Block Club Blog

Portage Park native has a wooden marker from the grave of Andreas von Zirngibl, who fought Napoleon.

Probably not, and here's why. 

"I have a picture in my head of a drunk tourist riding it right into the lake," a cyclist said.

Goin' out like Montana. 

It's the end of an era as Englewood's Derrick Rose gets shipped to the New York Knicks.

Chicagoans rushed to Divvy stations after a South Loop gas leak crippled the CTA Tuesday.

Littering, whether done neatly or not, is still littering, according to Chicago's Municipal Code.

The Illinois Railway Museum still has working streetcars, last used in Chicago on June 21, 1958.

The brewers behind Redd's Apple Ale want to give teachers a "different kind of apple."

Get a free Doritos Locos taco between 2 and 6 p.m. Tuesday at a Taco Bell near you. 

The former Sox slugger is documenting his trip with Twitter pictures of his bobblehead at famous places.

Kevin Cobb blames Chicago's competitive media market and crazy weather for its silly newsroom tweets.

Several West Ridge restaurants offer student meal plans, featuring curries, chapatis, dal and more.

Artist flies message over Chicago, New York and Orlando.