Chicago, IL

Countless Chicago locations hold dear memories for all of us in Chicago. Craig Locaciato has built the most extensive collection of memories on his website. Check it out here and take a walk down memory lane. Listen below to hear Craig, Roger Badesch, and John talk about their own memories of Chicago landmarks and locations.

Craig’s Lost Chicago: Memories of a Chicago long gone

Featured on WGN Radio’s Home Sweet Home Chicago on 03/18/2023: Access Elevator’s VP of Sales Frank Wasilewski joins the show to talk about how they can install a stairlift into a curved staircase. To learn more about what Access Elevator can do for you go to allaboutaccess.com or call them at 1-630-616-6249.

How to install a lift into a curved staircase

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

Anna Davlantes, WGN Radio’s investigative correspondent, joins Bob Sirott to share what happened this week in Chicago history. Stories include the opening of the Green Mill, Chris Farley invitation to join the Saturday Night Live cast, and Mayor Jane Byrne’s move to the Cabrini Green public housing project.

This Week in Chicago History: Chris Farley, Mayor Jane Byrne, and Green Mill

Steve Grzanich has the business news of the day with the Wintrust Business Minute. NASCAR has landed another big founding corporate partner for its street race in Chicago this summer. Blue Cross & Blue Shield of Illinois joins McDonald’s as a founding partner. Together they are two of Chicago’s biggest companies. NASCAR says Blue Cross will get official presenting, marketing and promotional rights along with branding all over the race’s footprint. The Grant Park 220 and The Loop 121 races will be July 1-2.

Wintrust Business Minute: NASCAR lands another founding corporate sponsor for Chicago street race

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:. In Old Town, Pickleball Drama Brewing As Players, Local Parents Feud Over Court Access: A group of neighbors who say the three pickleball courts at Bauler Park were installed without community input want them removed, while other neighbors and players say the courts help build community.

Extremely Local News: Could LaSalle Street see new apartments?

Tinley Park, IL

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

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 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

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?

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?

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

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

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

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The story behind Chicago’s iconic Home Run Inn Pizza

Celebrating National Pizza Day with the fascinating story of how a mom and pop tavern morphed into a frozen pizza behemoth. What started as an experiment...

The story behind Chicago’s iconic Home Run Inn Pizza

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