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The Enormous Thrift Store In Illinois Where Just $25 Fills An Entire Shopping Cart
There’s a place in Crestwood, Illinois, where $25 walks in feeling like a hundred, and it doesn’t leave until every last cent has been put to spectacular use. Pass It On Thrift Center is the kind of store that makes you rethink every shopping decision you’ve ever made, starting with the very first one.
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This Cash-Only Illinois Tavern Has Been Serving Giant One-Pound Burgers For Decades
A full pound of beef on one bun. That’s the standard burger here, not some dare written on a chalkboard. The smaller version is the half-pound option, which tells you a lot about this place. There are no fries on the menu either. You get chips instead, and somehow that quirk feels just right.
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A win for Riverside, a loss for our neighbors
Last Thursday, the Riverside Board of Trustees did right by Riverside residents. They voted to turn off the Riverside Flock cameras and to stop participating in the construction of the new American surveillance state. Unfortunately, they did not vote to stop the Riverside police from using that same surveillance state to spy on our neighbors.
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The Illinois Buffet That Piles Your Plate High With Down-Home Southern Flavor
There’s a green awning on South Michigan Avenue in Chicago that makes a promise most restaurants would be too scared to make. That promise is “Down Home Southern Cooking,” and Pearl’s Place backs it up with every single plate that leaves the kitchen. You’ve probably driven...
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Oak Lawn police charge 6 in DUI, drug and assault cases
Ameer Z. Abdelrahman, 20, of Oak Lawn, was charged with driving under the influence of drugs after police found him asleep at the wheel at 11 p.m. Oct. 28 at 91st Street and South Cicero Avenue. Officers said he appeared to be under the influence of cannabis and told them...
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Video: High school goes viral after attempting a 104-yard field goal
Every coach who has read the NFHS rulebook knows a missed field goal is a scrimmage kick, just like a punt. Lyons Township high school (IL) has built their fourth-down plan around that rule this fall, and on Saturday night it ended up going viral. Facing fourth-and-long on their own...
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Free turkey giveaway begins at five Chicagoland McDonald's locations
CHICAGO - A holiday food giveaway is bringing support to families at five McDonald’s locations across the Chicago area this week. The Black McDonald’s Operators Association of Chicagoland and Northwest Indiana is holding its 26th annual Food for the Body & Spirit giveaway from Tuesday through Saturday. The...
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Why Locals ADORE This Hot Dog Drive-In That’s Older Than McDonald’s in Chicago, Illinois
Open Sun–Thu, 11 AM–1 AM; Fri–Sat, 11 AM–2 AM. In May 1948, two newlyweds opened a summer hot dog drive-in in Chicago to help pay for college. 🌭. At Superdawg Drive-In, Chicago diners still pull into a carport, order through a speaker box and wait for a carhop’s tray on the car window.
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‘Heavy Amount of Insanity Taking Place Here’: Chicago Police Accused of Doing Nothing to Stop ‘Ungodly Amount of People’ Apparently Violating Traffic Law
While people like to imagine themselves as individualistic in their decision-making, sometimes an incident at a traffic light in Chicago, Illinois, might show otherwise. Shared by Reddit user Cesarjay, a video on r/IdiotsInCars and r/dashcams has caught the attention of thousands. In the dashcam clip, a continuous line of drivers drove through a red light, leaving many people baffled and outraged.