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Landmarks: A Christmas tree lot in Richton Park and ‘crazy lights’ in Flossmoor highlight holiday traditions

Christmas traditions around the Southland include a tree lot run by Rick Reinbold along Sauk Trail in Richton Park, the setting for a Hallmark movie, and light displays started by Tyler Thompson on Flossmoor's Dartmouth Road.

December 10, 2023

Condo Adviser: Proper formalities must be followed if board levies additional assessment

A condominium board requiring unit owners to pay a 13th assessment in a calendar year to raise additional funds to meet expenses is not proper unless proper formalities were followed.

December 10, 2023

Johnson administration begins filing lawsuits against operators of ‘rogue buses’ of migrants

The city has filed 55 lawsuits since it implemented new rules about when and where buses can arrive in mid-November, the law department said.

December 08, 2023

University of Chicago buys Hyde Park mansion once owned by late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia for $3.4M

The mansion was built around 1900 for Cora Howland, who was the daughter of onetime Chicago Mayor John A. Roche.

December 08, 2023

Recommended changes to transit head to state lawmakers, who could debate expanded sales tax and consolidating agencies

Some of the options are likely to be contentious among influential business groups, which have already raised concerns about expanding taxes.

December 07, 2023

Bally’s Chicago revenues flat for November at $7.6 million

Bally’s Chicago hosted 86,459 visitors during November, up more than 3,000 from the previous month.

December 06, 2023

Kennedy Expressway lanes to reopen, as first year of construction project ends

The reopening marks the end of the first year of a three-year, $150 million rehab of the highway from the I-94 split south to downtown.

December 06, 2023

McDonald’s will open first CosMc’s spinoff in suburban Bolingbrook this week

CosMc’s, named after a McDonald’s character from the 1980s, will be a 10-store small-format pilot concept focused on specialty beverages and coffees.

December 06, 2023

FAA is investigating after 2 regional aircraft clip wings at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport

Two regional aircraft clipped wings Tuesday at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport and the Federal Aviation Administration is investigating, officials said.

December 06, 2023

Terry Savage: Securing the future for a child with disabilities

Financial challenges persist and worries increase as a child with special needs moves past the high school years into adulthood. One expert financial planner built a system to guide families through these issues.

December 06, 2023

McDonald’s burger empire set for unprecedented growth over the next 4 years with 10,000 new stores

Ahead of a day-long event for investors, the Chicago burger giant said Wednesday that it aims to have 50,000 restaurants in operation worldwide by the end of 2027.

December 06, 2023

Lake County mental health providers battling staffing shortages linked to low wages, large caseloads and burnout

Low wages, large caseloads and burnout are causing more mental health providers to leave the industry or go to private practice, said clinic directors, mental health professionals and advocates.

December 06, 2023

Chicago-based credit giant TransUnion laying off 339 employees

The move is part of a cost-savings initiative as the firm sees higher interest rates and inflation weaken demand for mortgages and other loans.

December 06, 2023

Photos: Salesforce Tower opens in downtown Chicago

Salesforce celebrated the grand opening of its 57-story, 1.2 million-square-foot Chicago tower on Dec. 5, 2023, a bold new addition to the city’s skyline rising up amid a slumping office market.

Located along the Chicago River at the Wolf Point site near the Merchandise Mart, Salesforce Tower features a shimmering glass facade with 16,000 individual panes and is one of the few major office buildings to be developed in the city during the pandemic.

December 06, 2023

Salesforce Tower opens at Chicago’s Wolf Point

Located along the Chicago River at the Wolf Point site near the Merchandise Mart, Salesforce Tower is one of the few major office buildings to be developed in the city during the pandemic.

December 05, 2023

Berwyn mainstay Vesecky’s Bakery closing after more than a century of serving up Eastern European goods

The bakery's owners said everything was sold out by 9 a.m. Tuesday, its last day open.

December 05, 2023

CVS Health lays out changes to clarify prescription drug pricing that may save some customers money

The health care giant said Tuesday that it will role out a new reimbursement model designed to make costs more predictable at the drugstore counter.

December 05, 2023

US agency to watch unrecalled Takata inflators after one blows apart, injuring a driver in Chicago

A complaint filed with the agency shows that on Oct. 23, the inflator on a 2014 X3 exploded, shooting a large gold-colored metal disc that a surgeon had to remove from the Chicago driver’s lung.

December 05, 2023

Combined NorthShore and Edward-Elmhurst health system to be renamed Endeavor Health

Rebranding the health system’s websites, uniforms and other communications, including with patients, will take place in the coming months, and a new advertising campaign is set to roll out in the first quarter of 2024.

December 05, 2023

World Business Chicago CEO stepping down after four years of selling the city as a corporate destination

Michael Fassnacht, a former advertising executive behind some of Chicago's more unusual marketing campaigns, is stepping down as CEO of World Business Chicago.

December 05, 2023

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