Early voting for 25th begins

25th Ward voters pick between Solis and Morfin

03/14/2011 11:33 AM

Cops bust West Loop pot grow house

More than $260,000 worth of drugs seized

03/02/2011

Chicago Police busted a marijuana grow house in the West Loop Tuesday night, executing a warrant on a house that turned up about 100 plants and $260,000 worth of pot.
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Wal-Mart coming to West Loop

Smaller grocery-based shop for Presidential Towers

02/23/2011 3:52 PM

After concentrating for years on opening stores on the South and West Side neighborhoods, Wal-Mart is moving closer to downtown with a store in the West Loop.
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It's voting time: Polls open at 6 a.m. Tuesday

Aldermanic candidates need 50% of votes to win

02/21/2011 6:09 PM

After months of campaigning and canvassing, tomorrow is primary election day in Chicago's Municipal Elections. Here's what you need to know.

2nd Ward candidate drops out

Jim Bosco endorses Federico Sciammarella

02/10/2011 5:52 PM

Two candidates trying to unseat 2nd Ward Ald. Bob Fioretti are teaming up, with one dropping out of the race to support the other. Jim Bosco, an attorney living on the Near West Side, has dropped out of the race and is throwing his support behind Northern Illinois University professor Federico Sciammarella.
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Felony Franks could go out of business

Owner blames Fioretti for holding up sign permit

02/09/2011

Felony Franks, the controversially-named, jailhouse-themed fast-food stand on Western Avenue is running out of cash and could be out of business by mid-March.
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Former CJ editor scammed

$5,000 lost to shady hedge fund

02/09/2011 2:48 PM

Longtime readers of Chicago Journal may remember founding editor Brett McNeil. These days, McNeil’s a Fulbright Scholar, teaching English in Indonesia, but he’s still facing economic problems in America.

Cops solve 1983 Printers Row murder

‘DNA link’ cited in arresting man already in jail

02/08/2011

Chicago police have arrested a man they say murdered a woman in the Printers Row neighborhood 27 years ago.
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Blizzard ravages church in Near West

140-year-old building’s stone tower collapses

02/04/2011

First Baptist Congregational Church’s hulking stone structure has towered over Ashland Avenue and Washington Boulevard since before the Chicago Fire. This week’s blizzard, though, brought parts of massive chunks of the church’s structure tumbling down, tearing massive holes in the roof of the 140-year-old building and crashing down through several stories. Read More...

Snow cancels after-school activities

Chicago Public Schools takes action ahead of storm

02/01/2011 12:48 AM

After-school activities for Tuesday and Wednesday have been cancelled, Chicago Public Schools announced Tuesday morning. Read more...