Chicago

Juan Martinez The city of Chicago began a mail preference service earlier this month that provides residents with the ability to opt out of receiving selected direct mail materials. The effort is designed to enable Chicago to save money on sanitation and rid the city of tons of millions of …

By Fran Spielman City Hall Reporter If they ever make a sit-com about Chicago’s City Hall, it might be called, “All in the Family.” Now, Ald. Carrie Austin (34th) has crafted a new episode — by installing her son as her ward superintendent. Until recently, Lemuel Austin III was a …

New lawsuit by teen targets members of the Special Operations Section, who have been convicted of illegal searches, stealing money and trumped-up charges By Annie Sweeney, Tribune reporter On a summer evening six years ago, Jose Fematt and his younger sister did what most kids do as the day fades …

Illinois State Police on Friday agreed to review the Chicago Police Department’s investigation of the April 2004 homicide of David Koschman, who died after he was punched in the face by Richard “R.J.” Vanecko, a nephew of Mayor Richard Daley and White House Chief of Staff William Daley. The state …

Creating a dramatic ending for an important meeting of the 47th Ward Democratic organization, the organization President, William Helm, was arrested Saturday morning on charges of misdemeanor battery, related to an alleged assault on February 22, Election Night. At 10:25 a.m., Chicago Police Officers from the 19th District Tactical Unit …

10:02 p.m. CDT, March 25, 2011 Jose Quiroz was at his Chicago home with his wife and 4-year-old son in 2009 when federal agents came to his door with their guns drawn and, mistaking him for a Colorado man, arrested him, according to a federal complaint that Quiroz filed on …

J. Zellermayer WGN News According to the Chicago Tribune a Cook County Circuit judge has temporarily stopped at least 1,700 foreclosures. The court said Fisher and Shapiro LLC, one of the top three law firms used by mortgage services, told the court they changed affidavits in the foreclosure cases. The …

Noisy 20th Ward race boils down to turnout for Cochran, Rhymefest March 23, 2011| By John Byrne, Tribune reporter Only one of the remaining candidates in Chicago’s 20th Ward holds down a job as a rapper, but both contenders are falling back on a hip-hop adage as the contest enters …

Interim Chicago Schools CEO Terry Mazany Wednesday delivered bad news — followed by more bad news. The estimated Chicago Public School deficit for next school year is $720 million, Mazany said. That’s up $20 million from just before his predecessor walked out the door in late November. Mazany called for …

In announcing the 2011 concert schedule for Ravinia, president Welz Kauffman said the North Shore festival’s non-classical lineup features “something palatable to both baby boomers and babies.” Ravinia’s summer pop shows are certainly heavy on the boomers, including returning acts such as Robert Plant in June with his Band of …