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Mar 28, 2025
The cuts affect 41 employees, and 20 open positions will be eliminated.
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Mar 28, 2025
A federal judge has temporarily blocked the U.S. Department of Labor from implementing parts of President Donald Trump's executive orders aimed at curbing diversity, equity and inclusion efforts among federal contractors and grant recipients.
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Mar 28, 2025
A tract of land sold by the Gary Redevelopment Commission on Wednesday signals more growth at Buffington Harbor as Mayor Eddie Melton's administration cements the shift from casino boats to industry along Lake Michigan.
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Mar 27, 2025
President Trump's 25% tariffs on auto imports could put a financial squeeze on automakers that depend on global supply chains.
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Mar 27, 2025
Nearly three years after the city first announced it would give $13.5 million in public dollars to grocery operator Yellow Banana, the company says it will soon complete the grocery store rehab project.
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Mar 27, 2025
Negotiations between the nascent Chicago Sports Network and Comcast are ongoing, but they have yet to reach a carriage agreement.
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Mar 27, 2025
European automakers, already struggling with tepid economic growth at home and rising competition from China, on Thursday decried the U.S. import tax on cars as a heavy burden that will punish consumers and companies alike on both sides of the Atlantic.
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Mar 27, 2025
This four-story home at 461 W. Melrose St., Chicago, has a fully fenced backyard along with heated gutters and downspouts.
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Mar 26, 2025
Economists stress there could greater consequences this time — and that higher prices will likely lead consumers to foot the bill.
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Mar 26, 2025
The Tribune, its affiliated newspapers in Media News Group and Tribune Publishing, the Times and the Center for Investigative Reporting have accused OpenAI and Microsoft of stealing millions of copyrighted news stories to benefit popular AI products like ChatGPT.
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Mar 26, 2025
President Donald Trump said Wednesday he was placing 25% tariffs on auto imports, a move that the White House claims would foster domestic manufacturing but could also put a financial squeeze on automakers that depend on global supply chains.
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Mar 26, 2025
Some renovation projects aimed at preserving and greening existing affordable housing properties are on hold in Chicago as the Trump administration evaluates a U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development program.
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Mar 26, 2025
The legendary Chicago anchorman and commentator will deliver one last "Perspective" on WGN Radio, home to his weekly commentary segment for the past decade and perhaps end the final chapter of a storied broadcast career.
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Mar 26, 2025
Illinois Department of Public Health and Chicago Department of Public Health are among those losing federal funding for COVID-related activities.
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Mar 26, 2025
Evanston OK'd a lease to a developer to turn lakefront Harley Clarke mansion into a venue space, hotel, restaurant and bar.
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Mar 26, 2025
Former Chicago Bulls guard Zach LaVine placed his 4,500-square-foot condominium on the 28th floor of the building at 9 W. Walton Street on the market for $6.9 million.
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Mar 26, 2025
Dollar Tree is selling Family Dollar to a pair of private equity firms for $1 billion after unsuccessfully trying to incorporate the bargain chain for a decade.
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Mar 26, 2025
Thad Wong and Mike Golden talk about the sale of @properties Christie's International Real Estate to Compass and how they see the real estate marking changing.
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Mar 26, 2025
Cook County Treasurer Maria Pappas' office found a small number of voters — largely rich, white homeowners — tend to have the strongest turnout for property tax votes.
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Mar 25, 2025
More than $1 billion in assistance that usually flows into the U.S. Department of Agriculture for two programs that help local farmers, schools and food banks has already vanished.
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Mar 25, 2025
The Indiana House toll road bill was amended and approved by the Senate Homeland Security and Transportation committee Tuesday, but the language for establishing toll roads remains in the bill as it advances to the Senate Appropriations committee.
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Mar 25, 2025
Luigi Mangione is asking for a laptop in jail, but just for legal purposes — not for communicating with anyone — as he awaits trial in the killing of UnitedHealthcare's CEO.
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Mar 25, 2025
The union election will be one of the largest held in the U.S. private sector so far this year.
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Mar 25, 2025
In the Chicago area, more than 250,000 square feet of leased federal office space has been canceled.
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Mar 25, 2025
In the Chicago area, more than 250,000 square feet of leased federal office space has been canceled.
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Mar 25, 2025
This five-bedroom house at 51 Hillburn Lane in North Barrington has both an outdoor pool and an indoor pool with a sauna.
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Mar 24, 2025
United Airlines Holdings Inc. will begin charging customers more to access its airport lounges to help combat a rise in overcrowding since the pandemic.
