Articles filed under Chicago Sun-Times
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Riot Fest returning to Douglass Park, scrapping plans for Bridgeview locationAug 14, 2024 5:01 pm - Just two months after news broke that Riot Fest was moving out of Douglass Park and heading to southwest suburban SeatGeek Stadium in Bridgeview for its 2024 edition, fe...
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Woman fatally crushed on O’Hare Airport conveyor beltAug 08, 2024 6:46 pm - A woman is dead after she was crushed on a conveyor belt at O’Hare International Airport Thursday morning. The woman, 57, was last seen on camera at 2:27 a.m. entering a ...
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United Center owners planning massive $7 billion mixed-use campus around the arenaJul 23, 2024 10:28 am - The owners behind the United Center announced on Tuesday that the parking lots and area surrounding the United Center will be replaced by a $7 billion mixed-use district ...
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Jack in the Box is back: Fast-food chain returning to Chicago area starting next yearJul 05, 2024 9:03 am - Jack in the Box plans to pop up in the Chicago area after a 40-year absence. Most locations will be in the suburbs — including Lake in the Hills, Carol Stream, Naperville and Plainfield.
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Wheeling animal shelter floods, displacing dozens of dogs and catsJun 27, 2024 3:52 pm - Dozens of dogs and cats are in need of foster care after a shelter in Wheeling flooded Wednesday. More than a hundred animals were displaced from Heartland Animal Shelter, 586 Palwaukee Drive, when a pipe break caused the entire building to flood with more than 2 feet of water.
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Ed Burke sentenced to 2 years in prison on corruption chargesJun 24, 2024 5:11 pm - Former Chicago Ald. Ed Burkę was sentenced to two years in prison Monday and fined $2 million after he was found guilty of racketeering, bribery and attempted extortion late last year.
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Buckingham Fountain closed after vandals dye water red, pro-Palestinian graffiti foundJun 23, 2024 11:34 am - Buckingham Fountain in Chicago is closed after an apparent act of vandalism in which the water was dyed red and pro-Palestinian graffiti was found.
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The 17-year cicadas will die out soon. Here’s what to do after they’re goneJun 19, 2024 5:00 pm - Soon, the Chicago area will stop buzzing with the noise heard only every 17 years. So what do you do with dead cicadas and exoskeletons?
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Judicial giant Harry D. Leinenweber dies at 87: ‘He was the coolest judge I’ve ever seen, on TV or off TV’Jun 12, 2024 7:42 pm - Harry D. Leinenweber, the legal giant from Joliet who served as a federal judge for nearly four decades — and presided over some of Chicago’s biggest trials of late — has died at 87.
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Riot Fest moving to SeatGeek Stadium in Bridgeview for new ‘RiotLand’ venture; lineup announcedJun 12, 2024 1:40 pm - Riot Fest is moving out of Douglass Park and heading to SeatGeek Stadium in Bridgeview for a newly christened RiotLand extravaganza. Also announced Wednesday was the full lineup for the three-day festival Sept. 20-22, including Slayer, Fall Out Boy, Pavement, St. Vincent and Beck.