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A vote on November 15th will decide whether or not a third Portillo’s location will open on Chicago’s Northwest Side. The Chicago staple hopes to place another pin on the map at 3357 W. Ad...

Rolling Stones guitarist Ron Wood is publishing his latest book in December, titled The Rolling Stones Set Lists. According to the press release for the tome, the twice-inducted Rock and Roll Hall of ...

Former Dire Straits leader Mark Knopfler has just announced a 26-date tour for 2019 that will be making it’s way to the Chicago Theater in September. Knopfler, who chose to skip Dire StraitsR...

How does that old proverb go? Billy Idol should know as TMZ has reported that the music icon is being sued for standing a woman up in Las Vegas. Juliana Berg is claiming that Idol invited her to spend...

Ladies and gentlemen…start your coffins!! It’s not my thing, but six people were able to stick it out for the full 30-Hour Coffin Challenge at Six Flags Great America. They were allowed on...

Election Day is November 6th, but you don’t have to wait until then to get your vote in. Early voting locations were already announced… LOCAL EARLY VOTING TAKES PLACE AT THE FOLLOWING LOCA...

The largest lumberyard in Chicago and South Side staple, Lee Lumber is closing. A sign on their front door has read that they will close Tuesday, October 23rd and the day has come. Lee Lumber was one ...

Yesterday, we posted CandyStore.com’s most popular candies in each state. Now we know what the entire country’s favorite candies are. The website compiled 11 years-worth of data and found ...

If you’re trying to be trendy this Halloween you’ll want a costume inspired by the video game, Fortnite. The game features characters in all sorts of garb from something that looks like a ...

If you’re not looking forward to winter, good news, the National Weather Service is predicting the U.S. will generally have a milder winter. Forecasters predict a warm, wet winter for much of th...