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riotfest
  • by david hall
Riot Fest is moving to SeatGeek Stadium in Bridgeview for new 'RiotLand' venture; lineup announced

The festival will be exiting Douglass Park after a 10-year run that has been plagued by controversy in recent years.

transportation
  • by david hall
CTA service will return to pre-pandemic levels by end of year, chief Dorval Carter predicts

The Chicago Transit Authority recorded an average of 1 million weekday riders in May, the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic decimated ridership.

usa-vs-edward-burke
  • by david hall
Ed Burke’s lawyers swamp judge with glowing letters of support ahead of sentencing: ‘I know who Ed really is'

Prosecutors want a judge to give Chicago's longest-serving City Council member a 10-year prison sentence for corruption. But defense attorneys hope to sway the judge to spare him any prison time with stories of Ed Burke's good deeds.

usa-vs-edward-burke
  • by david hall
Ed Burke deserves 10 years in prison for corruption, feds say: 'He abused and exploited his office'

Burke, 80, Chicago's longest-serving City Council member, is two weeks away from his June 24 sentencing hearing. Burke's lawyers have asked the judge to give their client no prison time.