Business
U.S. inflation jumped 8.2% in September from a year ago, the government reported this month. Given the industry’s reliance on disposable income, the inflation numbers are a troubling sign for sports business leaders.
Business
Higher prices and general unease about the economy didn't keep customers away from McDonald's in the third quarter, with the burger giant reporting a stronger-than-expected sales and profits.
Chicago News
The owner of a senior housing facility on Chicago's North Side where three women earlier this year died amid a brief May heat wave that caused temperatures in the building to soar into the low 90s has been fined $1,500 by the city's buildings department.
Chicago News
A former Teamsters union boss who was once one of the most powerful labor leaders in Chicago was sentenced Wednesday to 19 months in federal prison for extorting $325,000 from the head of a film studio in the city.
Blackhawks
Patrick Kane had a goal and an assist, and the streaking Chicago Blackhawks withstood Florida’s late push to beat the Panthers 4-2 on Tuesday night.
Chicago Journal
DeMar DeRozan scored 25 points, Nikola Vucevic added 18 points and 23 rebounds, and Chicago wiped out a big early deficit to beat Boston 120-102 on Monday night.
Chicago Journal
Fields threw for 179 yards and a touchdown and ran for 82 yards and another score on Monday night, converting five third downs with his legs and five more with his arm to lead Chicago to a 33-14 victory over the New England Patriots.
Chicago Journal
An 8-year-old boy was shot and killed in the Douglas neighborhood Monday afternoon, authorities said. The incident comes after a notably violent fall weekend that saw 13 people shot and killed, with an additional 45 wounded. Of those 58 victims, 9 were age 17 and under.
Chicago Journal
The Blackhawks have been better than expected as Richardson has them playing a style with aggressive forechecking and penalty killing, and the Chicago Blackhawks beat the Seattle Kraken 5-4 on Sunday for their third straight win.
Chicago Journal
Chase Brown, averaging 151.3 yards per game, is on a school-record streak of eight straight 100-yard rushing performances and became the season's first 1,000-yard rusher and only the third player in program history to reach the milestone in back-to-back years.
Chicago Journal
Zach LaVine led Chicago with 23 points after missing the first two games with the team trying to manage his left knee after he had surgery in May.
Crime
Another unsanctioned caravan of vehicles took over another intersection to do drifting and drag racing last night when gunfire erupted and left five people shot, three of whom have died, authorities said.