Broncos fans smash Steelers car for charity
By Chris Hayre Denver Broncos fans at The Irish Oak in Wrigleyville braved bitter cold conditions last Sunday to take a swing at the Steelers — all for a great cause. Denver beat Pittsburgh 23-16 to advance to this Sunday’s AFC Championship against the New England Patriots.
Chicago at center of renewed war on abortion
Text By Aryn Braun Video By Hannah Gebresilassie The battle over abortion rights raged last weekend in Chicago, when competing protests clashed over the legality and morality of abortion in the United States. Abortion rights activists lined up at the corner of Adams and Dearborn in 4-degree weather Sunday to protest Chicago’s March for Life, […]
Feeling the heat, Chicago Police counter criticism, highlight ‘good works’
By Thomas Vogel De-escalating a domestic dispute in Englewood. A drug bust in the Harrison District. A South Side foot chase to catch a carjacker. These are just a few of the instances the Chicago Police Department recognized Tuesday morning at its monthly Commendation Ceremony. Designed to emphasize positive instances of crime fighting, the event […]
Police superintendent selection process gets underway
By Iacopo Luzi Fewer candidates have applied to become Chicago’s next police superintendent than in 2011, the last time the city got a new top cop. By last Friday’s deadline, 39 people had submitted their application to the Chicago Police Board, the independent body that will select finalists for the job and submit those names […]
Northwestern defeats top-10 team for first time in two decades
By Michelle R. Martinelli Headed in to the game against then-No. 5 Ohio State, Northwestern senior guard Maggie Lyon knew her team needed a win and knew it was a big game. But in admitting she doesn’t look at the rankings, she didn’t even realize just how big of a game it was. It wasn’t […]
CHA approves homeless families program, bonus for new CEO
By Harry Huggins The leadership of the Chicago Housing Authority approved a new voucher program for homeless families, as well as actions to expand the agency’s public housing stock during its first board meeting Tuesday. After the board announced a $10,000 bonus for new acting Chief Executive Officer, Eugene Jones Jr., CHA residents voiced their […]
Overtime Policy Leaves Home Care Patients and Workers Fretting
By Shen Wu Tan David Conn was only 22 years old in 1990 when he was hit by a car in Nashville, Tenn. Rushed to Nashville Memorial Hospital, Conn suffered both physical and mental injuries from the accident. He lay in a coma in a hospital bed for more than six months. “It’s not like […]
City Colleges plans to consolidate programs sparks complaints
By Branden Hampton After numerous complaints from students and faculty, the City Colleges of Chicago has postponed the consolidation of all of its child development programs at a single campus on the North Side. The consolidation will now take place in the fall of 2018 instead of fall 2016, according to Jennifer Alexander, the faculty […]
Chicago Police still don’t have overdose reversing Naloxone
By Jack Adams Cook County Police Chief John Roberts’ son died of a heroin overdose in 2009, and ever since then he’s been saving other heroin addicts from the same fate. “All my life I’ve been trained to first and foremost save lives,” said Roberts. After his son’s death, Roberts said he went through a […]
Abortion advocates react to bill to defund Planned Parenthood, express concerns for future
By Enrica Nicoli Aldini Advocates for women’s reproductive freedom welcomed President Barack Obama’s veto last week on a House of Representatives bill that would repeal the Affordable Care Act and suspend federal funding to Planned Parenthood. But the veto is hardly enough to provide a respite in the fight for women’s reproductive rights, according to […]
