Articles filed under Chicago
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Bye-bye, bottleneck? IDOT wraps up Jane Byrne redo with fanfare and promises of faster commutesDec 14, 2022 12:00 am - After years of explaining why the Jane Byrne Interchange redo was taking so long, state officials had reason to celebrate its substantial completion Wednesday. Rebuildin...
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Byrne Interchange mega-project finally ready to debut with '50% reduction in delays'Dec 13, 2022 11:10 pm - Illinois Department of Transportation engineers are promising a 50% improvement in traffic delays as the interminable Jane Byrne Interchange rebuild wraps up. The recons...
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Best Bets: Tommy Davidson, 'Luminare,' Mannheim Steamroller and Trans-Siberian OrchestraDec 13, 2022 10:00 pm - Tommy Davidson on stage Actor/comedian Tommy Davidson (Disney+ "The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder"; "In Living Color") who has recently ventured into jazz-pop with th...
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Chicago's homeless 'Walking Man' dies after May arson attackDec 12, 2022 12:00 am - A homeless man who became known as Chicago's "Walking Man" because he was frequently seen walking the city's downtown streets has died months after being set on fire as ...
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3 dead, 1 critical in shooting after fight at Chicago barDec 12, 2022 12:00 am - Three people were fatally shot and a fourth was critically wounded Sunday when a fight inside a Chicago bar led to a shooting outside the bar, authorities said. The shoo...
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Sound check: Jingle Ball in theaters, Ike Reilly's show and a concert for a causeDec 07, 2022 5:00 am - Jingle Ball streams Whether or not you caught iHeartRadio's Jingle Ball at the Allstate Arena in person this week, fans can check out the one-night-only presentation of ...
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The Bears have lost six straight games. But there are positive numbers out thereDec 06, 2022 12:00 am - For the second time in three years, the Bears are on a six-game losing streak. It's their fourth such losing streak in the past decade. Twice in the last decade they als...
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Man pleads guilty to trying to set movie theater on fireNov 29, 2022 12:00 am - A man who tried to set an Oak Brook movie theater auditorium on fire has pleaded guilty and been sentenced to 15 years in prison. David Ferguson, 33, of Chicago pleaded ...
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Tim Degnan, former state senator and Daley adviser, dies at 82Nov 28, 2022 12:00 am - Tim Degnan, a former state senator and longtime top adviser to former Mayor Richard M. Daley, died last week at his home in Oak Brook. He was 82. In a 1995 Sun-Times pro...
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Indicted Chicago Alderman Edward Burke won't run againNov 28, 2022 12:00 am - An extraordinary era in Chicago politics ended quietly on Monday - and not in the way the city council dean once predicted. Indicted Alderman Edward Burke chose not to s...