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AEW Dynamite secures second week victory over NXT despite viewer decline

BOSTON (Heartland Newsfeed) -- Despite a decline in cable viewership as a result of the 2019 MLB Playoffs, AEW was able to top WWE NXT for the second consecutive week in a row. Dynamite was live from the Agganis Arena in Boston for its second live television broadcast. NXT was live from Full Sail University and hasn't reported any plans to film elsewhere as of publication. Dynamite received a viewership of 1.018 million viewers, a 28 percent drop overall from […]

todayOctober 10, 2019 93

AEW News

AEW Dynamite secures victory in inaugural week against WWE’s NXT of Wednesday night wrestling war

WASHINGTON, D.C. (Heartland Newsfeed) -- All Elite Wrestling's AEW Dynamite shocked and awed the wrestling world throughout its two-hour premiere Wednesday night as professional wrestling returned to TNT for the first time in two decades. Facing off head-to-head with WWE's NXT on the same night and the same time slot sparked the beginning of a Wednesday night war, but was AEW Dynamite all that it was hyped up to be? Dave Meltzer from Wrestling Observer released early market ratings numbers […]

todayOctober 3, 2019 128

Chicagoland Region

Illinois county continues to shed layers of government

WHEATON (The Center Square) -- The county that served as the test case for local government consolidation in Illinois has continued to shed layers of government to save money for taxpayers. DuPage County, located in the western Chicago suburbs, announced that it had dissolved a seventh unit of government when a judge signed an order dissolving the Highland Hills Sanitary District last month. The district served 529 properties in and near Lombard, but was facing a large tax hike to pay […]

todayAugust 7, 2019 19

Illinois population

Commentary

OP-ED: Illinois population decline should be a wake-up call

Illinoisans have been hearing their state is shrinking for five years now. But new figures released Thursday say something they’ve never heard. From Walla Walla to Waco, there are 383 metropolitan statistical areas, or MSAs, across the country. Illinois is home base for 10 of them. From July 2017 to July 2018, all 10 shrank. That’s never happened before. And many other figures from the new release are disturbing. No other state in the lower 48 saw all of its […]

todayApril 18, 2019 21

Illinois metro population

Illinois

For first time, population in all Illinois’ metro areas declines

SPRINGFIELD/WASHINGTON (Illinois News Network) -- U.S. Census data released Thursday showed the population in every one of Illinois' metropolitan areas declined in the past year for the first time. The Chicago metropolitan area, which includes suburban cities and portions of Wisconsin and Indiana, reported the largest population decrease in the nation, shrinking by an estimated 22,068 people. That represents 0.23 percent of the area’s total population of about 9.5 million people. Population in the Danville area shrank by 1.26 percent, […]

todayApril 18, 2019 38

Houston Rockets Chicago Bulls Carmelo Anthony

National

Anthony traded to Bulls, release pending

HOUSTON/CHICAGO (UPI) -- The Houston Rockets traded 10-time NBA All-Star Carmelo Anthony and cash considerations to the Chicago Bulls. League sources confirmed the deal to ESPN and The Athletic on Monday. Sources told ESPN that the anticipation is the Bulls will release Anthony and he won't play for the franchise. Anthony will become a free agent if he clears waivers. The Bulls could also hold off on releasing Anthony until the trade deadline on Feb. 7. The franchise could include […]

todayJanuary 21, 2019 80

Kris Bryant Yadier Molina

MLB News

Cardinals’ Molina calls Cubs’ Bryant ‘stupid player and loser’

ST. LOUIS (UPI) -- Cardinals catcher Yadier Molina defended his city by calling Chicago Cubs star Kris Bryant a "stupid player and loser" after Bryant called St. Louis "boring." Bryant made the comments on Friday during a forum discussion at the Cubs' annual fan convention. "Who would want to play in St. Louis?" Bryant said "So boring. It's so boring. I always get asked like, 'Where do you like to play? Where do you not like to play?' St. Louis […]

todayJanuary 21, 2019 179

Chicago Laquan McDonald

Chicagoland Region

Three Chicago officers acquitted of coverup in Laquan McDonald shooting

CHICAGO (UPI) -- A judge found three Chicago police officers not guilty Thursday on charges that they covered up for officer Jason Van Dyke after he shot and killed 17-year-old Laquan McDonald in 2014. Cook County Judge Domenica Stephenson ruled that Detective David March, and officers Joseph Walsh and Thomas Gaffney were not guilty of official misconduct, obstruction of justice and conspiracy to obstruct justice in their probe into Van Dyke's killing of McDonald. "This court finds that the state has […]

todayJanuary 18, 2019 50

Illinois rail

Business & Lifestyle

$2 billion Illinois rail project falls behind high-speed targets

SPRINGFIELD (Illinois News Network) -- Amtrak riders are still waiting for higher train speeds along the Chicago-to-St. Louis route. Officials promised travel at up to 110 mph along the line as part of a nearly $2-billion dollar project largely funded by Federal economic stimulus dollars awarded under then-President Barack Obama. Recent projections had trains reaching 90 mph on a portion of the trip in 2018, but the timetable now has been pushed into this year. Installing and testing new federally-mandated […]

todayJanuary 14, 2019 72

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