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Suburban craft brewer Pollyanna is buying and reopening Chicago’s shuttered Alarmist brewery and taproom

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By Robert Channick Verified
| Yahoo Finance Verified
Banking on the shelf life of a shuttered Chicago craft brewery, Pollyanna Brewing & Distilling has purchased Alarmist Brewing, with plans to reopen its Sauganash taproom and bring back its acclaimed beers this year. Alarmist Brewing, best known for its flagship Le Jus, an award-winning Hazy IPA, closed the doors on its 12-year-old Peterson Avenue brewery and taproom in February amid a flat post-pandemic craft beer market.
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After putting the street race on hold, could NASCAR end up in Chicago and Joliet next summer?

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By Robert Channick Verified
| Yahoo Sports Verified
With a successful return to Chicagoland Speedway in Joliet over July Fourth weekend in the rearview mirror, NASCAR is already mapping out its course for next summer. Chicago may figure prominently in those plans. While nothing is set, NASCAR is not only hoping to bring back the Chicago Street Race after a one-year hiatus, but perhaps add the long-dormant southwest suburban track to its regular schedule as well.
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Chicago Media Report: Bob Stroud signs off at The Drive, iHeart layoffs and another Fox 32 exit

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By Robert Channick Verified
| Belleville News-Democrat Verified
Bob Stroud, a longtime radio DJ for WDRV-FM 97.1 The Drive, is in his home studio on the Near North Side of Chicago, July 6, 2026. (Eileen T. Meslar/Chicago Tribune) For nearly five decades, classic rock jock Bob Stroud has been guiding Chicago radio listeners on a journey from obscure one-hit wonders - Crabby Appleton, anyone? - to the iconic anthems embedded deep in the collective unconscious of baby boomers everywhere.
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