From NBC Chicago:
Gov. Pat Quinn on Thursday received a bill that would push Illinois’ primary election back to March.
He’s expected to sign it.
Four years ago, lawmakers moved the state’s primary election in an effort to give then-Sen. Barack Obama an early win in a big state during the 2008 presidential campaign. But last month’s election [...]
From the Chicago Tribune:
Decatur police have issued an Amber Alert after two young boys, one of them a 1-month-old infant, who were abducted this afternoon.
Authorities said that J-Amarcus Upchurch and Terry Antonio Smith were taken by two men in the 1900 block of East Cantrell Street at about 3:30 p.m.
They were last [...]
From the Chicago Tribune:
A 22-year-old man was found shot in the face and unresponsive this morning on Chicago’s South Side.
Jovan Kelly, of the 8600 block of South Paxton Avenue, was pronounced dead this morning, according to a spokeswoman for the Cook County medical examiner’s office.
Police are investigating, according to the Trib.
Any fool can shoot [...]
From the Chicago Sun-Times:
Bystanders flagged down a CTA bus for help after a man and a woman were critically shot on the West Side Saturday night.
Both victims, in their mid-20s, were taken from Cermak Road and Rockwell Street to Mount Sinai Hospital in critical condition at about 7:35 p.m. Saturday night, Fire Media Affairs spokesman [...]
From ENEWSPF:
The Chicago F.B.I. has confirmed a report that the First Midwest Bank, 2 Main Street, Park Forest, was robbed this morning.
According to Special Agent Julia Meredith of the Chicago F.B.I., at approximately 11:40 a.m. Friday morning, two female employees were servicing the ATM on the north side of the building when they were approached [...]
From the Chicago Tribune:
Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Alexi Giannoulias sought to blunt a potentially damaging political issue today about questions regarding his involvement in his family’s struggling bank, which he said he expects will likely fail in the coming months.
But questions were still left unanswered following a more than 70-minute meeting with the Chicago [...]
No, I cannot afford your $100 political fundraiser.
To all the pols out there cluttering my mailbox, inbox and voicemail, save your money. What were you thinking? Don’t invite me to your fundraiser unless the ticket price is much more reasonable.
Please, take a lesson from Barack Obama. Make your fundraisers affordable for the average person. Forget [...]
Ouch.
From the Sun-Times:
A Back of the Yards neighborhood woman has been charged with three felonies, two misdemeanors and issued six traffic tickets after she allegedly struck an officer with a vehicle following a chase and crash early Saturday on the Southwest Side.
Police fired shots at the woman, but she was not struck by [...]
The Chicago Sun-Times says it has a source who tells them the Democratic nominee for lieutenant governor Scott Lee Cohen is looking for an honorable way to withdraw from the general election.
That’s the good news in a week when we learned some very, very bad things about Scott Lee Cohen.
Facing intense and mounting pressure to [...]
Congratulations to Illinois State Treasurer Alexi Giannoulias on winning the nomination for the United States Senate seat held by President Barack Obama!
Giannoulias won comfortably.
I’m sure dirty ads from the Republicans have already begun.
