Nation of Islam Minister Louis Farrakhan says he’s been disturbed by U.S. involvement in Libya and feels compelled to deliver words of warning.
Monthly Archives: March 2011
Sexual assault alleged against 2 Chicago cops
The Chicago Police Department is investigating allegations of sexual assault involving two North Side officers, police said Wednesday night.
Sexual assault alleged against 2 Chicago cops
The Chicago Police Department is investigating allegations of sexual assault involving two North Side officers, police said Wednesday night.
Man seriously wounded in Bronzeville shooting
A 23-year-old man was in serious condition this evening after being shot in the Bronzeville neighborhood on Chicago’s South Side, police said.
Suit claims Kane County coroner retaliated
Indicted Kane County Coroner Charles West has been sued by his chief deputy, who alleges that West committed retaliatory acts against her after she alerted authorities that West had allowed office employees to take a TV from a dead man’s house.
Thornridge freshmen-only plan a ‘political football’
Community divided over plan to transform Thornton Township High School District 205
The plan to convert a high school into a freshmen-only campus is supposed to bring together students from 13 south suburbs, but instead it has divided a community.
Carjacking case ends in fatal crash
Driver dies after car hits brick wall at Chinese restaurant in Morton Grove
Authorities said Wednesday they were still trying to piece together a chain of events that started in Glenview with an apparent carjacking and kidnapping and ended in Morton Grove with a fatal car crash during a police pursuit.
Smartphones a growing target of thieves on CTA
Apps can help victims retrieve devices, erase data on stolen phones
The robber had to time it just right.
Pfleger’s transfer could shake black Catholics
Already fragile African-American Catholic community may feel a sting of betrayal if beloved priest is reassigned
Knowing for a while that technically his time is up at St. Sabina Catholic Church, the Rev. Michael Pfleger, with Cardinal Francis George, has been preparing his congregation for a successor.
New plan to rebuild Pilgrim Baptist Church
Bronzeville congregation to unveil new effort to rebuild fire-ravaged building
The latest plan for rebuilding the historically and architecturally significant Pilgrim Baptist Church in Bronzeville, which was ravaged by a fire five years ago, will be unveiled Saturday, but it is not clear how much money is available to get the work done.