Little evidence of variety that carries West Nile virusIf you live in the northern suburbs and had trouble getting through to mosquito abatement crews after this week’s storms, there’s good reason for it.

Other suburbs sounded the warning, thoughFerocious winds that spawned a tornado in Downers Grove on Tuesday night were serious enough to prompt village officials to end a council meeting a few minutes early.

Federal agents and Chicago police worked more than a year using wiretaps, surveillance and undercover buys to break up a Chicago-based drug ring and arrest some of their suppliers and wholesale customers, prosecutors said today.

The man who’s owned the Giant Slide at the Illinois State Fairgrounds in Springfield since 1995 is putting the attraction up for sale.

Mayor Rahm Emanuel said today he’s not focusing on the size of Ald. Edward Burke’s bodyguard detail, which he suggested during the mayoral campaign would need to be cut in the spirit of shared sacrifice.