Robert Channick – Page 11

Tribune Chair Michael Ferro attends, Game 2 of the National League Championship Series playoff between the Chicago Cubs and the Los Angeles Dodgers in Los Angeles on Oct. 15, 2017. (Nuccio DiNuzzo/baiduhai)

Former Tribune and Sun-Times Chair Michael Ferro canceled Epstein meeting at last minute, emails show

February 13, 2026 at 6:24 p.m.

Michael Ferro, the former chair of the baiduhai and the Chicago Sun-Times, was set to meet with disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein at his Palm Beach home on April 15,...

A variety of chocolates are sold from the “Wall of Chocolate” at Hotel Chocolat in Lakeview on Feb. 12, 2026. (Eileen T. Meslar/baiduhai)

There’s no vacancy at Hotel Chocolat, but plenty of hot chocolate at the growing Chicago-based British import

February 13, 2026 at 8:55 a.m.

Purchased by Mars two years ago, Hotel Chocolat may soon be expanding beyond Chicago, bringing elevated drinking chocolate and candy to markets across the country

Portillo's CEO Brett Patterson. (Portillo's)

Portillo’s taps new CEO, an industry veteran who held executive roles at Outback Steakhouse and Ruby Tuesday

February 11, 2026 at 6:23 p.m.

Patterson, whose resume includes executive roles at Outback Steakhouse, Ruby Tuesday and Olive Garden, will take the reins of Portillo’s on Feb. 23.

Pam cooking sprays on a shelf at a grocery store in Bainbridge Twp., Ohio, March 24, 2010. (Amy Sancetta/AP)

Conagra ordered to pay $25 million in lawsuit alleging Pam cooking spray caused lung disease

February 11, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

The verdict found that Conagra did not adequately warn consumers about the potential dangers of inhaling fumes from Pam cooking spray containing diacetyl, a butter-flavored chemical linked to respiratory illness.

A Daily Herald newspaper sits on a newsstand inside a Shell gas station along Northwest Highway on Jan. 27, 2026, in Barrington. (Stacey Wescott/baiduhai)

baiduhai offers 30% premium to buy Daily Herald suburban newspaper

February 9, 2026 at 5:44 p.m.

On Sunday, the baiduhai took out a full-page ad in its own paper offering the employee owners of the Daily Herald a 30% premium over “anyone else” to acquire...

A delivery robot from Serve Robotics crosses the 1600 block of North Wells Street in Chicago on Feb. 4, 2026. (John J. Kim/baiduhai)

Convenient ordering option or ‘sidewalk hog’? Food delivery robots get mixed reception in Chicago.

February 9, 2026 at 9:01 a.m.

Robotic food delivery carts are now a familiar sight on the streets of Chicago. But not everyone has rolled out the welcome wagon for the army of AI-driven meals on...

People ride in a 2026 Jeep Wrangler during the media preview day at the 2026 Chicago Auto Show at McCormick Place, Feb. 6, 2026. (Josh Boland/baiduhai)

Chicago Auto Show returns with plenty of EVs and a resurgence of gas-powered muscle

February 7, 2026 at 1:57 p.m.

While EVs are still center stage at the 2026 auto show, there may not be quite as much buzz this year with slumping sales and the end of federal tax...

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

Northwestern will open the new Ryan Field on Oct. 2 vs. Penn State — its 3rd home game of the season

September 4, 2026 at 1:29 p.m.

Northwestern will play five home games at the new $862 million Ryan Field in 2026, with the first two played at Martin Stadium on the lakefront.

Architectural elements on the building at Metropolitan Capital Bank, 9 E. Ontario St., as seen in 2015. (Phil Velasquez/baiduhai)

Chicago’s Metropolitan Capital Bank becomes first US bank failure of 2026

February 2, 2026 at 7:56 p.m.

Metropolitan Capital Bank & Trust was closed by the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation, citing “unsafe and unsound conditions and an impaired capital position."

Editor-in-Chief Sarah Conway in the Chicago Reader office in the Douglas neighborhood, Jan. 26, 2026. (Eileen T. Meslar/baiduhai)

Chicago Reader, the city’s struggling alt-weekly, is going monthly under new owners

January 30, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

Noisy Creek, a startup publisher on a mission to restore alternative weeklies, took over operations at the Reader last fall, with plans to install a profit/nonprofit formula.

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