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Aldermen have a busy day ahead at today's City Council meeting, with votes set on changes to the controversial parking meter deal, new fines for cyclists and drivers, and additional night games at Wrigley Field.
Governor Quinn today announced that the state of Illinois will provide temporary emergency assistance for Roseland Community Hospital to remain open.
U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) and U.S. Rep. Bobby Rush (D-Ill.) pledged to work together on Tuesday after meeting in Washington to discuss gang violence, just days after Rush angrily slammed Kirk's plan for mass arrests of the Gangster Disciples.
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An autopsy Wednesday determined a young man found dead along a frontage road in Wilmette died from a gunshot wound to the head.
A motorist who collided with a police cruiser en route to a call with its lights flashing and sirens blaring was cited multiple times for causing the Tuesday night crash.
About 4:15 p.m. an unknown shooter approached on foot, opening fire on the 17-year-old as he sat on the porch in the 1400 block of North Harding Avenue.
The organization's current COO, Dr. Candice Kane, will oversee CeaseFire Illinois' day-to-day operations as its interim head, while continuing to manage Cure Violence's national and international operations, spokesman Josh Gryniewicz said on Tuesday.
The crash occurred about 12:05 a.m., in the expressway's northbound lanes near 147th Street in south suburban Posen, leaving a 2005 Cadillac in the center median.
There is some controversy over a big power change--in the northwest suburbs. The new mayor of Wauconda wants to replace the police chief there, but some residents say he's doing it for the wrong reasons.
A man shot in an industrial area on the South Side Tuesday afternoon has died.
A Chicago woman has been charged with attempted murder and three other felonies related to the shooting of a man last month in west suburban Oak Park
Multiple homemade bombs were planted outside five homes and several exploded. The explosions were small, but potentially very dangerous.
The defense attorney for notorious convicted mobster Joey "The Clown" Lombardo was found dead inside his Hyde Park condominium.
Sidney Crosby and the potent Penguins have been punchless.
