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Morning Alert
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The choice of American Robert Prevost as the next pope shocked the world, including his brother, John, who lives in south suburban New Lenox.
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The Rev. Gregory Sakowicz was dispensing communion at Holy Name Cathedral when he learned the news a fellow priest from Chicago had been chosen as the next pope.
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The election of a new pope brings all kinds of analysis and theorizing, about his chosen papal name, his views on reforms, his fluency in Italian, even his choice of footwear. But after learning they can call the leader of the world’s 1.4 billion Catholics one of their own, many Chicagoans and suburbanites also mused on something eternally sacred: Pope Leo XIV’s baseball allegiances.
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Police departments across the suburbs — from Wauconda up north to Naperville down south and nearly everywhere in between — are teaming up for a regional traffic safety initiative all day Friday along the Route 59 corridor.
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Three Chicago men are in custody and charged with felonies in connection with a targeted hijacking of a box truck loaded with electronics in Long Grove Wednesday afternoon.
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The Mount Prospect village board has approved licenses for the Lions Club's weekly car shows and farmers market held downtown, despite some concerns about trustees’ possible conflicts of interest.
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Yes, Carmel Catholic sophomore quarterback Trae Taylor made a poor decision last week. But can we please just forgive him?
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Carpentersville trustees are turning to their village attorney to take over as village manager after firing the town's former top administrator.
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Retired Supreme Court Justice David H. Souter, the ascetic bachelor and New Hampshire Republican who became a darling of liberals during his nearly 20 years on the bench, has died. He was 85.
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The Des Plaines City Council this week rejected a plan for a four-story, supported living center on the suburb’s northeast side.
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