Jean Paul LaPierre is the good samaritan who risked his life to disarm a robber.
New footage has been released of the encounter that happened last Sunday. WGN interviewed him on his heroics.
He’s a real-life superhero! And then, he ran the marathon after this… What a guy!
Have you ever been on a call with someone and absentmindedly said “Love you!” at the end . . . even though you weren’t talking to a family member? Like . . . you said it to a random friend.
According to a new survey, it’s actually pretty common. 31% of people admit they’ve accidentally ended a call by saying “love you” to someone they shouldn’t have said that to.
Younger people are more likely to do it than older people.
42% of people under 24 say they’ve done it, as have 38% of people under 34 and 35% of people under 44. Meanwhile, only 23% of people over 55 say they’ve done it.
(YouGov)
Can we call him the boy who caught Jaws?
An Australian boy named Jayden hooked the beast on a 33 pound line off the coast of the Brown Mountains while with a fishing group and his father. The bigger men in the group held onto Jayden’s harness as they reeled in the massive shark.
If it’s recorded properly, this catch will be the new world record holder beating out a 682-pound shark caught in 1997.
Although a deal looks within reach as Mayor Lightfoot has announced she was ready to write staffing and class size promises into the union contract, two of the big issues for CPS along with a commitment to hiring more support staff, social workers, nurses, librarians etc. Also according to Jesse Sharkey, Chicago Teacher’s Union President, they foresee this as a short-term strike. In the interim, here are some resources you may find helpful as the parent of a CPS student thanks to WGN News:
If your child needs a safe place to go during the strike, CPS has a safe place site locator for parents.
All CPS school buildings will be open during the normal school day. Students who need a safe place to go are encouraged to attend their regular school, but will be welcomed at any CPS school that is age appropriate. More on CPS’s contingency plan can be found here.
Parents are encouraged to register their child online for the duration of the potential strike. While not mandatory, it helps ensure the district has enough staff and meals to serve each child. All CPS schools will serve breakfast and lunch to students.
School transportation services will not be available to for students during the potential strike.
All after school activities, including sports, tutoring and field trips, will be canceled.
According to Raise Your Hand for Illinois Public Education, there are many additional options for child care around the city during the potential strike:
YMCA
The YMCA of Metropolitan Chicago, which offered day camps during charter school strikes last school year, will offer a first-come, first-serve Schools Day Out program, which lets families drop off children from 7 a.m. to 6 p.m. at 10 locations citywide. Costs depend on location and hours served.
Albany Park Community Center
The Albany Park Community Center can care for around 100 children, up to age 12, at its site. The cost for families is $25 a day.
The Jewish Community Center of Chicago
The Jewish Community Center of Chicago is planning strike-day camps that include an International Day and a Star Wars-themed day. The costs are $80 for 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. camps, and $20 for aftercare.
Beverly Arts Center
The Beverly Arts Center’s “If CPS Strikes, We Have Your BAC-k Camp,” which would run from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. daily at a cost of $38 for members and $42 for non-members (scholarships will be available).
Hyde Park Neighborhood Club
Your Solution for CPS Strike Days – HPNC Care Camp. K-8; It runs from 8 a.m. to 4p.m with after care available until 6:30 p.m. Pre-Registration is required. First come, first serve.
Neighborhood Boys & Girls Club
NBGC will be open for youth from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Monday through Friday for as long as a strike lasts. All families enrolled full time in NBGC’s after-school program will have a fee of $20 per day. All families not enrolled in NBGC’s after school program will have a fee of $60 per day. Financial assistance is available.
Kids Science Labs
Kids Science Labs is offering CPS Strike Camp at two locations in Lincoln Park and the South Loop from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. See web page for costs.
Chicago Public Libraries
The Chicago Public Library system has more than 70 branches across the city. In the event of a strike, the library will offer more children’s activities, but no details have been given yet.
