Troopers target unsafe bikers
Reacting to a recent increase in fatal motorcycle crashes, Illinois State Police said Wednesday they are starting to keep closer tabs on speedy riders, and a Chicago alderman has proposed...
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Inspector who can’t drive still working
Chicago officials have kept a building inspector on the public payroll even though he lost his driver's license--a basic requirement for the job--after a drunken-driving conviction more than four years...
Loop firefighting reforms on tap
Seeking to prevent a repeat of last year's deadly Loop high-rise blaze, the Chicago Fire Department is increasing its initial response to any report of a fire in a high-rise,...
Cops show video in dumping case
With a phalanx of detectives standing by and television cameras rolling, a curtain slowly parted Wednesday at police headquarters to reveal a fuzzy image of a long dark bus, projected...
Daley won’t take lip from Cubs
Mayor Richard Daley said Tuesday that Cubs President Andy MacPhail should have his lip buttoned--or, more accurately, taped or clamped--after MacPhail's comments about the city's most recent inspection of Wrigley...
City gives an all-clear to Wrigley
City Buildings Commissioner Stan Kaderbek on Monday gave the green light for Chicago Cubs games to continue at Wrigley Field after an engineering firm concluded that quality repairs have been...
City gives an all-clear to Wrigley
City Buildings Commissioner Stan Kaderbek on Monday gave the green light for Chicago Cubs games to continue at Wrigley Field after an engineering firm concluded that quality repairs have been...
Madigan, Daley press to solve tour boat case
Mayor Richard Daley and the Illinois attorney general's office on Tuesday joined a growing list of public officials outraged by the dousing of Chicago River tour boat passengers with foul-smelling...
Madigan, Daley press to solve tour boat case
Mayor Richard Daley and the Illinois attorney general's office on Tuesday joined a growing list of public officials outraged by the dousing of Chicago River tour boat passengers with foul-smelling...
Wrigley’s woes not uncommon
Experts say that there could be dozens of explanations for the falling concrete at Wrigley Field and that only the kind of testing now under way can pin down the...