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STATE FLAG: The Illinois Flag Commission will accept submissions for a new state flag design Sept. 3 through Oct. 18, select 10 designs and then put them to a public vote in January, Secretary of State Alexi Giannoulias announced on Wednesday.
CHICAGO DEFICIT: Chicago is staring down a $982.4 million shortfall next year, Mayor Brandon Johnson's administration projected Wednesday in a grim preview of the upcoming budget season. TURBULENCE: One person was taken to a hospital Wednesday after a United Airlines flight headed from Cancun, Mexico, to Chicago was diverted to Memphis because of severe turbulence, officials said.
TRAIN DEATH: A man thought to be walking on the railroad tracks in East Alton was killed after being struck by a Chicago-to-St. Louis Amtrak train late Tuesday or early Wednesday. LISTERIA: At least nine people have died, including one in Illinois, after being infected with listeria from Boar's Head deli meats tied to a massive recall last month, federal health officials said Wednesday.
NASCAR: The Chicago Street Race will return for its third year during July Fourth weekend 2025, NASCAR said..
