U.S. Rep. Mike Quigley gave this speech on the floor of Congress to recognize the 40th anniversary of WXRT 93.1 and morning show host Lin Brehmer’s 20th anniversary with the station. [ more › ] View original post here: Rep. Quigley Honors Lin... 

Seven of the teens appeared in juvenile court today, and a judge placed them all on electronic monitoring. An eighth teen will be charged as an adult and is held on $100,000 bond. [ more › ] Here is the original post:  8th Teen Arrested For Brutal... 

Scrap metal thieves used two semi-trucks to dismantle and haul off an entire building in the Chicago suburb of Shorewood. [ more › ] View original here:  Scrap Metal Thieves Dismantle An Entire Building  Read More →

Eric Fisher has a keen interest in “understanding the workings of cities.” Fisher uses geotagging to get a bearing on how people in urban areas travel from one place to another. [ more › ] Excerpt from:  Geotagging How We Move  Read More →

Driving 88 —probably not a reference to the speed of a time-traveling Delorean, but we won’t hold that against anyone—was released today by local rap star Rockie Fresh. Download it here. [ more › ] Excerpt from:  Download The Latest... 

Like a lot of Southern recipes, a burgoo is a dish made from necessity; it’s a means of extending what the cook has on hand. [ more › ] Read the original here:  One Great Dish: The Southern’s Kentucky Burgoo  Read More →

Illinois Sen. Mark Kirk suffered a stroke over the weekend and today went under the knife to relieve swelling around his brain. [ more › ] More here: Sen. Mark Kirk Undergoes Surgery After Suffering Stroke  Read More →

A Trib expose shows that nowhere in Chicago makes clearer pollution’s local and global impact than Pilsen and Little Village, where the smokestacks for two of the nation’s oldest coal plants loom. [ more › ] Excerpt from:  Pollution... 

Six people were shot on the south side, a woman’s body was found in the snow in Chicago Heights, and other weekend news. [ more › ] Original post: Chicagoist Weekend Blotter: Four Teens Charged With Beating CTA Bus Driver  Read More →

Urban Union and Bread & Wine open, Fish Bar supports the Shedd, Southport Grocery & Cafe offers a pancake deal, and SmallBar Fullerton taps four casks on Friday. [ more › ] Go here to see the original:  Restaurant News: Urban Union Opens...