After nearly 10 years with the WICA-TV news station, Champaign news anchor Dave Benton recently shared a devastating personal announcement on air: after initially completing radiation treatment in February, his brain cancer has returned. Because his tumor is too large for surgery and radiation, Benton, 51, has an estimated four to six months to live. […]
Ex-Lieutenant John Burge, a former Chicago police commander found guilty of perjury, was released from a North Carolina federal prison yesterday. He has been authorized to travel to Florida and check into a halfway house on his own, where he will serve the remainder of his four and a half year sentence. Burge, now 66
Mondelez International, the snack food maker for brands such as Oreo, Nabisco, Cadbury and others, is making its first foray into the world of video marketing through a new partnership with Google. This partnership will be the largest digital media-related deal Mondelez has made in its history. The Chicago Tribune reports that the Deerfield-based
An area once notorious for its prostitutes and dilapidated warehouses has now become one of the hottest office markets in the United States. Chicago’s River North was an industrial and storage hub for more than half of the 20th Century. In the 1960s, though, the area began to lose its importance in the industry, eventually
After an August 21 storm caused the worst flooding South Haven, Illinois has seen since 1991, a number of homes in the area were significantly damaged. But while more than three weeks have passed since the initial flood, area residents say they have not received any state or federal aid to make necessary repairs. As
A homeowner in South Bend, Indiana has issued numerous complaints to code enforcement officials in her area about a problem house in her neighborhood over the course of a year. But while city representatives report they are unable to intervene unless the structure poses an imminent danger, the woman reports a number of problems that
Judges in Dane County, Wisconsin, have created a small legal workaround for same-sex couples. The Badger State, where gay marriage is still banned, has started granting adoptions to same-sex couples who have been married in other states, and has opened juvenile court records, which are typically closed, to let more same-sex couples know that they
Things are looking up for entrepreneurs in Chicago, according to a recent survey that examined 131 Chicago-based companies.Among entrepreneurs who responded to The Entrepreneur Organization’s semi-annual Global Entrepreneur Indicator survey, 65% expected to add full-time employees in the next six months, and 32% expected their staffing to remain the same. Only 3% of respondents anticipated
Over the past several weeks, Chicago-area hospitals have seen an influx of children reporting flu-like symptoms in addition to difficulty breathing. The symptoms are similar in nature to the rare respiratory virus known as EV-D68, which has been sweeping across several Midwestern states.It has been confirmed that 12 states, including Illinois, have contacted the Centers
A Lombard man who claims he was driving to buy a gallon of milk on Sunday morning has landed in jail after he allegedly crashed his car into a 7-Eleven.The incident occurred at approximately 9 a.m. Sunday. Police arrived at the 7-Eleven, located at Butterfield Road and Lloyd Avenue in unincorporated Lombard, to find a