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DEAR ABBY: My 23-year-old daughter, “Chloe,” lives with me and refuses to acknowledge her grandmother’s emails and letters, which are delivered to our home. It has been four years since my mother has even seen Chloe. My mother is growing increasingly disappointed and is grieved by Chloe’s apparent distancing. (We live 20 miles apart.) Over the past […]

Richard C. Jackson beside his vehicle at his Bellwood home. Jackson has been pulled over numerous times since moving back after serving in the Navy back in 2012. “As a Black man, regardless of how much money I make or what type of car I drive or where I live, when I see a police officer and when the police officer sees me, they think, ‘Oh, what is he up […]

Joliet Bishop Ronald Hicks may consolidate 16 Joliet-area congregations and eventually close other parishes and schools, with “budgetary issues” a factor.Diocese of Joliet In a report earlier this year by the Illinois attorney general, the Diocese of Joliet was criticized for continued secrecy over the extent of […]

Moon AlertThere are no restrictions to shopping or important decisions. The full moon in Aries peaks at 4:58 a.m. Chicago time.Aries (March 21-April 19)This is the classic day for squabbles with partners or tension about a romantic interest. Possibly, some couples will be at odds because of differing approaches to raising kids? Yet again, others might […]

Chicago Blackhawks hockey player Connor Bedard, the No. 1 overall draft pick, looks at the ice during the NHL Players Association rookie showcase.Alex Brandon/AP Photo Connor Bedard, the NHL’s most-anticipated rookie in nearly a decade, is officially in Chicago. Despite his insistence that he’s just another player […]

Connor Bedard made his preseason debut Thursday against the Blues.Michael Reaves/Getty Images During his second-ever Blackhawks preseason shift Thursday, Connor Bedard gathered the puck, sliced between two Blues, glided into the offensive zone, deked around a third and wristed a shot on net.The shot didn’t go in, as […]

Chicago Cubs left fielder Ian Happ (8) fields a ball hit for a double by Atlanta Braves’ Eddie Rosario in the second inning of a baseball game, Thursday, Sept. 28, 2023, in Atlanta. AP Photos ATLANTA — Forget tacky baseballs. It looked as if Cubs fielders were handling one coated in grease early in the game […]

Sun-Times file A man was fatally shot Thursday in the North Lawndale neighborhood.Officers found the 20-year-old on a sidewalk about 8:30 p.m. in the 4000 block of West 18th Street with a gunshot wound to the chest, Chicago police said.He was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital, where he was pronounced dead, police […]

Darren Zancan and his now fiancée Deanna Glenn at the Signature Room for Valentine’s Day in 2023.Provided For more than three decades, the posh restaurant atop the former John Hancock Center was the place to pop the question, enjoy a romantic Valentine’s Day dinner, treat Mom on Mother’s Day or celebrate a special […]

People watch and interact with Little Amal, a 12-foot puppet of a Syrian refugee girl, as she walks across Navy Pier in her debut visit to Chicago on Thursday.Ashlee Rezin/Sun-Times A 10-year-old girl mesmerized children and adults alike on the lakefront Thursday with her message of hope and larger-than-life […]