Good afternoon, Chicago.
In an opinion heavy on chicken puns, a district court judge ruled that the boneless wings at Buffalo Wild Wings could indeed be called wings. The order, in a lawsuit filed by a Chicago man in 2023, was dripping with skepticism at the claims that the chain was misleading consumers about its boneless wings.
Judge John J. Tharp Jr., of U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois, dismissed the claim by Aimen Halim, saying it “has no meat on its bones.”
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Gov. JB Pritzker arrives for his annual State of the State and budget address on Feb. 18, 2026, at the Illinois State Capitol in Springfield. (Brian Cassella/Chicago Tribune)
In State of the State address, Gov. JB Pritzker pitches affordability and Illinois resilience to Trump
With an eye toward this election year and possibly the next, Democratic Gov. JB Pritzker used his State of the State and budget address to outline a message of resistance to President Donald Trump and the need to push affordability against the economic moves of his White House. Read more here.
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Trump administration’s latest funding threat: $128 million withheld in highway dollars
Lewis University moves in-person classes online at Oak Brook campus due to nearby ICE office
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Cars line up at a recently opened Dutch Bros Coffee in Upland, California, on April 29, 2024. A drive-thru Dutch Bros Coffee may be coming to Oswego. (John Plessel/The Sun Newspaper, SCNG)
Oswego panel in favor of project featuring drive-thru Dutch Bros Coffee
The Oswego Planning and Zoning Commission recently recommended approval of a request to annex and rezone property for a proposed development near the intersection of Route 34 and Ogden Falls Boulevard that would include a Dutch Bros drive-thru coffee shop. Read more here.
More top business stories:
Lilly Pulitzer store now open in Naperville with Free People and Ruth’s Chris Steak House coming soon
General Mills lowers sales, profit outlook as stressed consumers spend less
Bears passing game coordinator Press Taylor talks during a media availability event at Halas Hall on April 17, 2025, in Lake Forest. (Audrey Richardson/Chicago Tribune)
Who is Press Taylor? Meet the Chicago Bears’ new offensive coordinator.
Press Taylor spent the 2025 season as the team’s passing game coordinator. He will assume the role left vacant after former offensive coordinator Declan Doyle left to take the same job with the Baltimore Ravens. Read more here.
More top sports stories:
Chicago Bears Q&A: Could Cole Kmet be on the trading block? Is Bradley Chubb worth a serious look?
Thomas Hammock leaving Northern Illinois after 7 seasons for assistant job with Seattle Seahawks
Hana Berger Moran shows LeRoy “Pete” Petersohn of Aurora some of the scars from her three weeks inside Mauthausen concentration camp when the two were reunited in 2005 during the 60th anniversary of the death camp’s liberation. Petersohn died in 2010. His story of being one of the first to liberate the concentration camp was told on Sunday, Feb. 15, 2026, on the TV show “60 Minutes” on CBS. (Brian Petersohn)
Column: World War II death camp liberator from Aurora featured on ’60 Minutes’
LeRoy “Pete” Petersohn carried a lifetime of trauma from his experiences in World War II. As a medic in Gen. Patton’s Third Army, he saw horror on the battlefield and was himself injured in the Battle of the Bulge when his Jeep was hit by German artillery. Read more here.
More top Eat. Watch. Do. stories:
Review: Remarkable ‘Dear Evan Hansen’ at the Paramount makes you feel for this kid all over again
Review: ‘Miss Julie’ at Court Theatre is a thorny story of desire, here minus the desire
Gold medalist Mikaela Shiffrin poses with a flag after the medal ceremony following the women’s slalom at Tofane Alpine Skiing Centre on Feb. 18, 2026, in Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy. (Ezra Shaw/Getty)
US skiing star Mikaela Shiffrin becomes 3-time Olympic champion with dominant slalom win
Mikaela Shiffrin put in two dominant runs in gorgeous conditions amid the jagged peaks of the Dolomites to win the women’s slalom by a massive 1.50 seconds, ending her eight-year medal drought at the Winter Games and showing why she is widely regarded as the greatest Alpine skier of all time. Read more here.
More top stories from around the world:
Late-night host Stephen Colbert isn’t backing down from public dispute with CBS bosses
Mark Zuckerberg set to testify in watershed social media trial
