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Jen Sabella, the Director of Strategy and co-founder of Block Club Chicago, joins Bob Sirott to share the latest Chicago neighborhood stories. She provides details on:. Can Silent Horror Film Series Save Rogers Park’s Struggling New 400 Theaters?: Classic silent films “Nosferatu” and “Phantom Of The Opera” will be screened and accompanied by live organ — just like the New 400 Theaters would have presented the movies in the 1920s.

Extremely Local News: Rogers Park theaters bringing back silent films

Chief Growth and Infrastructure Officer at Archer Aviation Bryan Bernhard, joins Lisa Dent to elaborate more on the Air Taxis that are planned to be coming to Chicago in 2025. He touches on the price, if the air taxis are automated or not, the other cities that will feature the taxis, and more!

Archer Aviation describes its air taxis planned for 2025

After 2 weeks and 4 rounds of voting, our regional champions are …. Vito & Nick’s (City Region) Georgio’s (North Burbs Region) Home Run Inn (Local Chain Region) Fox’s (South/West Burbs Region) Vote on the Final Feast matchups below. Voting will remain open until the morning of...

Chicago Pizza Madness Tournament: The ‘Final Feast’ (Four)

Featured on WGN Radio’s Home Sweet Home Chicago on 04/01/23: Miracle Method’s David Haas joins the program to talk what they can help you with in your bathroom and how quickly they work. If you want to learn more about what Miracle Method can do for you go to miraclemethod.com or call them at 1-888-271-7690 to be connected to your nearest location.

How Miracle Method can make your bathroom safer

Shamus Toomey, Editor in Chief and co-founder of Block Club Chicago, joins Bob Sirott to share the latest Chicago neighborhood stories. Shamus has details on:. Touhy Park’s Tent City Is Gone, And Restoration Is Underway After Residents Leave For Housing: A tent city that occupied Touhy Park for over two years disbanded this month, with all of its residents being paired with or finding their own housing.

Extremely Local News: Construction begins at the former Michael Reese Hospital site

Lieutenant David Haynes, a police officer who works on the North Side of the city, makes his weekly visit to the WGN Radio studios and the Bob Sirott Morning Show. Lt. Haynes, who co-authored “The Beat Cop’s Guide to Chicago Eats,” reviews The Onion Roll. Located at 6935 W. North Ave. in Oak Park, they are known for their fresh made bagels, matzo ball soup, and pancakes. Lt. Haynes also reviews Courageous Bakery & Cafe, located at 736 Lake St. in Oak Park. They are known for their cupcakes, big cookies, and cinnamon rolls.

The Beat Cop’s Guide to bagels and cookies

Steve Grzanich has the business news of the day with the Wintrust Business Minute. The number of workers back at the office has ticked up. The company that handles security swipes into and out of office buildings says the number is at nearly 51%. Kastle Systems has been keeping track of those security badge swipes. The Chicago metro just hit 50.8%. That’s ahead of most of the other big cities where the average is 48.4%. Los Angeles is at 47.8% and New York is at 47%.

Wintrust Business Minute: More Chicago workers are returning to the office

Featured on WGN Radio’s Home Sweet Home Chicago on 04/01/23: The Kohler Group at Coldwell Banker’s Kari Kohler joins the program to talk about interest rates in the real estate market and to share some advice for first time home buyers. To learn more about what the Kohler Group can do for you go to thekohlergroup.com or give them a call at 1-630-673-4586.

What interest rates are looking like in the real estate market

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Social Media Coordinator of Forest View Farms in Tinley Park Darcy Nendza joins Lisa Dent to talk about the activities tailored for children, including horseback riding lessons, summer camps, and more! Later, Darcy highlights the adult lessons that Forest View Farms has to offer and shares her own experience learning how to ride horses.

Learn to ride horses at this Tinley Park farm!

Featured on WGN Radio’s Home Sweet Home Chicago on 03/18/2023: Business Banking Officer – VP -? BMO Harris Bank at BMO Harris Bank’s Joshua Hermann joins the program to talk about how we got to where we are now with the current banking system. To learn more about what Joshua and BMO Harris Bank can do for you go to bmoharris.com or give them a call at 1-847-967-4644.

How did interest rates get so low?

The Village of Tinley Park is March’s featured “Your Hometown.” Michael Glotz, Mayor of Tinley Park, joins Jon Hansen to talk about the many things that make his town special and the plans to expand the city with a new plaza for tons of new events for to enjoy with their family.

Your Hometown: Tinley Park Mayor Michael Glotz

Featured on WGN Radio’s Home Sweet Home Chicago on 03/18/2023: Business Banking Officer – VP -? BMO Harris Bank at BMO Harris Bank’s Joshua Hermann joins the program to help a listener figure out how to navigate his finances to purchase another vehicle. To learn more about what Joshua and BMO Harris Bank can do for you go to bmoharris.com or give them a call at 1-847-967-4644.

How to smartly use your money

The Mincing Rascals are John Williams of WGN Radio, Eric Zorn, Publisher of The Picayune Sentinel, Brandon Pope, host of ‘On the Block‘ on WCIU, and Austin Berg of the Illinois Policy Institute. We are now less than one week away from Election Day and the Rascals chat about the mayoral race and the latest polling. What do the latest round of endorsements mean for the candidates? The ComEd Four bribery trial continues and the Rascals share their thoughts on what they have seen so far. Brandon believes the media hasn’t done a good enough job of telling people why this trial is important. There was another mass shooting in the U.S. this week. Will this be the incident that will eventually change gun laws? And finally, there are some controversies stirring about rainbow songs, Michelangelo’s ‘David’ sculpture, and a Jeopardy answer. What do the Rascals make of these cultural battles that are taking place?

The Mincing Rascals 3.29.23: Chicago mayoral poll, ComEd Four bribery trial, rainbow controversy

Illinois Representative of the 50th District, Barbara Hernandez, joins Lisa Dent to discuss the bill she introduced which would grant DACA recipients the ability to become police officers. She later responds to comments by opposing Representatives regarding how DACA officers wouldn’t be able to wield firearms.

Will DACA recipients finally be eligible to be police officers in Chicago?

Steve Grzanich has the business news of the day with the Wintrust Business Minute. The proposed merger of Chicago’s Oak Street Health and CVS Health is moving forward. The Justice Department and Federal Trade Commission allowed an antitrust waiting period to lapse this week without taking action that would’ve stopped the merger. While the move does not stop regulators from taking action later, it is a sign the process is advancing. Then two companies announced the $10.6 billion acquisition in February. If the transaction is finalized, Oak Street would become a subsidiary of CVS.

Wintrust Business Minute: CVS Health and Oak Street Health merger moves forward

Father-son owner-operator duo of the Tinley Park McDonald’s Darren and Cass Freihage join Lisa Dent to discuss the menu, the number of stores they own, as well as their experiences working as father and son. With Cass starting out at McDonald’s at the age of 14, he and Darren highlight the Archways to Opportunity that McDonald’s offers college students!

Father-son owners of the Tinley Park McDonald’s highlight tuition assistance opportunities

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How to see the once-in-a-lifetime green comet in Chicago

Adler Planetarium Director of Public Observing Michelle Nichols, joins Lisa Dent to talk about a rare green comet passing Earth this week. The comet was last...

How to see the once-in-a-lifetime green comet in Chicago

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