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Chicago ministers group to play hardball on Wal-Mart
Chicago ministers group to play hardball on Wal-Mart By Monée Fields-White March 01, 2010 A coalition of Chicago ministers is readying a campaign for more Wal-Mart stores in Chicago — and preparing another against aldermen who stand in the way.The alliance of just over 200 ministers, representing more than 100,000 congregants, will first demand that Mayor Richard... »
Teen cop impersonator headed to prison
**Wow, this kid got 5 years? I can’t decide if this is a harsh sentence or not – either way, I’m sure a lot of it is due to the residual sentiments of public humiliation that the CPD suffered last year when this kid got away with impersonating a cop…. Story below… From the Chicago Tribune... »
Black Love under media attack
I actually was going to write a post about the resurgance of all of these meant- to- be depressing media hits about the lack of Black men and how Black women are lonely (last time I checked, this applied to women of all races, but I digress), but I just happened to find this... »
E2 nightclub owners sentenced to 2 years each
BY LISA DONOVAN Cook County Reporter. Chicago sun times Calvin Hollins Jr. (left) and Dwain Kyles (right), owners of the former E2 nightclub, were sentenced to two years in prison today. »
3 accused of using Craigslist to rob people
From the Chicago Tribune Three men are accused of using the popular Web site Craigslist to rob a number of people by luring them to alleys on the promise of selling them televisions and other items, Chicago police said. Dwayne Williams, 20, of the 120000 block of South Justine Street, who is accused of robbing 11... »
Murder charges filed in McClendon slayings
Murder charges have been filed against two Hammond teens in the slayings of Milton and Ruby McClendon, prosecutors said today. Gregory Brooks Jr., 18, and Reo Thompson, 17, are each charged with four counts of murder in the perpetration of a burglary and two counts of murder in the perpetration of a robbery. The two teens... »
Daley: No New taxes…well for 2010 at least..
BY FRAN SPIELMAN City Hall Reporter – Chicago Sun Times Arguing that Chicagoans are “suffering” and can’t stand to pay any more, Mayor Daley said Thursday he would hold the line on all taxes, fines and fees in 2010 and find another way to plug a revised, $550 million budget gap. Two days after the... »
Olympic 2016: And the winner is…..Rio!!!
Huh?? After what has got be one of the biggest shocks of the year, Chicago was eliminated in the FIRST ROUND. No one saw that coming at ALL (except for Patrick Ryan). At least if we made it to the final round, we would have felt that our efforts were not in vain. To... »
Violence videos spur bad politics
Clarence Page Column. Chicago Tribune Americans are shocked by youth violence — again. What a difference videos make. The fatal beating of a South Side teenager shocks the world, as it should. Yet the real tragedy differs little from a trail of similar kid-on-kid violence, except that it was caught on video. We easily become benumbed... »
Historic Regal Theater faces foreclosure
By Alby Gallun, Sep. 30, 2009 (Crain’s) — A Chicago bank has filed to foreclose on a shuttered South Side theater owned by Regina Evans, the Country Club Hills police chief better known for overseeing a probe into the recent suicide of a former confidant to indicted Gov. Rod Blagojevich. Citizens Bank & Trust Co. alleges... »