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Our shortest month gets a day longer this year, as 2024 is a leap year. Thursday, Feb. 29 is the extra day on the calendar and to celebrate, some companies are offering customers discounts or free foo...

Richard Lewis, one of America's most beloved and revered stand-up comics who also played a fictionalized version of himself on HBO's Curb Your Enthusiasm, died last night at his home in Los Angeles af...

Your visit to the Brookfield Zoo is about to get a lot cuter.For the first time in the Zoo’s history, Koala bears will “take up residency” there, a Facebook post from the zoo said. A...

A third headliner for the 2024 Illinois State Fair’s Grandstand lineup has been announced.According to the Illinois State Fair Facebook page, legendary hard rock and hair metal band Mtley Cre wi...

Wendy's announced it will launch new menu prices that will fluctuate depending on the time of day.The country's second-largest burger chain, which has 6,000 restaurant locations, said the change will ...

The math is mind-boggling in a layperson sort of way and down to fractions of days and minutes. There’s even a leap second occasionally, but there’s no hullabaloo when that happens.The thi...

Chicago Bears great Robbie Gould has been named the next head football coach at Rolling Meadows High School, according to the Sun-Times.https://youtu.be/9mi_HMlPK_I?si=rBRoWeuFZmgH-H9tThe all-time sco...

On Sunday evening, a sea of Chicago Blackhawks fans not only flooded the United Center to see the team play, but to honor the legacy of legendary player Chris Chelios as the team retired his jersey.Du...

On his big day, Tom Skilling was on hand for the unveiling of the city's snowplow contest winners - including "Skilling It."The Department of Streets and Sanitation announced earlier this month that "...

Restaurants in six North Side neighborhoods are launching their own version of Chicago Restaurant Week in March.North Side Restaurant Week is March 1-15 and will feature more than 40 restaurants, cafe...