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Special Airline For Dogs Now Flies Out Of Illinois
If you love traveling with your dog, there is now a new and better option flying out of Illinois. Don't get me wrong, I love animals, especially my pets. I just don't understand how people bring them on vacation and travel with the little creatures. Manly, because it's not easy. It's hard enough going through an airport with yourself let alone with a dog.
‘Aging with Vitality’: Graceland hosting event for people in their golden years
PEORIA, Ill. (WMBD) — Sometimes aging or watching our loved ones age can be scary. But becoming old or seasoned in life does not mean one has to become weak or meek. Graceland Center for Purposeful Aging has just the event for the elderly people in the Greater Peoria area. On Saturday, the senior center is hosting Aging with Vitality. People aged 50 and older can enjoy a day of carnival games, a silent auction, a cake and prize walk and picnic foods.
Chicago shooting: Postal worker shot to death in front of West Pullman home ID'd, officials say
A postal worker was shot to death while on the job in front of a South Side home on Friday, officials said.Chicago police said the shooting happened in the West Pullman neighborhood's 12100-block of South Harvard Avenue just before 11:40 a.m.ABC7 Chicago is now streaming 24/7. Click here to watchNeighbors who did not want to appear camera told ABC7 they saw a car driving toward the victim's USPS truck before hearing at least 10 shots in broad daylight.Police said the offender, identified only as male, approached a 48-year-old woman, took out a gun and fired shots. She suffered multiple gunshot...
3 shot outside Lyon’s Den hookah lounge
CHICAGO — Three people were shot overnight outside Lyon’s Den, a hookah lounge on the border of Wicker Park and West Town where a shootout left one dead and another injured last year. Authorities have not publicly linked the latest shooting to the business. Here’s what we know...
Russian Billionaire Suddenly Abandoned This Illinois Mansion?
It sounds like something you'd see in a spy thriller, but it's a real life Illinois thing. Neighbors have wondered out loud why a Russian billionaire just suddenly abandoned an exotic Illinois mansion and left the country. The mystery begins with an investigation of this out of the way Illinois...
Illinois has already experienced over 100 tornadoes this year, double the annual average
On Monday, the National Weather Service in Chicago issued 16 tornado warnings — the most they’ve sent out on a single day since 2004. The office confirmed that at least 28 tornadoes swept across northern Illinois and northwest Indiana on Sunday and Monday night as peak wind gusts reached more than 100 mph. Illinois has already experienced over 100 tornadoes this year, though the state ...
Don’t Fall Victim to the Latest USPS Text Scam Circulating Illinois
We should all know better by now, but I nearly fell victim to a new package delivery text scam the other day, and I don't want the same thing to happen to you. Here's one thing I can guarantee about me; if you call or text me from a number I don't recognize, I will not answer or respond...ever. My notorious call screening usually saves me from phone scammers, BUT, when I have been waiting for over two weeks for Japanese Beetle traps I desperately need to arrive, receiving a text about a delivery issue almost had me falling hook, line, and sinker into the scammer's trap.
Angel Reese Publicly Calls Out Chennedy Carter For Unexpected Snub
The Chicago Sky recently picked up a 93-85 victory against the Las Vegas Aces to cap off the first half of the WNBA season. Following the big-time win, rookie Angel Reese sent a public message to Sky teammate Chennedy Carter. Carter posted on X, saying, "Good morning chenfolks," and ...
Heavy rains this past week have all but extinguished drought conditions across Illinois
Rainfall over the next week looks minimal across the Chicago area; heaviest amounts centered from Texas across the Southeast into the Carolinas Heavy rains this past week have all but extinguished drought conditions across Illinois. Precipitation past 7 days How far from normal? July 9 drought map: July 16 drought map:
Three tap-ins: Final day of the 93rd Illinois State Amateur Championship
Jul. 19—Three items from Thursday at Atkins Golf Club in Urbana, courtesy N-G staff writer Zach Piatt: Bragging rights Champaign native David Keenan had the best finish of the five local golfers. He played consistent golf for about the first three and a half rounds, sitting at 2 under par overall with just six holes to play. But the former Salt Fork and Parkland College standout played the ...
28-year anniversary of Illinois’s biggest rainfall in recorded history
A swath of heavy rainfall occurred across portions of south central Wisconsin, northeast Illinois, and northwest Indiana on July 17-18, 1996. From the National Weather Service: The heaviest rainfall was observed near Aurora, Illinois, with a maximum point rainfall of 16.94 inches in a 24-hour period. The 24-hour rainfall measured near Aurora remains the statewide record (as […]
Illinois Republican delegates believe Trump will win regardless of whom he faces in November
MILWAUKEE (CBS) -- As the Democrats sort out who their nominee will be—with pressure growing for President Biden to withdraw—Illinois' Republicans are unbothered by whom former President Donald Trump faces come November.At their breakfast Thursday—which ended with a rousing rendition of "God Bless America"—Illinois Republican delegates gave high marks for the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee. They thought vice presidential nominee JD Vance was a big hit.They also think the disarray on the Democratic ticket is not a problem, but an opportunity. The delegates signaled total comfort and confidence with where things sit four months before the election.With the increasingly...
US Invests $140 Million in Illinois Quantum Proving Ground.
The US Department of Defense is investing up to $140 million in a national proving ground for quantum technologies in Illinois, Governor JB Pritzker announced Tuesday. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) and the State of Illinois are partnering on the project, which will be based at a soon-to-be-built quantum campus in the Chicago region.
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