Episode one of Trenchies TV opens with Logan Ludwig, lead singer of Chicago indie-rock five-piece the Trenchies, playing a letter game with puppet Tuggy the Tiger. The background music is playful, reminiscent of a children’s show. The letter game involves picking up paper letters and singing words that start with each letter, causing those objects … Read more
An Oswego man was killed in a traffic crash Monday afternoon. At about 1 p.m., the Sugar Grove Police Department and Fire Protection District were called to the area of Route 56 between Hankes Road and Golfview Drive, where they pronounced the 35-year-old male deceased. Leading up to the accident, the man was a passenger … Read more
Artwork from the cover of the May 29, 2025 issue of the Chicago Reader Credit: Illustration and design by Amber Huff New Locations! As part of an internal audit that the Reader conducted in summer 2024, we consolidated some Reader pick up sites and boxes in some north side and central city neighborhoods. Don’t worry, … Read more
The Des Plaines City Council met here at city hall Monday to reshape a grant program for local businesses. Daily Herald File Photo Des Plaines’ grant program for local businesses is being reshaped with new financial formulas and limits. Starting immediately, grants will fall into three categories instead of two: “sprout,” for construction or renovation … Read more
The British Isles are an unusual setting for a samurai-inclined western, yet that’s precisely where Scottish director John Maclean chose to stage his sophomore feature, Tornado, a decade after his idiosyncratic debut, Slow West. The misty weather rolling over the hills feels fittingly atmospheric, but the execution is messy, fabricating a world littered with tangential … Read more
Palatine Fire Department Deputy Chief Patrick Gratzianna will retire in September. Palatine will see a changing of the guard in the leadership of its fire department in September. Chief Patrick Gratzianna is retiring. His replacement, Deputy Chief Scott Mackeben, will officially become chief Sept. 17, one day after Gratzianna’s retirement. Gratzianna was appointed chief in … Read more
Big Bear’s famed bald eagle parents, Jackie and Shadow, are getting closer to being empty-nesters as one of their two eaglets took flight from the comforts of the nest on Monday. At about 10:46 a.m., one of the eaglets was perched on a branch when she appeared to jump off, flap her wings and fly … Read more
Construction continues on the expansion of the CyrusOne data center in Aurora. Capitol News Illinois photo by Andrew Adams, April 2025 The developer of a potential data center in Naperville will reimburse the city for the costs of a study about its electricity demands. Naperville’s electric utility has decided to contract with ICF Resources to … Read more
City Limits rounds up the latest housing and land use-related events, public hearings and affordable housing lotteries that are ending soon. Councilmember Pierina Sanchez, housing committee chair, at a February 2023 rally in favor of the package of social housing bills. The Council will hold an oversight hearing on the legislative package on Tuesday. (William … Read more
The Chicago Peregrine Program announced Wednesday that four peregrine falcon chicks who lived on a University of Illinois Chicago building suddenly died. The organization could not confirm the cause of death, but one possibility could be bird flu. “Today, be assured we are as sad as are all the UIC peregrine fans over losing 4 … Read more