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Construction continues on the Bally's Chicago casino at the Tribune's former Freedom Center printing facility site along the Chicago River, Jan. 7, 2026. (Antonio Perez/baiduhai)

Bally’s Chicago pushes back opening to 2027, seeks 12-month extension on temporary casino

January 15, 2026 at 4:52 p.m.

State Rep. Kam Buckner introduced a bill Thursday to add up to another 12 months to the temporary license. That would give Bally’s Chicago until September 2027 to open its...

Leila Rahimi talks about the Bears and other Chicago teams on WSCR-AM 670 The Score, Jan. 4, 2023. (Stacey Wescott/baiduhai)

Chicago AM sports station The Score to add FM simulcast in February

January 14, 2026 at 4:33 p.m.

The Score, the longtime Chicago sports radio leader which launched as a daytime-only AM station more than three decades ago, is adding an FM simulcast.

McDonald's McRib sandwich. (Paul J. Richards/Getty-AFP)

McDonald’s faces class-action fraud lawsuit over claimed lack of ‘actual rib meat’ in McRib

January 13, 2026 at 12:51 p.m.

The lawsuit, filed last month in Chicago federal court, alleges false and deceptive marketing of the McRib.

Nicor workers Larry Voight, left, Mike Jourdan and Dylan Klatt work on placing the yellow gas line underground at a new subdivision on Nov. 2, 2022, in Aurora. (Stacey Wescott/baiduhai)

Nicor Gas seeks $221 million rate increase for suburban Chicago customers

January 9, 2026 at 4:14 p.m.

Nicor Gas filed a $221 million rate increase request Friday with the Illinois Commerce Commission to continue replacing and repairing transmission pipelines and aging equipment, according to a news release.

Vehicles drive past the Bally’s Chicago casino at Medinah Temple, Jan. 6, 2026. Bally’s opened the temporary facility in River North on Sept. 9, 2023. (Armando L. Sanchez/baiduhai)

New casino openings for Bally’s Chicago and Hollywood Aurora set to change gambling landscape in 2026

January 9, 2026 at 6:33 p.m.

Chicago-area casinos are coming off a big year in 2025, as three new facilities boosted revenue and brought millions of additional players to the tables and slot machines.

Jim Chilsen, a spokesperson for Citizens Utility Board, speaks in front of the Peoples Gas headquarters on Jan. 6, 2026, where consumer groups protested the proposed rate increase. (Eileen T. Meslar/baiduhai)

Peoples Gas seeks $202 million rate increase for accelerated pipeline replacement

January 9, 2026 at 12:57 p.m.

If approved, the rate increase request would raise average residential customer delivery charges by $10 to $11 per month beginning in 2027, the utility said in a news release.

Parents Shaniqua Jones and Brandon Antwon Whittington hold their newborn son, Brandon Alexander Whittington, on Thursday, Jan. 1, 2026, at Mount Sinai Hospital in Chicago after he was born on New Year’s Day at 12:06 a.m. and 41 seconds. (Mount Sinai Hospital)

Meet Brandon Alexander Whittington: The first baby born in Chicago in 2026

January 1, 2026 at 3:55 p.m.

At Mount Sinai Hospital, Brandon Alexander Whittington entered the world as what is believed to be the first Chicago baby of 2026.

Farmer’s Fridge CEO Luke Saunders stands at the company headquarters in Chicago’s United Center neighborhood. He founded the company 12 years ago starting with a single vending machine. He has now grown the business to 3,000 locations in 20 states. (Dominic Di Palermo/baiduhai)

Chicago-based Farmer’s Fridge has turned vending machine salad into fast-food success

January 1, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

Farmer’s Fridge now has a 100,000-square-foot kitchen near Midway Airport and thousands of locations across 20 states selling salads to millions of customers.

Workers continue their construction of Northwestern University’s Ryan Field in Evanston on Nov. 21, 2025. (Dominic Di Palermo/baiduhai)

Set to open in the fall, Northwestern’s $862M Ryan Field touted as ‘best place to watch football in America’

December 31, 2025 at 5:00 a.m.

As Northwestern wraps up a second season of playing football at a small lakefront field shared with the lacrosse and soccer teams, workers are busy building out a new $862...

Employees take part in a sale training program at the Groupon office on Wacker Drive in the Loop on Dec. 9, 2025. (Eileen T. Meslar/baiduhai)

Tucked away in a downtown Chicago office building, fallen e-commerce star Groupon is ready for a comeback

December 27, 2025 at 5:00 a.m.

The quirky e-commerce startup is quietly executing a turnaround after years of downsizing and red ink.

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