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View Article 9:01 a.m. August 6, 2026 NBC Local Portillo's announces layoffs at suburban headquarters https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/portillos-announces-layoffs-at-suburban-headquarters/3971407/ Portillo's has announced major cuts at the company's Illinois headquarters. The chain cut 18% of its Oak Brook corporate and "field management" staff on July 31 in what it described as a "strategic reset." Stream NBC 5 for free, 24/7, wherever you are. [ ![Watch button][1] WATCH HERE ][2] The …
View Article 9:01 a.m. August 6, 2026 Fox Chicago Chicago crime: 2 men shot on West Side http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/chicago-crime-2-men-shot-west-side #### The Brief * * Two men, ages 18 and 20, were shot Wednesday night while standing outside in Chicago's West Garfield Park neighborhood. * Both were taken to Stroger Hospital with leg injuries and are expected to recover. * The gunman fled the scene, and Area Four detectives are …
View Article 9:01 a.m. August 6, 2026 Fox Chicago Convicted mobster tied to NW Indiana gambling case faces new fraud charges http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/porterhouse-parlay-charges ![Convicted mobster tied to NW Indiana gambling case faces new fraud charges][5] ![Convicted mobster tied to NW Indiana gambling case faces new fraud charges][5] #### [ Convicted mobster tied to NW Indiana gambling case faces new fraud charges ][6] A man charged in a sweeping federal investigation into an alleged …
View Article 9:01 a.m. August 6, 2026 Fox Chicago Dr. Fauci held in contempt of Congress by Senate committee http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/dr-fauci-held-contempt-congress-senate-committee ![What happens if Dr. Fauci is held in contempt of Congress?][1] ![What happens if Dr. Fauci is held in contempt of Congress?][1] #### [ What happens if Dr. Fauci is held in contempt of Congress? ][2] The Senate is set to vote on August 6 on a Contempt of Congress …
View Article 9:01 a.m. August 6, 2026 Chicago Sun-Times Inside BP refinery's 5-month labor lockout https://chicago.suntimes.com/morning-edition/2026/08/06/bp-whiting-chicago-state-university-block-club * SHARE * COPY LINK Share CLOSE * [ Twitter ][13] * [ Facebook ][14] * [ Bluesky ][15] * [ Email ][16] * [ Reddit ][17] * [ Flipboard ][18] ### Good morning, Chicago. ✶ 🔎 **Below** : BP has locked out about 800 refinery workers in Whiting, Indiana, …
View Article 9:01 a.m. August 6, 2026 Chicago Sun-Times Bears' Ben Johnson, Cole Kmet, Colston Loveland to appear in Hallmark Channel movie https://chicago.suntimes.com/bears/2026/08/06/bears-training-camp-ben-johnson-cole-kmet-colston-loveland-hallmark-movie-holiday-touchdown-love-story-nfl * SHARE * COPY LINK Share CLOSE * [ Twitter ][1] * [ Facebook ][2] * [ Bluesky ][3] * [ Email ][4] * [ Reddit ][5] * [ Flipboard ][6] Ben Johnson made his acting debut over the summer when he filmed a brief appearance in a [ Bears …
View Article 9:01 a.m. August 6, 2026 Chicago Reader Cook County judges granted majority of pretrial detention requests in spring 2025, new study finds https://chicagoreader.com/news/cook-county-pretrial-fairness-detention-hearings/ The Pretrial Fairness Act (PFA) took full effect in September 2023. The landmark legislation fully abolished cash bail in Illinois—the first state in the nation to do so. It also required prosecutors to petition judges when they believe someone should be detained before trial and established a three-prong test for …
View Article 9:01 a.m. August 6, 2026 Chicago Reader Review:Blue Film https://chicagoreader.com/film-tv/movie-review/review-blue-film/ Elliot Tuttle’s _Blue Film_ is explicitly about seeing and being seen. “Everybody likes to be looked at,” Aaron (Kieron Moore) says in response to the question of why he works as a findom (financial domination) camboy. “I watch them to see you and know you,” Hank (Reed Birney) says when …
View Article 9:01 a.m. August 6, 2026 Chicago Reader Who watches the watchmen? https://chicagoreader.com/city-life/homeless-encampment-cleaning-film-document-surveillance/ __[ Just Neighbors ][18] examines the city’s homeless encampment sweeps, focusing on the human impact of a fragmented, interdepartmental process. _ _ _Excluding Judah, the names of all unhoused people in this story have been changed to protect their identities._ * * * _[ Judah Venturi ][19] , 40, is …
