Best of 2025: Top 10 performances on Chicago stages this year

Beginning with Sondra Radvanovsky at the Lyric and including Steppenwolf’s Caroline Neff as well as Ryan Hake as the lead of “Angels in America.” ...

104-year-old World War II vet excited to perform national anthem for Islanders-Rangers game

The Floral Park super-senior saxophonist and World War II Army veteran will be performing the national anthem for the ...

"We played it for our label and management and they told us it would end our career": The story of the glam metal classic inspired by an unfaithful exotic dancer

Poison topped the US charts in late 1988 with a power ballad that singer Bret Michaels poured his broken heart into ...
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Chicago teacher Sharon Overton prepares students to perform ‘The Wiz’ before the holiday break

Special education and theater teacher Sharon Toi Overton is currently working overtime to get her students at Ray Graham ...
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Bird watchers perch at Montrose Beach as snowy owls make early Chicago appearance

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Bears focus on Browns matchup as injuries mount, Myles Garrett looms large | ChicagoLIVE

As Chicago pushes for a playoff berth, the team prepares for Cleveland’s elite defense, monitors key injuries, and looks to lean on its run game before a critical home rematch with Green Bay.
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'Survivor 49's Steven Ramm calls out Sage and Kristina for tribal council shocker

Steven Ramm is dumbfounded by Sage Ahrens-Nichols and Kristina Mills's latest tribal council decision on "Survivor 49." During Wednesday's episode, the trio got the upper hand over… Lawmakers react to ...
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Youth organizations call for Chicago to keep corporate head tax in budget plan

A group of organizations that offer summer jobs to young people is encouraging city leaders to keep the proposed corporate head tax in next year's city budget, as proposed by Chicago Mayor Brandon ...
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Rosemont officials release 911 calls from incident involving 'American Pie' actress Tara Reid

Officers found Reid unresponsive in the hallway of the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel near Chicago O'Hare International Airport last month. In one call, a 911 dispatcher can be heard saying, "Your patient ...
MarketWatch

Why has Invesco’s QQQ called me two dozen times in the past few weeks? Is it a scam?

Invesco’s QQQ fund is one of the largest ETFs in the world, with $400 billion put toward tracking the Nasdaq-100 index. What the heck do they want with me? When my phone first started buzzing with QQQ ...
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Chicago's 20-year development plan for Downtown calls for more nightlife, housing and greenery

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Tara Reid Was Allegedly Barely Standing and 'Not Responding' in Chicago Hotel Hallway Before Hospitalization: 911 Call

"It's really bad," a 911 caller says in newly-released audio that preceded Reid's hospitalization; the actress has claimed she was drugged Sean Mandell is a Senior Reporter at PEOPLE. He joined PEOPLE ...