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A train rolls past storage containers in Cambridge, Ill., in Henry County, in northwest Illinois, on Nov. 10, 2016. The county voted for George W. Bush in 2004, then for Barack Obama in 2008 and 2012. This past Election Day, Henry County voters chose Trump.

Western Illinois county reveals the Land of Lincoln’s electoral divide

June 9, 2018 at 3:26 a.m.

Until Labor Day, support for Donald Trump in this conservative rural Illinois county near the Iowa state line seemed as subdued as a late Sunday afternoon. Henry County Republican Chairwoman...

Theo Epstein with White Sox GM Kenny Williams.

Theo’s twin brother makes night twice as nice for dad

June 9, 2018 at 5:41 a.m.

The most powerful reaction Leslie Epstein recalled from the Cubs' World Series-clinching victory Wednesday night was the dread he felt when Cleveland's Rajai Davis tied the game with a two-run...

Guest service ambassadors walk between seats before the Chicago Cubs play the Cleveland Indians in Game 3 of the World Series.

Can Cubs in World Series revive interest in a Chicago baseball museum?

May 16, 2019 at 12:02 a.m.

Like a certain Chicago professional baseball club, Dr. David Fletcher's team has come close to realizing its dream a few times, only to have those hopes crash. Maybe the latest...

Chicago Cubs fans arrive at Clark and Addison streets on Oct. 28, 2016, before Game 3 of the World Series at Wrigley Field.

Joy, anxiety, then despair as Cubs fans flock to Wrigley for World Series

May 22, 2019 at 10:53 p.m.

The World Series returned to the North Side on Friday with pageantry, pathos and a thrilling if disappointing game, as a massive crowd enveloped Wrigley Field to welcome back the...

Paul Schramka wore No. 14 for two games with the Cubs in April 1953. Ernie Banks got the number later in the season after Schramka was sent to the minors.

An unknown Cub with a retired jersey number

May 15, 2019 at 11:53 p.m.

Paul Schramka's Chicago Cubs jersey number is retired, which is curious considering he never batted in a big league game. After being inserted into the lineup in April 1953 as...

Western Illinois University graduate student Tim Swearingen, right, checks the signal from a radio collar held by assistant professor Chris Jacques as they drive to check live bobcat traps for their population density study on Oct. 21, 2016 in Macomb.

Bobcat lovers seek hunting permits in bid to thwart Illinois’ first cull since ’72

June 9, 2018 at 8:00 a.m.

When Lauren Umek heard Illinois was going to allow bobcat hunting for the first time since 1972, she applied for a hunting permit. So did four of her relatives. But...

John Merkel of Elite Sport Cards & Comics, right, talks with baseball card collector Sal Peinado on Oct. 5, 2016, in Chicago.

Card collectors’ hopes rise with Cubs’ fortunes

May 15, 2019 at 11:48 p.m.

Sal Peinado had a few dozen Chicago Cubs baseball cards as a kid and, like many kids, lost them. His mom and dad tossed the cards while cleaning their home....

Chicago Archbishop Cupich to be elevated to rank of cardinal

June 9, 2018 at 12:07 p.m.

Chicago Archbishop Blase Cupich stood before hundreds in Holy Name Cathedral for 11 a.m. Sunday Mass and started his homily by saying he had news for those who might have...

Theo Epstein finds perspective in quest to bring Cubs a World Series

May 15, 2019 at 11:34 p.m.

The day before the Cubs announced Theo Epstein's five-year contract extension, he sat in a vacant Wrigley Field and considered how he has changed since 2002. That year the Boston...

A gold tooth discovered on a Pacific island could be that of Japanese Cmdr. Isoroku Yamamoto.

Does Chicago hot dog king have WWII Japanese admiral’s gold tooth?

June 15, 2018 at 4:39 a.m.

Dick Portillo, as fast-food connoisseurs know, is the hot dog and Italian beef king of Chicago, the man who started his business in a food trailer in 1963 and built...

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