Results for “Chicago's United Center”

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Katseye Postpones Chicago and Minneapolis Shows Due to Megan’s Illness

Katseye has postponed two shows on their current “Wildworld” tour due to member Megan Skiendiel’s illness. Katseye is taking a few more nights off their Wildworld Tour as Megan Skiendiel recovers from a concussion. Covered by 5 outlets:...

Chicago Sun-TimesLeans left4 days ago

Taste of Chicago's many vendor violations

<h3>Good morning, Chicago. ✶</h3><p>🔎 <b>Below</b>: A WBEZ/Sun-Times analysis revealed dozens of violations for food kept at improper temperatures at this year's Taste of Chicago. We also discovered little evidence that private events,...

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How much money is flowing into Chicago’s school board races?

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Addressing, adapting to Chicago's water system needs

<p>In the last decade, I have led the Chicago Department of Water Management twice. When I returned in 2024 after leaving in 2020, I saw how much the work of this urban water utility had changed.</p><p>Our mission remains the same:...

Chicago Sun-TimesLeans left5 days ago

Review: Geese brings Getting Killed Again tour to Chicago's Salt Shed

<p>Sorry to break it to the haters, but there was no Scooby-Doo moment at the Geese show on Halloween night. While critics have been trying in vain to unmask “who they really are” (an industry plant! a marketing sham!), the Brooklyn...

Washington ExaminerRight6 days ago

Some of Chicago’s crimes are merely widespread immigration fraud

You may think that Chicago is a haven of violent crime. But wouldn’t you feel silly to learn that some of those documented crimes were merely fabricated for the purpose of immigration fraud? A Chicago man by the name of Parth Nayi...

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As several other major cities boost arts funding, Chicago’s proposed 2027 cultural spending plan is flat

<p>Funding for the department that puts on Chicago’s large-scale events, such as Jazz Festival and Taste of Chicago, would remain essentially flat under Mayor Brandon Johnson’s <a class="Link"...

WLS-TVNot rated4 days ago

Campton Hills family donates Norway Spruce for Chicago's official Christmas tree

The Clark family of Campton Hills is donating a nearly 50-foot Norway Spruce for the 2026 holiday season.

WFLDNot rated5 days ago

Crash leaves 8 hurt on Chicago’s South Side, police say

A three-vehicle crash on Chicago’s South Side overnight left eight people hospitalized early Sunday morning. Officers responded to the scene of the crash in the 5400 block of S. Ashland Ave. a little after midnight, according to the...

WFLDNot rated1 day ago

Man sentenced to 40 years in prison for killing 9-year-old Chicago girl

A Chicago man who pleaded guilty to killing a 9-year-old girl outside her Portage Park home in 2023 was sentenced to 40 years in prison, with no possibility of parole. Michael Goodman, now 46, was sentenced Thursday as part of a...

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4 killed in Rogers Park fire

Four people were killed in a fire early Thursday in Rogers Park on the North Side. A teenage boy and three adults died in a fire at a townhome early Thursday morning on Chicago's North Side. Covered by 3 outlets: 1 lean left, 2 are not rated.

ReutersCenter1 day ago

New Zealand leaders make final appeals as election remains tight

Democratic Senator Jon Ossoff and Republican opponent Mike Collins made their final appeals to voters in Georgia. Candidates for Chicago school board president made their final appeals to voters ahead of Chicago's first election for the...

The New York TimesLeft4 days ago

Former Head of Chicago F.B.I. Sues Justice Department Over Resignation

Douglas DePodesta says he was forced out of his job after U.S. The former head of the FBI’s Chicago Field Office says he was forced to resign after federal officials blamed him for the collapse of the Broadview Six case. Covered by 5...

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West Side’s economically diverse District 5b wrestles with declining enrollment as candidates vie for seat on Chicago School Board

District 5b neighborhoods: North Lawndale, Near West Side, East Garfield Park, West Garfield Park, West Town The two candidates battling to represent a large swath of the West Side are taking a second stab at securing a school board...

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Despite Trump's harsh rhetoric toward Chicago, he's held significant private investments in the region

<p>Critics of President Donald Trump say there’s too often filth in his rhetoric, whether on social media or otherwise.</p><p>Records show Trump has also invested money in a local governmental agency tasked with cleaning up filth — the...

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Chicago judge says she was a victim of convicted extortionist who posed as cocaine king Pablo Escobar's son

<p>A Cook County judge who presides over domestic violence cases says she was a victim of a convicted felon who posed as the son of a Colombian drug lord.</p><p>Jeanne Wrenn is among at least three influential women with whom Jawad...

