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  I wish I could describe Edward McClelland in legendary terms—it would be so damned apropos. I’d tell you he’s as tall as a redwood, as strong as a herd […]

The weather is looking to be perfect this weekend so go out and explore our wonderful city. Maybe take in a festival or two? How about a concert or a […]

Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon by Inti Creates is the precursor to Kickstarter darling BloodStained: Ritual of the Night—itself a sword and whip spiritual successor to the Castlevania series. Bloodstained: […]

The Australian-born Leigh Whannell is one of the most successful writers of horror/genre films currently working. He wrote the first three Saw films, all four Insidious movies (he even directed the third […]

Charges were filed against a 34 year-old Glen Carbon man on Tuesday stemming from vandalism at a cemetery in the downstate town, as well as vandalism in the Edwardsville area. […]

With the deadline less than a day away, Illinois lawmakers say they’re confident they’ll reach an agreement on a state budget by Thursday. We’re pretty close,” said Rep. Greg Harris […]

  Physical Festival Chicago is about to launch its 5th year at Stage 773 June 1-9, and is fast becoming a highlight of Chicago’s festival arts happenings. Still new and independent […]

  Hexologic by developer MythicOwl takes the brain twisting elements of Sudoku, and incorporates them into a hexagon-based puzzle game. It isn’t exactly Sudoku, but it will scratch that Sudoku […]

Merj Media’s debut title Floor Kids is pretty unique, and that’s a hard claim to make as a video game. It’s a rhythm game with fighting game sensibilities presented in […]

Hog butcher to the world. City of the big shoulders. Those familiar Chicago phrases are part of Carl Sandburg’s famous poem, “Chicago,” written in 1916. The PBS series,  “Poetry in […]

Civil liberties groups are fighting back against proposed legislation in Springfield that would allow police to surveil crowds with drones equipped with facial recognition technologies. On Friday, lawmakers in the […]

A diver with the Chicago Fire Department died and two others were injured while searching for a man who fell overboard Monday evening. Juan Bucio, a 46 year-old man who […]