On a morning as cold as this one, we’ve got enough to worry about simply trying to stay warm. Lucky for you, I’ve harvested the best local news stories (before they got frozen in the Bubbly Creek).
- Remember when the city leased out our parking meters and the new company didn’t do a good job implementing their rate hikes and John Kass wondered how parking monitors would read parking recipts through snowy windsheilds? This morning the machines that print out those recipts froze in some parts of the city.
- A Streeterville condo building had a major fire overnight. The building had a similar fire back in 2002 - both fires resulted in a fatality. Maybe now the building owner will spring for fire sprinklers?
- After being named VP of digital development and operations for the Tribune Media Group how does Bill Adee celebrate? By staying up all night tweeting about the condo fire.
- Last night, Top Chef crowned season 6’s winner, and yet again my favorite guy didn’t win. Let’s hope he doesn’t go through what season 3 runner-up Dale Levitski did after nearly winning the title.
- :Vocalo radio is kicking off it’s month-long focus on faith with a challenge from interfaith hot-shot Eboo Patel.
- Our very own Criminal Justice Reporter Rob Wildeboer is calling out the Quinn administration over denying WBEZ access to Illinois’ youth prisons.
