We lost a Chicago legend today. Jerry Springer, who filmed his at times vile, controversial, and groundbreaking television show here in Chicago, has passed away at the age of 79. His family confirmed that he passed away peacefully in suburban Chicago.

There will never be another Jerry. Pour one out for the legend.

A New Jersey community is taking a new approach to curb harassment. With many volunteers feeling beat down by the parents of Deptford Township, they are implementing a new rule. “You’re not allowed to come onto our complex until you complete three umpire assignments. Once you do that, then we’ll let you come back.”

The local organizers have emphasized that the purpose of this new ruling is to show parents just how hard the job can be.

Country star and born-again-bigot Morgan Wallen cancelled a show minutes before he was supposed to hit the stage recently in Mississippi. While his team was quick to note that refunds would be available at the point of purchase, that wasn’t good enough for some people. One crazed superfan took to social media, however, to demand a little more.

There’s a lot to dig into here.

The tickets cost a lot, but at this point it is expected for someone of Wallen’s level of fame. Her outfit cost over $100, but that’s nothing extreme. Her husband’s outfit being over $200? I had no idea Vineyard Vines had such expensive items. Rebel Rags, as it turns out, is a University of Mississippi team store, so unless they bought the entire store, there’s no reason they should’ve ever spent that much money at one location.

Add in $220 worth of drinks (good Lord) and another $235 for Wallen-related merch, and Mississippi’s finest ended up spending nearly $4,000.

Wallen’s camp has not responded to the outlandish request for refunds.

A new study has come out that claims that people who are abstinent until marriage are THREE times more likely to have higher stability in their relationship than those who don’t. Apparently those public high school sex education lessons really made an impact on some people. Researchers from Brigham Young University found that 45 percent of men and women who had only had sex with their spouse reported a “very high” level of relationship stability in their marriage. The researchers claim their findings might be due to the risk of comparing or previous sexual partners interfering with a marriage.

Of course, this study was done by BYU, and your milage may very on how true it is.

An iconic figure in Wrigleyville has lost their battle with cancer.

Beth Murphy, who has been running Murhy’s Bleachers since 2003 when her husband passed away, had been battling cancer “on-and-off” for five years. A spokesperson for the restaurant confirmed that she had passed away yesterday.

“It is with great sadness we announce that our owner and the heart of Murphy’s Bleachers, Beth Murphy, peacefully passed away early this morning,” said Murphy’s Bleachers on social media. “The Murphy’s family and all of us here would like to thank everyone for their support during this difficult time. May she Rest In Peace.”

A change could be coming to the Chicagoland workforce. Restaurant workers and union activists are advocating for a raise in minimum wage for tipped workers in Chicago and across the country. The group One Fair Wage is calling to raise the minimum wage to $15, which is the current Chicago minimum wage for non-tipped employees.

In Illinois, tipped workers have a minimum wage of $7.80 an hour, and nationally, a wage of $2.13 an hour, according to the U.S. Department of Labor.

In the name of “free speech”, Elon Musk’s new verification system is already causing havoc. Over the weekend, fake city of Chicago Twitter accounts sprung up and announced fake news regarding the city. One specific phony Tweet took off, saying, ““We’re excited to announce that beginning 5/2/23, North DuSable Lake Shore Drive will be closed to private vehicles between Grand and Hollywood.”

No, Lake Shore is not closing. It’s still open, albeit slow.

Thank you to our digital overlord Elon Musk for making these changes.