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A dive into the top headlines in Chicago, delivering the news you need in 10 minutes or less multiple times a day from WBBM Newsradio.
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Southwest customers must rebook flights after June departure from O’Hare
An announcement that there will be regular season NHL games played in Germany starting this year with games between the Chicago Blackhawks and the Ottawa Senators.
The Chicago Urban Heritage Project aims to digitize historic fire insurance maps from Chicago to create an historically accurate and downloadable building footprint data layers. It's all led by University of Chicago students.
Unexpected “short” text messages may lead to “long” term problems. Jay Elliott with the Better Business Bureau’s Tip-Off to the Rip-Off® on WBBM Newsradio has the details.
Sir Anthony Leggett was a professor at U of I from 1983 until his retirement in 2018. According to the university, he was widely recognized as a world leader in condensed matter physics and for his pioneering work on superfluidity and the quantum mechanics of macroscopic systems.
In 2003, Leggett was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics for his contributions to the theory of superconductors and superfluids.
According to U of I, some of Leggett's other awards include: the Wolf Prize in Physics (2022-23), the Eugene Feenberg Memorial Medal (1999), the Paul Dirac Medal and Prize (1991), the Simon Memorial Prize (1981), the Fritz London Memorial Award (1981), and the James Clerk Maxwell Medal and Prize (1975).
Leggett died March 8, 2026 at the age of 87. He is survived by his wife, Haruko Kinase-Leggett, who he married in 1973, his daughter, Elizabeth Asako Kinase-Leggett, and his sisters, Judith Leggett and Clare Prangley.
WBBM political editor Geoff Buchholz reports on the return of a fundraising swim in the Chicago River on September 20.
North America's oldest outdoor music venue has officially announced its 2026 lineup. Highlights include Paul Simon, Ziggy Marley, Squeeze, Rod Stewart, Bonnie Rait and Brandie Carlisle. The outdoor season begins a month later this year because of the ongoing 75 million dollar renovation project.
Cook County is giving the depository $10 million which the nonprofit says will help ensure more food is available for local families in need and increase capacity at food pantries for years to come.
Greater Chicago Food Depository's C.O.O. Jill Rahman said she expects the need for food to grow in 2026 {quote}: "as the cost of living remains high and the federal safety net is slashed".
Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore in Michigan's Upper Peninsula neighbors Lake Superior.
The U.S. Attorney's Office says that last July, four visitors from Illinois carved large letters into the rock faces at the park and tried to gather about 1-hundred pounds of rocks to take home.
In December, a judge fined each visitor $500 and banned them from Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore for one year.
WBBM political editor Geoff Buchholz has the latest on efforts to secure disaster aid for people affected by this week's storms in Kankakee County.
WBBM political editor Geoff Buchholz updates the Democratic primary in the race to succeed retiring U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin.
The American Red Cross of Illinois has set up shelter set up at the Kankakee Community College for residents following tornadoes. People can come in for food, shelter or just to hang out and receive support from volunteers.
The Access Home program offers those who are eligible up to 15-thousand-dollars for a down payment or closing cost assistance.
The program is designed to help more working families buy homes amid rising housing costs. In Cook County, Access Home is available for first-time homebuyers who earn up to $137,885--pending their household size.
The assistance is provided as a zero-percent second mortgage and repayment can be deferred up to 30 years unless the house is sold or refinanced.
More information can be found online at ihdamortgage.org.
Scammers recently contacted businesses and homeowners by email, claiming to represent the Wilmette Community Development Department.
The scammers requested payment for fees associated with permit applications, and asked the recipients to transfer the payment by wire.
Wilmette officials say they accept NO payments by wire, and real emails from the village government have addresses ending with "@wilmette.com".
WBBM political editor Geoff Buchholz reports on the opening of the application period for the city of Chicago's summer youth employment program, which now is called "Chicago Youth Works."
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