Dirt for Friday, May 9, 2025 Welcome to today’s three thoughts that make up Vol. 1,278 of The Daily Dirt. 1. We’ve reached ...

We have a new pope and he’s from Illinois. Yes, Chicago is part of Illinois, despite how some people feel in these parts. And Quincy and Hannibal both get new mayors this week. News, weather and ...

As the red velvet curtains at the Vatican parted, a priest realized that his college pal from the South Side of Chicago that he knows as “Bob” had been elected the first American pope. “Oh, dear God,” ...