Illinois
Only one Boston Market left in all of Illinois
(WGN) — Boston Market restaurants have been quietly closing over the past few months, leaving just one store in operation across Illinois.
Workers at a west suburban Boston Market confirm they are not closed, telling WGN News: “We’re the last one, but we’re not closing.”
The location is just outside Chicago at 830 W. North Ave. in Melrose Park.
Once known as “Boston Chicken,” the restaurant pioneered healthier fast-food takeout with its popular rotisserie chicken.
The Washington Post reported on the company’s extensive legal problems earlier this year, “with landlords claiming unpaid rent and a fresh barrage of lawsuits and investigations over overdue bills and wages.”
According to a March Restaurant Business Magazine report, the chain, which once had more than a thousand locations nationwide, was down to a few dozen.
A person was fatally hit by a Metra train in Palatine, Illinois, early Friday morning.
Around 5:10 a.m., Metra said Union Pacific Northwest train No. 602 hit a pedestrian at Baldwin Road and Northwest Highway.
Metra confirmed the person died at the scene. The victim has not been identified.
Metra said train service on the Union Pacific Northwest line is suspended.
This is a developing story. CBS News Chicago will continue to provide updates.
BEECHER CITY, Ill. (WAND) – Farms were damaged in Effingham County Wednesday evening when a powerful storm swept through at around 8 p.m.
The McKay Farm in Beecher City was heavily damaged when the rapidly moving storm hit.
“Two buildings were totally destroyed,” Dan McKay told WAND News on Thursday. “We’ve got five grain bins and they’re all damaged.”
The buildings collapsed onto farm equipment and a semi that were parked in the structures. A utility pole was snapped and ripped out of the ground.
In nearby Shumway, another farm was hit. A barn collapsed, with a grain bin being ripped apart and debris traveling several hundred feet through a nearby corn field. A house on the property was also damaged.
There were no injuries on either farm.
“It was a really wicked storm,” McKay stated.
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