Chicago Park District
The Chicago Park District will open 18 fieldhouses on weekdays, from 2pm to 6pm. Patrons will be able to engage in drop-in and low-organized activities including open gym and fitness center use. Non-staffed parks, the Chicago lakefront, playgrounds and outdoor nature areas will be open, as usual.
If you’ve ever walked in to your local Starbucks and thought to yourself, “A latte sounds nice but what I REALLY want is a shot of Malort,” 1) you have major issues and should seek counselling immediately, and 2) today is your lucky day! The soon to be open world’s largest Starbucks announced that it will be paying homage to Chicago’s dive bar culture by featuring Malort (listen I know there is supposed to be those two dots over the O, but I can’t remember how to do it and I’m not Googling so deal with it) in some of their cocktails. I’ll have a double non fat skinny iced steamed dark latte with 2 pumps of vanilla, foam, a hint of nutmeg, and a shot of Malort…..wait.
You can read more about the world’s largest Starbucks and their crazy ideas HERE
You’ll never believe how Brian preps for the Morning Show.
Katie over in Lakeview has been dating an older man for a while now. 25 years older, to be exact. He has money and 3 kids and treats Katie very well.
However, he’s been going through his divorce for over a year and a half and she’s starting to wonder if it’s ever going to happen. She’s afraid of looking like a homewrecker when his friends see them hanging around town.
Should she break it off now or stick it out, because she truly does love this guy?
Tweet us at @101WKQX with the #Ahoy and let us know what Katie should do?
Five dumpsters and a garage were set on fire between the hours of 2:00 am and 4:00 am in the Lincoln Park and Lakeview neighborhoods on Tuesday.
The situation had police all over the area responding to scenes and searching for the apparent serial arsonist. Police say no one was injured, and the suspect was not in custody.
We know Chicago can be a dumpster fire (it’s our dumpster fire, we love this city), but we don’t want Chicago to turn into an actual dumpster fire. Please, whoever is lighting up, we urge you to knock it off.
A Philadelphia football coach faces possible suspension and fine after blowing out a team over the weekend.
The Keystone Sports League, which features kids no older than seven years of age, prevents a team from leading by more than 30 points. The coach of the Conshohocken Golden Bears, Kyle Williams, knew he was close to approaching this rule as the game wound down. With his second-string players in, he urged them to not score, and if they had an opening, to fall to the ground.
The players did not listen, and they wound up in the end zone with little time remaining on the clock, thus putting the team up by 36 and breaking the league’s rule in the process. Williams is facing a possible $500 fine and two-game suspension because of it.
Do you agree with this league rule? Williams just wants his players to go out there and give 100% at all times, and because of that, he was punished.
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame today announced the 20 nominees for possible induction in the class of 2029, and several 101WKQX beloveds have made the list. Nine Inch Nails, Depeche Mode, Soundgarden, and more round out the list which will be voted down to 5 chosen acts to enter the hall. This year’s inductees will be announced in January, with the induction ceremony taking place in May.
Speaking to Stereogum in 2018 about a possible HOF honor, NIN”s Trent Rezonor said he “honestly couldn’t give less of a sh*t” about it, expressing he felt other artists deserved it before him. This was also after being snubbed two years in a row for the award. Reznor though did participate in the ceremony last year, inducting the Cure. Reznor then expressed that he was “happy to eat (his) words” after being able to pay tribute to one of his big inspirations.
Here the full list of
Here’s a little advice to all the unpaid interns out there… If your boss offers you some money, especially Brian, TAKE IT!
Sam in Orland Park called into Relationship Court with a baby problem, well a future baby problem.
Sam and her husband agreed to keep the gender of the baby a secret, but She just found out it’s going to be a girl!
What should Sam do? Does she tell her husband the gender, or does she keep it a secret until the baby comes?
Let us know what you think! Tweet at us or hit us up on Facebook!