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Mar 24, 2025
There's a lot of information (and money) on the table during tax season. That also makes it a prime time for scams.
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Mar 24, 2025
The Hard Rock Casino has spent $50,000 in initial digital and television advertisements supporting Gary as the Lake County Convention Center location. Hobart's proposal is not mentioned in the advertisements.
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Mar 24, 2025
Howard briefly had the town home on the market in 2018 for $980,000. He relisted it in February for $875,000 and he went under contract at his full asking price just 10 days after placing it on the market.
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Mar 24, 2025
Howard briefly had the town home on the market in 2018 for $980,000. He relisted it in February for $875,000 and he went under contract at his full asking price just 10 days after placing it on the market.
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Mar 24, 2025
Northbrook Village Board is allowing Northbrook Court to begin developing residential before rehabbing the mall's retail areas.
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Mar 24, 2025
Heathrow bosses on Monday defended their response to a fire that shut down Europe's busiest air hub for almost a day, after Britain's energy system operator suggested the airport had enough electricity from other sources to keep running.
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Mar 24, 2025
23andMe has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection and its co-founder and CEO has resigned as the struggling genetic testing company continues its push to cut costs.
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Mar 24, 2025
The CTA spent more than $26,000 on three vehicles used by top officials at the public transit agency. In at least some cases, they were used more for commuting than for business.
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Mar 23, 2025
Segway is recalling about 220,000 of its scooters sold across the U.S. due to a fall hazard that has resulted in user injuries ranging from bruises to broken bones.
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Mar 23, 2025
Gary Mayor Eddie Melton and Portage Mayor Austin Bonta traveled to Washington, D.C. to talk with officials about how proposed tariffs will impact the region.
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Mar 23, 2025
Projects use massive amounts of water and may jeopardize state's clean energy goals.
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Mar 22, 2025
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said talks with Trump will not happen "until we get the respect we deserve as a sovereign nation. By the way, this is not a high bar."
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Mar 22, 2025
While it is too early to say that Teslas are flooding the used car market, there are signs that a growing number of owners may be pulling the plug in Chicago and across the U.S.
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Mar 22, 2025
"Morale is destroyed," one current federal employee told the Tribune. "And it kills productivity, because all you're doing is kind of waiting to figure out what happens next."
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Mar 21, 2025
Schaefer Greenhouses, a longstanding family-owned business in Montgomery that has provided plants, gardening supplies, floral arrangements and more in the Fox Valley area for nearly a century, has been purchased by Minooka-based AEC Supply, Inc.
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Mar 21, 2025
The three-bedroom condo has more than 1,700 square feet of private outdoor space.
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Mar 21, 2025
The first plane landed at Heathrow Airport late Friday, about 18 hours after an inferno at an electrical substation caused a power outage that shuttered Europe's busiest air travel hub.
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Mar 21, 2025
Britain's Heathrow Airport was closed all day Friday after a fire at a nearby electrical substation knocked out its power.
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Mar 21, 2025
Heathrow Airport says it doesn't know when power will be restored and expects disruption to last for days after an electrical substation fire nearby.
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Mar 21, 2025
The first plane landed at Heathrow Airport late Friday, about 18 hours after an inferno at an electrical substation caused a power outage that shuttered Europe's busiest air travel hub.
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Mar 21, 2025
More than half of Chicago's bus routes could be eliminated, at least parts of four "L" lines could be shut down and Metra weekday service would be slashed to once an hour under a transit doomsday scenario.
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Mar 20, 2025
Illinois Health Facilities and Services Review Board rejects plan to eliminate inpatient psychiatric services at Northwest Community Hospital.
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Mar 20, 2025
The Chicago Department of Public Health is advising residents to check their measles vaccination status, amid outbreaks in other parts of the U.S.
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Mar 20, 2025
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration's recall, which covers more than 46,000 Cybertrucks, warned that an exterior panel that runs along the left and right side of the windshield can detach while driving.
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Mar 20, 2025
A disabled military veteran said he retired early as he was unable to return to the office full time and HUD would not accommodate him.
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Mar 20, 2025
At its monthly meeting Wednesday, the Gary/Chicago International Airport Authority board updated its minimum standards for businesses. Members also heard multiple comments about an Indiana House bill targeting the makeup of the board. The airport's minimum standards are requirements that must be met by businesses to provide services at the facility, according to the Aircraft […]
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Mar 20, 2025
Discontent at WFMT spilled into the public eye last fall, when Dennis Moore, a veteran host, accused the station of firing him rather than accommodating a doctor-approved disability.
