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1 week ago | 
wgntv.com | Michael Johnson |Larry Potash |Robin Baumgarten
The live experience of the Grateful Dead was essential to everything the legendary band did and to its legions of fans, known as “Deadheads.”In the 1970s, the band developed a massive, advanced speaker system called the Wall of Sound, which changed the way live music is presented forever.
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1 week ago | 
wgntv.com | Michael Johnson |Dean Richards
Jeremy Allen White arrives at the premiere of “The Bear” Season 3 at the El Capitan Theatre on Tuesday, June 25, 2024, in Los Angeles. (Photo by Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP) Jeremy Allen White, star of the hit Chicago-based show “The Bear,” is playing a rock-and-roll icon in an upcoming music biopic — and the first official trailer just dropped.
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1 week ago | 
wgntv.com | Michael Johnson |Tim Joyce
It’s been a long spring in Chicagoland, but Monday will kick off a very summery week as the calendar officially flips to summer this Friday. High temperatures won’t get too hot Monday, though inland areas are projected to reach the mid-80s, with a mix of sun and clouds. It’ll remain in the low 70s by the lake, however. Dew points will also stay in the comfortable range, but trending toward sticky.
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1 week ago | 
wgntv.com | Michael Johnson |Sean Lewis
No, the martinis don’t cost 90 cents at Tom’s Steak House in Melrose Park anymore. But the steaks, prime rib and other entrees? Well, they’re made pretty much the same way they were in 1952, when Tom’s first opened. Owner Gus Liapis and Chef Sil Prassas joined Sean Lewis on this week’s WGN Weekend Morning News Sunday Brunch to show how Tom’s makes its patented prime rib, which “is good for any time of the day,” Prassas says. And how is it cooked at Tom’s? “Slow and low,” Prassas says.
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3 weeks ago | 
wgntv.com | Michael Johnson |Erik Runge
CHICAGO — It looks like a resident will finally be moving in to anchor “The 78,” the vacant piece of land in Chicago’s South Loop that’s been a proposed site for several developments over the years, most recently a new White Sox stadium.
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3 weeks ago | 
wgntv.com | Bronagh Tumulty |Ashlyn Wright |Winnie Dortch |Michael Johnson
CHICAGO (WGN) — Illinois lawmakers wrapped up the spring session without allocating any funding for the Chicago Transit Authority in their budget for next year, leaving no plan in place to address a looming large fiscal cliff. That has some CTA riders concerned over possible transit cuts if lawmakers can’t come up with some type of solution soon.
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3 weeks ago | 
wgntv.com | Michael Johnson |Tim Joyce
The calendar switched to June 1 on Sunday, officially kicking off the three-month period of meteorological summer — June, July and August. But without the aid of a calendar, Chicagoland residents may have been confused, because it sure didn’t feel like summer was coming over the previous couple weeks. The second part of May was unseasonably cool, and the line of demarcation was a rare dust storm in Chicagoland.
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3 weeks ago | 
wgntv.com | Michael Johnson |Morgan Kolkmeyer
If you’ve been anxiously waiting for summertime weather in Chicagoland, your day has arrived. After a cool start early Monday morning, temperatures will rise all the way into the mid- to upper 80s by the afternoon, a good 10-plus degrees warmer than normal for June 2. We’ll also have mostly sunny skies in Chicagoland, but it’ll be hazy due to the Canadian wildfires that continue to burn and send smoke in our direction.
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3 weeks ago | 
wgntv.com | Michael Johnson |Shannon Halligan
CHICAGO — An iconic Chicago building has been getting a lot of attention recently after its owner went viral on social media. Meet Tom Liravongsa — “The Skyscraper Guy” — who now owns the Pittsfield building, a historic skyscraper built nearly 100 years ago in the heart of downtown, at 55 East Washington Street. “It was the tallest tower at the time, 557 feet tall,” Liravongsa, who bought the 40-story skyscraper, says.
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3 weeks ago | 
wgntv.com | Michael Johnson |Tim Joyce |Bill Snyder
It was a chilly start as June began for some areas in Chicagoland, with temperatures as low as the upper 30s during Sunday’s sunrise. But that’s changing quickly. We’re set for plenty of sun Sunday, though it could be hazy due to the Canadian wildfire smoke that’s being blown into our area by northerly winds. Those winds will gradually shift to southeast, however, so temps will rise to the low 70s inland by Sunday afternoon, though it’ll be closer to the mid-60s at the lakefront.
