Stephanie Izard is getting ready to open her new restaurant, Girl and the Goat. It's been said so often that it should be put on an endless loop, we know. But she really is thisclose to finally opening. more ›

First it was coyotes. Then it was a cougar. Now it's goats. A pair of goats were found hanging out around Montrose Harbor Sunday night (what? no Super Bowl party?). Animal Care & Control took the goats into their care. Though the goats had agricultural tags, it's still not know where they came from, with speculation ranging from a nearby farm to Lincoln Park Zoo. Neither goat was injured, just disoriented and wondering why everyone was driving down Lakeshore Drive like maniacs. more ›

"No PSLs [personal seat licenses] . . . No sales tax. No amusement tax. No McCormick Place [restaurant] tax. No taxes of any kind. I know that will disappoint the Sun-Times editorial board. But it's the best I can do." Jim Thompson on his apparently magical plan to have the state buy Wrigley without tax money. [S-T] more ›

Eew. About a dozen goat carcasses were discovered in field in Will County last week, and so far, no one knows what happened or where the goats came from. Local law enforcement decided the case fell under the purview of the Illinois Department of Agriculture. From WBBM: more ›