:40 PM
Bears
Kickoff time? Bears hire architecture firm, consultants to draw up plans for
Arlington Heights stadium
By Mitchell Armentrout

March 17, 2022 07:26 PM
West Loop
2 Fulton Market deals pass plan commission’s review
By David Roeder

March 17, 2022 05:34 PM


Sports
College Sports
Ohio State 54, Loyola 41: Ice-cold Ramblers bounced from Big Dance in first
round
The Ramblers came to Pittsburgh and found a rugged Big Ten defense and manhole
covers atop the baskets.
By Steve Greenberg

March 18, 2022 01:27 PM
Blackhawks
Blackhawks jumpstart rebuild by trading Brandon Hagel to Lightning for huge
return
By Ben Pope

March 18, 2022 02:58 PM
Bears
Bears nix deal with DT Larry Ogunjobi after failed physical, shift to DT Justin
Jones
By Jason Lieser

March 18, 2022 11:00 AM
Bears
Bears GM Ryan Poles would be smart to wait before going all in on Justin Fields
By Rick Morrissey

March 18, 2022 01:21 PM
White Sox
White Sox trade chip Craig Kimbrel says he just wants to win ballgames
By Daryl Van Schouwen

March 17, 2022 06:25 PM

Entertainment and culture
Theater
Music Theater Works delivers a dazzling ‘La Cage Aux Folles’ with plenty of
heart
It’s a bright, loud, romantic, outrageous and defiant celebration of living your
life as you are, and not what others say you should be.
By Catey Sullivan - For the Sun-Times

March 18, 2022 01:55 PM
Obituaries
Palmer House Hilton hotel’s Ken Price, the ‘last of the great publicists,’ has
died at 82
By Neil Steinberg

March 18, 2022 01:15 PM
Movies and TV
‘Windfall’: Woman sees her husband at his worst in tightly spun break-in drama
By Richard Roeper

March 18, 2022 02:01 AM
Theater
‘Downton Abbey’ actress Lesley Nicol cooks up solo stage show, playing at
Greenhouse Theater Center
By Selena Fragassi - For the Sun-Times

March 17, 2022 10:00 AM
Movies and TV
‘Life & Beth’: Amy Schumer both amusing and involving as a woman looking inward
By Richard Roeper

March 17, 2022 10:00 AM


All latest stories
Lightfoot talks crime fighting strategy with New York City Mayor Eric Adams
New York City Mayor Eric Adams invited himself to Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s City
Hall office—and announced the trip before it was arranged on the Chicago end.
By Fran Spielman

March 18, 2022 03:01 PM
Afternoon Edition
Afternoon Edition: March 18, 2022
Today’s update is a 5-minute read that will brief you on the day’s biggest
stories.
By Matt Moore

March 18, 2022 03:00 PM

Bears
Bears to sign former Colts DE Muhammad
Muhammad, who turns 27 next week, had six sacks and started all 17 games last
year under Eberflus, who was his Colts defensive coordinator from 2018-21.
By Patrick Finley

March 18, 2022 02:56 PM
Rainbow Push joins mother in calling for investigation into son’s death while in
police custody in Racine County
Malcolm James died while being restrained by Racine County deputies after he
called 911 and said he was suicidal last June.
By Mitch Dudek

March 18, 2022 02:31 PM
Columnists
Merri Dee’s legacy, Salena Claybourne’s killing: reminders of the violence we
face
The longtime WGN-TV anchor survived her kidnaping and shooting. The WGN studios
security guard was killed at a gas station where she’d stopped in South Shore.
By Mary Mitchell

March 18, 2022 02:00 PM
Education
Entering 10th day of strike, Proviso teachers demand ouster of superintendent
over confrontation at school board meeting
Striking teachers at Proviso High School District 209 said the “disgusting
display” should be investigated, but the superintendent said he had been pushed
to the edge.
By David Struett

March 18, 2022 11:58 AM


In a cobblestone nook in the West Loop, this mural is to your left and right and
above, too
By Sun-Times staff

March 18, 2022 11:00 AM
Movies and TV
Oscars change angers Hollywood—but will make the show better
Predictions: Will Smith and Jessica Chastain will win, and viewers will get to
bed sooner.
By Richard Roeper

March 18, 2022 11:00 AM
Obituaries
Robert J. ‘Bob’ Chiarito Sr., who co-founded global logistics firm Expeditors,
dead at 71
The company’s retired CEO says, ‘He had a very unique way of endearing himself
by finding some commonalities.’
By Maureen O’Donnell

March 18, 2022 10:30 AM
Chicago History
This week in history: Fannie Lou Hamer gives startling depiction of racism in
Mississippi
In 1964, the Chicago Daily News ran a series of articles depicting “a state
divided by itself,” Mississippi. Writer Nicholas von Hoffman’s interview with
activist Fannie Lou Hamer, who died this week in 1977, demonstrated the price
she paid fighting for her rights.
By Alison Martin

March 18, 2022 10:30 AM
News
Missing step sisters from Belmont Central are located
Melina Diaz, 13, and Hailey Hernandez, 11, were last seen at their home
Wednesday night in the 6300 block of West Melrose Avenue, Chicago police said.
By Sun-Times Wire

