Bears are three-point dogs at home tonight and pretty much 100% pooches with the offensive line.Mayor Daley's decision to blame the media for Oprah Winfrey's career-altering choice to pull the plug on her syndicated talk show after her 25th season is preposterous. But it's also incredibly revealing.
When the mayor said, "You keep kicking people, and people will leave," [...]
The sergeant, whose name was not disclosed, is a member of the association, the source said.
He was the target of a' [...]
No officers were injured in the shooting around 9:30 p.m. in the 5100 block of North Leavitt Avenue, police said.
Officer responded to a report of a man with a knife [...]
Found on the walls of numerous roll call rooms:Revenue dropped nearly $4 million this summer compared to the same time last year.
That's interesting especially considering that city officials say they handed out 12,000 more tickets this summer.
Last week, the [...]
An exit by this McCormick Place star--a top show here [...]
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But police brass decided not to close the investigation after speaking with friends and family, all of which had serious concerns that Scott -- a man with seemingly few troubles and no outward signs [...]
November 16, 2009 (WLS) -- State Representative Annazette Collins was robbed at gunpoint by a masked man on Chicago's South Side.
The legislator from Chicago was with her' [...]
An ordinance to take that action was approved today by the Chicago city council's police and fire committee. A previous, similar proposal failed because [...]
A year ago last spring, Michael Masters told his dad about his new assignment: chief of staff of the Chicago Police Department. "You're kidding me," said Allan Masters, a retired Cook County judge and former Chicago precinct captain.
A lean' [...]
The death of Chicago School Board President Michael Scott was ruled a suicide this afternoon by the Cook County Medical Examiner's office. He died of a gunshot wound to the head, officials [...]
Chicago will be free to demolish hundreds of abandoned homes in suburban Bensenville to make way for new runways at O’Hare Airport, thanks to a $16 million settlement advanced by a City Council committee Monday.
Peace has been in [...]
We knew this was a quixotic endeavor. 122,000 signatures in 20 days was a near impossibility.
The guys over at TheExpiredMeter.com had a bit of fun with this picture:After an emotional appeal from a straight-A student facing deportation in 33 days, a City Council committee agreed Friday to champion the cause of Rigo Padilla and others caught in the switches while awaiting immigration reform.
On Jan. 18, Padilla was' [...]
A Maywood, Ill., man was taken to Jasper County Jail on Friday after a State Police canine officer discovered 30 pounds of suspected marijuana in his car.
Indiana State Police Master Trooper Rick Hudson stopped Brian K. Fortner, 37, at the DeMotte/Roselawn exit on northbound' [...]
Get them to a mailbox ASAP. If you can get them to a Post Office, all the better for quicker sorting and delivery. After Saturday's mail delivery, Sgt, Northen will have totals for us. We'll let everyone know by Monday morning how we did.Eighth-graders Cassandra and Aliyah Russell of Chicago never imagined they'd be arrested in their school cafeteria, much less for throwing food.
But that's [...]
Diana Burton, 64, her son Donald Burton, 37 and Amina [...]
How do you avoid a [...]
No computer available where we were at today. Be sure to thank a Veteran for the freedoms we all enjoy this day.Two witnesses in an investigation by Northwestern University journalism students told investigators they were paid, prosecutors alleged today.
The witnesses, Tony Drakes and Michael Lane, told investigators with the state's attorney's office that they were given money in the hopes that' [...]
By the end [...]
The No. 2 man at Chicago's 911 emergency center has resigned his $149,832-a-year job to avoid being fired for alleged contract irregularities that cost taxpayers $2.25 million.
Jim Argiropoulos, who once served as acting executive director of the Office of Emergency Management and [...]
Investigators hired to probe the surging number of allegations of excessive force against Chicago Police officers are too educated to relate to those involved in the shootings, a South Side alderman warned Monday.
Ald. Freddrenna Lyle (6th) put [...]
Mayor Daley said Monday he does not share his police superintendent's extreme case of nerves about a wave of police retirements next year because the economy stinks and there are "no jobs out there."
"Retirement is very questionable because of the economy outside. You can't get jobs,"' [...]
Scofflaws, hide your cars.
Because the City of Chicago, without any advance public warning, is literally, clamping down on motorists once again.
In an effort to catch more cars eligible for the dreaded Denver boot, and convince their owners to cough up the dough to pay off [...]
Many motorists nabbed for speeding by a laser gun, instead of radar, are seeing their tickets thrown out at Chicago's traffic court because of a legal issue that the city's law department has been unable to overcome.
Within the last year judges in Cook County [...]
Despite a burgeoning financial crisis that has forced a $43 million property tax increase and hundreds of job cuts, the Chicago Board of Education has found a $154,000-a-year job for an all-purpose mayoral troubleshooter.
Barbara Lumpkin, 59, will serve as deputy CEO for external affairs [...]
Your almost daily reminder! Don't leave it to the last minute - mail the notarized petitions in as soon as you can. Time is of the essence. ' [...]
A student at Hope College Preparatory High School was hurt during a fight that erupted near the school on Chicago's South Side, according to a Chicago Public Schools spokeswoman.
Officers responded to the school, 5515 S. Lowe Ave., about 8:15 a.m. following reports of' [...]
A 42-year-old woman was killed this morning when two drug suspects fleeing police crashed their vehicle into hers, police said. The two suspects are in custody.
The woman was identified as Valerie Davis, of the 600 block of E 65th Street, according to the [...]
We've added Bill Cozzi's latest address to the right hand link page, just under our award pictures. Mail is appreciated, cards and letters. Bill answers everything.The agency that runs McCormick Place and Navy Pier is deeply in debt because of a downturn in convention and tourism business and needs to overhaul its operations to climb its way out [...]
Like most other city departments, the Mayor's Office of Special Events decided the city must cut down, so to speak, to a smaller tree -- in this case, about 54 feet tall and donated by a family in Palos Heights.
The tree in [...]
According to an e-mail, somewhere around 5 homicides and a dozen or so other shootings. 
Honoring the mayor's eyes and ears:
