After 25 seasons, Dancing With the Stars is back for its 26th season. Last week, the American television series announced that it will be returning with a special athlete-edition season. Since 2005, the show has hosted celebrities and athletes from all genres and backgrounds, showcasing their newly-l...

After our most recent weekly Twitter poll many have been debating whether or not Lakes could actually hold all the chickens in the world. (That is, could we fit all the chickens in the world in our building?)     To settle the debate, let’s figure it out:   According to the Unite...

As the Opening Ceremony in PyeongChang, South Korea marked the official start to the 23rd Olympic Winter Games, it also marked many historical events and sparked trends that went viral in the media. Here's a look into some of the highlights from the ceremony:   Koreans from North and South marched hand...

  We may only be two weeks into 2018, but there’s already been a substantial amount of information that foreshadows what the remainder of the year may hold. A mix of natural disasters, politics, apologies, avoidable accidents and public backlashes: the new year is in quite a whirlwind. Here�...

In what the Chicago Tribune is calling “historic legislation,” Governor Bruce Rauner has signed into effect a funding formula that will finally end the inequities in Illinois schools’ funding. For the past two decades, schools in Illinois have been subjected to the most unreasonable funding...

This hurricane season has been one for the records. Hurricane Irma, a massive Category 5 storm that wrecked the Caribbean, has become the longest-lasting powerful storm, ever. Damages from Harvey and the subsequent catastrophic flooding in Southeast Texas are expected alone to cost up to $190 billion...