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Bears receiver Sam Hurd is scheduled to return to court here this afternoon for a bond hearing on federal drug conspiracy charges. Authorities plan to transfer Hurd to Dallas to face one count of conspiring to distribute half a kilogram of cocaine or more. Hurd played for the Cowboys before …
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KELLY REACTS TO OPPONENT’S THREAT IN CHICAGO GOP WARD RACE
December 15, 2011 at 3:25 pm My Fellow Republicans and Conservatives, Because I passionately believe that Chicago deserves a real two-party system, I announced in early November my intention to run for committeeman of Chicago’s 42nd ward. My goal is to become the Chairman of the Chicago Republican Party and …
Read More »Koschman’s mom asks for special prosecutor to look into son’s death
BY TIM NOVAK and CHRIS FUSCO Staff Reporters December 14, 2011 10:03PM More than seven years after her 21-year-old son David Koschman died as the result of a punch thrown by a nephew of then-Mayor Richard M. Daley, Nanci Koschman asked Wednesday for the appointment of a special prosecutor to …
Read More »Protesters shut down Chicago school board meeting over closings, turnarounds
By Joel Hood and Noreen S. Ahmed-Ullah, Chicago Tribune reporters December 15, 2011 More than 50 protesters took command of Chicago Public Schools’ board meeting Wednesday, shouting down board members in a dramatic show of force against proposed school closings, consolidations and turnaround projects. In a chaotic scene that echoed …
Read More »Rahm looks for more power, ability to deputize during G8
Posted 12/14/11 3:09 p.m. WLS Radio’s Bill Cameron Reports CHICAGO (WLS) – Mayor Rahm Emanuel wants big new powers to help stage the NATO and G8 summits here in Chicago next May. WLS Radio’s Bill Cameron reports from City Hall that the mayor is asking the aldermen to give him …
Read More »Are Chicago tow truck drivers stealing cars?
Chicago police have released surveillance video they say shows tow truck drivers stealing cars on the streets of Chicago. Link
Read More »Committee OKs more than $3 million to settle police misconduct cases
By Hal Dardick, Chicago Tribune reporter December 13, 2011 A City Council committee Monday approved paying more than $3 million to settle two cases of alleged misconduct that, according to one key alderman, indicated “a troubling pattern” in Chicago Police Department lockups. Police and civilian detention aides were accused in …
Read More »Four reporters may have saved pension abuse legislation
Rep. Kevin McCarthy, D-Orland Park, wants to gut a pension reform bill with new legislation friendly to union officials. (E. Jason Wambsgans, Chicago Tribune / December 12, 2011) December 13, 2011 We don’t expect the perpetrators — a slew of Democrats in the Illinois House — to confess. But let’s …
Read More »Admiral Theatre Offers Lap Dances For Holiday Toy Donations
December 12, 2011 1:13 PM CHICAGO (CBS) — If you’re a stingy, Scroogey type at Christmas, the Admiral Theatre has an incentive for you to change your ways. Yes, that Admiral Theatre. Beginning Monday and continuing through Saturday, the Admiral is offering a free lap dance to anyone who donates …
Read More »Light Years: Conceptual Art and the Photograph, 1964–1977
In celebration of the opening of Light Years: Conceptual Art and the Photograph, 1964–1977, the Art Institute will project Andy Warhol’s 1964 film Empire—a single, eight-hour-long nighttime take of the Empire State Building—from the museum’s Bluhm Family Terrace across Millennium Park to the upper stories of the Aon Center. Warhol’s …
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