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Fox 32 Chicago's talent exodus continues with Dawn Hasbrouck's departure

The Chicago product is moving on from anchoring the Fox 32 newscast.

News

Fox 32&#x27;s top news anchor, Dawn Hasbrouck, has left Fox 32 after <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="nearly 17 years" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/local/chicago/2023/10/23/tom-skilling-news-anchors-talent?utm_source=newsletter&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=newsletter_axioslocal_chicago&amp;stream=top" data-vars-content-id="14bebbfa-947b-4b68-ad0c-c62a71bcbd4d" data-vars-headline="Fox 32 Chicago&#x27;s talent exodus continues with Dawn Hasbrouck&#x27;s departure" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/local/chicago/2023/10/23/tom-skilling-news-anchors-talent?utm_source=newsletter&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=newsletter_axioslocal_chicago&amp;stream=top" target="_self">nearly 17 years</a>. Why it matters: Hasbrouck signed off late last week as <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="colleagues showered" data-vars-click-url="https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/fmc-rgjigwnp60959atb?link_source=ta_first_comment&amp;taid=6a4491f4ad50b40001f1728e&amp;utm_campaign=trueanthem&amp;utm_medium=trueanthem&amp;utm_source=facebook&amp;fbclid=IwY2xjawS44v5leHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFtS0lmZkx2Vks0b0FXSUFtc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHn206hgddY52zAuOdaoUr_QFGz9Mneh-DiiAqyYBRPBcg4fNIWJK2cr2Twwt_aem_caObK1836hXGIMj0UJGTLA" data-vars-content-id="14bebbfa-947b-4b68-ad0c-c62a71bcbd4d" data-vars-headline="Fox 32 Chicago&#x27;s talent exodus continues with Dawn Hasbrouck&#x27;s departure" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/fmc-rgjigwnp60959atb?link_source=ta_first_comment&amp;taid=6a4491f4ad50b40001f1728e&amp;utm_campaign=trueanthem&amp;utm_medium=trueanthem&amp;utm_source=facebook&amp;fbclid=IwY2xjawS44v5leHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFtS0lmZkx2Vks0b0FXSUFtc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHn206hgddY52zAuOdaoUr_QFGz9Mneh-DiiAqyYBRPBcg4fNIWJK2cr2Twwt_aem_caObK1836hXGIMj0UJGTLA" target="_blank">colleagues showered</a> her with compliments on air. <ul><li>The Chicago native was only the second female ever to lead the station&#x27;s 9pm news. </li></ul>Context: Hasbrouck is the latest personality to depart Fox 32 this year, joining sports anchor <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="Lou Canellis" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/local/chicago/2026/01/26/lou-cannelis-fox-32-nbc-5-sports-bears-bulls" data-vars-content-id="14bebbfa-947b-4b68-ad0c-c62a71bcbd4d" data-vars-headline="Fox 32 Chicago&#x27;s talent exodus continues with Dawn Hasbrouck&#x27;s departure" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/local/chicago/2026/01/26/lou-cannelis-fox-32-nbc-5-sports-bears-bulls" target="_self">Lou Canellis</a>, political reporter <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="Paris Schutz" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/local/chicago/2026/04/27/fox-32-political-reporter-paris-schutz-is-leaving" data-vars-content-id="14bebbfa-947b-4b68-ad0c-c62a71bcbd4d" data-vars-headline="Fox 32 Chicago&#x27;s talent exodus continues with Dawn Hasbrouck&#x27;s departure" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/local/chicago/2026/04/27/fox-32-political-reporter-paris-schutz-is-leaving" target="_self">Paris Schutz</a>, and longtime anchor <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="Sylvia Perez" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/local/chicago/2026/06/15/sylvia-perez-leaving-fox-32-40-years-chicago-television-news" data-vars-content-id="14bebbfa-947b-4b68-ad0c-c62a71bcbd4d" data-vars-headline="Fox 32 Chicago&#x27;s talent exodus continues with Dawn Hasbrouck&#x27;s departure" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/local/chicago/2026/06/15/sylvia-perez-leaving-fox-32-40-years-chicago-television-news" target="_self">Sylvia Perez</a>. <ul><li>Morning anchor Roseanne Tellez and Hasbrouck&#x27;s former 9pm co-anchor, Scott Schneider, were <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="fired in the spring" data-vars-click-url="https://chicago.suntimes.com/fox-32-chicago-fires-anchor-scott-schneider-executive-producer-marissa-rubino-sean-oheir-lou-canellis-roseanne-tellez" data-vars-content-id="14bebbfa-947b-4b68-ad0c-c62a71bcbd4d" data-vars-headline="Fox 32 Chicago&#x27;s talent exodus continues with Dawn Hasbrouck&#x27;s departure" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://chicago.suntimes.com/fox-32-chicago-fires-anchor-scott-schneider-executive-producer-marissa-rubino-sean-oheir-lou-canellis-roseanne-tellez" target="_blank">fired in the spring</a>. </li></ul>