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Mar 20, 2025
Finland is the happiest country in the world for the eighth year in a row, according to the World Happiness Report 2025 published Thursday.
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Mar 20, 2025
Metra agreed to pay its lobbyist for work related to a looming transit budget gap, even as agency leaders have called for more funding.
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Mar 20, 2025
Address: 1040 N. Lake Shore Drive, Unit 31A, Chicago Price: $2,195,000 Listed: Jan. 15, 2025 This three-bedroom, three-and-a-half-bath home is on the 31st floor of The Carlyle condominium building and has a 20-foot terrace with Lake Michigan and skyline views. The Snaidero-designed kitchen has granite countertops as well as a walk-in pantry with a washer […]
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Mar 19, 2025
Lawmakers vote in favor of bill expanding reporting requirements related to sexual misconduct in health care, following Tribune investigation.
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Mar 19, 2025
The specialty center isn't a typical warehouse, Site Leader Mary Beth Klippel said, but a fulfillment center for small and medium-sized sellers, of which there are 5,500 in Indiana. Products are shipped to the site at 9850 Mississippi St., where they are first directed onto a conveyor belt and examined via laser for its weight and size; a second machine combines the shipper's information with the customer's information and stamps on a red sticker.
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Mar 19, 2025
In an effort to limit fraudulent claims, the Social Security Administration will impose tighter identity-proofing measures — which will require millions of recipients and applicants to visit agency field offices rather than interact with the agency over the phone.
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Mar 19, 2025
The Federal Reserve kept its benchmark interest rate unchanged Wednesday and signaled that it still expects to cut rates twice this year even as it sees inflation staying stubbornly elevated.
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Mar 19, 2025
A Southwest plane and business jet that nearly collided at Midway last month came within 200 feet of each other, a preliminary report from federal investigators shows.
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Mar 19, 2025
If you haven't filed your 2021 tax returns you might be missing on a COVID stimulus payment. Taxpayers who haven't filed 2021 tax returns who may be eligible for the Recovery Rebate Credit must file it by April 15, 2025 to claim the credit.
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Mar 19, 2025
Orland Park looks to attract a Dick's Sporting Goods concept store to the vacant Sears space at Orland Square shopping center.
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Mar 19, 2025
An Australian-based fast food company, Guzman y Gomez, opened a Mexican restaurant in downtown Evanston.
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Mar 19, 2025
Thirty Sun-Times employees, including 23 reporters and editors, will be voluntarily leaving the newspaper, which joined forces three years ago with NPR radio station WBEZ in a groundbreaking nonprofit media model.
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Mar 19, 2025
Thirty Sun-Times employees, including 23 reporters and editors, will be voluntarily leaving the newspaper, which joined forces three years ago with NPR radio station WBEZ in a groundbreaking nonprofit media model.
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Mar 19, 2025
The device has the potential to make blood draws more efficient, while helping health systems deal with a shortage of phlebotomists.
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Mar 19, 2025
Attacks on property carrying the logo of Elon Musk's electric-car company are cropping up across the U.S. and overseas. While no injuries have been reported, Tesla showrooms, vehicle lots, charging stations and privately owned cars have been targeted.
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Mar 19, 2025
Illinois legislators are considering several bills to provide rules for Artificial Intelligence in Education, Healthcare and other areas.
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Mar 19, 2025
Not everyone is lucky enough to work at a great workplace. If you do, it's worthy of recognition. Be honored as a Top Workplace in Chicagoland.
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Mar 18, 2025
The order would require the city to install at least 75 accessible pedestrian signals this year.
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Mar 18, 2025
A California pet food maker has recalled its raw chicken products after they were linked to bird flu infections in two cats and suspected in a third in New York City.
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Mar 18, 2025
The Kane County Cougars are being sold to REV Entertainment, the company announced on Monday, with the baseball team to keep playing at its longtime home in Geneva.
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Mar 18, 2025
Roughly 50,000 to 60,000 civilian jobs will be cut in the Defense Department, but fewer than 21,000 workers who took a voluntary resignation plan are leaving in the coming months, a senior defense official told reporters Tuesday.
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Mar 18, 2025
It would require that manufacturers of medium and heavy-duty trucks slowly ramp up the number of zero-emissions vehicles sold.
