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Linze Rice

Reporter/Producer @linzerice Contact

Linze Rice is a neighborhood reporter and photographer covering Chicago's Far North Side for DNAinfo.com. 

Before taking over the Rogers Park/Edgewater beat, Linze was a general assignment reporter with DNAinfo, covering everything from breaking crime, to mayoral press conferences, to seeing the new bleachers first unveiled at Wrigley Field. Linze was also the editor at the American Chamber of Commerce Resources, a writing and social media consultant for Curiosity.com, a law industry copywriter, and a counselor at a women's inpatient drug and alcohol recovery center. 

Linze has a Bachelor's Degree in Sociology with a minor in Women's Studies and Spanish, and was awarded an LGBT Ally award in 2012 from Northern Illinois University.

Linze is from a tiny corn-fed village in DeKalb County called Kingston, where she grew up with her parents and two younger siblings. Linze's dad is a hog farmer, so there were many pigs present throughout her upbringing as well. 

In her free time, Linze likes to enjoy Chicago's beaches, incredible architecture, and eat as much as possible. She lives in Edgewater (formerly Uptown and the Loop) with her writer husband, two cats, and pitbull named Bruce Wayne. 

Fun fact: When she was six, Linze went up on stage with Wynonna Judd during a concert (and has the pictures to prove it) and was also seen on TV dancing during a taped performance of Deana Carter with Brian Wilson of the Beach Boys. She met them after the show in the parking lot thanks to her eccentric mother.

Rogers Park & Edgewater »

March 21, 2017

Residents gave city officials feedback on the project during a community meeting Monday night. 

Lincoln Square, Albany Park, Roscoe Village & North Center »

March 21, 2017

"For somebody who has sensory integration problems, [school] can be debilitating," one parent said.

Rogers Park & Edgewater »

March 20, 2017

Developers will need to get a zoning change approved for the transformation of 5691 N. Ridge Ave.

Rogers Park & Edgewater »

March 20, 2017

Perkins and Will, a long-time Chicago architecture firm, was announced as the design winner Sunday.

Rogers Park & Edgewater »

March 17, 2017

"I told him, 'It's OK, you are in America now, it's OK to [accept] help,'" a friend said.

Rogers Park & Edgewater »

March 16, 2017

Quentin Payton was shot and killed just after midnight Sunday in front of an Edgewater Dunkin' Donuts.

Rogers Park & Edgewater »

March 16, 2017

Chicago Math and Science Academy's expansion would need the Chicago Board of Education's approval.

Rogers Park & Edgewater »

March 15, 2017

Quentin Payton, 28, was one of three victims of the weekend shooting outside an Edgewater doughnut shop.