Globally, Chicago Ranks As One Of The Windiest
Astute scholars of Chicago lore will tell you that the city's Windy City moniker has nothing to do with actual wind.
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Astute scholars of Chicago lore will tell you that the city's Windy City moniker has nothing to do with actual wind.
With cleanup and repairs from last week's fire proving more difficult than first expected, The Second City has moved or cancelled all its shows through September 20.
The attack happened at 2:17 a.m. Wednesday, when 28-year-old Michael Laster and 33-year-old Jonathon Thompson shot two other men in the 5000 block of North Winthrop Avenue, police said. Robert Anderson, 34, and an unidentified 32-year-old man were killed.
Students at a north suburban high school were planning a special tribute to a classmate who died of cancer in the spring. They'll all wear gray t-shirts in honor of Daniel Wang, who died of brain cancer in April. Even the football team will be in gray.
Hot and steamy conditions that have been the norm all week in Chicago should continue through Labor Day, with highs in the upper 80s or low 90s each of the next four days.
Construction work on Randolph Street ruptured a water main, and water gushed into an electrical vault, disrupting elevator service and air conditioning at the Michael A. Bilandic Building at 160 N. LaSalle St., according to the state's Department of Central Management Services.
A man charged with stabbing his girlfriend to death during a domestic incident in south suburban Lansing was ordered held without bond Thursday.
Thomas Hicks, 26, faces one felony count of failure to report an accident involving a death, according to a statement from Chicago Police.
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There were no disruptions Thursday night during the last of Mayor Rahm Emanuel's three town hall meetings on next year's Chicago city budget, but there wasn't time for much else, either.
Keisha Jones, 28, was found guilty of murder during a bench trial this spring by Judge William Lacy. All of Iyonna Davis' injuries tied to her 2012 death were inflicted within six hours before she took her last breath, authorities said at the time.
About 2:40 a.m., the man was riding in the 8100 block of South Emerald Avenue when he heard shots and felt pain, police said.
The 18-year-old was shot in the leg about 9:45 p.m. in the 2500 block of West Hirsch Street by someone in a passing vehicle, police said.
The man, 23, was shot in the foot at 10:54 p.m. in the 7400 block of South Stony Island Avenue, said police News Affairs Officer Ronald Gaines, citing preliminary information.