March 18, 2022 10:18 AM
Bears
Bears transaction tracker: Who’s coming and going in free agency
Monitoring new Bears general manager Ryan Poles’ moves:
By Patrick Finley, Mark Potash, and 1 more

March 18, 2022 10:15 AM

Crime
Man charged with shooting robbery victim in Woodlawn, then trying to carjack a
woman nearby
Curtis Edgleston, 22, was arrested less than 10 minutes after the Wednesday
evening shooting, police said.
By Sun-Times Wire

March 18, 2022 08:56 AM
Outdoors
The art of lures: Bob Peal finds his artistic and very human outlet in making
custom lures
Bob Peal found his artistic expression and a way of giving in the making of
custom lures.
By Dale Bowman

March 18, 2022 08:51 AM
News
Girl, 9, and man reported missing from Edgewater located
Police cancelled a missing person alert about 10:30 a.m.
By Sun-Times Wire

March 18, 2022 08:28 AM
News
11-year-old boy among 4 shot in drive-by in West Garfield Park
The child was wounded in the thigh and transported to Stroger Hospital in
serious condition.
By Sun-Times Wire

March 18, 2022 06:20 AM

Dear Abby
Dear Abby: Teen’s fast eating is probably harmful and definitely gross
The young man’s father seems unfazed by his aggressive table habits, but they
alarm his stepmom.
By Abigail Van Buren

March 18, 2022 06:00 AM
Obituaries
Patricia Sainer, who left Bridgeport at 17 for a life in the circus, dead at 80;
loved to clown, make kids laugh
‘Once the smell of sawdust and the excitement gets into your blood, it’s awfully
difficult to look away when you hear that old calliope,’ she told an
interviewer.
By Maureen O’Donnell

March 18, 2022 05:45 AM
Crime
2 killed, 11-year-old boy among 17 others wounded in shootings in Chicago
Thursday
The boy and three other people were wounded in a drive-by shooting in West
Garfield Park.
By Sun-Times Wire

March 18, 2022 04:58 AM
Columnists
Looking for more people like Marina Ovsyannikova
All she needed to do to keep her comfortable life was to keep her mouth shut.
What will happen to Marina as a consequence of her astonishing moral courage in
speaking out against the war on Russian state TV is impossible to say.
By Gene Lyons

March 18, 2022 04:00 AM


News
Girl, 13, reported missing in Hermosa
Jayleen Rivera was last seen leaving her home in the 1700 block of North Karlov
Avenue to go to school Thursday, police said.
By Sun-Times Wire

March 18, 2022 03:28 AM

Most Read
Couple blamed each other for murder of woman in Belmont Cragin apartment,
prosecutors say
Gas giveaway causes blocks-long traffic jams with prices at the pump soaring: ‘A
lot of people are struggling. ... It’s very nice.’
Bears’ free-agent WR search starts as Allen Robinson’s ends
Brother of Chicago’s Flores twins who helped bring down El Chapo admits hiding
millions
Catanzara threatens political retribution against three of police union’s
strongest City Council supporters




Editorials
Don’t feed the bully Donald Trump
City Council has more pressing matters than spending time and energy on an
ordinance targeting Trump and his ugly downtown sign.
By CST Editorial Board

March 18, 2022 03:00 AM
News
Woman killed in apparent hit-and-run in Belmont Central
Officers found the woman, about 70, on the ground unresponsive in the 6000 block
of West Grand Avenue.
By Sun-Times Wire

March 18, 2022 01:59 AM
Crime
Teen found fatally shot in Lawndale
Police responded to a call of a person shot and found Deshawn Thompson, 19,
unresponsive with gunshot wounds to his face and head in the 1400 block of South
Kenneth Avenue.
By Sun-Times Wire

March 18, 2022 12:06 AM
Horoscopes
Horoscope for Friday, March 18, 2022
By Georgia Nicols

March 18, 2022 12:01 AM


Crime
Woman charged with shooting man in West Rogers Park
The man, 33, was shot in the 7500 block of North Oakley Avenue about 8 p.m.
Tuesday.
By Sun-Times Wire

March 17, 2022 11:03 PM
Chicago
Despite top cop’s objection, officer who struck activist during chaotic Grant
Park rally now faces dismissal
During a demonstration that resulted in violent clashes between police and
protesters who tried to bring down the Columbus statue in Grant Park, Officer
Nicholas Jovanovich was caught on video striking activist Miracle Boyd in the
face.
By Tom Schuba

March 17, 2022 09:31 PM
Editorials
Daylight saving time may not be right time for America
Scientists agree that fixed, year-round time is greatly needed. But it is
standard time, not daylight saving time, that health experts have been
advocating for as a permanent solution.
By CST Editorial Board

March 17, 2022 09:00 PM
College Sports
Illinois’ and Loyola’s state rivalry is on display — sort of — on a big weekend
in Pittsburgh
Win or lose, the success of this Ramblers heyday is forever cemented. But the
Illini have to get something done.
By Steve Greenberg

March 17, 2022 07:35 PM
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