Casey Toner
@ctoner.bsky.social
News reporter, SAG-AFTRA steward, weary Chicagoan. Bird dogging and door stopping, @illinoisanswers. Tell the truth
All due to the number of delivery drivers falling from 9 to 3. Now there's 6. Unlike most of our other city's big problems, this one feels acutely solvable!
Block Club Chicago@blockclubchi.bsky.social · 4h agoThousands of books are piling up in Chicago libraries due to staffing shortage. blockclubchi.co/3TFy5Kj
"Street-working children" is on the rise in Chicago and other major cities across the country. Read @chicagotribune.com for more on dangerous trend www.chicagotribune.com/2026/08/04/s...
How children selling flowers have become synonymous with Chicago’s popular corridors: ‘It’s dangerous’
Experts say that the population of “street-working children” is on the rise in Chicago and other major cities across the country.
chicagotribune.com
chicagoreader.com/music/concer... 🔥🔥🔥 from @imleor.bsky.social about Lollapalooza, the corporate monolith masquerading as a civic good
As Chicago’s biggest music festival, shouldn’t Lollapalooza do more to serve the city’s people? - Chicago Reader
Lollapalooza is among the many festivals organized by Austin-based promoter C3 Presents, and C3 Presents is owned by Live Nation, the largest multinational corporation in the concert business.
chicagoreader.com
More details on the bill Pritzker signed Friday, officially recognizing compulsive gambling as an addiction under state law: capitolnewsillinois.com/news/illinoi...
Illinois recognizes gambling addiction, allowing new treatment options
Article Summary JB Pritzker signed a bill last week that officially recognizes gambling addiction under the state’s Substance Use Disorder
capitolnewsillinois.com
Maggie Dougherty@maggiedough.bsky.social · 2w agoBREAKING: Pritzker just signed Sen. Morrison's bill to reclassify gambling disorders under the Substance Use Disorder Act. People we spoke to thought this move would go a long way to making treatment options more affordable and accessible for people with gambling addiction.
I also cannot abide by Obvious Shirts, the Wrigleyville t-shirt shop. Triumph of ugly, cynical merchandising over good design and taste.
If you're going to be closely following the school board election (like me) then you can use this tool to get daily or pushed email updates on finance filings (made by @drewjayadams.bsky.social) #chicago filings.illinoisanswers.org/subscribe
Got recognized at a Chipotle I've never been to before (employee transferred from the one by our house). Operating at a level other boring middle-aged men can only dream of
chicagoreader.com/food/food-dr... insightful look at food, culture and war in Palestine and its link to Chicago by @morleymusick.bsky.social
Palestinian American olive oil importers in Chicago are struggling
Palestinian olive oil importers contend with drought, tariffs, and settler violence to bring their product to Chicago.
chicagoreader.com
chicago.suntimes.com/theater/2026... isn't this literally a plot from nathan for you
Chicagoans love dive bars; now there's a new play inside one
“Dive,” which unfolds at Fritzy’s Tavern in Edgewater, is a project of new theater group, the Dark Room District, and aims to capture the conversational magic of the watering hole.
chicago.suntimes.com
Here’s the latest link chicago.suntimes.com/the-watchdog...
Chicago police failed to place troubled cop under strict supervision before he fatally shot partner
Carlos Baker was referred to a program that puts officers under intense oversight. Failing could mean “severe” discipline or firing. But Baker wasn't enrolled before he shot Officer Krystal Rivera bec...
chicago.suntimes.com
Oswego Willy@oswegowilly.bsky.social · 3w agoJust watched @ctoner.bsky.social on ABC7 Chicago talking about Krystal Rivera, who was shot and killed by her partner Carlos Baker Incredible journalism here by Casey, @schuba.bsky.social , and @peternickeas.bsky.social
caseytoner.bandcamp.com/track/quarry... I made a Thornton Quarry song using samples (pitched up/down, ran through a vocoder, arpeggiated) from the voiceover that plays during the tour. Good music to listen to when the Deep Tunnel is storing storm water that would otherwise be flooding your basement
Quarry Core, by Casey Toner
track by Casey Toner
caseytoner.bandcamp.com
chicago.suntimes.com/the-watchdog... Carlos Baker, who shot and killed his partner Krystal Rivera, was referred to a strict supervision program just weeks before the killing. But a supervisor never followed up on the email and he was never enrolled w @schuba.bsky.social @peternickeas.bsky.social
Chicago police failed to place troubled cop under strict supervision before he fatally shot partner
Carlos Baker was referred to a program that puts officers under intense oversight. Failing could mean “severe” discipline or firing. But Baker wasn't enrolled before he shot Officer Krystal Rivera bec...
chicago.suntimes.com
Finished Delta Rune Chapter 4! Excited for 5 and kind of astonished by the scope of what's being pulled off
Chicago school board candidate not committed to "political sides" 🤔
Free idea: a Soccer New Deal. Free play in every city & regional free play hubs in rural areas. Networks of talent scouts to identify future American Messis. Alexi Lalas & Carli Loyd are deployed to a military base in the Caribbean where they can't leave or talk to anyone about soccer
www.chicagotribune.com/2026/07/09/h... Banger of a story about the mysterious Harold's Chicken Shack will. Shades of "Succession" here
Chicken coup? Family flap over control of famous Harold’s Chicken Shack brand lands in court.
Six months after the death of Harold’s Chicken Shack CEO Kristen Pierce-Sherrod, the question remains: Who owns the iconic Chicago restaurant brand?
chicagotribune.com
Feedback is good. Ready for 2030 with a new keeper and centerbacks.
If I was a billionaire I'd absolutely spend my money on paying the salary of a cool World Cup soccer coach. Way more fun than buying a Basquiat or your Nth joyless real estate transaction let alone politics, the worst of all options
Oh shit former Chicago Fire player Brian Gutiérrez, of BERWYN, is starting for Mexico in the World Cup! Got that Svengoolie energy can't lose
I need Joe from Mount Greenwood to get worked up over the statement from the Royal Belgian Football Association, call into 670 The Score and try to pronounce the name "Folarin Balogun"