Suburbs pay less than Chicago for lead line removal

Chicago officials are mum, but experts say permits and "contractor-friendliness" play a role.

Public Safety

Nearby suburbs — including Evanston, Elgin and Riverside — pay less than half of what Chicago does for lead service line removal despite having access to the same local contractors to remove them, an Axios analysis finds.Why it matters: While some federal funding goes to lead line removal, Chicagoans will shoulder much of the estimated $12 billion cost of removing our record <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="400,000 toxic lines over the next two decades" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/local/chicago/2025/07/25/chicago-state-federal-lead-deadlines" data-vars-content-id="5ff5f67e-36a2-41ad-8194-c719777418e1" data-vars-headline="Suburbs pay less than Chicago for lead line removal" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/local/chicago/2025/07/25/chicago-state-federal-lead-deadlines" target="_self">400,000 toxic lines over the next two decades</a>.

Sotheby's selling rare Virgil Abloh prints to fund scholarship

Four signed prints from Abloh's UW collaboration will fund scholarships at his alma mater after auction.

Culture

Proceeds from the sale of limited-edition prints will benefit a scholarship at the late artist and designer Virgil Abloh&#x27;s alma mater, the University of Wisconsin-Madison.The big picture: Considered by some as one of the most influential young designers of the 21st century, Abloh often credited his time at UW for shaping his creative side.<ul><li>The sale aims to do the same for future students, with proceeds benefiting the Virgil Abloh Scholarship Fund at the university. </li></ul>

Chicago celebrity quiz: Which stars are from Chicago?

Can you spot the celeb with Chicago roots?

History

Traffic snarls to avoid this week in Chicago

Hot spots include Grant Park, United Center, Jackson Park, Wrigley and more.

Transit

Get out your eating pants and patience this week as the <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="Taste of Chicago " data-vars-click-url="https://www.chicago.gov/city/en/depts/dca/supp_info/taste_of_chicago.html" data-vars-content-id="42e4b6fa-f57a-4d1a-af9a-cba409a736c9" data-vars-headline="Traffic snarls to avoid this week in Chicago" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.chicago.gov/city/en/depts/dca/supp_info/taste_of_chicago.html" target="_blank">Taste of Chicago </a>and <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="Windy City Smokeout" data-vars-click-url="https://www.windycitysmokeout.com/?utm_source=google_ads&amp;utm_medium=search_ads&amp;utm_campaign=wcs_search+ads&amp;gad_source=1&amp;gad_campaignid=23846128738&amp;gbraid=0AAAAAoz6Sndi-KIIu9q1RcxFsoqMs0Jim&amp;gclid=CjwKCAjw6rfSBhAqEiwA_yocpmBi1fFrX7PLUsZ_t0CbAodbirlQH3Xs-kQ4S7XyrZdAmXDtjUaOjhoCtPQQAvD_BwE" data-vars-content-id="42e4b6fa-f57a-4d1a-af9a-cba409a736c9" data-vars-headline="Traffic snarls to avoid this week in Chicago" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.windycitysmokeout.com/?utm_source=google_ads&amp;utm_medium=search_ads&amp;utm_campaign=wcs_search+ads&amp;gad_source=1&amp;gad_campaignid=23846128738&amp;gbraid=0AAAAAoz6Sndi-KIIu9q1RcxFsoqMs0Jim&amp;gclid=CjwKCAjw6rfSBhAqEiwA_yocpmBi1fFrX7PLUsZ_t0CbAodbirlQH3Xs-kQ4S7XyrZdAmXDtjUaOjhoCtPQQAvD_BwE" target="_blank">Windy City Smokeout</a> close down multiple streets around Grant Park and United Center for five days. <ul><li>Find these and other sources of fun and congestion above. </li></ul>

