Vicki Ray can count the number of Denver Nuggets games she’s missed since she first sat in the nosebleeds at McNichols Sports Arena 32 years ago.
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NASCAR Chicago Street Race to close downtown roads again this summer
Road closures will begin nearly a month before the July race.
Former Red Sox executive Larry Lucchino dies at 78
Larry Lucchino, the former Red Sox executive who helped lead the club to one of its most successful stretches in team history, died Tuesday morning. He was 78.
Blommer Chocolate’s downtown Chicago factory to close
Blommer Chocolate is closing its downtown Chicago factory following plummeting sales and increased maintenance and repair costs for the 85-year-old building, the company announced Friday. Built in 1939, the brick factory is Blommer’s original production facility, known for sending an unmistakable chocolate smell throughout the Fulton River District from its location at 600 W. Kinzie […]
Breast cancer test may make bad chemotherapy recommendations for Black patients, UIC study shows
Black women’s tumors are less likely to respond to estrogen-blocking pills, and a new consortium is focused on improving inclusion in cancer studies.
Chicago ranked 2nd for worst air pollution in 2023 among major U.S. cities, global report says
Smoke from forest fires in Canada significantly increased the levels of dangerous fine particulate matter in cities in the Midwest and Northeast.
March Madness sports betting big business in Illinois, but Bally’s Chicago remains on the sidelines
Bally’s pulled down its sportsbook signage from a location on the third floor of the temporary casino at Medinah Temple with no timetable for its launch.
Swedish Bakery nostalgia: Your guide to re-creating a recipe from one of Chicago’s most-missed bakeries
When a favorite Chicago bakery closes, you take action the only way you know how.