Tension in Harvey was heightened Monday as close to 50 business owners and residents marched to the city municipal building to protest fines, fees and the holding back of licenses.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
United Airlines is adding 118 flights to and from Chicago in August, as the city gears up for the Democratic National Convention and the tens of thousands of visitors the event is expected to bring to Chicago to mark the renomination of President Joe Biden.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
Johnson & Johnson has agreed to pay $700 million — including $29 million to Illinois — as part of a multistate settlement over allegations that the company misled consumers about the safety of some of its talc powder products, including baby powder and body powder.
More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareWhen Faith Comas started wrestling in high school, she was one of just two girls on her team. The 18-year-old Cicero teen, who has dreams of wrestling in college, said that often meant everyone supporting her through her sport –– teammates, coaches and trainers –– was male.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
A double lung transplant has given Michelle Knight, of Oak Forest, a new lease on life when she might have given up.
Even with the sometimes grueling recovery period, which included being on a ventilator right after surgery, intense rehabilitation and taking 25 pills daily to ward off rejection and infection, Knight, 64, is upbeat about the entire experience.
Steve Pitstick has been working the fields on his family’s soybean farm his entire life. That’s long enough to have seen considerable changes in the business.
Pitstick, 65, remembers tending to the crop with a tractor and using a radio to check for weather updates.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
Q: I am an investor owner of a condominium unit. Long story short, our association property manager sent the unit owners a notification at the end of December of a 5% assessment increase commencing on January 1.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
May was a big bounce-back month at Bally’s Chicago, which generated a record $11.7 million in adjusted gross receipts and also hit new highs in admissions, according to data released Friday by the Illinois Gaming Board.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
WASHINGTON — New vehicles sold in the U.S. will have to average about 38 miles per gallon of gasoline in 2031 in real-world driving, up from about 29 mpg this year, under new federal rules unveiled Friday by the Biden administration.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
A Chicago bankruptcy judge approved the sale Wednesday of the century-old Oberweis Dairy to a Winnetka-based private equity firm, which plans to expand production and retail locations while preserving the venerable brand name.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
An organization focused on promoting tourism in the south and southwestern suburbs, Visit Chicago Southland, has named Mary Patchin as its new CEO and president to begin next month.
Mary Patchin, who was promoted from vice president of sales and has worked for the organization for 25 years, will replace retiring CEO and President Jim Garrett once his tenure officially ends June 30.
An Indiana law that requires pornographic websites to verify users’ ages — one of numerous such statutes in effect across the country — is being challenged by an association of the adult entertainment industry.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
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A CTA bus crashed into several vehicles in Bridgeport Monday morning, drawing Chicago police and firefighters to the scene.
The multi-vehicle crash involving a northbound #8 Halsted bus occurred near South Halsted and West 35th streets, according to the CTA.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
Black drivers in Chicago are more likely to be stopped by police than issued tickets by traffic cameras, highlighting the role of racial bias in traffic stops, according to a new study.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
The red brick Georgian Revival mansion in Winnetka made famous by the 1990 film “Home Alone” garnered much attention when it was listed on May 24 for $5.25 million — more than three times what it had sold for in 2012 to its current owners — and in a testament both to the condition of the home and the popularity of Winnetka, the mansion found a buyer just one week later.
More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareFormer President Donald Trump routinely blames President Joe Biden for higher prices at the grocery store and everywhere else Americans shop, and promises to “fix it.”
But Trump has offered little explanation about how his plans would lower prices.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
NEW YORK — Kia America is recalling nearly 463,000 Telluride SUVs — and urging owners to park their cars outside and away from other structures until an issue posing a fire hazard is fixed.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
Identity thieves have a new way of gaining access to your finances. Even if you’ve frozen your credit report, they can grab your money by taking over your phone number.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
Pilsen’s St. Adalbert’s Church building cleared a key hurdle Thursday in the yearslong fight by former parishioners to have it declared a landmark to spare it from demolition or a complete overhaul.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
Weight-loss drugs from Novo Nordisk A/S and Eli Lilly & Co. will lose coverage under many plans run by Michigan’s largest health insurer as companies grapple with whether the drugs are worth the cost.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
The family of a man critically injured after falling from scaffolding at the in-progress University of Chicago cancer research center last week has filed a lawsuit against two construction companies, alleging a series of “careless and negligent acts” led to his injuries.
More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareNEW YORK — Gas prices are once again on the decline across the U.S., bringing some relief to drivers now paying a little less to fill up their tanks.
The national average for gas prices on Monday stood around $3.44, according to AAA.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
CUPERTINO, Calif. — Apple has jumped into the race to bring generative artificial intelligence to the masses, spotlighting a slew of features Monday designed to soup up the iPhone, iPad and Mac.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
The NASCAR Chicago Street Race is set to return for a second year, drawing thousands to Grant Park on July 6 and 7, and prompting extensive street closures and rerouting downtown.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
The Ravinia Festival Association, whose rolling hills come alive with a slew of summer concerts every year, filed an updated complaint in a trademark infringement case against Ravinia Brewing Company, a craft brewery in Highland Park, over the use of their shared neighborhood moniker.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
The Chicago Red Stars are returning to the city Saturday for a historic match at Wrigley Field.
The club hopes to set a National Women’s Soccer League attendance record — and, in the process, pave the way for women’s soccer to stay in the city for good.
The operator of the 360 Chicago observation deck near the top of the former John Hancock Center has purchased the building’s 95th and 96th floors, which until September housed the Signature Room restaurant and Signature Lounge.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
A century after opening as Oakhaven Old People’s Home in 1924, the nonprofit Smith Village in Chicago’s Beverly community along with its offshoot, Smith Crossing in Orland Park, is celebrating its centennial with an exhibit illustrating how care for older residents has changed over the decades.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago expanded its Streeterville medical campus by closing Wednesday on the purchase of 211 E. Chicago Ave., its next-door neighbor and the headquarters of the American Dental Association.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share