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Barkley Regional chooses SkyWest for new airline contract, offering flights to Chicago and Houston
Marshall County Tribune-Courier - Kentucky
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WEST PADUCAH — The Barkley Regional Airport Authority Board is recommending SkyWest be awarded a contract to provide air carrier services in West Paducah under the federal Essential Air Service program, with flights to George Bush Intercontinental...
Today In Culture, Wednesday, July 9, 2025: 70mm Returns To Southport | Chicago Board Of Trade Museum Opens | What’s New With Divvy
Newcity - Illinois
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July 9, 2025
Get Chicago & Great Lakes culture news sent to your inbox every weekday morning. Subscribe to Newcity Today here. ART Woodlawn Unveils New Sculpture By D. Lamar Preston D. Lamar Preston’s “Gifted to Me” sculpture is on display at 62nd and Stony...
Back on track: Signs of Chicago’s office revival
REJournals
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July 9, 2025
Like any other Monday, I started my day traveling on the Metra from the northwest suburbs—a commute that, for the past four years, often felt like stepping onto a ghost train. Entire cars to myself, eerily quiet rides and a trickle of passengers...
New Orleans is one of the best cities to visit in the US, new Travel + Leisure ranking says
Nola - Louisiana
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New Orleans has once again landed itself at the top of an acclaimed travel destination list, this time being ranked as Travel + Leisure's second-best travel spot in the U.S. for 2025. Only Santa Fe earned higher praise from the travel magazine's...
Column: 20 years ago, UChicago’s Jacqueline Stewart went hunting for home movies. She found pure Chicago history.
Chicago Tribune - Illinois
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July 9, 2025
There’s magic in finding something we might only half-remember, if it hadn’t ended up in somebody’s movie camera once upon a time. “It’s one thing to have old photos of your family,” says University of Chicago Cinema and Media Studies professor...
10 best resorts in Arizona for 2025, according to Travel + Leisure
AZ Big Media - Arizona
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July 9, 2025
Travel + Leisure unveiled the results of its 2025 World’s Best Awards, honoring top destinations, hotels, airlines, cruise lines, and travel experiences as rated by its global audience. Now in its 30th year, the annual readers’ survey offers a...
From parking to free shuttles, here’s the best way to travel around Musikfest 2025
Morning Call - Pennsylvania
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July 9, 2025
Musikfest 2025 is less than a month away, and once again ArtsQuest and LANTA are teaming up to provide a way to get around. LANTA will offer free Gold Line service and free fares on Enhanced Bus Service Blue & Green lines for the festival,...
Freeloader Friday: 125 Free Things To Do This Weekend
Racket - Minneapolis
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July 25, 2025
Freeloader Friday is your weekly guide to having fun no matter what your budget looks like. Each week we have a list of 100% free events like gallery parties, music, and films in the park, as well as free admission events like special happy hours,...
Concrete-covered Cadillac carries many meanings at University of Chicago
Chicago Sun Times - Illinois
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July 9, 2025
A 1957 Cadillac Series 62 Sedan de Ville sits prominently at the entrance of a University of Chicago parking garage, but it often goes unnoticed. Encased in concrete, the coupe fittingly blends in with its surroundings at the university’s north...
Summer travel safety tips: How to check for, prevent bed…
Naples Daily News - Florida
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Bed bugs are small, wingless insects that feed on the blood of people and animals. Bed bugs often hide in mattresses, box springs, and other furniture near where people sleep. While bed bugs don't typically transmit diseases, their bites can cause...
2 Illinois Pizzerias Are Ranked Among Top 50 In U.S.
Patch
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July 8, 2025
ILLINOIS — Some of the best pizza in the country is found in Illinois, according to the new 50 Top Pizza guide, based on the findings of a team of inspectors who anonymously evaluate pizzerias around the world. “Year after year we are noticing...
Dallas Wings vs Chicago Sky prediction and betting tips - July 9 | 2025 WNBA Season
Sportskeeda
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July 9, 2025
The Dallas Wings travel east on Wednesday to face the Chicago Sky at Wintrust Arena. This will be their third meeting of the season, with the Sky taking the wins in the previous two games. Both teams enter this game having suffered a defeat. In...
DI Sessions Take On the Future
Prevue - Florida
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July 24, 2025
The 2025 Destinations International Annual Conference earlier this month drew a record-setting 2,030 attendees representing tourism bureaus and DMOs from the U.S. and around the globe to Chicago’s McCormick Place for three days of connection and...
Chicago named America's most bed bug-infested city for another year
NBC 5 Chicago - Illinois
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Chicago isn't just the "rattiest" city in America; it's also been named the worst for bed bugs. Orkin on Monday released its annual rankings, showing Chicago claimed the spot as the most bed bug-infested city for the fifth year in a row. The pest...
Loyola University honors Chicago sculptor Richard Hunt
ABC 7 Chicago - Illinois
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July 8, 2025
CHICAGO (WLS) -- Richard Hunt's vast body of work includes more than 160 public sculptures across the country. The Chicago native's work "Eagle Columns" can be seen in Jonquil Park at 1001 W. Wrightwood Avenue. Now, more of his art will be seen in...
The Road Less Traveled
Sierra County Sentinel - New Mexico
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It was day seven in the boot of New Mexico. Folks, I'm different. I value the experience over the material. It leads to the road less traveled and different priorities. It leads to choices most people wouldn't make. The results can be epic, or...
Three Costco Recalls on Popular Products in Illinois
103.1 KFIL - Minnesota
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July 9, 2025
Recalls are nothing new—they happen pretty frequently. Thankfully, Costco does a great job of keeping us updated on what’s being recalled across America. This year, there have been a handful of recalls you should know about! getty images getty...
People have a clever way of making money off airlines to essentially travel for free—and it’s all about looking for an overbooked flight
Fortune
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It could be a scene from an auction house: A Delta flight from Boston to Rome in September 2023 was so overbooked that a flight attendant pleaded with passengers and offered them thousands of dollars and a hotel room to give up their seats in...
Illinois enacts new laws on taxes, plastics ban, education starting July
Sangamon Sun - Illinois
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July 1, 2025
Joseph C. Sosnowski, Illinois State Representative for 69th District | Official WebsiteJoseph C. Sosnowski, Illinois State Representative for 69th District | Official Website Starting July 1, Illinois introduces several new laws and tax increases...
Firefall Guitarist’s Travels Go Way Beyond Colorado’s Mountains
Forbes
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Firefall's Jock Bartley (left) and Steven Weinmeister perform as part of the Stagecoach Music Festival in 2010 in Indio, California. (Photo by Tim Mosenfelder/Getty Images) Getty Images The band Firefall has always been synonymous with Boulder,...