From Chicago comes the story of a married couple who held up home construction to save a bird’s nest, and of the construction company who promised to halt work. Brought to us by the Tribune’s Audrey Pachuta, Ray and Shelly Romolt fancy themselves as good neighbors and so were delighted to hear that the empty […]
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Diploma secured, dean ignored
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He even shook hands with guests.
The post Chicago Man Makes It to Bride’s Aisle Walk Before Realizing He’s at the Wrong Wedding: ‘It’s the Thought That Counts’ appeared first on The Nerd Stash.
Bathrooms over Bears?
The post ‘Pritzker Fights Harder to Keep Men in Women’s Bathrooms’: Gubernatorial Candidate Darren Bailey Calls Out Gov. JB Pritzker appeared first on The Nerd Stash.
Will the trade war leave a new bridge just sitting over an international waterway?
The post Canada Built a New Bridge From Ontario to Detroit. Trump Refuses to Open It. appeared first on The American Prospect.
The cop had questions about the wrong person
The post Illinois Woman Detained After Following Masked Man She Believed Was an ICE Agent: ‘Everyone Wears Masks Nowadays’ appeared first on The Nerd Stash.
Illinois pulls the plug on data center perks
The post JB Pritzker Moves to Suspend Data Center Tax Breaks as Illinois Debate Intensifies: ‘No Breaks, No Incentives, Nothing’ appeared first on The Nerd Stash.
An index that measures state-level LGBTQ+ inclusion for business leaders has measured a national decline in support for the LGBTQ+ community for the fourth consecutive year.
Released this month, the eighth annual State LGBTQ+ Business Climate Index examines states across five main categories: legal protections, family support, political and religious attitudes, health care and employment.…
What kind of celebration is allowed?
The post Teen Who Twerked in Graduation Slams Illinois School After They Withheld Her Diploma: ‘What’s the Big Deal?’ appeared first on The Nerd Stash.
Chicago's Tuesday morning got very federal
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What did he expect?
The post Illinois Man Demands $800 After Friend Throws Out Furniture He Left Behind for Nearly 2 Years: ‘Your Friendship Means Nothing to Him’ appeared first on The Nerd Stash.
Not a very reassuring thing to hear
The post Illinois Resident Shocked After USPS Postmaster Allegedly Claims ‘Stealing Mail Isn’t a Felony’ appeared first on The Nerd Stash.
This story was originally published by Grist. Sign up for Grist’s weekly newsletter here. The Trump administration is promoting multibillion-dollar funding packages to help states and disadvantaged communities secure clean drinking water as part of its promise to “Make America Healthy Again.” There’s just one catch: The federal dollars were previously promised under a climate […]
After years of fighting to curb toxic pollution in communities of color, Illinois activists are celebrating a step forward. A bill expanding the state’s regulatory obligations over industrial air polluters in environmental justice communities passed the state legislature last week and is expected to go into effect at the start of next year. The bill […]
Netizens did not agree
The post ‘He’s Blaming Everyone Else’: Illinois Governor JB Pritzker Faces Backlash After Pointing Finger at Trump for Rising Costs appeared first on The Nerd Stash.
A 16 year old teen died from gunshot injuries on Wednesday, May 20, 2026 in Raleigh, Illinois. Nathaniel Potts was an unarmed gender nonconforming teenager running away from the shooter during a domestic encounter. The shooter fired two shots, the second of which took Nathaniel’s life. The Crime On the night in question, Nathaniel was […]
Well, they won't do that again
The post Illinois Woman Scolds Panda Express Employees Claiming They Made Pig Noises at Her: ‘Yet no one in the video denied anything she said’ appeared first on The Nerd Stash.
What did he expect?
The post Illinois Man Furious After Friend Allegedly Throws Away $800 of Furniture Left in Garage for 2 Years: ‘Friendship Means Nothing to Him’ appeared first on The Nerd Stash.
Maybe she just wanted something to complain about
The post ‘You Can’t Control Your Emotions’: Karen Confronts Family at Illinois Park When They Mistakenly Feed the Ducks appeared first on The Nerd Stash.
She feared for her life.
The post Chicago Woman Says Stranger Pinned Her Against Pole Before Valet Intervened: ‘This Was Genuinely Horrifying’ appeared first on The Nerd Stash.
She just wanted to go home
The post Mom Furious After Southwest Employee Refuses To Let Her Scan Autistic Children’s Boarding Passes at Chicago Airport: ‘Hope She Sues and Gets Paid’ appeared first on The Nerd Stash.
This is dangerous
The post Illinois Man Writes Facebook Post About Protesting Data Centers, Then Police Show Up To Arrest Him: ‘This Should Alarm Everyone’ appeared first on The Nerd Stash.
Poor millionaires
The post Illinois Residents Clash as State Rep. Bob Morgan Pushes Tax on Trump’s $1.8B Fund: ‘Please Let This Happen’ appeared first on The Nerd Stash.
Illinois has become the first Great Lakes state to pass legislation designed to curb the discharge of plastic pellets into the environment.
The post Illinois First Great Lakes State To Enact Plastic Pellet Pollution Law appeared first on CleanTechnica.
At the National Public Housing Museum in Chicago, the past is alive and fighting.
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Deserves every penny
The post Illinois Woman Thinks $24 for Carrot Cake Is Insane Until She Opens the Box: ‘I GASPED’ appeared first on The Nerd Stash.
Is it really that bad?
The post Defiant Nurse Slams Reality Of Working In Illinois Hospitals: ‘They Don’t Even Understand How Bad Their Conditions Are’ appeared first on The Nerd Stash.
Heartbreaking.
The post Internet Left in Tears After Illinois Autistic Boy Wishes for a ‘Regular Brain’ as Birthday Gift: ‘We’re All the Strange Ones’ appeared first on The Nerd Stash.
Many are fed up with AI everywhere
The post Illinois Community Rally Faces Backlash Over AI-Generated Flyer Claims: ‘I Feel a Deep Revulsion to AI-Generated Images’ appeared first on The Nerd Stash.
At the end of the summer, Bridgeport, Illinois is playing host to another edition of Summer's Last Dance, a boutique festival with proceeds going to a good cause.
The post Summer’s Last Dance 2026 Lineup: Big Gigantic and More in Phase 1 appeared first on EDM Identity.