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Extra Extra: Blackhawks Parade To Double In Size This Year

By Rachel Cromidas in News on Jun 17, 2015 10:25PM

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  • The city will double the size of the Blackhawks parade route to accommodate the many fans who weren't able to get tickets to the Soldier Field rally Thursday. [Sun-Times]

  • The FBI is investigating the possibility that the firm that manages Chicago's controversial parking meters was paid $90,000 in bribes. [Chicago Tribune]

  • A thick, noxious odor looms over the Southeast Side's Veteran's Park from an Agri-Fine Corp. manufacturing facility. [DNAinfo]

  • A judge has ruled that the federal OK'ing of the controversial Illiana Expressway is invalid. [WBEZ]

  • Archbishop Blase J. Cupich is sending a deep dish pizza to Florida to gloat over the Blackhawks' victory in the Stanley Cup finals. [DNAinfo]

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