View Article 9:01 a.m. August 6, 2026 Chicago Reader Odd to see https://chicagoreader.com/film-tv/the-moviegoer/christopher-nolan-the-odyssey-imax-70mm/ ![][1] _The Moviegoer is the diary of a local film buff, collecting the best of what Chicago’s independent and underground film scene has to offer._ * * * I’m continuously seeking transcendent moviegoing experiences, ones in which I’m moved—sometimes almost physically, the merging of image and body and then form …
View Article 9:01 a.m. August 6, 2026 CBS Local What Fauci has said about COVID origins and gain-of-function research in his spat with Rand Paul https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/anthony-fauci-rand-paul-contempt-covid-origins-lab-leak-theory-gain-of-function/ Thursday's vote by a Senate panel to recommend holding Dr. Anthony Fauci in [ contempt of Congress ][6] builds on more than five years of tension between the federal government's former top infectious disease expert and Republican Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky — much of it hinging on the origins …
View Article 9:01 a.m. August 6, 2026 CBS Local Candy store burglarized in Chicago's West Ridge community https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/candy-store-burglarized-chicago-west-ridge-community/ A candy store in Chicago's West Ridge community was burglarized early Thursday morning. Police said at 12:52 a.m., three burglars broke the window at the Candy Mart, at 3152 W. Devon Ave. at the northeast corner of the intersection with Kedzie Avenue. Video showed numerous scratch-off lottery tickets on the …
View Article 9:01 a.m. August 6, 2026 CBS Local Burglars target bar in Chicago's Garfield Ridge neighborhood https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/burglars-target-bar-chicago-garfield-ridge/ Chicago police on Thursday were investigating a break-in at a bar in the Garfield Ridge neighborhood. The burglary took place at Tom's Tap, at 6707 W. Archer Ave. A burglar smashed the front glass door, and officers found an open cash register at the scene. Police said no suspects were …
View Article 9 a.m. August 6, 2026 Capitol Fax Selected press releases (Live updates) https://capitolfax.com/2026/08/06/selected-press-releases-live-updates-484/
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View Article 9 a.m. August 6, 2026 Capitol Fax Good morning! https://capitolfax.com/2026/08/06/good-morning-323/ * [ Lemmy and Ozzy ][40] … But time went by and I found out a thing or two This is an Illinois open thread. What’s up by you? [40]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-xtbAuhhHjg
View Article 9 a.m. August 6, 2026 Capitol Fax Isabel’s morning briefing https://capitolfax.com/2026/08/06/isabel%e2%80%99s-morning-briefing-785/ * **ICYMI:** Speaker Welch told lawmakers he backed Harry Benton’s reelection to prevent loss of union support. [ Tribune ][14] … \- Speaker Chris Welch, his leadership embattled over his handling of former state Rep. Benton’s conduct, told members of the House Democratic Women’s Caucus in a virtual meeting last …
View Article 9 a.m. August 6, 2026 Capitol Fax Turning Promise Into Progress For Illinois Students https://capitolfax.com/2026/08/06/turning-promise-into-progress-for-illinois-students-8/ _[The following is a paid advertisement.]_ Thank you, Governor Pritzker and members of the General Assembly for taking an important step forward for Illinois students with a $26 million investment in free, healthy school meals, a $17 million increase and the largest expansion in over a decade. Your leadership is …
View Article 9 a.m. August 6, 2026 Capitol Fax Maze Jackson’s documented history of anti-semitic, anti-Latino and homophobic remarks https://capitolfax.com/2026/08/06/maze-jacksons-documented-history-of-anti-semitic-anti-latino-and-homophobic-remarks/ * I’ve received a small handful of texts the past few days wondering why Maze Jackson seemed to be so obsessed about me on social media. I haven’t read everything he’s written, but from what I’ve seen he cites few if any facts and relies mainly on name-calling and vitriol …