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Kraft Heinz will move its headquarters from north suburban Northfield to the Aon Center downtown.

Kraft Heinz headquarters to move to Chicago

June 15, 2018 at 12:39 p.m.

Kraft Heinz will move one of its headquarters from north suburban Northfield to downtown Chicago early next year, making it the latest company to march from the 'burbs to the...

The General Mills plant in West Chicago will close in 2017, affecting 500 workers.

General Mills closing West Chicago plant

June 15, 2018 at 1:13 p.m.

General Mills will close its longtime West Chicago manufacturing facility in the summer of 2017, affecting 500 employees, as part of a broader cost-cutting effort throughout the company. Since 1959,...

Happy hour to return to Illinois bars

June 15, 2018 at 12:54 p.m.

It's officially time for happy hour in Illinois. Gov. Bruce Rauner on Wednesday signed a bill into law that, among other things, allows the return of happy hour alcoholic drink...

Customers dine at Naha restaurant during lunchtime in downtown Chicago on Tuesday, July 14, 2015. Owner Carrie Nahabedian attributed a boost in lunch traffic in part to improved consumer confidence.

Restaurant visits surpass pre-recession numbers

June 16, 2018 at 4:27 p.m.

More people ate at a restaurant in the U.S. during a recent 12-month period than any other time since before the recession, a promising sign of economic recovery, say food...

Inmates arrive at Cook County Jail. It's estimated that almost a third of the jail's 8,400 inmates might have a diagnosed mental disorder.

Cook County Jail trying to attract psychiatrists for mentally ill inmates

August 18, 2019 at 7:59 p.m.

With a shortage of mental health professionals on staff at Cook County Jail, county health officials are trying to attract psychiatrists by increasing pay and pushing legislation that would allow...

John Thomas leaves the Dirksen U.S. Courthouse in April 2014. Thomas was sentenced July 8, 2014, to five years in prison for falsifying construction costs in the Riverdale marina project, stealing nearly $375,000.

Ex-government mole given 5 years in prison for Riverdale fraud

May 22, 2019 at 8:19 p.m.

The onetime government mole and convicted embezzler stood sobbing in his orange jumpsuit Wednesday, pleading for the judge's mercy and struggling to make it through his prepared remarks. Described by...

Former national radio host from Chicago area spared prison for fraud

May 22, 2019 at 8:18 p.m.

A former national radio host found guilty of mortgage fraud last year left a federal courthouse Tuesday appearing grateful after being sentenced to probation instead of prison time. Prosecutors have...

Chicago man gets 18 months in prison for scheme to avoid auto impound fees

May 22, 2019 at 8:18 p.m.

A Chicago native was sentenced Tuesday in federal court to 18 months in prison for soliciting payoffs from drivers with impounded vehicles. Daniel Rankins, 32 and now living in Iowa...

Steve Buchtel, program coordinator with Friends of Big Marsh, rides through the former industrial site near 110th Street and South Stony Island Avenue which is being converted into a bike park.

Big Marsh bike park project aims to invigorate Southeast Side

May 22, 2019 at 8:17 p.m.

Large swaths of industrial wasteland in the Lake Calumet region on Chicago's Southeast Side remain largely untouched and forgotten after years of environmental abuse and unfulfilled promises. But there's reason...

Whispers Cafe, a concession stand at Mariano Park in Chicago's Gold Coast neighborhood, inspired local residents to band together in summer 2015 to keep the cafe in the park. But Bow Truss Coffee Roasters appears poised to take over as concessionaire.

Pro-Whispers Cafe crowd sets tone at Mariano Park meeting

May 22, 2019 at 8:16 p.m.

It was a tough crowd for anyone not named Tiger at Tuesday night's meeting on the future of Mariano Park. For more than 13 years, Nemer "Tiger" Alia has run...

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