Kevin Quinn, a key staffer in Speaker Mike Madigan’s operation, was fired yesterday for inappropriate text messages sent to former campaign worker Alaina Hampton. Quinn, her supervisor and brother of […]
Chicago Police Superintendent Garry McCarthy held a fundraiser Sunday at the Irish American Heritage Center. While he hasn’t formally announced his mayoral run, banners read, “McCarthy for Mayor.” Speaking to […]
The number of women running for Illinois Congressional or statewide executive offices is at 28, a number the Chicago Tribune identifies as a response to the defeat of Hillary Clinton […]
Alexa and Chris Knierim are skating in the 2018 Olympic Winter Games and they’ve overcome many medical hardships to get there. The day set for their wedding in 2016, Alexa […]
A homeless Chicago couple, Amie Smith and Shawn Moore, are suing the city of Chicago after eight of their tents were removed and thrown away in the last year. Destroyed […]
The Obama administration in 2011 mandated that tipped workers keep their tips, but the U.S. Department of Labor has proposed reversing that rule. Instead, employers would combine all tips and […]
John Mahoney, known for his role as a curmudgeonly police officer and father of two neurotic sons on “Frasier,” died Sunday at 77, suffering from throat cancer. After his big-time […]
[soliloquy id=”23326″] All photos by Elif Geris/Third Coast Review Kimbra’s entrance stage right at Concord Music Hall Saturday was dominant. React Presents brings another dynamite act to one of Chicago’s […]
The Illinois Supreme Court ruled the ban of gun possession within 1,000 feet from a park unconstitutional, on the grounds that the carrier could absentmindedly pass a park while bearing […]
Today marks a decade since five women were shot and killed inside a Lane Bryant store in Tinley Park, when an armed robber entered the store, and locked the women, […]
MJK Homes is willing to subsidize a move for an historic house in Wilmette to get it off the property. Architect John Eifler, of the village’s historic preservation commission, suggests […]
Gubernatorial candidates Chris Kennedy and Daniel Biss challenged J.B. Pritzker on his electability, because of audio of his phone conversation with former Governor Rod Blagojevich, now in prison. The candidates […]