Chicago News Cooperative

 

• Rehabbed, A Punk Dive Grows Up
  July 29th, 2010 | Meribah Knight
  
  To most of its patrons, the Fireside Bowl is simply a bowling alley in Logan Square, but not that long ago it was arguably the best punk-rock club in Chicago.

 

• From Cubs to Hawks to Champion
  July 24th, 2010 | Dan McGrath
  
  John McDonough left the Cubs to go to the Blackhawks, and there he turned a moribund franchise into just what the Cubs would like to be. John McDonough believes he remembers when he first started hearing “What’s next?” queries.

 

• Following Orders, Then Just Following
  July 29th, 2010 | James Warren
  
  After a decade of active duty in the Army, Robert Blagojevich knows the military definition of collateral damage. He may soon personify the legal system’s version, and unfairly so.

 

• Staff Reductions Fall Short of Mark
  July 29th, 2010 | Katie Fretland
  
  Despite facing a $42 million shortfall in patient revenue, the Cook County Health and Hospitals System has laid off only 100 workers out of the 1,350 positions that administrators promised to eliminate this fiscal year.