Billy Goat’s new bathrooms are an upgrade, rules Judge-elect Sianis
Barroom sages looking to settle their disputes at the Billy Goat Tavern will soon be able to appeal to a higher authority — Cook County Judge-elect Tom Sianis. In one...
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Judge who presided over Trump case and scolded him: ‘I do not follow tweets!’
She may have both slapped him down and ruled in his favor back in 2013, but don’t count U.S. District Judge Amy St. Eve among President Donald Trump’s Twitter followers....
Chance encounter with Parkland shooting survivor leads to collaboration promise for 13-year-old Chicagoan
They crossed paths at a Michigan Avenue eatery, but by the time it was over, a 13-year-old Chicago girl says, she convinced student activist and gun control advocate Emma Gonzalez...
Ald. Reilly: ‘Drunk suburban kids’ used downtown Chicago as a St. Patrick’s Day toilet
Ald. Brendan Reilly would doubtless hate the comparison, but one thing he has in common with President Donald Trump is a readiness to lob bombs on Twitter. While most of...
On-again, off-again extradition of Ukranian oligarch on again — maybe
The on-again, off-again saga of billionaire Ukrainian oligarch Dmitry Firtash’s extradition to Chicago is back on again — maybe. Firtash, who has past ties to President Donald Trump’s indicted former...
Convincing ‘handwritten’ personal letters to Chicago voters use new machine technology
Admit it — at this point in the Illinois primary season, you’ve probably seen enough campaign mailers. Seasoned politicos know it. So they’ve come up with a new trick to...
He quit TV to drive for Lyft; now Anthony Ponce is behind the wheel on-screen
News anchor Anthony Ponce set media tongues wagging a couple of years ago when he quit his well-paid gig at NBC-owned WMAQ-Ch. 5 to drive a car for Lyft. Now...
Dorky CTA singer thought she was alone … now her ditty has been heard 3 million times
Chicago improv actress Stevie Shale thought she was alone when she filmed herself singing a dorky ditty on what she thought was an empty “L” train car. Turns out she...
Here’s what you could have won: Lucas Museum breaks ground in LA
A photo op that Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel would have loved to claim for himself instead went to Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti this week. Billionaire filmmaker George Lucas and...
Carol Moseley Braun, Arroyos upset that Bobby Rush’s son Flynn claimed their endorsement
You might expect U.S. Rep. Bobby Rush’s son Flynn Rush to benefit from his father’s success. But two endorsements that the younger Rush is claiming from established politicos in his...