Extra Extra: Renegade Handmade Closes Its Storefront
- Renegade Handmade is closing its Wicker Park storefront after four and a half years. The company says it is not because of financial reasons, and it will focus on its spinoff Renegade Craft Fairs. [A.V. Club]
- Chicago Public Schools CEO Jean-Claude Brizard is taking questions from listeners tonight at 7 p.m. Tune in to WBEZ to hear. [WBEZ]
- A Schaumburg woman fought off an intruder who was wielding a stun gun. [TribLocal]
- In media news, things were all shook up at WBEZ today. Alison Cuddy is no longer the host of 848, and some other staff were shuffled around. [Crain's]
- A little kid, about one year old, was found strolling the streets with no coat and no shoes. He was taken to the Lawndale Fire Department. [Tribune]
- This writer thinks she might've seen Michael Jordan at a suburban gym years ago. [Hairpin]
- Wisconsin is swamped with applications for concealed carry licenses. [Green Bay Gazette]
- The New York Times had to run a correction for confusing two different My Little Ponies. Fluttershy must've called to complain. [NYT]