Traffic snarls to avoid this weekend in Chicago

Navy Pier, Hyde Park and Wrigleyville will all be hopping with fun and traffic.

Things to Do

Independence Day weekend will bring dozens of parades and fireworks but these are some of the biggest events that will clog and close Chicago streets.

O'Hare braces for big Fourth of July travel weekend

The airport is expected to see record passengers even as airlines cut back flights.

The Fourth of July weekend may turn out to be another <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="record-setting travel time" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/local/chicago/2025/10/28/ohares-government-shutdown-flight-midway-traffic-delays-slots" data-vars-content-id="873ce8b3-fd04-4989-b07a-d6444772ec06" data-vars-headline="O&#x27;Hare braces for big Fourth of July travel weekend" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/local/chicago/2025/10/28/ohares-government-shutdown-flight-midway-traffic-delays-slots" target="_self">record-setting travel time</a> for O&#x27;Hare, just as the next phase of construction begins at the global airport. Why it matters: Americans continue to travel in record numbers despite higher airfares and fuel prices.

Traffic snarls to avoid in Chicago this weekend

Uptown, Lakeview and Lincoln Park host the Pride Parade while Logan Square and Millennium Park welcome art fairs.

Chicago is celebrating Pride weekend with Navy Pier Pride on Saturday and the annual <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="Pride Parade Sunday" data-vars-click-url="https://pridechicago.org/faq-and-map/" data-vars-content-id="13a5d686-00fa-40d7-8720-a70d44105b21" data-vars-headline="Traffic snarls to avoid in Chicago this weekend" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://pridechicago.org/faq-and-map/" target="_blank">Pride Parade Sunday</a> through Uptown, Lakeview and Lincoln Park where several streets will be shut down. As usual, this packed roster of events will bring congestion and street closures across the city, from Uptown to Garfield Ridge. Check &#x27;em out.

Cook County sheriff's new CTA patrols target crime and fare evasion

Sheriff Tom Dart says the patrols are reducing crime on the Red and Green line trains.

On Tuesday afternoon, five Cook County sheriff&#x27;s police officers and a social service worker set off to patrol the West Side branch of the CTA&#x27;s Green Line. <ul><li>The goal: To send a message that even the smallest infraction would not be tolerated. </li></ul>The latest: Since the spring, Cook County sheriff&#x27;s police officers have been deployed to ride trains along the Red and Green lines at all hours of the day to <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="fight crime" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/local/chicago/2026/03/25/new-cta-crime-data-paints-troubling-picture" data-vars-content-id="1afe3b51-eb6e-446f-9992-a4656432898d" data-vars-headline="Cook County sheriff&#x27;s new CTA patrols target crime and fare evasion" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/local/chicago/2026/03/25/new-cta-crime-data-paints-troubling-picture" target="_self">fight crime</a>. It&#x27;s an evolving strategy that Axios witnessed firsthand.

How to avoid traffic snarls this weekend

Hot spots include Andersonville, Humboldt Park, Burnham Harbor and Old Town.

Travel

Here&#x27;s our weekend traffic hot spots list.

E-bike concerns rise as Chicago data gathering falls

However, the city says general Doctors report more severe crashes, but Chicago no longer tracks e-scooter injuries separately.trends are improving.

