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Big Changes Coming to Olive Garden and Illinois Isn’t Happy
In a time when wallets are tightening and restaurants across the nation are feeling the heat, Olive Garden’s parent company, Darden Restaurants, is taking a daring stand that’s leaving many customers dissatisfied. Olive Garden's Bold Move Leaves Customers with a Bitter Taste. As inflation drives up operational costs...
Big Week | July 24-31
Tuesday, July 30, 6:30 – 8 p.m., Forest Park Public Library – Austin Room. Join Forest Park mystery novelist Mia P. Manansala for an evening delving into the craft of writing, featuring her latest book in the Tita Rosie’s Kitchen series, Murder and Mamon. Register at https://tinyurl.com/55t9cdma, 7555 Jackson Blvd., Forest Park.
Doctor suffering heart attack during Illinois marathon saved by son
URBANA, Ill. (WCIA) — Doctor Rafael Ruggeri was running the Christie Clinic Illinois Marathon this year when he suddenly collapsed at Meadowbrook Park. He was having a heart attack. Luckily, his son Isaac was running with him, and Isaac had just been trained on CPR a few weeks before...
Oak Park appears poised to offer reparations to Black residents
The Village of Oak Park is considering how to give reparations to Black residents in an attempt to acknowledge historical harms to the Black community and improve racial equity in the future — four years after a task force formed to study the issue. The Oak Park Reparations Task...
Mayor Daniel Biss: Something exciting happened at last night’s City Council meeting
Editor’s note: This essay by the mayor is in response to the presentation to City Council on Monday, July 22, in which staff outlined potential “bold steps” for the city to take in its rewrite of the zoning code and comprehensive plan. After months of input from...
Cook County Treasurer: $22M in automatic refunds to be divvied among property owners who overpaid 2023 property taxes
Cook County property owners who overpaid their 2023 property taxes are getting money back, according to Cook County Treasurer Maria Pappas. In a news release Tuesday morning, Pappas announced more than $22 million in automatic refunds will be sent to over 10,000 property owners who overpaid their property taxes last year. “For many senior citizens […]
Man beaten and robbed outside Chicago City Hall
CHICAGO (CBS) -- Four people beat up and robbed a man near City Hall in the Loop early Tuesday.Police said the 61-year-old man was walking near La Salle and Washington streets around 2:45 a.m., when four people got out of a dark car.One person stole his money and phone at gunpoint. The robbers then beat him, cutting his head and arm.One witness said he saw the moment the group attacked the man."As soon as I started picking up the phone to call the cops by my window, they immediately started going through his pants. The fourth man jumped out, grabbed whatever the other dude handed him, looked at me for a split second, and then immediately they all started going in the car, jumped in, sped off," he said.Police said the Fire Department treated the victim at the scene.No one was in custody Tuesday morning. Area 3 detectives were investigating.
Chicago expands historic lawsuit against Glock to go after parent company, local retailers
CHICAGO - The City of Chicago expanded its "first-of-its-kind" lawsuit against Glock to include the gun manufacturer's parent company and two Chicago-area gun retailers. The lawsuit, filed in March, claimed Glock "unreasonably" put Chicagoans in danger by manufacturing and selling guns that could easily be converted into illegal machine guns with a cheap device known as a "Glock switch."
June home sales slump, pointing to a buyer’s market as supply increases
A home is offered for sale on March 22, 2024 in Chicago, Illinois. Sales of previously owned homes dropped 5.4% in June compared with May, to 3.89 million units on a seasonally adjusted, annualized basis, according to the National Association of Realtors. Sales were also 5.4% lower than June of last year. This is the slowest sales pace since December.
Chicago Gourmet 2024 Launches Ticket Sales and With Chef Pickleball Tournament
Fancy downtown food fest Chicago Gourmet, the annual fete that gathers together some of the city’s best-known chefs and restaurants, has launched ticket sales for the 2024 event that will run from Saturday, September 21 to Sunday, September 29 at the Harris Theater rooftop in Millennium Park. The Grand...
Chicago weather: Scattered thunderstorms with lightning, heavy downpours possible
Chicago's forecast Tuesday calls for rising humidity and the chance for showers and storms for some, the NBC 5 Storm Team said. And while a cold front later this week was expected to bring temperatures down, they're likely to hit the upper 80s and low 90s for a string of days next week, NBC 5 Meteorologist Alicia Roman said.
Today’s Headlines for Tuesday, July 23
• Milwaukee Ave. location, where drivers killed Carla Aiello, 37 and Nick Parlingayan, 22, reopens after nearly 2 years of Metra construction (Block Club) • Driver, 22, fatally struck person in the road Monday morning near 115th/Vincennes; investigators say victim may have been laying in street (ABC) • Motorcycle rider...
'Wellness West' connecting Chicago communities to aid positive health care
The reps with the "Wellness West" organization are hoping to bring better health care access to 10 Chicago zip codes. Misty Drake, the Executive Director joined ABC 7 Eyewitness News to talk about coalition of healthcare partners that's serving resident covered by Medicaid or without health insurance. To learn more about and to connect with "Wellness West," click here.
United Center owners announce plans for $7B renovation project around arena
CHICAGO — The United Center owners announced on Tuesday plans for a massive $7 billion major renovation and addition project. If approved, the estimated 10-year project, dubbed The 1901 Project to play off the United Center’s address of 1901 West Madison Street, would completely transform the look and feel around the Near West Side arena. […]
Pigeon-Racing Season Is Here. Here Is How You Can Help Exhausted, Confused Birds
CHICAGO — The city has become a stopping point for pigeons amid racing season for the birds — many of whom are being found in the area, exhausted and hungry, birders said. Natalie Quist, a board member of the Great Lakes Pigeon Rescue, said many pigeon races occur in Indiana, and the birds have to pass through the Chicago area to get home. The Chicago Pigeon Society Facebook group has seen an uptick in reports of banded birds in the area.
Sway Aims To Open Dispensary In South Shore By End Of Year
SOUTH SHORE — A cannabis dispensary is in the works for a vacant property on Stony Island Avenue, and company officials are working to open the business by the end of the year, they said. Officials with Sway, which recently opened the state’s first LGBTQ+- and minority-owned dispensary in...
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