Congrats on getting married! Wouldn’t it be better if the biggest day of your life was accompanied by Brian, Ali, and Justin of the KQX Morning Crew?
If you want the Crew to crash your wedding, enter your info below and let us know why Brian, Ali, and Justin need to be there!
An Irish veteran wanted to get a few more chuckles before he was finally put to rest.
Shay Bradley decided to record a comedy bit to be played posthumously at his funeral for his family and friends.
This goes to show that funerals don’t always have to be sad. It’s a time of remembrance, and Bradley wanted everyone to remember him as the fun-loving guy that he was.
Cheers to Shay Bradley!
We aren’t trying to say that Pope Francis is a gambler, or that he even took the under.
But if you saw his tweet on Sunday and aren’t convinced that he took the Saints moneyline then you are crazy!
Today we give thanks to the Lord for our new #Saints. They walked by faith and now we invoke their intercession.
— Pope Francis (@Pontifex) October 13, 2019
The Saints held their end of the bargain by beating the Jacksonville Jaguars 13-6.
They went on to show their thanks to the Vatican for the support as well.
Couldn’t lose after this.#Blessed and highly favored 🙌⚜️ https://t.co/2BoE2oYGqF
— New Orleans Saints (@Saints) October 13, 2019
There’s nothing quite like driving over an unseen pothole in Chicago, and feeling like your tires just slammed into a wall.
Potholes are everywhere, and the city is turning to you to help locate them all. According to ABC7Chicago, roughly 36,000 have been fixed to date and crews will be patching up potholes every weekend through the end of the month. To report potholes in your area, click here.
After four months, electric scooters are coming off the streets.
Chicago’s scooter pilot program, created to see if scooters could improve transportation issues, now goes into an evaluation period. Part of that evaluation will look at how the scooters were used, as well as hospital injury reports, according to the Chicago Tribune.
We’ll miss seeing all the discarded scooters near blue line stops in the meantime.
Coldplay could be putting out a surprise new album next month according to a report by NME. The English alt band has been out of the spotlight for a while now, and it looks they are coming out of the studio with some fresh music following the well-received album ‘A Head Full of Dreams in 2015. It also looks like this potential new collection of songs will be more “experimental” with more “mainstream” LP to come out in 2020.
“The first album is the more experimental side of Coldplay, they probably won’t tour until 2020 when the next one arrives,” the source said in the Daily Star.
It’s worth noting that the band has not officially teased any new music just yet.
I have the greatest job in the world … BUT … a FOUR-day workweek may be nice!
Here’s yet another sign the era of the Monday through Friday, 9-to-5 job is going to be history soon enough.
The four-day workweek is becoming a SERIOUS trend.
According to a new study, 27% of companies now offer their employees the option of working four 10-hour days instead of five eight-hour days. You’re still working 40 hours for the week . . . but you get a three-day weekend.
And according to the companies that are offering it, they’ve seen a serious rise in morale.
The study also found that working from home and unlimited vacation time are also becoming more popular at businesses around the country.
A man is in custody after crashing into a ride-share vehicle in Goose Island, then stealing it, only to crash it again in Greektown later that evening.
Person steals ride-share after crash in Goose Island, crashes it again in Greektown: police https://t.co/EEscmQbaIE pic.twitter.com/ilfdDdfGYZ
— NBC Chicago (@nbcchicago) October 13, 2019
Around 4:40 am on Sunday, the man got into an argument that led to him crashing his silver Jeep Patriot into a Lincoln MKZ instead of the man he was trying to hit. He then escalated things by threatening the life of the Lincoln driver, then stole the car that he had just hit.
From there, he hopped on the Kennedy Expressway before hitting two more cars. He was taken to the University of Illinois Medical Center at Chicago with minor injuries.
Perhaps, when he heard ride “share”, he thought it was acceptable to hop into the Lincoln that wasn’t his. After all, the driver is going to get it back, just with damages and miles on it that he’s not responsible for. Oh well!