<a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="Chicago&#x27;s e-scooter" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/local/chicago/2023/07/09/best-escooters-chicago" data-vars-content-id="8c9f21ee-be66-4a1f-80e2-1274dc261c48" data-vars-headline="E-bike concerns rise as Chicago data gathering falls" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/local/chicago/2023/07/09/best-escooters-chicago" target="_self">Chicago&#x27;s e-scooter</a> ridership has ballooned since 2020, but rider safety trends are unknown because the city stopped keeping track of these specific numbers several years ago.

Wrigleyville, Soldier Field, Grant Park and Garfield Park will all be hopping with fun— and traffic.

Chicago Summer weekends usher in a bevy of cool events but also street closings to accommodate them. <ul><li>Each week, we&#x27;ll be compiling some of the gnarliest traffic spots to avoid, unless, of course, you&#x27;re going there for some fun!</li></ul>

Could you soon fly from a parking lot in Chicago?

A new study suggests there is a market for more regional air travel in the Midwest.

Imagine skipping O&#x27;Hare security lines and instead catching a plane from a nearby parking lot for a quick trip to Madison or Grand Rapids.<ul><li>That future may be nearer than it sounds, according to a new market study from <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="Electra" data-vars-click-url="https://electra.aero/" data-vars-content-id="fa92a8df-fa0f-48d5-ba01-07b07fdddf76" data-vars-headline="Could you soon fly from a parking lot in Chicago?" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://electra.aero/" target="_blank">Electra</a>, a hybrid-electric aviation company based in Virginia. </li></ul>Why it matters: Supporters believe small hybrid-electric aircraft could dramatically reshape regional travel by turning parking lots, rooftops and other small sites into mini air hubs.

How to avoid Memorial Day traffic in Chicago

Travel early in the morning on Sunday for the least traffic.

Holidays

Chicagoans leaving for <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="Memorial Day" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/2025/05/23/memorial-day-weekend-2025-federal-holiday-meaning" data-vars-content-id="896d46b8-6a3d-4c19-9cbf-00e3242579f1" data-vars-headline="How to avoid Memorial Day traffic in Chicago" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/2025/05/23/memorial-day-weekend-2025-federal-holiday-meaning" target="_self">Memorial Day</a> roadtrips on Thursday or Friday afternoons will hit the worst traffic of the holiday weekend, per INRIX traffic data.The big picture: Despite soaring gas prices, <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="AAA is predicting" data-vars-click-url="https://www.ace.aaa.com/travel/advocacy/memorial-day-travel-forecast-safety-tips.html" data-vars-content-id="896d46b8-6a3d-4c19-9cbf-00e3242579f1" data-vars-headline="How to avoid Memorial Day traffic in Chicago" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.ace.aaa.com/travel/advocacy/memorial-day-travel-forecast-safety-tips.html" target="_blank">AAA is predicting</a> the <a class="gtmContentClick" data-vars-link-text="busiest Memorial Day ever" data-vars-click-url="https://www.axios.com/2025/05/12/memorial-day-travel-forecast-record-aaa" data-vars-content-id="896d46b8-6a3d-4c19-9cbf-00e3242579f1" data-vars-headline="How to avoid Memorial Day traffic in Chicago" data-vars-event-category="story" data-vars-sub-category="story" data-vars-item="in_content_link" href="https://www.axios.com/2025/05/12/memorial-day-travel-forecast-record-aaa" target="_self">busiest Memorial Day ever</a> for travel — making strategic timing essential.

ð¨ Chicago weekend traffic alert for July 8-12

Data: Chicago Office of Emergency Management and Communication; Chart: Monica Eng/Axios

ð¨ Weekend traffic alert for July 3-5 2026 

Data: Chicago Office of Emergency Management and Communications; Chart: Monica Eng/Axios

ð¨ Weekend traffic alert for June 26-28, 2026

Source: Chicago Office of Emergency Management and Communication. Chart: Monica Eng/Axios

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Traffic snarls to avoid this week in Chicago

Traffic snarls to avoid this weekend in Chicago

O'Hare braces for big Fourth of July travel weekend

Traffic snarls to avoid in Chicago this weekend

Cook County sheriff's new CTA patrols target crime and fare evasion