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Almost exactly 33 years after it originally opened, the Hollywood Casino Aurora unlocked the doors on a new, bigger home on June 24, 2026, in Aurora. (Rick West/Daily Herald)

Hollywood Casino Aurora launches new $360 million land-based facility

June 24, 2026 at 5:59 p.m.

The latest land-based casino to open in Illinois, the new Hollywood Casino Aurora replaces one of the state’s original riverboat venues, which closed earlier this month after 30 years of...

Political commentator Adam Mockler, 23, records a video on June 22, 2026, in his Chicago home studio. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)

Chicago Media Report: Rising TV pundit Adam Mockler, ABC 7 enlists viewers in FCC battle and CNBC to hit Cboe

June 24, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

The Chicago Media Report covers Adam Mockler's new debate series, CNBC plans to broadcast from the Cboe trading floor and the departure of Sylvia Perez from Fox 32.

The Daily Herald is printed at the Tribune printing plant Feb. 10, 2026, in Schaumburg. (Armando L. Sanchez/baiduhai)

Tribune Publishing completes purchase of Daily Herald, adding the suburban newspaper to its Chicago portfolio

June 22, 2026 at 6:58 p.m.

The purchase closed Monday, putting the 150-year-old Daily Herald, the state’s third-largest newspaper, under the Tribune Publishing corporate umbrella.

MS NOW anchor Alicia Menendez reports from the Obama Presidential Center opening ceremony on June 18, 2026, in Chicago. (John J. Kim/baiduhai)

MS NOW goes all in on Obama Presidential Center opening, as national media flock to Chicago’s South Side

June 18, 2026 at 6:28 p.m.

An array of national news networks also captured the grand opening ceremony in real time, but MS NOW went all in, broadcasting from a remote pop-up studio on the roof...

The traveling desk for "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert" is on display for the "Evolution of Late Night Television" exhibition at the Museum of Broadcast Communications in the West Loop on June 4, 2026. (Eileen T. Meslar/baiduhai)

Chicago Media Report: ‘Late Show’ set arrives, WGN-TV sued over ‘Mr. Finance’ and a King-sized loss for Bulls

June 10, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

The latest Chicago Media Report covers the arrival of "The Late Show with Stephen Colbert” set in Chicago and the upcoming departure of veteran Chicago sports and news anchor Ryan...

Carmen Gonzalez, 50, reacts after filling up at a T-Mobile $1.99-per-gallon gas promotion at a Shell station on Belmont Avenue in Chicago’s Hermosa neighborhood, June 9, 2026. "I paid $18." Gonzalez said. "I've never paid $18 on my truck, never." (Josh Boland/baiduhai)

Pump it up: T-Mobile offers $1.99-per-gallon gas promotion at one Chicago Shell station Tuesday

June 9, 2026 at 4:02 p.m.

With gas prices hovering above $5 a gallon, wireless carrier T-Mobile is turning back the clock and rolling back pump prices Tuesday to $1.99 per gallon at one Chicago Shell...

A ComEd headquarters building, July 17, 2020, in Chicago. (Brian Cassella/baiduhai)

ComEd announces $2.5 million small business relief fund as supply prices rise again this summer

June 4, 2026 at 5:00 a.m.

ComEd on Thursday announced a new $2.5 million customer relief fund for Chicago-area small businesses.

The current Hollywood Casino Aurora operates Aug. 26, 2025, while a new casino is being built. (Dominic Di Palermo/ baiduhai)

Chicago-area casinos making a land grab, with Aurora ditching its boat and Waukegan breaking new ground

June 3, 2026 at 3:59 p.m.

The state’s sweeping 2019 gambling expansion bill, which added everything from six new casinos to sports betting, allowed all casinos to be built on or moved to dry land.

The Re-Loop Vision Coalition proposed a walkable “experience district” featuring 80-foot sculptures forged from crushed CTA rail steel, food stalls and a permanent home for salvage businesses, makers and fabrication programs already doing such work on the South and West sides. (Re-Loop Vision Coalition)

World Business Chicago picks design contest finalists: Covered highways, residential alleys, recycling tourism

June 3, 2026 at 7:39 a.m.

World Business Chicago, which hosted the “Horizon Lines” open design contest this spring, on Wednesday announced the six finalists.

In an image taken from video, federal immigration agents detain Debbie Brockman Friday morning in the 2400 block of West Foster Avenue on Oct. 10, 2025. (Josh Thomas)

Former WGN-TV producer files $10 million claim against US for viral detention during Operation Midway Blitz

June 2, 2026 at 5:01 p.m.

Debbie Brockman, the former WGN-TV producer whose aggressive detainment in October during Operation Midway Blitz went viral on social media, filed a $10 million claim against the U.S. government Tuesday...

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