Bargains proved to be the key to luring shoppers into stores over the Black Friday weekend.
According to a survey by the National Retail Federation, 195 million shoppers visited stores and websites over the holiday weekend. The number is up 13.4 percent from last [...]
The city's Winter Overnight Parking Ban begins Tuesday.
There are 107 miles of city streets [..] considered "critical arterial streets." Beginning at 3 a.m. Tuesday, there's no parking on those streets [...]
Mayor Daley is going on the offense in arguing for his beloved Tax Increment Financing program — but experts say he is being less than truthful about what critics dub a “shadow budget.”
Daley has held news conferences and conducted radio interviews about “TIF”s in recent [...]
A Chicago police officer chasing a shoplifting suspect on foot was injured by a police vehicle responding to the scene on the Northwest Side tonight.
The officer was being treated for non-life-threatening injuries and the suspect was being questioned after being captured by other officers tonight, police said.
[...]Cook County Board President Todd Stroger will stay on the ballot for the Feb. 2 Democratic primary election after rival Dorothy Brown’s campaign dropped a challenge to Stroger’s nominating petitions.
The [...]
Shortshanks specials this Friday:The jobless rate in the Chicago metropolitan area rose to 10.4 percent in October from 10.1 percent in September and spiked from 6.1 percent in October 2008, the Illinois Department of Employment Security reported Wednesday.
The area shed 178,600 [...]
Friday is scheduled to be a "reduced-service" day in Chicago, where as a money-saving move the city will shut down most city services, leaving only a skeleton crew to handle emergencies and conduct necessary business such as collecting' [...]
On Tuesday, the Department of Economic Security began requiring urine tests for adult welfare recipients whom officials had "reasonable cause" to believe were illegally using drugs.
The tests are mandated by a new state law that prevents DES from [...]
Once again, Bobby Rush is a moron:[...] Rush questioned the emergency response to the incident, which authorities say began with a security guard using [...]
A Chicago police spokesman said two officers have been reprimanded after an investigation into an Internet video of behavior at the G-20 summit in Pittsburgh in September.
Chicago police spokesman [...] said reprimands were issued to a department chief as well as a [...]
Nebraska and 37 other states are supporting a challenge to Chicago’s ban on handguns.
The U.S. Supreme Court said earlier this fall that it would hear the lawsuit four people filed challenging the city ban.
One of the plaintiffs, Otis McDonald of [...]
Majestic Star Casino LLC claims in a petition filed in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Delaware to owe Gary $7.45 million, [...]
Twinsburg, Ohio.On 22 November, 2009, the Board of Directors of the Chicago Police Sergeant’s Association held a special meeting to discuss recent events effecting the organization. At the meeting the board took the following action:
The Board accepted the resignation of John Pallohusky effective [...]
Is it true that the candles passed out at the "2009 Festival of Lights presented by Mayor Richard M Daley" had stickers strategically placed over "Chicago 2016" logos?
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 [...]
Honoring the mayor's eyes and ears:
