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Business and features journalist covering #innovation, #startup and #tech culture. Also consumer news, trade shows, expos, conventions. 📩cherylvjackson@gmail.com

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Hooters, minus the short shorts, expanding here

Hooters, minus the short shorts, expanding here

Happy to see chicken wings fly out the door of its quick-service restaurant in Cicero, Hooters is expanding i…

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Mexican celebration Day of the Dead goes mainstream in America

Mexican celebration Day of the Dead goes mainstream in America

About this time of the year, Chucho Rodriguez is working his fingers to the bone. His business as a tattoo ar…

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Taffy grapes: South Side treats that sell out daily are spreading across Chicago

Taffy grapes: South Side treats that sell out daily are spreading across Chicago

Fruit is flying out of many a display case at Chicago-area chicken and fish takeout joints. It's not a health…

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Gun shop booted from Wizard World Comic Con

Gun shop booted from Wizard World Comic Con

"Maybe 90 percent of people walking around in costumes have (presumably fake) firearms," said Selvaggio, who …

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Comic cons aren't just for the young: 55 and older suit up to join the act

Comic cons aren't just for the young: 55 and older suit up to join the act

Ken Wiggins is always ready to take a road trip for a good comic book convention. When the Chicago Comic & En…

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When building your business means hiding that it's black-owned

When building your business means hiding that it's black-owned

In growing his patio-installation company, Duane Draughon erased all clues to the public that he, a black man…

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Devour Indy prices 2021 vs 2026. How menus changed over five years

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By Cheryl Jackson Verified
| The Indianapolis Star Verified
The summer edition of Devour Indy is underway with more than 100 restaurants in the Indy area offering deals or special menus. Organized by Hospitality Indiana (formerly the Indiana Restaurant & Lodging Association), the two-week promotion runs twice a year to boost business at local restaurants that typically experience lulls during those periods. For diners, it’s a chance to enjoy specially priced featured menus, with independent restaurants and chains in the mix.
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Target faces calls for change after costume blunder Original

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By Cheryl Jackson Verified
| The Indianapolis Star Verified
Indiana Black community members are watching Target Corp. for next steps after the retailer advertised a Halloween costume criticized for resembling a racist caricature. Target on Aug. 24 removed the children's costume and issued an apology in response to social media backlash. Critics said the item, sold as the “Kids’ Glows Under Blacklight Circus Clown Halloween Costume,” appeared to conjure blackface and 19th-century minstrel shows.
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DirecTV subscribers lose access to WRTV

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By Cheryl Jackson Verified, Heather Bushman Verified
| MSN Verified
WRTV viewers could lose access to the station on DIRECTV starting Aug. 24, according to Circle City Broadcasting, the new owner of the station. The company said that, as a smaller broadcaster, it is being treated differently by DIRECTV than larger players. Circle City Broadcasting, which also owns WISH-TV and WNDY in Marion, said DIRECTV, AT&T U-verse and DIRECTV Stream customers lost access to WRTV as of 8 p.m. Monday.
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