Bianca Cseke

3 days ago | wbez.org | Bianca Cseke

Good afternoon! It’s Wednesday, and Wicker Park Fest has announced this year’s music headliners: Hotline TNT, Letters to Cleo and Deep Sea Diver. Here’s what else you need to know today. 1. Meta struck a deal with an Illinois nuclear plant to power AIThe Instagram and Facebook parent company has a 20-year agreement with Constellation Energy to buy electricity from its operation in the Central Illinois town of Clinton, Brett Chase reports for the Chicago Sun-Times.

4 days ago | wbez.org | Bianca Cseke

Good afternoon! It’s Tuesday, and several ramps on the Kennedy Expressway will be closing over the next two weeks. Here’s what else you need to know today. 1.

5 days ago | wbez.org | Bianca Cseke

Hey there, happy Monday — and happy Pride Month! Here’s what you need to know today. 1. The first medical school to open in Chicago in nearly 100 years will strive to curb a physician shortageThe Chicago School is currently accepting applications for the Illinois College of Osteopathic Medicine, set to begin classes in Fall 2026, Shannon Tyler reports for the Chicago Sun-Times.

1 week ago | wbez.org | Bianca Cseke

Good afternoon, and happy Friday! Kennedy express lanes to O’Hare Airport are expected to reopen Sunday. Here’s what else you need to know today. 1. At Illinois public universities, campus cops pull over Black drivers at higher ratesThe Investigative Project on Race and Equity and WBEZ compared the share of Black drivers among those stopped and ticketed by campus police departments with the share of Black students among all students enrolled at the universities in the fall of 2022.

1 week ago | wbez.org | Bianca Cseke

Good afternoon! Fans of warmer weather should get what they’ve been waiting for this weekend. Here’s what else you need to know today. 1.