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Yahoo
25-02-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Afternoon Briefing: Mob-connected Chicago businessman indicted on tax charges
Good afternoon, Chicago. A mob-connected Chicago businessman has been indicted on tax evasion charges alleging he had a hidden interest in a sweepstakes gaming company run by the now-imprisoned son-in-law of Joe Berrios, the former Cook County assessor. Robert 'Bobby' Dominic, 71, a longtime associate of the Outfit's Grand Avenue crew known for his connections to Richard's Bar on the Near West Side, was charged in a five-count indictment made public today in U.S. District Court with tax evasion and failure to file tax returns. Here's what else is happening today. And remember, for the latest breaking news in Chicago, visit and sign up to get our alerts on all your devices. Subscribe to more newsletters | Asking Eric | Horoscopes | Puzzles & Games | Today in History After nearly two years without a permanent leader, the search for the next U.S. attorney in Chicago is officially underway in a dramatically changed landscape that has seen years of political turmoil and a steep drop in productivity. Read more here. More top news stories: Jury selection continues in Highland Park parade shooting trial Lake Station teachers, students struggle with loss of slain classmates, mother UFCW Local 881 filed petitions for union elections with the National Labor Relations Board on Feb. 14. The local is seeking to represent about 2,400 grocery clerks, assistant managers and department managers at the 21 Tony's grocery stores throughout Chicago and its suburbs. Read more here. More top business stories: Metra train fatally hits pedestrian in Downers Grove for second day in a row Former WSCR-AM 670 co-host Danny Parkins sells Wilmette home for $925,000 The four players the Chicago White Sox acquired in the Garrett Crochet trade — Kyle Teel, Braden Montgomery, Chase Meidroth and Wikelman Gonzalez — provided a spring progress report. Read more here. More top sports stories: Chicago Bulls snap 6-game skid with a 32-point win — but miss a crucial opportunity to improve draft position Northern Illinois set to join the Horizon League in most sports — besides football — in 2026 The Goodman Theatre has announced a celebrity-crusted Centennial Season with a remarkable six world premieres, a pre-Broadway tryout and an overall level of ambition that surpasses the previous 99 seasons. Read more here. More top Eat. Watch. Do. stories: Filmspotting Fest is inspired by podcasts from that curious species of movie fan — the film critic Column: Shakespeare Project of Chicago will present a new dramatization of Ben Hecht's memoir at the Newberry The Department of Government Efficiency, run by Trump adviser Elon Musk, last week published an initial list of 1,125 contracts that it terminated in recent weeks across the federal government. Data published on DOGE's 'Wall of Receipts' shows that more than one-third of the contract cancellations, 417 in all, are expected to yield no savings. Read more here. More top stories from around the world: A federal judge in Seattle blocks Trump's effort to halt the refugee admissions system Asteroid 2024 YR4 is no longer a threat to Earth, scientists say
Chicago Tribune
25-02-2025
- Business
- Chicago Tribune
Former WSCR-AM 670 cohost Danny Parkins sells Wilmette home for $925,000
Former WSCR-AM 670 cohost Danny Parkins, who last year moved to New York to join Fox Sports 1, and his wife, Stephanie, on Dec. 20 sold their four-bedroom, 2,972-square-foot house in Wilmette for $925,000. A New Trier High School alumnus and a Glencoe native, Parkins, 38, joined WSCR-AM in 2017 as an afternoon host alongside Matt Spiegel. In August, he was tapped to cohost the FS1 morning sports-talk show, 'Breakfast Ball.' In Wilmette, Parkins and his wife paid $845,000 in 2021 for the house that they just sold. Built in 1960, the house backs up to the Wilmette Golf Club and has five bathrooms, two fireplaces, an open floor plan, hardwood floors and a living room with a fireplace, ornate ceiling detail and a bay window. Other features include a kitchen with an island, a bar and Viking, Sub-Zero and Bosch appliances, as well as a first-floor en-suite bedroom, a second-floor primary bedroom suite with new hardwood floors, volume ceilings and a bathroom with a dual sink vanity and a walk-in shower. Recently added features include second-floor windows and one of the home's two furnaces, which was added last year. 'It was a pretty spectacular floor plan with exceptional upgrades, on a golf course (and) in an amazing school district. It checked a lot of boxes for a lot of clients,' listing agent Holly Connors of @properties Christie's International Real Estate told Elite Street. 'There were a lot of interested parties, largely because of the first-floor en-suite bedroom.' Parkins and his wife first listed the house in September for $1 million, and found a buyer before the month ended. The house had a $17,095 property tax bill in the 2023 tax year. Parkins isn't the only national sports-talk TV and radio figure dealing in real estate on the North Shore. FS1 midday host Colin Cowherd, who now is based in Chicago, and his wife, Ann, paid $4.45 million in December for a five-bedroom, 7,260-square-foot, vintage French Colonial-style mansion on a 1.24-are property. Cowherd also paid $3.25 million in January 2024 for a three-bedroom, 3,200-square-foot condominium unit on the 25th floor of the Park Tower building in Streeterville.
