Extra, Extra

By Margaret Lyons in News on Aug 13, 2008 11:30PM

Oh, yay, my Olympics cake is finally ready. [Cake Wrecks]

Hecky's has been closed after the Health Department found evidence of a roach infestation. [S-T]

The Brickyard is a community of drug addicts who live in a brick salvage yard on Cicero. These might be the most interesting segments 848 has ever aired. We know, we know, that's being the skinniest kid at fat camp, but still, really worth listening to. [Part I, Part II]

According to federal prosecutors, disgraced former alderman Arenda Troutman was in a romantic relationship with Donnell "Scandalous" Jehan, a high-ranking member of the Black Disciples. Which has been part of the story since 2004. [S-T]

This....is the best Bears poster ever. [Wolf Choir]

Sandy Allen, the world's tallest woman, died today in Shelbyville, Indiana. She was 53. [Indanapolis Star]

Ice cream vendor in Evanston is right up there with assistant crack whore on the worst jobs list this summer. [WBBM]

Doppler radar caught an Illinois driver going 130 mph. Busted! [Jalopnik]

Cardinal Francis George released a 305-page transcript of an eight-hour deposition he gave regarding how the Chicago Roman Catholic Archdiocese dealt—and didn't deal—with clergy members sexually abusing children. [Trib]