On the south(west) side of Chicago, in the baddest part of town… From the Chicago Sun-Times: Three people are reportedly dead and one person was hospitalized with “trauma” after being shot Thursday night on the Southwest Side. Sources said police responded at 8:33 p.m. to the 6100 block of South Kildare Avenue and found three [...]
So what was this dude doing on the Dan Ryan, on a bicycle, at 9:15 p.m.? We’ll never know, because he’s dead. From the Chicago Tribune: A male victim on a bicycle died after he was struck by a vehicle on the Dan Ryan Expressway tonight, officials said. The accident happened at about 9:15 p.m. [...]
Phil Kadner writes good stuff. Read this (excellent) and this on the Blagojevich trial. Both are excellent. Phil Kadner writes good stuff. Peace.
From Steelers.com: The Steelers improved their preseason record to 2-0 with a 24-17 win over the New York Giants at the New Meadowlands Stadium. “A lot of things we can get better at and we could have done better tonight,” said Coach Mike Tomlin. “That is what the preseason and the remainder of the preseason [...]
Okay, so take some points away from me for sensational headlines. But, still, the Chicago Tribune, the only newspaper I faithfully subscribed to at the University of Notre Dame in the 80s, remains in trouble. From the SUN-TIMES: The Tribune Co.’s plan to emerge from bankruptcy has unraveled in the wake of an independent report [...]
As the nation still struggles to emerge from the Bush Recession and avoid a double-dip, we discover yet another industry suffering: restaurants (…and why, by the way, are my conservative friends hoping for a double-dip, exactly? They’re not rich, and they’re likely to end up in tents with the rest of us if we do [...]
The mouth that won’t stop gabbing is starting another media blitz as the Summer of Blagojevich continues. From the Chicago Tribune: Beginning a weekend media blitz, Rod Blagojevich said this morning he will not take any plea deal from prosecutors, accused them of trying to criminalize political horse-trading and emphasized repeatedly that he had not [...]
From the Chicago Tribune: Chicago-based ShoreBank, which for more than three decades made loans to South and West siders who might not have gotten financing elsewhere to buy homes, apartment buildings and start businesses, failed Friday. It had struggled for months to raise sufficient funds to stay afloat. Its deposits and most of its assets [...]
All of this is alleged by police. Remember: innocent until proven guilty in this country. From the Chicago Tribune: A 48-year-old Des Plaines man was charged with disorderly conduct after he told his dog to attack neighborhood kids, authorities said. A neighbor on Wednesday asked Roberto Cardona, of the 1300 block of Fargo Avenue, to stop [...]
The Chicago Bears slumber still, and it’s time to wake up. Jay Cutler did well enough. Mike Martz looks promising. The final score, however, still went the other way, after Cutler was benched. From the Sun-Times: Do you have a second? That’s about how long Jay Cutler played Saturday. If you made the unfortunate decision [...]
