As the reigning wild Bear and the star of bad-taste TV, Steve McMichael is on a tear. But he still takes time to hem a dress for his beauty-queen wife, Debra. Read more
Whether it’s June or January, preschoolers at the Forest Playschool in North Park Village are romping outdoors — and nearby residents are fuming about it. Read more
How the author of 'The Time Traveler's Wife' and the illustrator of the graphic-novel classic 'From Hell' met cute, married at Chicago City Hall, and collaborated on a new book. Read more
By most measures, Jude Baar Topinka, the state treasurer and sometime accordion player, is the most successful Republican politician in Illinois. Read more
FROM SMALL TO XXL: You’ve heard of crowdsourcing? The 31-year-old founder of the Chicago T-shirt company basically invented it. Now he’s taking it to malls across the country Read more
