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Is Chicago Big Enough For Sharpton And Jackson?
The Rev. Al Sharpton is coming to Chicago, targeting what he calls chronic police misconduct and a lack of political accountability.
The New York-based civil rights leader’s Chicago office plants him squarely on the Rev. Jesse Jackson’s turf, leading some to wonder if the city is big enough for […]
What’s the USA’s most-visited city?
When you consider only hotel rooms sold, Vegas’ 40 million hits the jackpot, followed by the Orlando area (27.2 million), L.A. (25.5 million), Chicago (24.8 million) and New York City (23.9 million).
[via USA Today]
Teenage Boy Shot On South Side
A 15-year-old boy was wounded Monday night in a South Side shooting […]
Fashion ranking puts Krakow over Chicago
Chicago didn’t crack the top 25 for fashion cities in one annual survey, but at least New York continues to trump Paris, Rome and Milan for No. 1.
The Global Language Monitor, which tracks words and phrases used in media and online to create a list of the most influential cities […]
Judge Orders Chicago To Halt Bensenville Home Demolitions
…a judge’s order stopped all major work in a section of Bensenville that would be affected by the O’Hare Expansion project. However, it was unclear how long Bensenville would be able to keep the city of Chicago from demolishing almost 400 vacant homes to make way for the […]
Chicago’s infamous housing projects get tourist treatment on …
Block after block, street after street, the town in western Cook County claims to have the nation’s largest concentration of Chicago-style bungalows, and now it has set out to make the most of it.
To the tune of $131,000, Berwyn has begun an extensive campaign to get residents […]
Obama Unveils Plan To Cure the Ills of Urban America
Senator Obama of Illinois rolled out a plan to cure the ills of urban America, just as one of his rivals for the Democratic presidential nomination, John Edwards, wrapped up a three-day trip focusing on America’s poor.
In a speech yesterday in the capital’s poorest neighborhood, Anacostia, […]
Flash Flood Warnings Issued for Chicago Area
Flash flood warnings were issued today for Chicago and nearby areas by the National Weather Service as a series of severe thunderstorms moved across the Upper Midwest.
The storms come packing heavy rainfall that the service could be as much as 5 inches in some locations. These storm drenched eastern […]
Obama To Talk About Guns At South Side Church
CBS 2’s Mai Martinez reports that he’s expected to address the shootings of 34 Chicago students.
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Naomi Walley said, “I’m glad that one of the candidates is addressing local violence because it’s become a huge problem, especially in Chicago and with all the deaths of teenagers and high […]
3 Chicago men charged in beating of homeless man
Authorities in Chicago have filed charges against three men accused of beating a homeless man with a heavy chain and a metal sign as they left a downtown bar. The homeless man is now stable condition after the attack around 11 p.m. Sunday night under an el […]
Memphis woman arrested with gun at Chicago’s Sears Tower
A Memphis woman was found carrying a loaded revolver at the Sears Tower in Chicago.
Police said 56-year-old Stephanie Warren is charged with one count each of unlawful use of a weapon, failure to register a firearm in the state of Illinois and not having an Illinois firearm […]