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Daniel Pederson, 42, handed a note to a security guard on the Chicago Riverwalk indicating there would be a mass shooting ‘with military precision.’
The service was largely a celebration of the 73-year-old’s legacy in multiple law enforcement agencies, including being one of the first Black members of the CPD bomb squad and one of the longest-serving members of the team.
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Detectives are conducting a death investigation after the man was found about 12:15 p.m. Saturday, police said.
The man suffered a cut to the neck Friday in the 2100 block of North Neenah Avenue. He was pronounced dead at Loyola University Medical Center in Maywood, police said.
Marquan Jones, 17, was ordered held in custody while awaiting trial in the slaying of Larry Neuman in West Garfield Park. Another teen, Lazarious Watt, was arrested last week, charged and is also being held pending trial.
Two ethics ordinances are pending in the Chicago City Council. One would limit campaign contributions from lobbyists; a second would create public financing for aldermanic campaigns. Both should be passed immediately.
The person, only identified as a female in her 20s or 30s, was found in an alley with trauma to the head and neck, police said.
Out of 114 “hate incidents” reported from Jan. 1 through June 13, only 17 were deemed “bona fide,” 83 were “unfounded” and 14 were listed as “undetermined.” Ald. Debra Silverstein, who pushed to create the new category, said the low numbers show more public education is needed.
It’s unclear whether Catholic figures appealing for leniency in letters to the judge affected the two-year sentence given to Burke. But priests, nuns and lay church leaders went to bat heavy for him — after years of the ex-alderman funneling campaign cash to Catholic causes.
Pat Cleary, president of Chicago Fire Fighters Union Local 2, predicted “hundreds” of members would participate in the two-hour march on Michigan Avenue on July 6.
On the fourth day of the heat wave last week, city officials closed cooling centers and libraries where those without air conditioning had sought relief.
The city has resources to reinvest in its emergency weather response. Let’s act now to help people stay alive during extreme heat and cold.
The crash occurred about 8:45 p.m. Wednesday in the 300 block of South State Street. The driver was issued citations. A woman in his car was hospitalized in good condition, police said.
Reproductive rights and LGBTQ+ groups won a permit for a 1-mile march Aug. 18 past the Bean, Millennium Park and hotels where DNC delegates will be staying.
After a nearly three-hour meeting, members were no closer to consensus on how Mayor Brandon Johnson should solve the city’s $35.4 billion pension crisis or generate $800 million in new revenue for “investments in people.”
La edición del desfile de este año comenzará el domingo a las 11 a.m. cerca de Sheridan Road y Broadway en Uptown. Se reforzará la seguridad y habrá menos participantes que el año pasado.
Council members from the Southwest and Northwest sides, with wards dominated by single-family homes, said allowing homeowners to turn attics, basements and garages into revenue-generating “granny flats” could create problems.
Burke had a history of kind gestures, which went a long way for the former alderman when he was sentenced for corruption this week.
William Swetz, 34, of Flossmoor, was allegedly seen on surveillance video driving past Foxx’s home Sunday. Last week, he allegedly threw a brown liquid in her face and drove his truck toward her.
This year’s edition of the parade will kick off at 11 a.m. Sunday near Sheridan Road and Broadway in Uptown. Security will be beefed up, and fewer participants will march than last year.
A 47-year-old man was near a sidewalk in the 8700 block of South Carpenter Street about 3:15 p.m. when he was shot in the back, police said.
Four 20-year-old men from the western suburbs are accused of battering four employees around 1:30 a.m. Sunday at the Barraco’s Pizza in Mount Greenwood.