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Chicago White Sox agree future sale to Justin Ishbia
Sportcal
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June 6, 2025
Justin Ishbia, a minority owner of NBA basketball’s Phoenix Suns, and the brother of the team’s majority owner Mat Ishbia, has struck a long-term agreement to acquire a controlling stake in Major League Baseball’s (MLB) Chicago White Sox. The deal...
Illinois waterfowl blind drawings sites and schedule released for 2025 season
Illinois Governor
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June 6, 2025
SPRINGFIELD - Waterfowl hunters should mark their calendars for upcoming waterfowl blind drawings at several public hunting areas in Illinois. The Illinois Department of Natural Resources (IDNR) will host traditional blind drawings at various...
Illinois Stops Issuing New Cannabis Licenses to Give Industry Time to Grow
Ganjapreneur - Washington
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June 6, 2025
With over 130 licenses to hand out before hitting the state’s cap of 500 cannabis licenses, Illinois is not looking to hand out any new cannabis industry licenses, Crain’s Chicago Business reports. Illinois state law allows for up to 500 active...
Illinois recruit Logan Farrell eager for some football
Chicago Sun Times - Illinois
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June 6, 2025
Is Illinois recruit Logan Farrell ready for some football? After missing his senior season at Hersey, the answer is an emphatic yes. Farrell is the consensus No. 18 senior in Illinois and the No. 36 tight end nationally in his class, according to...
Illinois BBB Warns Of “Tariff Scams” Targeting Illinois Residents
103.1 KFIL - Minnesota
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June 6, 2025
It's funny how a few months back, people who couldn't even spell the word "tariff" suddenly became overnight experts on the topic after watching a few minutes of news coverage. Well, just like taking advice from a brand-new "expert" in something,...
Chicago's secondhand stores see more business in the wake of Trump's trade war even as they face rising costs
Chicago Sun Times - Illinois
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June 6, 2025
Chicago’s secondhand shops say they’re seeing a surge in sales as rising prices fueled by tariffs push some people away from buying new clothes and accessories. For some, buying secondhand has long been a budget-friendly alternative. Resale stores...
Atlas Door Repair Expands 24/7 Emergency Services to Serve Commercial Centers Across Illinois and Florida
WFMZ - Pennsylvania
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Strategic multi-city expansion improves emergency response times and compliance for automatic and sliding doors in underserved regions PLAINFIELD, Ill. and LAKELAND, Fla. and INTERLACHEN, Fla., June 6, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Atlas Door Repair, a...
Chicago Sports Network finally coming to Comcast, but on higher-priced plan
Yahoo News
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Chicago sports fans, get your TV clickers – and your checkbooks – ready. Eight months after launching, the Chicago Sports Network will finally hit the airwaves Friday on Comcast, but it’s going to cost subscribers more to watch the White Sox,...
Illinois ‘chicken bill’ aims to boost small poultry farms, expand access to their products
Capitol News Illinois - Illinois
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June 6, 2025
SPRINGFIELD — A bill that would lift long-standing restrictions on small poultry farmers in Illinois, reducing red tape and transforming the way local farmers process and sell their products, is heading to the governor. Under a measure dubbed the...
Illinois House passes controversial bills on assisted suicide and gun control
Rock Island Today - Illinois
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June 6, 2025
Last week, Representative Dan Swanson voted against Senate Bill 1950, a measure that would permit physician-assisted suicide in Illinois. The bill, which was met with significant opposition from the medical community, was described by Swanson as...
BofA cardholders can enjoy free admission to 5 Chicago-area museums
CBS 2 Chicago - Illinois
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By Jeramie Bizzle Jeramie Bizzle Web Producer, CBS Chicago Jeramie Bizzle is a web producer for CBS Chicago. Jeramie began working with CBS Chicago as an intern in 2017 and returned as a full-time Web Producer in 2021. He has previously written...
Sonoco expanding 4 US paper can manufacturing sites
Packaging Dive
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Dive Brief: Sonoco is investing this year in four U.S. facilities to expand manufacturing of its rigid paper cans with paper bottoms. The company did not specify the level of funding, but a spokesperson called it a multimillion-dollar investment....
Chicago private equity firm has stake in controversial U.S.-backed Gaza aid operation
Haaretz
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June 6, 2025
A Chicago-based private equity firm, controlled by a member of the family that founded the American publishing company Rand McNally, has an "economic interest" in the logistics company involved in a controversial new aid distribution operation in...
Personal information leaked for nearly 1,000 people after phishing scam at Illinois Dept. of Healthcare and Family Services
Wand - Illinois
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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WAND) — Personal information for 933 people, including 564 Illinois residents, was compromised according to the Illinois Department of Healthcare and Family Services. The department said that HFS was the target of a phishing...
Illinois woman loses $62K to scammer impersonating Kevin Costner
WKRG - Alabama
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June 6, 2025
Related video: Why do scammers love gift cards? EVANSTON, Ill. (WGN) — An Illinois woman thought she was sending gift cards to actor Kevin Costner in hopes of elevating her financial portfolio. It turns out that she was the latest victim of a scam...
Illinois tollways announce June ramp closures amid interchange project
Prairie State Wire - Illinois
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June 6, 2025
Overnight and long-term ramp closures will continue throughout June as part of the Illinois Tollway's ongoing work to reconstruct and reconfigure the I-290/I-88 Interchange at the Tri-State Tollway (I-294). These closures are necessary to...
China's rare-earth delays causing 'shock' to US industries
Yahoo Finance
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00:00 Speaker A President Trump and China's Xi Jinping have agreed on an in-person meeting during a call this week. While talks are a welcome sign for relations between the two nations, China's ongoing restrictions on rare earth minerals have...
Massive Truck Stop Opens in Illinois—140 Spaces
97.9 KICK FM - Illinois
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June 6, 2025
If you either are a trucker or come from a family of over-the-road truckers like I do, you know there are few things more valuable in life than a good truck stop with lots of parking spaces. There's good news on that front as a massive truck stop...
Chicago Fashion Week Returns This Fall With Runway Shows, Markets And More
Block Club Chicago - Illinois
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June 6, 2025
CHICAGO — After making its debut last year, Chicago Fashion Week will return this fall for its second edition, bringing runway shows, presentations, markets, exhibits, educational programs and more to the city. Chicago Fashion Week runs Oct. 9-19...
CHSN to launch on Xfinity in Chicago area under new deal
FOX 32 Chicago - Illinois
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CHICAGO - The Chicago Sports Network (CHSN), the exclusive television home of the Bulls, Blackhawks and White Sox, will become available to Comcast Xfinity customers across the Chicago area beginning Friday. As part of a new carriage agreement,...