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American Airlines Announces Bus Service Between SB Airport, O’Hare

American Airlines Announces Bus Service Between SB Airport, O’Hare

InkFreeNews.com Posted Jul 26, 2025 Updated: Jul 25, 2025 @ 2:12 PM South Bend International Airport has announced American Airlines will connect passengers to Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport via a motorcoach service provided by The...

Istanbul, Chicago Airports Form Sister Airport Partnership

Istanbul, Chicago Airports Form Sister Airport Partnership

(MENAFN) Türkiye’s IGA Istanbul Airport and the Chicago Department of Aviation (CDA) revealed on Monday a Sister Airport agreement designed to link these key airports and facilitate passenger travel. Istanbul Airport and O'Hare International...

Future of NASCAR's downtown Chicago weekend unclear going into third year of contract

Future of NASCAR's downtown Chicago weekend unclear going into third year of contract

CHICAGO -- When it comes to NASCAR's upcoming return to downtown Chicago, Julie Giese has a long list of responsibilities. The track president is monitoring an ambitious construction schedule for the street course, to go along with everything else...

Future of NASCAR's downtown Chicago weekend is unclear

Future of NASCAR's downtown Chicago weekend is unclear

CHICAGO — When it comes to NASCAR's upcoming return to downtown Chicago, Julie Giese has a long list of responsibilities. The track president is monitoring an ambitious construction schedule for the street course, to go along with everything else...

Istanbul Airport, major Chicago air hub form sister alliance

Istanbul Airport, major Chicago air hub form sister alliance

Türkiye's largest air hub, IGA Istanbul Airport, and the Chicago Department of Aviation's (CDA) O'Hare International Airport recently announced a "sister airport" agreement that will connect the major airports to help facilitate travelers. The...

Meet IndyStar Pulliam fellow Sam Habashy 

Meet IndyStar Pulliam fellow Sam Habashy 

IndyStar's newsroom internships are an important tradition that benefits readers, the news industry and aspiring journalists. We have nine summer interns for 2025 — students who have shown a passion for local journalism and have prior internship...

Cheapest E85 gas in cities across Rock Island County in week ending July 19

Cheapest E85 gas in cities across Rock Island County in week ending July 19

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Commissioner Mark C. Christie | www.ferc.govFederal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Commissioner Mark C. Christie | www.ferc.gov There was a single gas station in cities across Rock Island County...

City of Chillicothe Marketing & Tourism Commission met June 2

City of Chillicothe Marketing & Tourism Commission met June 2

City of Chillicothe Marketing & Tourism Commission met June 2. Here are the minutes provided by the commission: MEMBERS PRESENT: Economic Development Director Amanda Beadles, Alderperson Tim White, Susan Bobbitt, Ashleigh Hildebrandt, Steve Bart,...

Airbnb to Host Curated Fan Experiences at Lollapalooza Chicago

Airbnb to Host Curated Fan Experiences at Lollapalooza Chicago

What to know about the Airbnb fan experiences at Lollapalooza The Airbnb fan experiences span a range of disciplines—from music production to fashion styling to makeup artistry—and are hosted inside the Airbnb Haven, a VIP-style lounge within the...

DOGE Rejoices As Amtrak Turns To AI Company In New Deal For Infrastructure Efficiency

DOGE Rejoices As Amtrak Turns To AI Company In New Deal For Infrastructure Efficiency

It has been evident that the new administration hasn't been afraid to cut funding for projects related to Amtrak. The goal is to improve infrastructure efficiency, particularly in the short term. Not only is Amtrak taking up those initiatives, but...

Public Health: Abortions have increased in the U.S. as desperate women turn to pills and travel

Public Health: Abortions have increased in the U.S. as desperate women turn to pills and travel

It is now been two and a half years since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade and opened the door for states to implement bans. The policies and their impact have been in flux ever since the ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health...

Armchair Travels

Armchair Travels

Illustration: Getty Images Plus VIA GETTY IMAGES, Tracy Lee Miller Summer is a time when many in our community take the opportunity to explore other places. We have a natural curiosity to see what else is out there on this big, beautiful planet we...

Record number expected to travel for Fourth of July weekend

Record number expected to travel for Fourth of July weekend

A record number of travelers are expected during the upcoming Fourth of July weekend, area travel experts said. According to its website, the AAA group is predicting that “Fourth of July travel in 2025 will be the busiest ever, with 72.2 million...

Columbus police commander learns leadership skills from well-known Chicago improv group

Columbus police commander learns leadership skills from well-known Chicago improv group

Joe Curmode would never have expected that doing improv would make him a better police officer. But because of the University of Chicago’s Policing Leadership Academy, the Columbus Division of Police commander got the chance to learn improv from...

1 gas station in cities throughout Christian County had the cheapest diesel in week ending July 19

1 gas station in cities throughout Christian County had the cheapest diesel in week ending July 19

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Chairman Willie L. Phillips | www.ferc.govFederal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Chairman Willie L. Phillips | www.ferc.gov There was a single gas station in cities across Christian County selling...

Tinubu’s Chicago certificate as Afó’kéèmù, By Festus Adedayo

Tinubu’s Chicago certificate as Afó’kéèmù, By Festus Adedayo

Chicago State University Last Monday, as noiselessly as a phantom, President Bola Tinubu brought home his strange friend. While an Igbo proverb says the footsteps of a man cannot create a stampede, Alexander Zingman, the president’s Belarusian...

113-Year-Old Morning Star Baptist Church In Bronzeville Is Now A Chicago Landmark

113-Year-Old Morning Star Baptist Church In Bronzeville Is Now A Chicago Landmark

GRAND BOULEVARD — A beloved South Side church is now a city landmark. The City Council voted unanimously last month to recognize Morning Star Baptist Church, 3993 S. King Drive. The move comes four months after the landmarks commission’s...

Why Tour Operators Are Embracing Domestic Travel for Summer 2025 & Beyond

Tour operators like G Adventures, Intrepid Travel, and EF World Journeys have all announced new domestic tours in recent weeks, hinting at a larger trend in travel booking preferences. The tourism industry has found itself in a predicament as we...

4th of July travel forecast: Where storms, traffic and crowdsare expected to hit hardest

4th of July travel forecast: Where storms, traffic and crowdsare expected to hit hardest

For some people, the Fourth of July is all about backyard barbecues and watching their hometown fireworks show. Millions of others, however, are getting out of town: AAA reports a record-breaking 72.2 million Americans will travel more than 50...

Crash involving Chicago police under scrutiny after new surveillance video surfaces

Crash involving Chicago police under scrutiny after new surveillance video surfaces

A newly-surfaced surveillance video is raising questions about a crash involving a Chicago police vehicle that sent a young family to the hospital and damaged several cars on the city’s West Side. CHICAGO - A newly-surfaced surveillance video is...

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