Brandon Johnson, a first-term Cook County board member, former teacher, and union member, defeated Paul Vallas in last night’s runoff mayoral race. Johnson finished second during the city’s initial round of mayoral voting, and last night, in a shock to many, scored the win over Vallas with 51.45% of the vote. The AP called the race at 9:30.
Johnson will take office on May 15.
For more information on Johnson and where he stands on the issues, you can check out his website.
The Chicago Fire Department lost a veteran of the force yesterday in a house fire on the South Side. Jermaine Pelt, who recently celebrated his 49th birthday, had been a member of the Chicago Fire Department since 2005. He had recently walked his oldest daughter down the aisle.
A procession escorted Pelt’s body from Christ Hospital to the Cook County Medical Examiner’s office Tuesday morning as the city and the department honored his service.
Q101 extends their best wishes to the Chicago Fire Department and the Pelt family.
Outgoing Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot has declared today Portillo’s Day, as the billion-dollar franchise celebrates it’s 60th anniversary. Starting as The Dog House in Villa Park, the chain has since expanded across the country with over 70 locations in 9 states.
To celebrate, fans can enter the restaurant’s birthday sweepstakes for a chance to win free Portillo’s for a year.
They’re also throwing it back to The Dog House. For the next 10 Thursdays, The Dog House will visit the parking lot of the following establishments,
More information can be found on Portillo’s website.
A clip from Lady Gaga’s Las Vegas residency from a few years ago has resurfaced a few years ago as the conversation over concert tickets heats up.
Does she make a valid point? The conversation lives on Facebook!
The Chicago Tool Library is a non-profit library filled with tools for home repair and gardening, sewing, cooking, camping, and so much more. Opening just a few months before the pandemic, the Library survived a challenging few years and is now thriving. The library first resided in Bridgeport, but now can be found in West Garfield Park.
The Chicago Tool Library is open on Wednesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays. More information can be found here.
The Chicago mayoral race between Brandon Johnson and Paul Vallas comes to an end today in Chicago’s runoff election. Polls will be open on Tuesday, April 4, from 6 a.m. to 7 p.m. Chicago voters are eligible to cast their ballot at any voting site in the city, regardless of where they live.
Per Fox 32, these are the voting locations,
White Sox closer Liam Hendriks, who has been battling non-Hodgkin lymphoma since January, began his last round of chemotherapy on Monday. In a video on the White Sox Twitter account, the Australian-born hurler said, “Happy opening day, Sox fans. Just want to let you know I’m starting my last round of chemo today so I’ll see you guys on the South Side soon. Play ball.”
Sox General Manager Rick Hahn was bullish on the closer returning to the fold within the next 60 days.
Close Out Cancer shirts can be found here.
A giant spoon that belonged to a Phoenix Dairy Queen went missing last month has been found. Phoenix police confirmed Monday that the 15-foot restaurant decoration was found by a man who was playing Pokemon Go at a nearby park.
The 15-foot spoon is valued at $3500, which makes this a possible felony theft.
If you have a scoop on the custard bandits, contact Silent Witness.
Coachella’s weekend one livestream will launch Friday, April 14th with weekend two following on Friday, April 21st. Archived sets will also be available each night following the day’s livestream and many of the performances will be available on demand.
Q101 is excited to announce that for the first time ever, PIQNIQ will be headed to Huntington Bank Pavilion at Northerly Island on Sunday July 30, 2023.
Joining the festivities this year will be Incubus, Beach Weather, Giovannie & the Hired Guns, Bad Flower, and paris jackson.
Tickets go on-sale Friday, April 7th at 10:00am.
Get in on the Q101 Presale on Wednesday, April 5th from 10:00am-10:00pm
Use code: PIQNIQ
South Siders, get to Guaranteed Rate Field earlier than you were initially planning today. In an effort to combat the incoming storms, the White Sox announced that first pitch will be at 2:10, instead 3:10, with patio access beginning at 12:30.
The Sox split a four-game series with the defending World Champion Astros to start the season. Their first home stand will come against the 1-2 Giants, who struggled opening up their season against the Yankees.
Robert Smith of The Cure have cancelled 7,000 tickets found on secondary resale websites. The band made an effort to make tickets as affordable as possible by opting out of “dynamic” and “platinum-priced” tickets and chose to make tickets non-transferable. After the discovery of these tickets, Smith took to Twitter, saying,
The Cure will be at the United Center on June 10.
A new dating phenomenon is sweeping the nation by storm. As discussed by Hoda & Jenna, now is the time for short, bald men to thrive.
In an effort to break away from the conventional standards of beauty, women are now finding partners that they have an emotional connection to because they have opened up the dating pool to men who previously weren’t potential prospects.
It’s time for you short, bald men to thrive.
A woman was pulled from the ashes of a chocolate factory explosion in Pennsylvania after she herself fell into a vat of chocolate while on fire, thus extinguishing her and saving her life.
Patricia Borges wound up breaking her collarbone and both of her heels in the destruction of the fire, and after nine hours of agony, she was eventually saved by rescue crews.
The March 24 blast at R.M. Palmer killed seven of Borges’s co-workers and injured 10.
On Friday night, concert goers at Belvidere’s Apollo Theater witnessed abject horror as a severe storms rolled through the area and collapsed the roof of the venue while patrons were inside. According to Belvidere Fire Chief Shawn Schadle, the building has been condemned after the damage from the storm, which was a tornado, according to Boone County Director of Emergency Management Dan Zaccard.
A 50-year-old man was killed by way of the damage.
Q101 sends their hearts out to everyone impacted by storm.
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The White Stripes are celebrating the 20th anniversary of their fourth studio album, Elephant, with the digital release of Elephant (Deluxe).The special release sees the remastered HD audio of the original studio album with a 27-song live set recorded on July 2, 2003 at the Aragon Ballroom during Jack and Meg’s blockbuster Elephant Tour.
Elephant (Deluxe) Tracklist:
Disc 1
01. Seven Nation Army
02. Black Math
03. There’s No Home For You Here
04. I Just Don’t Know What To Do With Myself
05. In The Cold, Cold Night
06. I Want To Be The Boy To Warm Your Mother’s Heart
07. You’ve Got Her In Your Pocket
08. Ball And Biscuit
09. The Hardest Button To Button
10. Little Acorns
11. Hypnotize
12. The Air Near My Fingers
13. Girl, You Have No Faith In Medicine
14. It’s True That We Love One Another
Brian Phillips — Live Broadcast
