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Chicago Business
The effort to cite and fine Chicago businesses in the leisure and hospitality sector continues even as they have faced and continue to face significant losses since the beginning of COVID.
College Sports
Frazier scored 16 points in the second half on 5-of-11 shooting, including a stretch where he scored 11 straight points for Illinois. He finished with 18 points and seven assists, the latter a career-high.
Bulls
The team doesn't believe the injury to be serious but LaVine - who tore his left ACL playing for Minnesota in February 2017 - walked gingerly toward the locker room in the first quarter.
Crime
The incident happened at approximately 11:27 a.m., at the high-end Burberry retail store located at 208 Oakbrook Center.
Chicago Journal
The 1st District hugs the NW Indiana shore where Democrats have typically won for decades. Milo is a Navy veteran and won her first election as LaPorte’s mayor in 2011 at age 28 and was reelected in 2015.
Infrastructure
Illinois was recently ranked as having the 3rd most structurally-deficient bridges in the nation.
Crime
The incident occurred around 4:40 a.m. and was reportedly captured on a POD camera, but we have not seen the video of the shooting.
Blackhawks
The Blackhawks won their third game in a row while Montreal dropped its fifth straight, having only won once in their last 13 games.
Chicago Journal
Officials in McHenry and Kankakee counties, who didn’t return messages Thursday, have previously said they'd continue to appeal.
Chicago Journal
Driver Services facilities operating on a Tuesday–Saturday schedule will reopen on Tuesday, Jan. 25.
Illinois News
In a 60-page decision filed Wednesday, the appellate court’s three-judge panel ordered the Illinois Commerce Commission to review the public need for the project that moves North Dakota oil to a shipping point in Illinois.
Bulls
The second-place Nets had all three of their superstars in the lineup for just the second time this season. They outscored the East-leading Bulls by 20 in the third quarter to break away.