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A game to remember: Chicago Bears fans recall a super day in New Orleans 40 years ago

By Barbara Vitello
Jan 24, 2026 12:00 pm - Forty years ago Monday, the Monsters of the Midway became the kings of the NFL with a Super Bowl victory over the New England Patriots. Fans who made the trip to watch the game in New Orleans share their memories of the once-in-a-lifetime experience.
Super Bowl night all work, no play for pizza places

By Barbara Vitello
Jan 24, 2026 11:30 am - Forty years ago, then teenager Lenny Rago spent Super Bowl Sunday delivering pizzas in the northwest suburbs. Meanwhile, the man who became his father-in-law made a whirlwind trip to New Orleans to watch the Chicago Bears defeat the New England Patriots.
Illinois Democrats focus on Trump in return to Springfield

By Georgia Ephphaniou and Erika Tuflo
Jan 24, 2026 10:15 am - Illinois House Democrats kicked off their spring session last week in a mostly symbolic fashion, denouncing President Donald Trump’s policies in a series of resolutions criticizing immigration raids and cuts to health care and child care programs.
ComEd files $15.3 billion grid plan proposal addressing rising demand

By MAGGIE DOUGHERTY
Jan 24, 2026 7:54 am - ComEd has filed a four-year grid plan to meet growing energy demand and infrastructure requirements. The plan, if approved in full by state regulators, would add between $2.50 and $3 to the average customer’s monthly bill. Regulators have 11 months to review it.
Former Olympic snowboarder on FBI’s most-wanted list is arrested in Mexico, faces drug charges

By AMY TAXIN, RUSS BYNUM and JULIE WATSON
Jan 23, 2026 7:46 pm - Former Canadian Olympic snowboarder Ryan Wedding, a top FBI fugitive accused of moving some 60 tons of cocaine from Latin America into the United States annually and orchestrating several killings, was arrested in Mexico and then flown to California, officials said Friday.
Vance touts the Trump administration’s record against abortion at a Washington rally

By MEG KINNARD
Jan 23, 2026 7:34 pm - Vice President JD Vance on Friday encouraged anti-abortion activists to “take heart in how far we’ve come” on the quest to limit the practice, listing the Trump administration's accomplishments including an expansion of a ban on U.S. foreign aid for groups supporting abortion services.
More than half the US threatened with ice, snow and cold in massive winter storm

By EMILIE MEGNIEN, JEFF AMY and JAMIE STENGLE
Jan 23, 2026 7:30 pm - Freezing rain fell in parts of Texas on Friday as a huge, dayslong winter storm began a trek that threatened to bring snow, sleet, ice, bone-chilling temperatures and extensive power outages to about half the U.S. population. Forecasters warned that catastrophic damage, especially in areas pounded by ice, could rival that of a hurricane.
Ukraine, Russia, US to discuss fraught issue of territorial concessions in Abu Dhabi

By KAMILA HRABCHUK and KOSTYA MANENKOV
Jan 23, 2026 7:22 pm - Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said the future of Ukraine’s eastern Donbas region will be a key focus as negotiators from Ukraine, Russia and the United States meet in Abu Dhabi on Friday for talks to end Russia’s nearly four-year full-scale invasion.
Des Plaines gives go-ahead to Costco plan

By Russell Lissau
Jan 23, 2026 7:10 pm - Plans for a Costco Business Center and a Costco-branded gas station were approved by the Des Plaines City Council this week.
Judge rules Trump administration must keep funding child care subsidies in Illinois, 4 other states for now

By GEOFF MULVIHILL
Jan 23, 2026 6:57 pm - A federal judge ruled Friday that President Donald Trump’s administration must keep federal funds flowing to child care subsidies and other social service programs in five Democratic-controlled states — at least for now.

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