Addictive: listening to Chicago police scanners
05/28/2009
This site allows users to listen in to Chicago Police Department dispatch through iTunes or other audio players. It's pretty addictive. Read More...
West Loop mugging victim gets cancer help
05/27/2009
Kelly Mulqueeny was mugged in the West Loop last summer, forcing her to go to a hospital. There doctors found a cancer that could have killed her. Read More...
It's (almost) time for the P. Row Book Fair
05/26/2009
The Trib hasn't posted the full schedule of the Printers Row Book Fair yet, but some preliminary information is indeed online. Read More...
Running down Chicago's 2016 chances at Crain's.
05/20/2009
Crain's columnist Greg Hinz reports that the insiders are saying Chicago - but also the other three cities bidding for the 2016 games - did what they had to do during their respective International Olympic Committee visits: not make any mistakes. He notes that British bookies now favor Chicago's chances. Read More...
On the art of human decency
05/18/2009
The Reader's Michael Miner talks to Chicago Journal and Skyline publisher Dan Haley. Read More...
Part II to the Reader parking meter investigation
05/18/2009
The Reader's Mick Dumke and Ben Joravsky continue their investigation into the controversial parking meter lease ... a must read. Read More...
We're corrupt? Who knew! Theories on why.
05/15/2009
Chicago Reader columnist Cecil Taylor tests out a few theories on why Chicago is so darned corrupt. Read More...
TIF award for the new owners of the Sears Tower...
05/14/2009
Ald. Fioretti backed the Daley Administration in distributing $3.8 million in tax increment financing dollars to Willis Group Holdings, the new owners of the Sears Tower, Progress Illinois reports Read More...
Foreclosure on building in Motor Row
05/14/2009
A condo project at 2301 S. Michigan is in foreclosure, Crain's is reporting. Read More...
Does the Olympic benefits memo have weight?
05/12/2009
A law professor tells the Hyde Park Herald that a "memorandum of understanding" on community benefits should the 2016 Olympics arrive in Chicago is not a legally binding document but rather a political one. Read More...