Extremely Local News: Chicago high school choir advances on America’s Got Talent

Jen Sabella, the Director of Strategy and co-founder of Block Club Chicago, joins Bob Sirott to share the latest Chicago neighborhood stories. She provides details on:

Leo High School’s Choir Wowed The ‘America’s Got Talent’ Judges — And They’re Just Getting Started: The 22 South Side students won over the famously harsh Simon Cowell and the other celebrity judges. The choir heads back to L.A. in August for the quarterfinals.

360,000 Illinois Residents To Lose Food Assistance Due To Trump’s ‘Big Beautiful Bill,’ Pritzker Says: New work requirements for SNAP benefits and shifting funding burdens to the states will strip food assistance from thousands of unhoused people, veterans and older residents, Gov. JB Pritzker’s office warned.

Strange Bar Sunday Has Tracked Chicago’s Weirdest Watering Holes For More Than A Decade: “Every time we think we’ve been everywhere, we keep finding new gems,” said two longtime drinking buddies, who post anonymously on their popular Instagram account, Strange Bar Sunday.