Add a Punchline to Our Cubs, Sox Island Cartoon

If you've got wit, add your punchline to Patch's weekly comic and win a personalized print.

Are you blessed with insight and good humor? Or just bored today? Share your wit with your south suburban neighbors by entering Patch's comic caption challenge. Just add your dialogue for today's comic in the comment section of this post. Our only requirement is that you keep it clean! At week's end, we'll pick the winning punchline based on how many of us here at Patch giggle and smile at your contribution. The user who produces the winning punchline will get a personalized proof of the comic, with the winning words and a credit line, from cartoonist Chuck Ingwersen and Patch. Congratulations to Lady Eagles #1 Fan with the winning caption to last week's Dog Interview cartoon:  I appreciate you allowing me to interview again. I hope you …

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Sox: Reason to Believe South Siders Will Contend

Depth in the starting rotation and power arms in the bullpen lend credence to the belief the Sox can contend in the AL Central. Patch Editor Ron Kremer outlines three reasons to keep your eyes on the Sox this summer.

The Sox open at home Monday (3:10 p.m.) vs. the Kansas City Royals. The game will be televised on Comcast SportsNet. The forecast calls for temperatures in the upper-30s. Snow flurries are possible.

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Carlton Fisk Lawyer Wants Judge to Strike Out DUI Evidence

The lawyer for White Sox legend Carlton Fisk filed motions to have evidence thrown out in the Hall of Famer's drunken driving case.

The lawyer for White Sox immortal Carlton Fisk is fighting to get the Hall of Famer's driver's license back and to have evidence ejected from his drunken driving case. Fisk, 64, lost his license when he allegedly refused to take a breathalyzer test during his arrest Oct. 22 on charges of driving under the influence, improper lane usage and illegal transportation of alcohol. But the Sox star had actually volunteered to take the blood-alcohol test, according to a petition filed Thursday by his attorney, Stephen White. White also filed a motion claiming the New Lenox police illegally arrested Fisk since there was "no reasonable suspicion of criminal activity" to give them cause to pull him over in the first place. Only Fisk wasn't pulled over…

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Sunday Comics

Sunday Comic: Hawk Harrelson Walks His Dog

Is the White Sox broadcaster's pooch as confused as the rest of us? Put it on the board … YES!

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Add the Punchline to Our White Sox and Cubs Cartoon

If you've got wit, add your punchline to Patch's weekly comic and win a personalized print.

Are you blessed with insight and good humor? Or just bored today? Share your wit with your south suburban neighbors by entering Patch's comic caption challenge. Just add your dialogue for today's comic in the comment section of this post. Our only requirement is that you keep it clean! At week's end, we'll pick the winning punchline based on how many of us here at Patch giggle and smile at your contribution. The user who produces the winning punchline will get a personalized proof of the comic, with the winning words and a credit line, from cartoonist Chuck Ingwersen and Patch. Congratulations to Heath Faubel, who provided the winning punchline to last week's squirrel comic: I was hoping these Groucho Marx glasses would cure my double …

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Southland Stories

If You Love the White Sox, You'll Enjoy This Story

Minnie Minoso's bat boy, a sex offender calls church home, a killer avoids the needle, angry parents protest school consolidation and a local woman ends up on "I Didn't Know I Was Pregnant." Get a "Good Read on the Southland.

We've got the five most interesting stories in the south suburbs. If you read nothing else, read these. 1. Sox Memories to Envy: Imagine Billy Pierce checking your homework. Shaking Minnie Minoso's hand at home plate. Getting a standing ovation of your own in the White Sox clubhouse. Tom DePasquale, the longtime voice of the games at Rich Central High, doesn't need to imagine. He lived it as a White Sox batboy. 2. Homeless Sex Criminal Allowed to Register Church as His Residence: A local homeless shelter defends the decision to let a sex offender fulfill his registry requirement by saying the Oak Lawn church used for shelter is his home address. 3. Governor Commutes Paul Runge's Death Sentence to Life in Prison: Oak Forest native Paul …

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