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Far Southwest Side’s Angel Gutierrez is headed for re-election to represent District 8a in Chicago School Board race

District 8a neighborhoods: Ashburn, Garfield Ridge, Clearing, West Lawn, Chicago Lawn, West Elsdon With full campaign coffers and support from deep-pocketed groups that support school choice, incumbent school board member Angel...

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Two newcomers race to represent South Side’s District 6b amid enrollment declines in Chicago School Board race

District 6b neighborhoods: Greater Grand Crossing, Grand Boulevard, Washington Park, Near South Side, the Loop, Douglas, Woodlawn, Englewood, Fuller Park, Hyde Park Michael Neal , a South Side native and longtime pastor, is facing off...

The Herald-NewsNot rated3 hours ago

Portillo’s plans to close some underperforming restaurants outside Chicago area

Portillo’s plans to close “a mid-to-high single-digit number of underperforming restaurants outside of Chicagoland,” most of them in the fiscal fourth quarter of 2026, the company said Thursday in its third-quarter earnings release

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Every known federal prosecution in Chicago tied to Trump’s immigration blitz

<p>Federal prosecutors in Chicago have accused 33 known defendants of nonimmigration crimes tied to Operation Midway Blitz. Many were accused of assaulting or resisting federal agents or officers.</p><p>Two defendants have pleaded...

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Painter Mary Cassatt created a masterpiece for the 1893 World’s Fair in Chicago. Then, it disappeared.

<p>The Art Institute of Chicago’s <a class="Link" href="https://www.wbez.org/arts/2026/09/08/mary-cassatt-after-impressionism-art-institute-chicago-paintings-impressionist-mural-worlds-fair-1893" target="_blank" ><u>fall blockbuster...

Chicago Sun-TimesLeans left6 days ago

Does Chicago need a permanent festival site? Here's what you told us

<p>We asked readers whether Chicago needs a permanent festival site. Here's what you told us, lightly edited for clarity:</p><p>"Northerly Island. The old U.S. Steel South Works site. The old Michael Reese site. Big swaths of empty land...

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Most Chicago voters said they want ShotSpotter back, but that’s unlikely to sway Mayor Johnson

<p>More than 70% of Chicagoans expressed in an advisory referendum Tuesday that they want to bring back gunshot detection technology to fight violent crime and speed up emergency response time to gunshot victims, but the vote is...

The Daily NorthwesternNot rated15 hours ago

Kaplan Institute panel talks Great Migration’s influence on Chicago

A panel of four Chicago area artists, writers and historians discussed the city’s deep ties to the Great Migration at an Alice Kaplan Institute for the Humanities event Thursday. The panel, titled “The Great Migration: History, Race,...

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How Bob Newhart, one-time failed Chicago accountant, became one of America’s most-loved comedians

<p>Bob Newhart’s face did not age well.</p><p>But in the deepening lines, hollowing cheeks and weary eyes, audiences were reminded of what had always made his comedy so irresistible, so universal: a look that said, “I can’t believe I’m...

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Brittany Bailey Preston, wife of local state senator, runs unopposed in South Side’s District 9a in Chicago School Board race

District 9a neighborhoods: Auburn Gresham, West Englewood, Englewood, New City, Ashburn, Washington Heights Voters in this South Side district will have a new representative — with a familiar last name — on Chicago’s school board...

WLS-TVNot rated4 days ago

Officials ID 2 men killed in shooting near OJ's Game Over Bar in East Chicago, Indiana

Officials have identified two men who were shot to death outside of a Northwest Indiana bar early Sunday morning.

LivemintCenter3 days ago

Air India ceases ops on several routes; flights to Vienna, Copenhagen, Chicago halted, report says: Here's why

Air India has suspended flights to several destinations in Europe and the United States, including Vienna, Copenhagen, Chicago, Newark, London Gatwick and Birmingham. The airline has also shifted some domestic routes to Air India Express.

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Willie Wilson’s campaign seeks to knock Mayor Johnson off the mayoral ballot with petition challenges

<p>Mayor Brandon Johnson was already facing a rocky road to re-election with a 30% approval rating, only $400,000 in his campaign war chest and a fractured coalition of progressive unions that helped put him in office.</p><p>Now the...

Chicago ReaderNot rated4 hours ago

This year’s CIFF was an animation sensation

After last year’s Chicago International Film Festival (CIFF) screening of Chainsaw Man – The Movie: Reze Arc (2025) sold out the Music Box Theatre, the fest doubled down on anime for this year’s program. Literally, one anime film became...