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Portillo's to close up to 9 ‘underperforming restaurants,' company announces
Iconic Chicago hot dog and Italian beef chain Portillo's will close a "select group of underperforming locations," the company announced during a third-quarter earnings call Thursday. The update came as the company said its results were "ahead" of expectations. “Our strategy is centered on running great restaurants, leveraging integrated marketing...
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Bill Self, Kansas Dealt Unfortunate News Before Kentucky Game
Kansas coach Bill Self faces a major challenge ahead of the Champions Classic after a starting guard suffered a serious injury in practice.
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Chicago Thieves Keep Using Stolen Jeeps to Smash Into Stores, and Police Think They Know Why
Across Chicago, security cameras keep recording a costly sight. SUVs slam into storefronts, glass flies, and thieves rush inside to grab cash, goods, or ATMs. But a closer look at the footage reveals something else. ... Read more
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Arctic Blasts and Winter Storms Threaten Minneapolis, Chicago, Des Moines, and St. Louis From Thanksgiving Week Into December After Polar Vortex Disruption
CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa — A Sudden Stratospheric Warming Event has officially occurred high above the North Pole, and it could set the stage for a major pattern change across the Midwest. The event has disrupted the polar vortex, which often opens the door for Arctic air to spill south into the Lower 48. Forecasters say the change could last from Thanksgiving week through at least the first half of December. Repeated Arctic blasts and elevated winter storm chances are expected across a wide part of the region.
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Aurora Man Faces 30 Years After Montgomery Raid Nets Guns, Drugs, Cash
Aurora police say a narcotics search warrant served at a Montgomery home around 7 p.m. on Oct. 27 turned up seven firearms, nearly 1,000 grams of suspected drugs, and more than $1,200 in cash, leading to felony charges against a 33-year-old Aurora man police describe as a gang member. A second Aurora resident was also arrested at the scene on a child endangerment charge.
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Man In Custody After Robbing An Aurora Family Dollar Store While Pretending To Be Armed
A 25-year-old Aurora man is in custody after being arrested for allegedly robbing an Aurora retail store in mid-October. According to police, on October 18 at approximately 7:22pm, APD responded to the Family Dollar store in the 900 block of North Lake Street for a reported aggravated robbery. Officers learned that a man approached an employee at the cash register, claimed to have a firearm, and demanded that the register be opened. The employee complied, and the suspect removed cash from the register before fleeing the store on foot. Approximately $427 was reported stolen.
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This Cash-Only Illinois Tavern Has Been Serving Giant One-Pound Burgers For Decades
A full pound of beef on one bun. That’s the standard burger here, not some dare written on a chalkboard. The smaller version is the half-pound option, which tells you a lot about this place. There are no fries on the menu either. You get chips instead, and somehow that quirk feels just right.
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The Rifleman's Chuck Connors gave Chicago a shoutout in 1961
Even an Old West cowboy needed a change of scenery sometimes!. Chuck Connors was best known for his role as Lucas McCain on The Rifleman. As a hardworking rancher with a strong moral compass, McCain was the perfect picture of a classic Western hero. But off-screen, Connors was quite a bit more of a city boy than his TV counterpart.
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Guilty verdict in 2021 murder of 19-year-old woman outside illegal club in Jefferson Park on Chicago’s NW Side
Cook County jury on Nov. 6 found Rusten Reece Relucio guilty of murdering a 19-year-old woman and attempting to kill another person as they were leaving an unlicensed social club near Central and Lawrence avenues on Dec. 5. 2021. Relucio was accused of standing outside the club and opening fire,...
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Chicago Diner Owner Stabbed, Cook Knocked Out in Belmont Ave Robbery
An intruder shattered the glass front door of Brothers Restaurant on the 3000 block of W. Belmont Avenue in Chicago around 4:29 a.m. Monday, pulling out a sharp object and fighting with two men before spraying them with a chemical irritant and fleeing with cash from the register. One of the restaurant's owners was stabbed in the attack, and a cook was knocked unconscious, according to the diner's owners.
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Illinois Residents Take Viral Joke Seriously and Gather to Push The Bean 7 Inches to the Left to Free Imaginary Man Inside: ‘Very Ant-Like Behavior’
Residents in Illinois took an internet joke to another level after hundreds of people gathered in Chicago to push a giant metal bean seven inches to the left. Their mission was apparently to free an imaginary man the internet has long joked is trapped inside the famous sculpture. The gathering...
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Born 83 Years Ago Today in the Windy City, the Drummer Whose Band Went From the Top 5 to Making Commercials for Coca-Cola and the US Navy
On this day (November 9) in 1943, Lee Graziano was born in Chicago, Illinois. He is best known as the drummer for the 1960s pop band The American Breed. They notched a few top 40 hits in the mid-60s. Their biggest chart success was the 1967 single “Bend Me, Shape Me,” which landed in the top 10 in the United States and Canada. They also recorded jingles for major corporations, including Coca-Cola, Bell Telephone, the United States Navy, and American Airlines.
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Construction flagger critically injured in crash near Palos Park
PALOS PARK, Ill. - A 34-year-old construction flagger was critically injured in a crash Monday morning on Archer Avenue near Parker Road, according to the Palos Park Police Department. What happened. What we know:. The Palos Park Police Department is investigating a crash involving a construction flagger that occurred on...