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Mar 18, 2025
Address: 555 S Julian St, Naperville Listed: Feb. 13, 2025 Price: $1,595,000 Listing agents: Alice Chin and James Gargano, Compass, 630-425-2868 and 630-204-2950 This five-bedroom home has four full bathrooms, one half bath, hardwood floors and formal living and dining rooms. The kitchen features white cabinetry, granite countertops, a custom range hood, a vaulted ceiling with […]
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Mar 17, 2025
Forever 21 has filed for bankruptcy protection for a second time and plans to close down its U.S. business as traffic in U.S. shopping malls fades and competition from online retailers like Amazon, Temu and Shein intensifies.
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Mar 17, 2025
There is a growing movement across Europe and Canada to boycott U.S. products. People are joining Facebook groups where they exchange ideas about how to avoid U.S. products and find alternatives.
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Mar 17, 2025
The Dallas-based carrier announced it would do away with its well-known "bags fly free" policy. Several well-known Southwest policies are on the chopping block, putting the airline's offerings are more in line with other carriers.
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Mar 17, 2025
Jonathon Schneider, the company's communications manager, said the stops along the Chicago-Madison route are Waukegan, Milwaukee and Sun Prairie, Wisconsin, creating nonstop service for people in the Waukegan area to both Chicago and Milwaukee.
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Mar 17, 2025
Most U.S. adults think betting on professional sports should be legal — but they don't feel the same way about college sports, according to a new poll.
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Mar 16, 2025
Deerfield boy runs into some delays and discovers that riding to all of the city's "L" stations in under 9 hours is no small feat.
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Mar 16, 2025
Q. I have been trying to keep up with the different court rulings and government issuances relating to the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) and whether it is currently in effect or not for community associations. The courts and government have given me whiplash on this issue the last few months. Is CTA compliance required for […]
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Mar 16, 2025
In February, slow zones covered some 30% of the rail system, up from 13% five years earlier. It's one more hurdle for the CTA to overcome.
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Mar 16, 2025
Following a Tribune-Illinois Answers Project report, Cook County Assessor Fritz Kaegi's office is fixing hundreds of properties it misclassified.
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Mar 15, 2025
City officials are shocked by language in the state budget bill that would shift appointment authority for the Gary/Chicago International Airport Authority while state legislators avoid questions on who put the language in the bill.
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Mar 14, 2025
The Union Pier mansion that sold was built in 2007 and has some 99 feet of Lake Michigan frontage.
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Mar 14, 2025
The three candidates spoke to a packed auditorium at the village hall Thursday, vying to succeed Mayor Tom Hayes, who is retiring.
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Mar 14, 2025
U.S. stocks rallied to their best day in months on Friday as Wall Street's roller coaster suddenly shot back upward. That still wasn't enough to keep the U.S. market from a fourth straight losing week, its longest such streak since August.
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Mar 14, 2025
The closure of the helicopter route near the airport makes permanent the restrictions put in place after Jan. 29 midair collision.
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Mar 14, 2025
Metra's trains on the Milwaukee District North Line are halted near Lake Forest and "extensive delays anticipated" after a freight train struck a pedestrian Friday, according to a Metra.
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Mar 14, 2025
Weeks after a family farm in Matteson lost its entire flock of nearly 3,000 chickens to bird flu, the owners learned their federal funding to remodel a pole barn is in limbo. Kakadoodle farm owners MariKate and Marty Thomas were informed in October they would receive a $220,000 grant, which they planned to use to […]
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Mar 14, 2025
Metra's trains on the Milwaukee District North Line are halted near Lake Forest and "extensive delays anticipated" after a freight train struck a pedestrian Friday, according to a Metra.
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Mar 14, 2025
The decision to allow a new trial could have implications for both the companies and families with babies born prematurely.
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Mar 14, 2025
An American Airlines plane caught fire on the tarmac after landing at Denver International Airport with engine issues Thursday evening, forcing passengers to evacuate the burning aircraft, authorities said.
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Mar 14, 2025
HuFriedyGroup, a Chicago-based dental equipment manufacturer, has agreed to lease a 326,278-square-foot-building - the largest of five warehouses that have sprung up along the Tri-State Tollway in Glenview.
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Mar 14, 2025
Manhattan's historic Round Barn's significance stretches even beyond its links to Chicago's Columbian Exhibition.
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Mar 13, 2025
The groups say the funding disruption could potentially halt their work, which includes providing services to people facing housing discrimination.
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Mar 13, 2025
As Tribune photo editor Marianne Mather looked through the Tribune's photo archive she realized that much of the city's history has been intertwined with the Walgreens chain. Here's a look back at some of what she discovered.
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