Wheeling developer Mark Smith can’t meet the first deadline trustees set after voting to give him $6.5 million earlier this summer. Original post: Prairie Park developer asks for more time to put plan together  Read More →

A unanimous vote by union members Wednesday night put to rest a strike that hobbled the summer construction season. Original post: Strike’s over; construction to start again  Read More →

Reports have surfaced that Illinois’ attorney general may be investigating Lollapalooza for anti-trust violations, based on the restrictive contracts it gives performers. Jim DeRogatis, former pop music critic for the Chicago Sun-Times , wrote... 

Fans of classical piano will have a difficult choice to make this Sunday when the legendary Maurizio Pollini and the budding superstar Lang Lang each kick off their respective concerts at 3:00 p.m. just a few blocks from one another. Maurizio Pollini... 

Gapers Block has recently an excellent series of features funded by a grant from the Community News Matters fund. The latest is a story on sex trafficking in the city , along with accounts of girls who have been entered in to prostitution at ages as... 

Joe Berrios looking dapper in the Big Chair. Cook County Commissioner Forrest Claypool made official his intention to run as an independent candidate for county assessor yesterday , bringing the obscure and byzantine world of property taxes front and... 

Painting By The Magical Lauri Apple Now that he’s done with Celebrity Apprentice , former governor Rod Blagojevich can get back to focusing on that pesky little federal trial of his coming up this summer. But as the preparation continues, it’s... 

Photo by: cesposito2035 Pace is returning this baseball season with shuttle service to U.S. Cellular Field. They are offering three different Southland routes to White Sox home games. Rides will cost $4 each way, and buses will leave about two to two... 

Photo by ChiDN In an effort to cut costs, some schools may be headed towards four day school weeks. A proposal that would allow school boards to set four-day school weeks was approved yesterday by the State House and now heads to the State Senate. Students... 

One of our favorite fans from last week’s fest It’s on! The Pitchfork Music Festival will take up residence in Union Park this summer from July 16 to 18. Tickets go on sale THIS Friday, February 5, through their website with single-day tickets...