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Star Playmaker Suffers Injury Scare at Bears Practice on Wednesday
Chicago Bears fans took a huge sigh of relief on Wednesday after seeing one of their star wide receivers get banged up at Wednesday’s training camp practice. Brad Biggs of the Chicago Tribune reported that veteran wideout D.J. Moore was limping after a play and was getting his right ankle/foot looked at. However, Biggs said shortly after that Moore returned to action.
Ike Reilly brings documentary, show to town
The Chicago suburb of Libertyville, Illinois, has produced the likes of Marlon Brando, Rage Against the Machine guitarist Tom Morello, Tool guitarist Adam Jones, politician Adlai Stevenson, and musician Ike Reilly. Of those names, Reilly is likely the least known, and an upcoming documentary, Don’t Turn Your Back on Friday...
Record-breaking dive coaster with 'world's steepest drop' coming to Six Flags Great America in Gurnee
GURNEE, Ill. - A new roller coaster is coming to Six Flags Great America in Gurnee next year!. Wrath of Rakshasa will make its debut in 2025 in the County Fair Section of the park across from ‘Demon.’. Six Flags officials said the coaster will have the world's steepest...
Illinois’ Six Flags Announcing Biggest Addition In 6 Years
Six Flags Great America in Gurnee, Illinois, is stirring excitement with the announcement of a mysterious new attraction set to debut in 2025. Media outlets have received exclusive invites to a press event on August 15th, teasing the project with the hashtag #FearTheWrath. The invite features the ominous face of...
Illinois’ $4K electric vehicle rebate returns in 2025
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WTVO) — Illinois will offer residents a $4,000 rebate on the purchase of an electric vehicle, beginning in 2025. The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency will also give a rebate of $1,500 off the purchase on an electric motorcycle. The Illinois General Assembly appropriated $14 million for the rebate program, which opens in mid-January, […]
Pritzker signs an executive order, creates new agency position
Ill. (WTVO) — Governor J.B. Pritzker is looking to address the needs of aging Illinoisians. To start the decades-long process of providing those needs, Pritzker signed an executive order to hire a Chief Planning Officer for the Illinois Department of Aging. A fourth of the Illinois population is expected to be 60 or older by […]
Chiefs' Chris Jones offers to cover $1.5M in stolen chicken wings to free Illinois woman
Kansas City Chiefs defensive tackle Chris Jones has offered to pay for more than $1.5 million worth of chicken wings stolen by a south suburban school worker in an effort to secure her release from prison.
Corteva, Pioneer Hi-Bred settle lawsuit with farmworkers sprayed with pesticides
A group of migrant agricultural workers who were sprayed with pesticides while working in a central Illinois cornfield in 2019 reached a confidential settlement late last month with Corteva and its subsidiary, Pioneer Hi-Bred International, ending a three-year lawsuit with the seed giants. The case against the companies that owned and operated the aircrafts that sprayed the workers is ongoing.
Rising unemployment and a volatile stock market raising concerns about the economy
(The Center Square) – With rising unemployment in Illinois and the rest of the country, the “R” word has reared its ugly head and that is recession. For much of the year, it appeared the Federal Reserve had successfully navigated the task of tempering the highest inflation in decades while keeping the economy from sinking into a recession. While some say the Fed waited too long to cut interest rates,...
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