COPS AT RISK WHEN THEY PATROL ALONE
Patrol Officer Robert Perkins of the Grand Crossing District was working alone on one of the most violent police beats in the city when he was shot to death Saturday....
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GUNMEN ROB 2 CHICAGO-AREA BANKS
Gunmen successfully hit two Chicago-area banks Monday, the fourth and fifth bank robberies of the new year. The first occurred in Chicago at about 12:20 p.m. when a masked bandit...
FLU WEAVES ITS WEB THROUGHOUT THE AREA
The Under the Weather day care program at GlenOaks Medical Center in Glendale Heights was forced to stop accepting sick children Tuesday, pushed beyond its 12-kid capacity by an overload...
WHEN IT COMES TO DOUGHNUTS, DO COPS EVER MISS A DUNK?
They have heard the jokes before. All of them. Guy needs a cop right away. No need to call 911. There`s a Dunkin` Donuts down the block. Family German shepherd,...
EDGAR CITES COP SHOOTINGS IN SIGNING CRIME BILL
Chicago police officer Gerald Wesley was glad when he was transferred earlier this summer from the dangerous Englewood district, which leads the city in killings this year. The 19-year veteran,...
From September 1991: THE WORST IS OVER FOR CHICAGO
Drugs and heat, anger and gangs, the ready availability of guns: These are the ingredients Chicago police say have combined to make August 1991 the worst month for homicides in...
From August 1991: DALEY: CITY ‘BECOMING LIKE COLOMBIA’
Frustrated by the rising homicide rate in Chicago, Mayor Richard Daley on Thursday angrily compared the city`s streets to those of Bogota, theviolence- ridden capital of Colombia. Killings have hit...
SCHOOL PANEL SUGGESTS 105 MORE ADMINISTRATIVE CUTS
In an attempt to narrow a $170 million budget deficit so Chicago public schools can open on time, school officials said Sunday they will recommend cutting 105 administrative positions. Members...
DC-3 HAS HAD MANY ROLES IN ITS CAREER
On Dec. 17, 1935, the DC-3 first took to the air, 32 years to the day after Orville Wright made history`s first power-driven flight. Under a variety of names since,...
STATISTICS ATTEST TO FEAR IN STREETS
The steady growth in murders continued in Chicago during the first six months of this year, with 419 people slain, 12 more than during the same period last year. Almost...