A Chicago woman has pleaded guilty to aggravated domestic violence and aggravated battery charges for trying to kill her newborn son by tying him up in a trash bag.
If Mayor Richard M. Daley’s proposed 2009 city budget is passed by the City Council, 929 employees will lose their jobs, promising delays in garbage pickup and snow removal while taxpayers will pay more to attend sporting events and to park their ca
Downstate senator James Clayborne Jr. (D-57th) won the vote of confidence from the state’s Black Caucus to fill retiring Senate President Emil Jones’ post in January, the Defender learned. The nine-member caucus met about two weeks ago and cho
A former Chicago police official accused but never charged with beating, shocking and otherwise torturing scores of black suspects in the 1970s and 1980s was arrested Tuesday on federal charges of lying about participating in the abuse.
Times became harder than a 16-year-old girl imagined when her role model died about two years ago. The woman who was Briana’s “rock” was gone, and she didn’t know what to do. She started skipping school, and her grades fell. The te
In the battle for the job of Illinois Senate president, John Cullerton has a lot more ammunition than his opponents. Cullerton has raised $802,240 in political money, nearly as much as all his opponents combined, new campaign finance reports show.
When it comes to closing or opening pubic schools, firing or hiring new principals or simply adding new programs, a 2007 survey concluded that parents want a greater say in these decisions. Parents & Residents Invested in School & Education Reform (PRISE
A West Side man, who police said was erratic after they approached him Saturday in the 5000 block of West Washington Boulevard, died after police shot him with a Taser.
