Do you have the best landscaping in the city?

07/08/2009

Green thumbs, it's that time of year again: the City of Chicago's Department of Environment is seeking nominees for the 2009 Mayor's Landscape Awards. Read More...

New trustees at Rush

07/08/2009

Rush University Medical Center will get four new trustees to its board. Read more...

Negro League ballplayers to gather at White Sox Park

07/08/2009

The White Sox are honoring the history and contributions of black baseball players this Friday, July 10, at White Sox Park, with the Double Duty Classic game. Read more...

Olympic meetings

07/08/2009

With questions looming about how much taxpayers will need to pony up if Chicago is chosen to host an Olympiad seven years down the road, the local organizing committee backing the bid is setting up a new series of meetings for residents across the city. Read more...

More on the Central Area Action Plan

07/08/2009

A meeting is scheduled for 6:30 p.m. July 9 about the Central Area Action Plan, which sets out the city's priorities for growth in the Loop and in Near Loop areas for the next 10 years. Read more...

Plastic Michael?

07/08/2009

Interesting report out from CNBC’s Darren Rovell, who writes in a story published July 7 that, “The folks at Gatorade are constructing a piece of art, made from more than 19,000 Gatorade bottles, that reveals an image of [Michael] Jordan dunking. Read more...

The great coyote hunt

Part I: 'Canis latrans' and the Rezko property

07/01/2009

The Diarist
Coyotes in the backyard don't mean wolves at the door. Donald Jaburek learned this when he moved into his ziggurat-shaped condominium at 15th and Clark four years ago, and discovered several of his next-door neighbors were furry, four-legged and pointy of ear. Read More...

Budget crisis unsolved

No 'partial' budget, says Quinn

07/01/2009

Lawmakers in Springfield failed to strike a budget deal Monday and Tuesday, leaving state government, as it started its fiscal year on July 1, with no resolution regarding its deficit, state-funded social service providers staring down cuts and the fate of a bill that would pay for capital projects across Illinois in limbo. Read more...

Ferocious flyers suits settled

Fioretti v. Haithcock and vice versa ends

07/01/2009

The litigants in a lawsuit and a counterclaim stemming from mailings sent out in the last days of the 2007 campaign for 2nd Ward alderman have settled, according to a Feb. 13, 2009 court filing, bringing to a formal end a particularly ferocious chapter in the closely fought race. Read more...

Reprieve for Montefiore Elementary

Principal still says she needs students

07/01/2009

Reversing previous plans, Chicago Public Schools won't cut teaching and support staff at Montefiore Elementary, a school for emotionally troubled boys who have been referred out of neighborhood schools across the city. The cuts could have foreshadowed Montefiore's closure. Read more...