Elaine Coorens

Local restaurateurs Greg Mohr and Scott Weiner fight for their "family" and others in Chicago's food service industry and beyond by feeding as many as possible. And, they could use your help.

Mayor Lori Lightfoot made it clear in her Wednesday press conference that if Chicagoans did not abide by Governor J.B. Pritzker's order to stay-at-home and maintain social distancing, not having parties and flooding the parks with group activities, she would shut down the lakefront and Chicago Parks. 

Today, Sat., Mar. 21, at 5 p.m. is the date and time to begin "Stay at Home." Governor J.B. Pritzker declared that in his Executive Order. It is aimed at protecting everyone in Illinois from the COVID-19 pandemic. That order is to stay in effect until Apr. 7. Mayor Lori Lightfoot adds to her previous Chicago closing announcements by saying that libraries and park district buildings will also be closed. 

The third strike against Jay Ramirez being on the ballot for the 1st Ward Committeeperson position came late Friday. "For the foregoing reasons, we affirm the board’s decision. Affirmed with instructions." ends the Appellate Courts' decision. 

Twelve hours after a 30-year-old man was shot and robbed on a Blue Line train, Patrick Waldon, 31, a convicted felon who was on parole, was identified and arrested. The incident occurred at the UIC-Halsted station in Chicago Police Department's 12th District, Wed., Feb. 5, at 10:30 a.m. 

Target will be opening a new small-format store in Logan Square at 2434 N. Sacramento Ave. on April 5 and is now beginning to hire 70 people for its 12th small-format store in the Chicago are, like the Wicker Park location, 1664 W Division St, which opened in the summer of 2018. 

How perfect is it that the Feb. 1 Saturday once-a-month Wicker Park Indoor Farmers Market is the day before the Sunday Super Bowl? Doors are open at Robey Hall, 2022 W. North Ave., from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Plenty of time to scoop up some great game time, or not, fabulous food. 

Two officers from the Chicago Police Department's (CPD) 12th District, 1412 S. Blue Island, saved a man's life Thurs., Jan. 23.

A Sip of Hope, 3039 W. Fullerton Ave., is more than a coffee shop. It's a place where "it's ok NOT to be ok," to talk about coping…or trying to cope…with your own mental challenges or those of someone else and a place to occasionally meet an angel.