Chicago man charged in New Year’s slaying
February 14, 2025A Chicago man has been charged in the fatal New Year’s Day stabbing of a man on the city’s West Side. Freddy Diaz, 44, a resident of the 2200 block of South Keeler Avenue,…
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Chicago area Venezuelan refugees in limbo after feds end legal protections
February 14, 2025Two weeks after President Donald Trump began his second term, the Chicago area Venezuelan community found themselves in uncertain legal waters. Under the Biden Administration, Venezuelans…
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Congressional Dems: Retract Gaza statements
February 13, 2025Congressional Democrats, including 11 from Illinois, are urging President Donald Trump to retract his statements that the civilian Palestinian population of the Gaza Strip should be…
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Bradley leader: Pocketbook issues turned election
January 25, 2025PEORIA — Poll data shows that 90 million eligible voters declined to participate in the 2024 presidential election that pitted Vice President Kamala Harris, a liberal, West Coast…
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Kohl’s closing stores in Plainfield, West Dundee
January 17, 2025Kohl’s has announced that it will close two “underperforming” suburban stores by April. The company’s stores on Route 59 in Plainfield and at Spring Hill Mall in West…
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Marriott raising curtain on 50th season
January 17, 2025Peter Blair has done it all at Marriott Theatre. The theater’s executive producer started at the Lincolnshire venue in 2005 as a production assistant. “I mopped the floors….
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Pezband founders see remixed ‘Best of Pezband’ as their legacy
January 16, 2025Pezband co-founder Mimi Betinis used the word “legacy” several times as he talked about the recent release on vinyl of “The Best of Pezband.” Betinis, the band’s guitarist,…
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Guzman y Gomez making a name for itself
January 15, 2025First of two parts looking at ethnic and health-focused eateries emerging on the Chicago area restaurant scene What happens when a New Yorker can’t find Mexican food to his liking…
