Extra Extra: Badly Burned Actor Well Enough To Return To Lyric Opera
The fire-breathing stilt walker who was badly burned during a rehearsal performance at the Lyric Opera has been cleared to return to work as an understudy. [ABC7]
For the second time in a week, a man in a Spider-Man mask robbed a store on the Northwest Side. Will he strike again? Our Spidey Sense is tingling. [ABC7]
Authorities rescued a dog from the ice on Lake Michigan near Rogers Park. [NBC]
Blues guitarist Magic Slim died Thursday at 75. [WBEZ]
Chicago's oldest independent grocer, The Market Place, is calling it quits because he says he can't compete with the likes of Walmart, Trader Joe's and Walgreen's popping up around it in Lincoln Park. [Patch]
A Lincolnwood teen faces felony charges for allegedly calling in bomb threats to Niles West High School. [Tribune]
A brilliant thief stole $2,400 sunglasses from a Michigan Avenue store and dropped his ID on the way out. [DNAinfo]
An Indianapolis man was arrested for drunkenly riding a Walmart scooter down the highway. [Indy Star]