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Snack Wraps’ return helps boost McDonald's third quarter sales

By DEE-ANN DURBIN
Nov 05, 2025 7:09 am - The fan-favorite Snack Wraps returned to U.S. menus in July after a nine-year absence. U.S. traffic to McDonald’s stores was 15% higher than average on the day they were released, according to Placer.ai, a data company.
11 dead after engine fell off UPS plane that crashed and exploded in Kentucky

By BRUCE SCHREINER, HALLIE GOLDEN and DYLAN LOVAN
Nov 05, 2025 7:07 am - First responders searched for more victims Wednesday after a UPS cargo plane crashed and exploded in a massive fireball while taking off from the company’s global aviation hub at the airport in Louisville, Kentucky, killing at least seven people and injuring 11, authorities said.
Palatine village council denies permit for smoke shop

By Steve Zalusky
Nov 04, 2025 5:11 pm - Palatine village council members this week denied a special-use permit for a proposed tobacco and e-cigarette shop.
Buffalo Grove votes to annex Fiore property for 90 townhouses

By Steve Zalusky
Nov 04, 2025 4:34 pm - Buffalo Grove trustees approved Pulte Home Co.'s plan for 90 townhouses on the former Fiore Nursery & Landscaping Supply property near Prairie View Metra station.
The pros and cons of ‘as-built’ permits for home sellers

By Barry Stone
Nov 04, 2025 2:59 pm - I have a property that was totally renovated without permits. I'm going to list the property for sale and want to know if an as-built permit is a good idea.
US Steel details plans to invest $11 billion by 2028 across all business segments

Associated Press
Nov 04, 2025 2:34 pm - United States Steel on Tuesday detailed its billion-dollar multiyear growth plan with new owner Nippon Steel that includes modernizing the century-old steelmaker.
‘Great incentives’ coming in 2026 for businesses eyeing events at Q Center in St. Charles

By Joey Weslo
Nov 04, 2025 2:16 pm - Local tourism officials are touting the Q Center in St. Charles for the role the facility has played over the past four decades in attracting events and shoppers to the downtown area.
Talks to end the government shutdown intensify as federal closure is on track to become longest ever

By LISA MASCARO and MARY CLARE JALONICK
Nov 04, 2025 2:11 pm - Signs of a potential end to the government shutdown intensified Tuesday with behind-the-scenes talks, as the federal closure was on track to become the longest ever disrupting the lives of millions of Americans.
Bill to regulate homeowners’ insurance rates fails on final day of veto session

By Peter Hancock
Nov 04, 2025 2:06 pm - A bill that failed on the House floor would have given state insurance regulators authority to review and approve rates charged for homeowners’ insurance in Illinois. The legislation was proposed following State Farm’s announcement in July of a 27.2% rate hike. The bill passed the Senate but failed in the House on the final day of lawmakers’ fall veto session. That means if supporters want it to be reconsidered, they will have to introduce a new bill in the next legislative session, which begins in January.
Losses for Big Tech pull Wall Street lower

By DAMIAN J. TROISE
Nov 04, 2025 8:00 am - Stocks fell on Wall Street, pulled down by losses in the same big tech companies that have been the main drivers of the market's rally so far this year. The S&P 500 slid 1.2% Tuesday. The Dow Jones Industrial Average lost 0.5%. The drops in tech pulled the Nasdaq composite down 2%.

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