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Peoples Gas is seeking to slash its own $202 million rate increase request by $58 million in a filing Tuesday with the Illinois Commerce Commission.

Hawthorne Race Course will likely have to close after a buyer who wants to use the site for other purposes turned out to be the only qualified bidder in bankruptcy.

The Chicago-based hot dog chain is opening a new location about a block south of Wrigley Field that will feature Portillo’s first walk-up window.

Regular service is set to resume Friday for the South Shore Line following a June 24 freight train derailment near East Chicago.

On July 15, 2006, Twitter (now known as X) was launched to the public.

The Lake County Council passed a resolution Tuesday in support of the locked out BP union workers and to request the energy company to end the lockout and resume negotiations.

Subaru of America is recalling more than 541,000 of its Crosstrek, Forester, and Ascent SUVs due to an inaccurate label attached to the vehicles.