On the morning of September 11th, news radio was the destination for up-to-the-minute updates on what was happening in New York, Washington DC, as well as here in Chicago. While most people were glued to the national network feeds coming from the scene, local radio had to balance the coverage from abroad as well as handle the reaction closer to home. more ›

We'll hand it to ABC 7: they've figured out a way to harness the internet for full, blanket news coverage. You wouldn't think the day after Easter would be full with too much news. In fact, between Tiger Woods, Scottie Pippen, and Opening Day, it felt like the focus was all on sports (if not on Blago). So we can't blame the ABC 7 team for sending Chopper 7 to cover the events at Luther North High School this morning where a coyote, obviously in need of a little springtime roadrunner companionship, wandered on to a football field at the school (students have the day off). The little guy has spent most of his time trotting around and staring at the Animal Control vehicles that are on the track surrounding the field though he did scamper a bit across school grounds just for fun. We'll admit, we were riveted for about five minutes but, eventually, just realized that - while they've certainly made plenty of headlines over the last few years - a coyote wandering around a field is still just a coyote wandering around in a field. more ›

After printing a salacious issue about underage encounters that identified involved students by name, a Lincolnshire high school newspaper will face more restrictions that some say are tantamount to censorship. The 3,400 copies of the Jan. 30 issue of the Stevenson High School newspaper "The Statesman" disappeared from the newsstands almost immediately, though the school says they did not remove them. more ›

We wandered over to the ex-Gov's place last night just to take in the circus - and a circus it was. It was our first look at Private Citizen Blagojevich, and after a few minutes of a seemingly humbler Blago, it was right back into the talking points and woe-is-me and I-will-fight. A few things you might have missed: more ›