TEEN`S STORY CLOUDS FATAL ARREST
The dingy lobby of a South Side apartment building became the setting Thursday for a bizarre news conference as a nervous teenager told reporters, attorneys and an FBI agent his...
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PROBE CONTINUES INTO FATAL ARREST
Chicago police on Tuesday continued to investigate the death of a South Side man who collapsed while in custody, and they also attempted to account for gaps in their reports...
BRUTALITY CHARGED IN FATAL ARREST
Chicago police were investigating brutality charges Monday after the death of a man who collapsed while in custody. Andre Ruddock, 39, was arrested Friday afternoon for allegedly attacking an undercover...
DEAL-MAKING DALEY AIDE HAS ROLE IN FEUD BETWEEN MAYOR, TREASURER
When Chicago developer William Alter wanted help borrowing $125 million from the city workers pension funds last year, he called the mayor`s chief fundraiser, Paul Stepan. Stepan arranged for Alter...
LIBRARIES GET SET FOR BUDGET CUTS
The checkout lines are getting longer at the city`s understaffed public libraries. Books often pile up unshelved, phones sometimes go unanswered, and some of the smaller branches are closing earlier....
CITY`S WAR ON DRUGS GAINS LITTLE GROUND
Last year, not long after President Bush declared the war on drugs, Gladys Ramos took the battle to her own street. Her target was the $10-a-bag curbside narcotics operation flourishing...
DALEY DENIES HIDING 911-TAX EXPENDITURES
Mayor Richard Daley on Wednesday defended his administration`s use of a special tax to pay for the salaries of police dispatchers instead of a new 911 facility, and he denied...
CITY USING PART OF 911 TAX TO PAY DISPATCHERS` SALARIES
Two years ago, when Mayor Richard Daley added a 95-cents-a-month tax to Chicago telephone bills, he said the money would be used to build an urgently needed 911 facility to...
COOK PENSION OFFICIALS DEFEND LOAN FOR HOTEL
Cook County officials on Monday defended a controversial loan that bailed out a politically connected hotel group. During a meeting of the County Board`s Finance Committee, Commissioner Maria Pappas questioned...
DEALMAKER TUMBLES WITH `HOUSE OF CARDS`
(James) Brennan is a very charming guy and his life story would make a hell of a good movie. Beyond that, I won`t comment. -William Alter, real estate developer and...