First, they went after Lurie Children’s Hospital in Chicago.
Next, cybercriminals attacked Ascension, a large nationwide health system with 14 hospitals in Illinois.
In both cases, the hospital systems kept providing care, but took down their electronic health record systems and MyChart online patient portals.
The end of the school year was momentous, as all of them are.
The months of hard work and drudgery were highlighted by moments of mirth, friendships formed and the shared goal of looming summer freedom.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
Hopeful shoppers were seen peeking into the front entrance of Wayfair, the new retail store in Edens Plaza at 3232 Lake Ave. in Wilmette on May 15.
More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareSeven Chicago Tribune journalists filed an equal pay lawsuit Thursday in Chicago federal court against the newspaper and its owner, Alden Global Capital, alleging female and African American employees unfairly receive lower compensation for their work.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
The Chicago Plan Commission on Thursday approved the construction of three new apartment complexes for the West Loop and Near Northwest Side, totaling up to 1,469 units, including 294 affordable units.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
Six months ago, Stephen Helmer set out with his wife, daughter and toddler grandchildren to go sightseeing downtown, grab lunch and meet a friend.
They never made it.
About 10 minutes into their CTA train ride from Skokie, there was a “boom,” he told the Tribune, as their Yellow Line train slammed into a snowplow on the tracks ahead.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
As Carmell Massey and Saul Rodriguez, both 18, get ready to graduate next month from Innovations High School, the teens said they are afraid of being out of school and jobless as they are having a hard time finding employment.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
Former WBBM-Channel 2 general manager Johnathan Rodgers and his wife, former WTTW-Channel 11 correspondent and former ABC News correspondent Royal Kennedy Rodgers, sold their 1,650-square-foot penthouse loft condominium in the Printers Row neighborhood for $467,500.
More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareReid Thompson, a fourth-generation farmer in central Illinois, is in the middle of planting season. Weather permitting, he tends to the fields in the morning, walks home for lunch with his wife and newborn, and then returns to his tractor until sundown.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
NEW YORK — Dozens of Red Lobster locations across the U.S. are on the chopping block.
Restaurant liquidator TAGeX Brands announced this week that it would be auctioning off the equipment of over 50 Red Lobster locations that were recently closed as part of the seafood chain’s “footprint rationalization.” The locations span across more than 20 states — cutting back on Red Lobster’s presence in cities like Denver, San Antonio, Indianapolis and Sacramento.
When the Chicago Tribune moved the last of its printing operations from the basement of Tribune Tower to the Freedom Center in 1982, the new $185 million plant by the Chicago River was billed as the largest newspaper production facility in North America.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. — A decisive vote against the United Auto Workers union at two Mercedes factories in Alabama on Friday sidetracked the UAW’s grand plan to sign up workers at nonunion plants mainly in the South.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
Three doctors with Advocate Health Care shared concerns Friday about humanitarian issues in Gaza, calling on their employer to speak out against physician and patient deaths experienced there during the Israel-Hamas war.
More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareDoctors’ offices and clinics affiliated with hospitals would have to report allegations of patient abuse to the state health department under a measure introduced by Illinois lawmakers this week — legislation that comes about three months after a Chicago Tribune investigation examined the issue.
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People constantly come and go, but new estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau show that Illinois lost more than 263,000 residents, or 2.1% of its population, from 2020 to 2023.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
Taking care of her dad after his two hip replacements awakened Jasmine Barnachea’s desire to be a nurse, but she needed a way to jumpstart her health care education.
So when Barnachea, a nutritional aide at Northwestern Medicine Palos Hospital, heard about the Basic Nursing Assistant Training Program, she applied and got in.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
Foxtrot and Dom’s parent company Outfox Hospitality filed for bankruptcy Tuesday, weeks after the companies abruptly shuttered all stores.
More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareRed Lobster says it is closing nearly 50 of its restaurants in the U.S. The locations span across more than 20 states — cutting back on Red Lobster’s presence in cities like Denver, San Antonio, Indianapolis and Sacramento.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
On 2,000 acres across three counties, Nick Oomen’s family farm grows crops like asparagus, broccoli, zucchini and cherries.
Even with a bountiful harvest, Oomen says he’s not sure how long the fourth-generation business called West Michigan Produce will last.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
When the heavily-used presses at the Freedom Center geared up over the weekend to print the Sunday Chicago Tribune, it gave new meaning to the term final edition. After 43 years of spewing out countless millions of newspapers, the production run was the last for the Chicago Tribune at the massive plant along the Chicago River.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
Busy Deeter, her husband, Charlie Deeter, and their yellow lab Lily are moving from their one-bedroom loft-style apartment in the South Loop to a three-bedroom apartment in Ravenswood after a roller-coaster ride through the rental market.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
A half-floor penthouse condominium on the 15th floor of the newly built Embry building in the West Loop sold on Thursday for $7.56 million — a record residential sale for the West Loop neighborhood.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
The Illinois House passed legislation aimed at reining in the potential for runaway damages under the state’s biometric privacy law Thursday, more than a year after the Illinois Supreme Court suggested the legislature revisit the law.
More | Talk | Read It Later | ShareThe local team behind the LGBTQ+ dating app Grindr is preparing to move into a new office later this summer with plans to grow the company’s presence in Chicago.
The company announced the move Thursday, citing the app’s “strong financial performance” in 2023, according to a news release.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
Though the city of Chicago has lost residents in recent years, the suburbs in Cook County have lost more, while suburbs far from the city are booming, new U.S. census estimates show.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
Twenty-eight years ago, Brad Szczecinski was at a volleyball tournament in prime physical fitness when he ended up in the emergency room. His blood pressure spiked, and he learned quickly he would need a new kidney — the main regulator of blood pressure in the body.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
Donna Lee, founder of Brown Bag Seafood Co., is starting to feel optimistic about the Loop.
The number of office workers coming downtown seems to be inching up every month.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
WASHINGTON — Boeing has violated a settlement that allowed the company to avoid criminal prosecution after two deadly crashes involving its 737 Max aircraft more than five years ago, the Justice Department told a federal judge on Tuesday.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share
American Place casino owner Full House Resorts produced record earnings in the first quarter of the year led by the performance of The Temporary at American Place in Waukegan.
Producing a 39.6% earnings increase over the first quarter of last year, Full House President and CEO Daniel R.More | Talk | Read It Later | Share