Friday, March 14, 2025

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usa-vs-edward-burke
  • by david hall
Chicago's once-powerful Ed Burke faces sentencing Monday, 'very humbling' days could be ahead

Nearly a decade has passed since an Illinois politician as significant as Burke faced sentencing at the Dirksen Federal Courthouse. The need to send a message to others is sure to be on the judge’s mind when she makes her decision.

small-business
  • by david hall
WhirlyBall files for small-business bankruptcy protection

The company's subchapter v filing, which is under Chapter 11, comes after the business marked its 30-year anniversary in 2023.

cicada-watch-2024
  • by david hall
If you want to own a cicada bobblehead, you’ll have to wait for that, too — but only a few months

The museum’s first cicada bobblehead is a nod to the double brood emergence of the 13-year and 17-year cicadas in more than a dozen states, including both broods in Illinois.

obituaries
  • by david hall
Mike Downey, former Sun-Times sportswriter, dies at 72

"He was one of those guys you wanted to read," recalled Sun-Times columnist Rick Telander.