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Cooler trend heading into Labor Day weekend
It has been a much cooler day compared to Monday and Tuesday across the Stateline, but the humidity remains high with dew points in the 70s. This will remain the case as a pair of cold fronts pass through, bringing a cooler holiday weekend. The first of which will slide...
Today In Culture, Thursday, August 29, 2024: Chicago Exhibition Weekend | ECOS: A Chicago Latine Poetry Festival | Panel On Political Operas
Get Chicago & Midwest culture news sent to your inbox every weekday morning. Subscribe to Newcity Today here. November’s Time For Hyde Park Art Center’s Eighty-Fifth Annual Gala. Hyde Park Art Center hosts its annual Gala on Friday, November 15. Co-chaired by Jim Dempsey, Sandhya Mullangi, and Cheryl...
Brookfield Zoo Chicago holding blood drive Thursday with free admission, gift card for donors
The Brookfield Zoo Chicago is holding a blood drive Thursday.It comes as the American Red Cross says they continue experience a national blood emergency.ABC7 Chicago is now streaming 24/7. Click here to watchEligible donors can roll up their sleeves Thursday from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Brookfield Zoo Chicago's Discovery Center.All pre-registered donors will receive free admission to the zoo, free parking as well as a $20 gift card and special edition Red Cross hat.For more information and to donate, visit www.redcrossblood.org/give.html/drive-results?zipSponsor=BrookfieldZoo
Countertop manufacturer faces $1M in citations after two workers need lung transplants
CHICAGO ‒ A countertop manufacturer in Chicago faces $1 million in OSHA violations for not protecting its workers from silica exposure, a material use in the furniture manufacturing as well as other industries. Two employees became afflicted with incurable lung disease as a result, both of whom need lung transplants.
Big Ten shows off its new replay center
The Big Ten unveiled its new replay center, where decisions on video reviews in football games will be made, at an event on Aug. 27, 2024, in Rosemont, Illinois. What happens during a Big Ten football replay, and how an Xbox controller plays a role. The Big Ten unveiled its...
Regulators in final months of hearings over how to deal with 2,000 miles of aging gas pipes under Chicago
A regulatory battle over the subterranean network of century-old gas pipes buried beneath the streets of Chicago is entering the final rounds, with billions of dollars, safety concerns and the future of the city’s energy infrastructure riding on the outcome. Filings last week in the ongoing Illinois Commerce Commission investigation into the paused Peoples Gas pipeline replacement program ...
Stateville begins transferring out prisoners amid concerns over conditions
Dozens of men have begun to be transferred out of Stateville Correctional Center just north of Joliet as debates continue over the condition of the century-old prison and Gov. JB Pritzker’s plans to rebuild it in the coming years. So far, 75 people in custody have been transferred out of Stateville, Illinois Department of Corrections spokesperson Naomi Puzzello said Wednesday. Those men went ...
Chicago weather: Warm and muggy with afternoon sun
CHICAGO - Chicago will be warm and humid today with clouds this morning yielding to a sunnier afternoon. Highs will be in the mid 80s. Tonight, a line of showers and storms will approach from the west, likely reaching our viewing area by daybreak in a weakening phase. As a...
Attacks on USPS workers prompt employees to demand greater protection on the job
U.S. Postal Service workers across the Rockford area are joining letter carriers from across the country to demand greater protection on the job after recent attacks on mail delivery people. Rockford mail carrier Jay Larson was killed March 27 during a mass stabbing in southeast Rockford. Postal worker Octavia Redmond was shot to death...
As climate change worsens, deadly prison heat is increasingly an everywhere problem
This story was produced by The Appeal and co-published with Grist. On June 19, Michael Broadway struggled to breathe inside his cell at Stateville Correctional Center, a dilapidated Illinois state prison about 40 miles southwest of Chicago. Outside, temperatures hovered in the 90s, with a heat index — what the...
Illinois cheer families could be owed money after massive settlement against Varsity Brands
Illinois will now be part of a proposed settlement of a class-action lawsuit against Varsity Brands, a company that puts on cheer camps and competitions and that was accused of using monopolistic tactics to raise prices and undercut competition. According to Attorney General Kwame Raoul, Illinois has signed onto the...
Hear Rangers, White Sox announcers call Travis Jankowski’s game-saving catch
Texas Rangers left fielder Travis Jankowski made what may be the play of the season on Wednesday. That was the opinion of Chicago White Sox announcers John Schriffen and Steve Stone and in this case, we can’t argue. The play in question came in the bottom of the ninth inning, during the second game of Read more... The post Hear Rangers, White Sox announcers call Travis Jankowski’s game-saving catch appeared first on Awful Announcing.
Botched college financial aid form snarls students’ enrollment plans
WASHINGTON (AP) — After a long summer of technical glitches, most of America’s prospective college students finally applied for federal financial aid — an annual process upended by a redesign-gone-bad. The number of high school seniors who have completed their Free Application for Federal Student Aid is...
Lee & Associates negotiates 101,577-square-foot industrial sale in Itasca
Lee & Associates, has closed the 101,577-square-foot sale of 701 Rohlwing Road in Itasca, Illinois. This is the largest user sale in the O’Hare submarket this year by both sale price and square foot. The sale transaction closed Aug. 1. Jeffrey J. Janda and Jeff Galante, principals at Lee...
Local music roundup: Aug. 29-Sept. 4
Here comes Labor Day! It’s been quite a summer for music in Evanston. I’ve been lucky to attend shows by the great hip-hop band Arrested Development and jazz guitar superstar John Pizzarelli in the past week. This demonstrates the range of artists we host locally. Evanston is a great town for music fans!
Chicago youth soccer league says fire that burned equipment shed could have been arson
CHICAGO (CBS) -- A fire at a park Chicago's Southwest Side not far from Midway International Airport destroyed thousands of dollars' worth of youth soccer equipment.Daniel Nunez said earlier this month, he was sent a video in real time of a fire at Vittum Park—in the area of 49th Street and LeClaire Avenue in the Garfield Ridge neighborhood."It smelled like burned plastic," Nunez said.Vittum Park is where Nunez's youth soccer program, Academia de Fútbol Atlas FC Chicago, plays—serving kids from just 4 years old up to 17."I noticed that there was no more shed," said Nunez. "Once I got closer,...
Chicago men arrested after back-to-back armed robberies
CHICAGO - Two Chicago men are behind bars after back-to-back armed robberies earlier this week, according to Chicago police. Rayshawn Warship, 19, is charged with the following:. Two felony counts – Robbery - Armed with Firearm. Two felony counts – Aggravated UUW/Loaded-No FCCA-FOID. Two misdemeanor counts – Resisting/Obstruct/Pc...
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