Chicago Local News

CHICAGO, IL (July 9, 2008) Following his public workout on Tuesday afternoon at JABB Boxing Gym in Chicago, #1 IBF Cruiserweight Mandatory Tomasz Adamek declared himself “more than ready for battle” heading into his ESPN2 televised Friday night showdown with Gary “THE PITBULL” Gomez at The Aragon Ballroom.

Chicago, IL (AP) - Ryan Dempster became the first Cubs pitcher in 31 years to start a season 10-0 at home and Mike Fontenot and Geovany Soto homered Tuesday night to lead Chicago to a 7-3 victory over the Cincinnati Reds.

NEW YORK----Fitch Ratings assigns a rating of 'AA/F1+' to the $114,980,000 City of Chicago, IL sales tax revenue refunding bonds, variable rate series 2002, in connection with the reoffering of the bonds scheduled to occur on July 16, 2008.

GX_GR110 Springfield, IL Tue, Jul 08, 2008 USDA-IL Market News Chicago terminal grain report To Arrive Truck and Rail Bids for Grain Delivered to Chicago. The following quotations represent Bids ($/ bu) from Terminal Elevators, Processors, Mills, and Merchandisers after 1:30 p.m. today.

Report cites BigMachines' ability to "streamline quoting and order entry by leading users" Chicago, IL - June 27, 2008 - BigMachines, Inc., the global leader in on-demand sales configuration and proposal software, announced today that the company has been selected as one of AMR Research's Cool Technologies to Consider for 2008 as noted in the AMR Research Article dated June 9, 2008 titled ...

Josh Kelley, the indie-rock sensation who brought us favorites such as “Amazing,” “Only You,” and “Almost Honest,” performed a private acoustic show for guests of Hotel Indigo® Chicago-Downtown, one of fifteen of the new branded boutique hotels. Josh’s set began somewhat inauspiciously as his guitar string snapped and launched off the end of his guitar. But, in typical Josh [PR.com - July 08, ...

GX_GR110 Springfield, IL Mon, Jul 07, 2008 USDA-IL Market News Chicago terminal grain report To Arrive Truck and Rail Bids for Grain Delivered to Chicago. The following quotations represent Bids ($/ bu) from Terminal Elevators, Processors, Mills, and Merchandisers after 1:30 p.m. today.

Hundreds of uniformed police officers are paying their respects at the funeral of a 60-year-old Chicago police officer killed in the line of duty.

South Chicago, IL. The ABA South Chicago Ball Stars professional basketball team that begins play in December today announced tryouts for their new Dance Team, the Starlets.

CHICAGO, IL (JULY 7, 2008) In advance of his show down this Friday night, July 11th, against veteran brawler Gary Gomez at the Aragon Ballroom, #1 IBF mandatory cruiserweight contender and former light heavyweight world champion Tomasz Adamek will hit Chicago with a flurry of public appearances leading up to the ESPN2 televised ten round main event.