Nineteen-year-old Taylor Townsend may have lost her first-round match at the French Open, but this Chicago native is an up-and-comer in the tennis world. Townsend grew up in the Englewood neighborhood of Chicago, which is known for being a troubled area. The neighborhood ranks fifth in terms of violent crimes in the city, according to The […]
A West Side man who had been charged with misdemeanor animal cruelty after posting an online video of him blowing marijuana smoke into a pet chameleon’s mouth has been acquitted by a Cook County judge. Bruce Blunt, 40 (whose last name has been met with amusement by many online audiences), said that the marijuana seemed
Just in time for peak camping season, Cook County Forest Preserve will open up five new and improved camping sites to families across the Chicago area, for the first time in more than 50 years. According to WLS-TV, the five forest preserves slated to open to campers this summer are Shabbona Woods in South Holland,
A record-breaking year of fundraising efforts has given the North Chicago Public Library the money it needs to undergo some much-needed repairs, upgrades and renovations. According to the Chicago Tribune, the Argonne Drive facility recently unveiled its newest upgrade — a new rental dropbox in the library’s parking lot — at a May 9 ribbon-cutting ceremony.
On Thursday, May 14, Chicago kicked off its annual Craft Beer Week to celebrate some of the Windy City’s finest independent breweries and the endless varieties of stouts, IPAs, witbiers and pale ales they offer. According to My Fox Chicago, this year’s 10-day celebration features more than 400 different events throughout Chicago and its suburbs,
This week, Sangamon County will begin efforts to raise enough private funds to pay for the estimated $8.8 million needed to renovate the historic 160-year-old Illinois Executive Mansion in Springfield. The Illinois Executive Mansion Association, a nonprofit organization, will host a cocktail party on Wednesday with guests such as Gov. Bruce Raunder and former Govs.
“I feel like the kid in ‘Miracle on 34th Street,’” said Caress Pouncy, the new owner of a refurbished 2010 Nissan Altima as she received her keys at the Automechanika Chicago, the largest auto aftermarket trade show in the world. Not quite a miracle, her car was part of a wider effort by various organizations
As more DWI task forces are created in police forces across the country, it’s expected that the number of DWI charges could increase by as much as 50% over a period of a few years, possibly totaling as many as 7,000 individual charges per year. But are all of these charges fairly handed out, or
Travelers entering the United States via Chicago’s O’Hare airport have a new option for customs declaration available to them: their phones. Recently, Customs and Border Protection released an app called Mobile Passport Control. Passengers can use the app to submit customs forms and passport information before their flight arrives at the airport, and then, upon
For more than a month, a major Chicago suburb has had major landscaping work done on its downtown main street. The Chicago Tribune reports that since early April, Plainfield’s Lockport Street has undergone $134,000’s worth of renovation work. Though the project is expected to be wrapped up in June, town officials hope to have most of it