Indiana, GOP presidential race deserve each other
For most of my life, I've lived within five miles of the Indiana border. That's why I'm fairly certain those lunkheaded, perpetually angry Hoosiers will boost Donald Trump to the...
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Are we mourning more than the celebrities who die?
Not yet four full months in, 2016 has already become the year of "R.I.P. (insert name of dead celebrity here)." It is a social media trend in which I have...
Quality ingredients keep Pancake House original
In the summer of 1991, Julie Harrigan was a 22-year-old, freshly minted Loyola graduate in broadcast communications. To make a few bucks, she waitressed at the Original Pancake House in...
Shuttered Country Club Hills theater gets new owner
Barely three months after the AMC Loews Country Club Hills Theater closed, the city and Marcus Theatres announced Tuesday the Milwaukee-based chain has purchased it and will reopen the theater...
Sell the University Golf Club & Conference Center
When I first contemplated the notion of offering my opinion on things outside the realm of the sports department, where I'd set up camp for most of my nearly three...
The 10 best superhero movies ever
In December of 1978, the 16-year-old version of me (roughly 130 pounds, most of it in dangerously feathered hair) entered River Oaks Theaters in Calumet City for the most anticipated...
Homewood actress takes stage in Goodman’s ‘Carlyle’
Talking about her job, or at least about how she gets to it, Maureen Gallagher could be just another south suburban commuter. "I take the train to the Millennium Station,...
Tinley Park right to make Lucas museum pitch
The words may smack of George Lucas, but the playbook is pure Ed Zabrocki. Tinley Park Mayor Dave Seaman borrowed a tactic from his predecessor last week, sending a letter...
Now playing: Movies with amenities
Lindsey Weix can describe the classic movie-going experience faster than you might read a critic's blurb on the latest blockbuster. "Traditionally, you get your popcorn, get your soda, watch the...
Homewood-Flossmoor High alum starts as Sox broadcaster
Last fall, after wrapping up a story about Homewood-Flossmoor High School alums celebrating the 50th anniversary of their student radio station, WHFH, I got an email from WSCR host, H-F...