-
Conscious Cup opens roasting, training facilityJul 12, 2023 11:00 pm - CRYSTAL LAKE - Conscious Cup Coffee Roasters has expanded, opening a 5,700-square-foot coffee roasting, training and tasting lab at 110 W. Woodstock St., Crystal Lake. T...
-
Tourists are packing European hotspots, boosted by Americans
Jul 12, 2023 11:00 pm - VENICE, Italy (AP) — Tourists are waiting more than two hours to visit the Acropolis in Athens. Taxi lines at Rome's main train station are running just as long. And so ...
-
Hollywood actors join screenwriters in historic industry-stopping strike as contract talks collapse
Jul 12, 2023 11:00 pm - LOS ANGELES - Leaders of a Hollywood's actors union voted Thursday to join screenwriters in the first joint strike in more than six decades, shutting down production acr...
-
From airfares to used cars to groceries, slowing US inflation eases pressure on households
Jul 12, 2023 1:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - After two years of painfully high prices, inflation in the United States has reached its lowest point in more than two years - 3% in June compared with...
-
Spring Hill owner says deal to sell mall to West Dundee is closeJul 12, 2023 1:00 am - The New York-based company that owns Spring Hill Mall says it is close to reaching a deal to sell the shopping center to the village of West Dundee. Kohan Retail Investm...
-
Gurnee gas station to be village's first to sell alcoholJul 12, 2023 1:00 am - The BP gas station at 350 N. Hunt Club Road will be the first in Gurnee to sell alcohol after the village board voted 4-2 this week to issue the business a liquor licens...
-
Relocation makes Mount Prospect critical site for distributing cutting-edge medicinesJul 12, 2023 1:00 am - A company that plays a critical role in delivering products used in clinical trials to global destinations on time, sometimes under rigorous conditions, has found a new ...
-
New Rosemont tax rebate program could mean $225,000 for hotelJul 12, 2023 1:00 am - Rosemont will give property tax rebates to a hotel and two restaurants under a new program aimed at creating "parity" among local businesses, village officials said. The...
-
Up to 50 gallons of fuel spilled into ground and sewers from Rolling Meadows gas stationJul 12, 2023 1:00 am - An estimated 30 to 50 gallons of gasoline from a leaking fuel dispenser at a Rolling Meadows Mobil station seeped into the ground and city sewer system in recent weeks, ...
-
Answering the age-old question: What is good service in restaurants?Jul 12, 2023 1:00 am - There is a saying in the restaurant business that goes something like this: "Exceptional food will never overcome poor service, but great service will always overcome un...