BY KIM JANSSEN Federal Courts Reporter July 7, 2014 4:08PM It was the family feud of nightmares. Jennifer Scherr was the mother of an 8-year-old girl dying of brain cancer. She says her father-in-law, a Chicago cop, helped her grow marijuana in her Evergreen Park basement to medicate her dying …

One of the spate of shootings that took place in Chicago, Ill. over the July 4th holiday weekend involved a veteran with a concealed carry permit who was forced to a shoot a man who began firing on him and a group of friends. The incident occurred Friday night, the …

Andrew V. Papachristos (2013) 48 Years of Crime in Chicago: A Descriptive Analysis of Serious Crime Trends from 1965 to 2013, ISPS Working Paper, ISPS13-023 Abstract: Over the past two decades, the United States has experienced an unpredicted drop in crime. Chicago, while often portrayed as a violent city, has …

A video from the unknown band, Pink Grenade, for their song “Let’s Take it Naked,” was released on Monday with an extreme desperation to go viral. The desperation for the video to create controversary is part of publicist and producer Jonathan Hay’s plan to make his group, Pink Grenade, the …

Recently, I had the opportunity to review a new online appointment scheduling software named, BookSteam. Honestly, I was a bit skeptical. It seems like a new office management software appears every day of the week, which makes me wonder, how many do we actually need? Well, it appears that we …

CITY HALL — A West Side alderman has proposed the first limitations on bring-your-own-bottle policies at city businesses — but diners can rest easy, as the ordinance would specifically exempt restaurants. Ald. Deborah Graham (29th) submitted the ordinance at Wednesday’s City Council meeting, and 15 aldermen immediately signed on. It …

New York hip-hop recording artist Jaron Marquis threw $10,000 in the air a a recent summer celebration concert at New York City Irving Theater in SoHo and caused a police disturbance and riot resulting in over 10 arrests for public disorderly conduct. Sources say this is something the artist has …

Every once in awhile we see a new game app that comes out that stands out from others. This year Simplus Technologies Group will roll out it’s new game app called Enemy Dawn. Enemy Dawn is about the Nazi invasion of Poland. As a Polish soldier controlling a mobile rocket …

By David Heinzmann, Tribune reporter 12:02 p.m. CDT, June 23, 2014 The curled metal fixtures set to go up on a handful of Michigan Avenue light poles later this summer may look like delicate pieces of sculpture, but researchers say they’ll provide a big step forward in the way Chicago …