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US Rep. Robin Kelly, area mayors stress sustainability in renewed push for south suburban airport
Chicago Tribune via Yahoo News· 2 days agoFollowing the passage of a bill in the Illinois General Assembly paving the way for public and...
Railfan Road: Chicago’s Cicero Avenue - Trains
Trains.com· 2 days agoRoosevelt Road used to be THE Chicago railfan road. On less than a mile of viaducts just south of downtown, fans could catch passenger trains to and from...
'The Blues Brothers' came out in June 1980. Is there a better Chicago movie? Not for me
USA TODAY via Yahoo News· 1 day ago“Chicago is like ‘Ferris Bueller’s Day Off’ if you’re rich,” one local musician observed, “and it’s...
Q&A: The role of 'the Southland' in Chicago's global future
Crain s Chicago Business· 6 days agoTwo sites — one in southwest suburban Lockport and one on the old U.S. Steel South Works on Chicago's Far
Chicago residents fight to bring basketball courts back to Beverly
CBS News· 6 days agoKids and adults in Chicago's Beverly neighborhood are fighting to return basketball courts to their...
Chicago alderman sleeping in tent outside to bring attention to neighborhood's violence
NBC Chicago· 2 days agoAn alderman from Chicago’s South Side plans to sleep outside in a tent until the crime problem in...
Chicago mayor announces reparations ‘task force’
Courthouse News Service· 2 days agoJohnson’s office said the task force will study the ways Black Chicagoans continue to be impacted by the legacy of slavery and Jim Crow laws. Working...
2 arrested in shooting of an ice cream vendor, ending SWAT standoff on Chicago's Southeast Side
CBS News· 7 days agoThe two gunmen fled into a home, which prompted a SWAT response to the scene.
Ballot measures to rev up voters
Politico· 5 days agoTGIF, Illinois. On this day in 1977, Chicago’s LGBTQ+ community held its first large political demonstration to protest anti-gay crusader Anita Bryant’s ...
Robert Plant, Alison Krauss Offer Up Magical Evening On Stage Outside Chicago
Forbes· 5 days ago“Isn’t that amazing?” asked Robert Plant rhetorically on stage Wednesday night at Ravinia Festival,...