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Extra Extra: Taylor Swift Show Sets Soldier Field Record

By Rachel Cromidas in News on Jul 20, 2015 10:00PM


  • The turnout to Taylor Swift's shows at Soldier Field this weekend set a new record for the venue for a female performer, with 55,431 tickets sold for Sunday's show and 54,445 for Saturday's. [Tribune]

  • Autopsies of the women and children who were found dead in their East Chatham home over the weekend are inconclusive about the cause of death, according to authorities. [Sun-Times]

  • Ald. Jon Arena (45th) literally stopped construction vehicles with his car Monday afternoon in defiance of a city decision to turn over a Jefferson Park street to a billboard company. [DNAinfo]

  • The city is closing a new set of traffic lanes around the Navy Pier Flyover project Tuesday after a week-long delay in steel beam delivery stalled construction plans. [DNAinfo]

  • A Glen Ellyn Uber driver has been accused of threatening Mayor Rahm Emanuel on Facebook. [Tribune]
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