After struggling financially for years, the Joliet mall will go up for auction later this month and will start at $5 million. While the mall does have a decent occupancy rate, it has had financial issues and defaulted on its $85 million mortgage.

Joliet’s new mayor, Terry D’Arcy said, “I think it will be a good thing because whoever is buying the mall will likely have plans to repurpose it.  We understand the potential buyer is doing their due diligence. We hope this will spur new development in the area.”

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The International Brotherhood of Teamsters has removed leaders of Local 731 based in suburban Burr Ridge after an audit showed over $1 million in excess spending on things like steak dinners and booze. Teamsters general president Sean O’Brien to local members said an audit found Local 731’s board gave itself nearly $304,000 in bonuses over five years without the required approval of membership. 

The International Brotherhood of Teamsters has turned over information to the United States Department of Labor.

The inductees to this year’s Rock & Roll Hall of Fame have been announced. Seven acts have secured their spot in the Hall this year.

• Kate Bush
• Sheryl Crow
• Missy Elliott
• George Michael
• Willie Nelson
• Rage Against the Machine
• The Spinners

Notable omissions include the White Stripes, Soundgarden, and Joy Division/New Order, who for some reason are lumped together.

14-year-olds in Wisconsin could serve alcohol to seated customers in bars and restaurants under a new bill. Currently, only 18-year-olds are allowed to serve. This bill would broaden that to workers ages 14 to 17. Lawmakers claim that this “creates a simple solution” to the state’s workforce shortage problems in the food and beverage industry. The bill requires the licensed operator of the bar or restaurant be on the premises and supervising.

Road trip, anyone?

Loneliness is now an epidemic, according to the U.S. Surgeon General.

Widespread loneliness in the U.S. is now as risky as smoking a dozen cigarettes daily, costing the health industry billions of dollars annually, per the Surgeon General on Tuesday. He went on to say, “We now know that loneliness is a common feeling that many people experience. It’s like hunger or thirst. It’s a feeling the body sends us when something we need for survival is missing…Millions of people in America are struggling in the shadows, and that’s not right. That’s why I issued this advisory to pull back the curtain on a struggle that too many people are experiencing.”

Loneliness worsened when COVID-19 spread, as schools and workplaces to shut their doors and sent millions of Americans to isolate at home away from the people they love.

May is Mental Health Awareness Month and Q101 is here with you for whatever you need. You can get more information on your mental health at the National Association of Mental Illness.

Ed Sheeran is currently under fire for allegedly stealing the sound of one of the most iconic songs in history. On the stand in Manhattan yesterday, the singer said, “I find it really insulting to work my whole life as a singer-songwriter and diminish it.”

This all comes in the midst of a trial that pits Sheeran against Marvin Gaye’s camp over the allegations that Sheeran’s “Thinking Out Loud” sounds too similar to Gaye’s “Let’s Get It On”.

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Concert attendees got more than they paid for during a weekend performance of LA Philharmonic’s performance of Tchaikovsky’s 5th Symphony. At the Walt Disney Concert Hall, a woman was seemingly so moved by the performance that curled her toes and let it all hang out, experiencing a “full body” orgasm during the performance.

The vibrations of Tchaikovsky is nature’s greatest aphrodisiac.

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