Bridgeport
The Chicago Police Marine Unit responded to a call about a body floating in the water in the 2800 block of South Eleanor Street.
The library’s collection includes a range of items, from home improvement tools to projectors, all available for Chicago residents to borrow. It’s open three days a week.
Four teens were in a Kia driving north on Prairie Avenue at 57th Street when another car pulled along side them and someone inside the other car opened fire, police say.
The man, 30, suffered multiple gunshot wounds before being pronounced dead, police said.
“The outrage is still pretty strong,” says a parent whose son was in a special education classroom where high lead levels were found.
The Chicago Teachers Union wants the Chicago Public Schools to develop an expedited testing process for lead contamination after high levels were found at McClellan.
Donated food is turned into warm holiday meals and is a source of pride and comfort for the Bridgeport community.
South Side nonprofit Project Onward expects to have around 25 ceramicists working out of the new studio.
The project was completed through a collaboration between Shedd Aquarium and Urban Rivers.
Michael Lampley, 25, a parolee, is accused of shooting Shawn Brown, 31, on July 25 in Humboldt Park.
Key figure accused of embezzling from failed Bridgeport bank lost $1 million at casinos, sources say
Authorities are trying to determine whether the money Marek Matczuk lost gambling came from the millions he never repaid Washington Federal Bank for Savings.
Sneed: Former alderman, now imprisoned, for his whole life stuck to his ward, his roots and — most of all — his family.
The disgraced Bridgeport pol — a member of the city’s best-known political family — was found guilty in February of two counts of lying to regulators and five counts of filing false income tax returns.
The man was found unresponsive on the southbound tracks of the Orange Line in the 2500 block of South Archer Avenue early Monday.
The owners were bombarded with calls once news of the Bridgeport institution’s closure spread. “We know we are always busy, but the way they think about the food, and about everything is amazing,” co-owner Josie Rodriguez said.
It will absorb Chicago Community Tools in the fall and expand by around 5,000 tools.
Boguslaw Kasprowicz pleaded guilty to charges stemming from the failure of Washington Federal Bank for Savings — the investigation that also ensnared ex-Ald. Patrick Daley Thompson.
Thompson asked the judge to give him probation instead. The two sides made their recommendations Monday ahead of Thompson’s sentencing before U.S. District Judge Franklin Valderrama, which is set for July 6.
Rosalie Corvite is cooperating with federal authorities in their continuing investigation of the failure of clout-heavy Washington Federal Bank for Savings.
“Applying to a selective enrollment school is sometimes harder than getting into college,” Ald. Nicole Lee told the Sun-Times. “And we need better quality options ... if you don’t happen to get that perfect score or score high enough.”
Nicole Lee cemented her place in Chicago political history on Monday as the City Council’s first-ever Chinese-American member after sailing through her confirmation hearing and being sworn into office less than an hour later.
Mayor Lori Lightfoot had wanted a replacement seated in time for Wednesday’s City Council meeting. The Rules Committee was to meet Tuesday to confirm the mayor’s choice, but the meeting was canceled at Lightfoot’s behest.
Thompson was convicted by a federal jury in February. The court’s disciplinary action comes three days after Thompson’s attorney asked a judge to either overturn that verdict or order a new trial,
‘Once the smell of sawdust and the excitement gets into your blood, it’s awfully difficult to look away when you hear that old calliope,’ she told an interviewer.
The mayor is expected, by Wednesday’s Chicago City Council meeting, to reveal her choice amid pressure to name someone who is Asian American.
Jane Iriondo is now the fourth person to plead guilty in connection with the $66 million embezzlement scheme at Washington Federal Bank for Savings. The bank was central to the trial of Patrick Daley Thompson.
Documents subpoenaed by prosecutors and other public records reflect a growing desperation as he tried to quadruple the amount of money he was borrowing from Washington Federal Bank for Savings.