1+ day, 18+ hour ago   (192+ words) (The Center Square) – The Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation has issued medical cannabis dispensary licenses to 37 existing dispensaries, marking the biggest expansion of the state’s medical cannabis market since 2016. The dispensaries may now sell cannabis to registered patients…...

3+ day, 21+ hour ago   (478+ words) 184 pensioners in Illinois’ five state-run systems received enough in 2025 to put them in the top 5% of U.S. income earners. Illinois’ top 50 public pensioners took in an average of $437,000 each last year. That’s roughly seven times the average annual salary in…...

4+ day, 17+ hour ago   (605+ words) Medical Is Coming To All nuEra Stores CHICAGO, Sept. 09, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Illinois medical cannabis patients will soon have more places to shop, save on cannabis taxes and receive personalized support closer to home. Beginning September 10, 2026, nuEra Cannabis will begin serving…...

4+ day, 21+ hour ago   (358+ words) There is a specific kind of stupid that only happens with expensive cars. Nobody looks twice at a Corolla missing its plates. Park a six-figure Rolls-Royce outside an Italian place in the south suburbs with bare bumper brackets, and you…...

4+ day, 17+ hour ago   (826+ words) On a recent August morning, Mary Nedbalski, co-owner of the forthcoming Gunny’s Pub on Lincoln Avenue, went to work, only to discover that the city had shut down the street outside. The surprise street shutdown could last until October — poor…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (491+ words) CHICAGO - A new exhibit opening this weekend is putting some of the most infamous serial killer cases in history on display, with thousands of artifacts offering a closer look at the people, investigations and victims behind the headlines. The exhibit…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (434+ words) Illinois spent months telling everyone that college football’s largest videoboard would change the atmosphere inside Gies Memorial Stadium. The school was not exaggerating. Fans finally saw those staggering numbers come to life Thursday. The initial reviews suggested that even the…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (367+ words) Illinois is coming off a Final Four appearance on the basketball court, but the Illini have become a strong football school as well in recent years with a combined 19 wins over the last two seasons. Now, the program is leveling…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (180+ words) by Dar Danielson | Aug 25, 2026 The Illinois State Police and the FBI say they have a new lead in the 34-year-old unsolved murder of an Iowa college student Twenty-one-year -old Tammy Zywicki was returning to Grinnell college from Lasalle, Illinois on…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (1054+ words) “This band started on the south side of Chicago!” exclaimed Styx keyboard player Lawrence Gowan earlier this month on stage during a homecoming performance at Allstate Arena. “You are the people that have kept this music alive for decades now…...