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Cubs great Ryne Sandberg new spokesman for Chicago-based weed retailer Verilife, as marijuana goes fully mainstream Robert Channick, Chicago Tribune © Chris Sweda/Chicago Tribune Cubs Hall of Famer Ryne Sandberg waves to the crowd during the opening day of the annual Cubs Convention at the Sheraton Grand Chicago on Jan. 18, 2019. Now it’s baseball, hot dogs, apple pie and marijuana. Ryne Sandberg, the former Cubs great and Hall of Famer, is the new spokesman for Chicago-based cannabis retailer Verilife, the surest sign yet that weed has gone fully mainstream. Sandberg, 61...

West Chicago business park continues growth spurt with Amazon distribution hub The DuPage Business Center is experiencing "major growth," West Chicago Mayor Ruben Pineda said. Daily Herald file photo West Chicago Mayor Ruben Pineda   Updated 4/23/2021 4:12 PM About a decade ago, a business park south of the DuPage Airport had just one operating business: a sales and repair office for a window company. Today, the DuPage Business Center is almost fully built out, home to an Amazon distribution center that helped complete a remarkable turnaround at the massive campus in West Chi...

A rendering of the bridge connecting the Compass business park to two Will County intermodal centers. U.S. Rep. Bobby Rush calls it "the bridge to the future." To many Will County officials and residents, it's a bridge too far. But the opinion that really matters now belongs to Gov. J.B. Pritzker. The fate of a massive industrial park planned in Joliet that could employ as many as 10,000 people rests largely in the hands of the governor, who has the final say over a proposed bridge spanning Route 53 that's essential to the development. It may be just a bridge, but it represents the hopes of p...

Illinois State University’s Board of Trustees approved a $46,000 bonus for its outgoing president on Saturday, an installment signed off by all board members but criticized by disgruntled graduate workers.