An explosive device might have touched off a fire at a four-story building fire on the city’s West Side where up to four people might be injured, officials said.
Monthly Archives: February 2011
Man shot dead, another wounded in van on S. Side
A 23-year old man was shot dead while sitting in a van, and another man was wounded Monday night in the Englewood neighborhood on the city’s South Side.
CPS admission scores reveal diversity policy impact
Data show bar raised for students from wealthier areas, lowered for poorer neighborhoods
Scores needed for admission to selective enrollment high schools last fall increased for students in Chicago’s wealthier neighborhoods while falling — in some cases dramatically — for those living in poorer parts of town, data released by Chicago Public Schools show.
‘Mayor Emanuel’ tweeter revealed
Columbia professor is the foul-mouthed mystery impersonator
The other (expletive) shoe has dropped, and the anonymous Twitterer known as @MayorEmanuel is anonymous no more: He’s Dan Sinker, a 36-year-old Columbia College journalism assistant professor and founder/editor of the long-running, now-defunct Chicago-based magazine Punk Planet.
Man found shot in South Side hallway
A 33-year-old man was found shot in the hallway of an apartment building Monday night in the Englewood neighborhood on the city’s South Side.
Men charged in Edgewater slayings were under police surveillance
Law enforcement sources say ‘crew’ was responsible 10 other drug-related killings
Three men accused of a double slaying over the weekend were under police surveillance at the time of the attack because they were suspects in at least 10 other drug-related killings, authorities said Monday, including four in a West Lawn garage in September (above).
Suspects in Edgewater slayings were under surveillance
Law enforcement sources say ‘crew’ was responsible 10 other drug-related killings
Three men accused of a double slaying over the weekend were under police surveillance at the time of the attack because they were suspects in at least 10 other drug-related killings, authorities said Monday.
Injuries reported at West Side fire
Police and firefighters were on the scene of a four-story building fire on the city’s West Side where up to four people might be injured, officials said.
Ryan defends his widespread pardons and clemencies
Feisty ex-governor staunchly defends actions in year-old deposition
At times he was testy and combative, unafraid to use a modest curse word to make a point. In lighter moments, he joked about the food in prison. He also talked of his frustration at being locked up.
Durbin: Cut the budget but don’t kill jobs, research
U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin toured Argonne National Laboratory on today to draw attention to proposed federal spending cuts that he said “will kill jobs, kill research and kill the competitive edge that America needs to succeed in the 21st century.”