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By Tribune staff 10:40 a.m. CDT, September 15, 2011 Matthew Erich Muller, the radio provocateur known as “Mancow” whose syndicated morning show hasn’t been heard in Chicago in five years, will move to WJJG-AM (1530), the 760-watt daytime station based in west suburban Elmhurst, Time Out Chicago is reporting. Link

BY FRAN SPIELMAN City Hall Reporter/fspielman@suntimes.com September 13, 2011 10:24PM Chicago’s burgeoning band of bicyclists would have to abide by the same rules of the road as motorists — no talking on hand-held cell phones or texting while riding — under a crackdown proposed by an influential alderman. Ald. Marge …

Updated: September 12, 2011 6:51AM For seven years, the Chicago Police Department has portrayed David Koschman as the aggressor in the drunken confrontation on Division Street that ended when a nephew of then-Mayor Richard M. Daley knocked him out with a punch that left Koschman with brain injuries from which …

Posted 9/9/11 11:16 a.m. NEW YORK (WLS) – With record pollen counts already on the board for August, this fall is gearing up to be one of the worst, and longest, allergy seasons yet, according to experts. Thanks to a particularly wet summer, ragweed pollen levels are surging and standing …

By Jason Grotto, Tribune reporter 10:09 p.m. CDT, September 1, 2011 Every month, Thomas Villanova gets a $9,000 reminder of how lucrative it can be to serve as a union leader in Chicago. The sum is part of a city pension that comes on top of the $198,000 annual salary …

DuPage County Republican chairman and state Rep. Randy Ramey was charged Sunday with driving under the influence of alcohol. Ramey, of Carol Stream, took responsibility in a statement. Advertisement “On Sunday morning I was issued a citation by the Carol Stream Police Department for driving under the influence of alcohol,” …

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12:10 p.m. CDT, August 25, 2011 Tollway board member Bill Morris of Grayslake was the lone no vote in the tollway rate increase. (Keri Wiginton, Chicago Tribune) By Richard Wronski Tribune reporter The Illinois Tollway board today approved a plan that would nearly double tolls to pay for an ambitious …

A number of students showed up for the first day of school at Naperville North High School Wednesday appearing to be intoxicated. Some of the students have already been suspended while others are still being talked to about the situation. According to School District 203 Director of Communications Susan Rice, …

CHICAGO (CBS) — Mayor Rahm Emanuel says he and Gov. Pat Quinn should be able to work out their differences over legislation that would clear the way for a casino in Chicago, among other places. As WBBM Newsradio Political Editor Craig Dellimore reports, the mayor says the funds that would …

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Two American men can go ahead with a civil lawsuit against former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld, an appeals court said Monday, over allegations they were tortured in Iraq at the hands of the U.S. military. Donald Vance and Nathan Ertel sued in federal court seeking damages from …

Reporter Wiliam J. Kelly asks Sen. Dick Durbin if he takes any responsibility for the downgrade. Another Chicago “reporter” – Jim Anderson from the Illinois Radio Network – interrupts him and Kelly gets escorted out by a Secret Service Agent – even though he is press in violation of his …

By Monica Eng and Chris Borrelli Tribune reporters 4:27 p.m. CDT, August 5, 2011 A few years ago, Kris Swanberg, having been laid-off from her job as a Chicago Public School teacher, remembered she received an ice cream maker as a wedding gift. TheChicago mom fished it out of her …