Here's a list of times we were promised one thing and got something else: Illinois tollways will be freeways by 1973. (Promised conversion dates varied.) The Illinois Lottery, authorized in...
Winner: "You can't blame this one on the butler." Pat Foley, Homer Glen Extras: "It came with the kid's meal." Michael Sackar "Announcing His Highness, the Prince of Orange..." Carolyn...
Send your captions by email to [email protected] by 12 p.m. on Monday. You must include your name and town of residence. Scott Stantis will choose 10 finalists. Voting will start...
My meager abilities fall far short of expressing fully the gratitude and respect for those who stormed the beaches of Normandy all those years ago. I also thought the quote...
With the close of the recent session of the Illinois General Assembly, first year governor J.B. Pritzker got everything he wanted. Expanded gambling, legal marijuana, progressive tax on the ballot,...
Indicted Chicago Alderman Ed Burke is said to have asked "did we land the tuna?". A euphemism for did his law firm getting the business of a company trying to...
Winner: "To O'Hare, I guess." Rob Huffman, Fredericksburg, VA Extras: "Artie, is it me? the commuters seem to be multiplying like, er well like, ...." Daniel Kortmann, Lake Zurich "The...
Illinois, like a lot of other states and municipalities, is in a mad rush to legalize cannabis. Not because they are concerned for the people who may use it medically...