Friday 27th January, 2012
Chicago's Hull House charity to close
Jane Addams in 1889, is closing and will file for bankruptcy, the organization said. The charity, which announced last week it planned to stay open through March, announced Wednesday it didn't ...
Orphaned sea otter finds a home at the Shedd
Shedd Aquarium is the new home for a 10-week-old sea otter found orphaned on the California coast last month, the aquarium announced Thursday. The female pup, now weighing about 15 pounds, was found ...
Hockey enthusiasts get brush with fame -- and $127.44 water bill
Two Tinley Park men who illegally used a fire hydrant to fill a backyard hockey rink in December were ordered Thursday to pay a $127.44 water bill and fulfill 16 hours of community service each.The ...
O'Hare keeps No. 2 ranking in total flights
Chicago TribuneO'Hare International Airport , which was the world's busiest airport from 1961 through 1997, remained stuck in the No. 2 spot last year in the U.S. as measured by the number of flights, ...
Shovel that snow for joy, fresh air and civic pride
Chicago TribuneChicago Illinois That's right, joy. Fresh air. Exercise. Purpose. And, the greatest ecstasy of all, civic pride. Never mind that there is no snow in Chicago in this freakish winter, unless ...
Slain cop's friend moved to tears as drug suspect is convicted of murder
Chicago TribuneThe cop clutched a framed photograph and sat doubled over on the courtroom bench, wracked with sobs after a reputed drug dealer had been convicted Thursday in the 2008 murder of Chicago police ...
Black teen says 3 boys committed racist attack
Chicago TribuneJoshua Merritt said he had no reason to be suspicious when one of his friends texted him, asking him to hang out with two other teenagers they both knew. But after Merritt, 17, arrived at the ...
Church groups with city contracts back Emanuel's school agenda
Chicago TribuneRahm Emanuel 's controversial plans to lengthen the school day and close failing schools also receive millions of dollars in grants from his ...
Judge orders McHenry County to pay $290,000 in legal fees for Bianchi case
Chicago TribuneLouis Bianchi — though the county is still fighting the bills. Circuit Court Judge Gordon Graham ordered the payments to special prosecutors Thomas McQueen and Henry "Skip" ...
Latino aldermen will invite non-Hispanics to council caucus
Chicago TribuneChicago City Council Latino Caucus is opening its tent to non-Latino aldermen who represent — or soon might represent — wards with sizable Hispanic populations.The eight-member group ...
Man fatally hit by Pace bus
Chicago TribuneA 64-year-old man was hit by a Pace bus and killed Thursday near the border of Oak Park and Forest Park, authorities said.The man, identified as Edward Taube, of Forest Park, was hit about 12:15 ...
Preckwinkle takes aim at morgue
Chicago TribuneToni Preckwinkle on Thursday clamped down on practices there and put employees on notice they would be held accountable for further problems. "I've been as disturbed, discouraged and ...
John Kass takes on the mysterious portrait of the Rahmfather
Chicago TribuneAl Pacino , and the words, "JOHN FRANCIS KASS'S The Rahmfather." And then the phrase "All the power on Earth can't change Chicago." It is a strikingly handsome ...
Witness in Johnsburg murder case testifies about fight over drug money
Chicago TribuneMcHenry County Circuit Court about a fight over drug money that authorities say set the stage for murder — in a case where the body has never been found. Shane Lamb is at the center of the ...
Chicago's museums weathering the economy well
Chicago TribuneDespite a stagnant economy, people continue to spend time and money pursuing culture and enlightenment at the Chicago area's major museums and zoos, according to year-end attendance figures ...
Judge orders apartment owners to restore heat, hot water by Monday
Chicago TribuneJoseph Videtti, property manager for the apartment building at 2738 N. Pine Grove Ave., leaves the Daley Center on Thursday after a court hearing on code violations at the ...
Ask Tom why: I worked at O'Hare International Airport from 1981-1995 and remember extremely cold weather two weekends in a row in the early 1980s. What year was that?
Chicago TribuneO'Hare International Airport from 1981-1995 and remember bouts of extremely cold weather two weekends in a row in the early 1980s. Can you help me out?—Wayne Varnes, Strongsville, Ohio ...
The term paper is disappearing
Chicago TribuneThe high school research paper, that academic rite of passage riddled with footnotes and anchored by a bibliography, has faded from many classrooms, a consequence of larger class sizes that leave ...
Art of the term paper lives at U. of C. Lab Schools
Chicago TribuneUniversity of Chicago Laboratory Schools, a solitary poster advertises a feat that many here consider the championship of research and language arts prowess: publication in The Concord Review. ...
Preckwinkle checks out Evanston's progress in rehabbing foreclosed properties
Chicago TribuneEvanston on Thursday morning for a tour of how the city has spent an $18 million federal grant to be used for rehabbing foreclosed properties. After a brief overview of the federal Neighborhood ...
Kirk has more surgery after stroke
Chicago Tribune251 E Huron St, Northwestern University Chicago Campus, Chicago, IL 60611, USA Northwestern officials were unable to provide further details.Kirk had emergency surgery Sunday after going to a ...
Dr. Natalie Stephens, 1920-2012
Chicago TribuneNorthwestern Memorial Hospital , Dr. Natalie Stephens often got the call.She was one of the few female obstetricians and gynecologists at the time, and she made it part of her mission to help sexual ...
Funeral is set for woman who held hunger strike in Lake County Jail
Chicago TribuneFuneral arrangements have been set for Lyvita Gomes, a native of India who died this month after a 15-day hunger strike that started in Lake County Jail. Services for Gomes, 52, were delayed ...
Bullets found at 2 Kane County schools prompted lockdowns and searches
Chicago TribuneAn elementary school and a middle school in the same Kane County school system were placed on lockdown this week after single bullets were found in hallways at both buildings.Officials said a ...
Reputed mobster convicted of plotting crimes in his 70s
Chicago TribuneReputed mobster Arthur Rachel enters the Dirksen U.S. Courthouse on Thursday before he was found guilty of plotting to rob an armored car and break into the family home of a deceased Chicago Outfit ...
All-Sports Radio Matures Beyond Screamers
CBS 2 ChicagoBy Dan McGrath- Sports talk radio was a phenomenon fairly new to Chicago the first time I heard it here. I was visiting from California, taking my daughter to college on a trip that included a ...
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