Last week, Nobel Laureate, Presidential Medal of Freedom winner, and former president of Poland, Lech Walesa, traveled to Chicago to endorse a political candidate for governor of Illinois. (173 views)... More...

Editor, author, playwright, and occasional film producer Adam Langer grew up on Mozart Street in Chicago’s West Rogers Park neighborhood. His books include The Washington Story and Crossing California, set in West Rogers Park, and he has contributed stories to Chicago Noir and The Encyclopedia of Exes. (335 views)... More...

The Daily Herald reports: Great Lakes sailor Adam Matthews pleaded guilty today to molesting a girl in a Lincolnshire hotel. He was sentenced to 30 months of probation and six months in jail. Get the full story: dailyherald.com. (17 views)... More...

It's been eight years since the GOP dominated the State General Assembly & even longer since Republicans held at least one of the two US Senate Seats under US Senator Peter Fitzgerald. Chicago Sun Times columnist Carol Marin asks will Republicans gain ground thanks to Democratic missteps or will socially polarized infighting snatch defeat from the hands of victory? (92 views)... More...

"Under a plan proposed by Chicago Teachers Union President Marilyn Stewart Thursday, students prone to unruly classroom behavior would be transferred to an alternative school staffed by specially trained teachers and administrators. " (98 views)... More...