Shooting at State and Randolph leaves one dead

08/27/2009

Police shot and killed a man brandishing a knife at a busy Loop intersection this afternoon, the Tribune is reporting. Read More...

Few seats for applicants to elite schools

08/25/2009

For the 2008-2009 school year, some 15,000 students applied for 3,000 seats in Chicago's elite, selective-enrollment high schools. That number increased to more than 16,000 for this school year, the Tribune reports. Read More...

Experts dispute 2016 economic effects

08/24/2009

Crain's surveyed economic forecasters to check the jobs and economic benefits envisioned by an Olympics here in 2016 and much touted by backers of the bid. Says forecaster: "The Olympics in Chicago would be cool. But don't expect them to make you rich." Read More...

Alligator in the Chicago River?

08/21/2009

We've covered the coyote situation in the South Loop. Next up: alligators in the river? Read More...

Was Alderman Munoz wrong?

08/18/2009

Over at Gapers Block, folks are discussing whether Ald. Munoz should or should not have called the Whitney Young principal about his daughter's admission to the school. Read More...

Whitney Young pushed to allow alderman's child in

08/13/2009

Ald. Ricardo Munoz called the Whitney Young principal and asked for his daughter to be allowed in the school. Read More...

Powerful firm wants to build in the South Loop

08/10/2009

Robert Vanecko, Mayor Daley's nephew and a principal at DV Urban Realty, wants to buy the National Association of Letter Carriers building at 1411 S. Michigan - and building a 220-unit structure. Read More...

Political videos at City Colleges sparks suit

08/03/2009

ChiTownDailyNews.org's Peter Sachs reports on a new lawsuit that alleges Wayne Watson, the former chancellor of the City Colleges of Chicago, demanded WYCC staff produced videos of powerful politicians. Read More...

Felony Franks on the radio

07/31/2009

WBEZ-FM featured the fight between Felony Franks and Ald. Fioretti this morning on 848. Read More...

$519.7 million: the city's budget deficit

07/31/2009

A brutal budget year is looming ... Read More...