'Sixteen Candles' House Sells for $1.135 Million

From the July 15, 2018, Chicago Tribune by Bob Goldsborough.

The six-bedroom brick house in northwest Evanston, Illinois, where the 1984 classic teen comedy "Sixteen Candles" was filmed finally sold June 28 for $1.135 million, after two years on and off the market.

The three-story, 3,250-square-foot house is in a neighborhood that has been popular with filmmakers. In "Sixteen Candles" it was the cinematic home of the movie's main character, played by Molly Ringwald, and her family.

Built in 1931, the house has two fireplaces, a media room on the third floor, a new kitchen with a breakfast room and an attached two-car garage.   Outside are a terrace, an outdoor kitchen and a wood-burning fireplace.

Public records do not yet identify the buyers.

Missed Your Chance to Live Somewhere Famous.  --Cooter

Teenage "Rumble" Halted in 1967: It's Rochelle Vs. DeKalb

From the August 30, 2017, MidWeek (DeKalb County, Illinois)  "Looking Back."

1967, 50 Years Ago.

"DeKalb police halted a teenage 'rumble' Tuesday night before it got underway when officers broke a group of some 30 Rochelle youths and about the same number of DeKalb youngsters on West Lincoln Highway.

"Officers said investigation showed the Rochelle youths had come to DeKalb for the purpose of 'doing battle' with DeKalb teens at a service station parking lot on West Lincoln."

I'd Call Them Juvenile Delinquents.  --CootGang