So little time. Last week’s Chicago Tribune Editorial Board assembly, streamed dwell on its web site, was hosted by at the very least a dozen editors and reporters who interviewed the candidates operating for Cook County State’s Attorney within the March 17 Democratic Primary. Incumbent Kim Foxx is dealing with former 2nd Ward Ald. Bob Fioretti, in addition to former prosecutors Bill Conway and Donna More. It’s a vital assembly for these searching for the newspaper’s endorsement. And a vital one for voters searching for a window into the problems and insurance policies dealing with the county’s high prosecutor. About half of Monday’s hour-long session have been spent on one
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Pilsen, Chinatown, Bridgeport: Armed robberies reported in
Chicago police are warning residents of 4 armed robberies reported in January in Near West Side neighborhoods. In every incident, somebody flashes a handgun and calls for the sufferer’s cellular phone and pockets, Chicago police mentioned in a neighborhood alert. The robberies occurred: About 12:30 a.m. Jan. 22, within the 600 block of West 33rd Street; About 1:55 a.m. Jan. 22, within the 2200 block of South Archer Avenue; About three p.m. Jan. 28, within the 2000 block of South Ruble Street; and About 6:20 a.m. Jan. 29, within the 1800 block of West 21st Street. Anyone with info is requested to contact Area Central detectives at 312-747-8380.
Park Manor hit-and-run: Police search pickup that injured
Police are in search of the driving force of a pickup truck that hit a lady as she crossed the road earlier this week in Park Manor on the South Side. The 58-year-old was strolling throughout the road about 9:20 a.m. Wednesday within the 7400 block of South King Drive when the truck hit her, in line with Chicago police. The girl was taken to Jackson Park Hospital in good situation, police stated. The truck drove off after hitting the girl and was final seen about 5:15 p.m. the identical day turning northbound within the west alley of King from 79th Street, police stated. It was described as a white, four-door 2002 Dodge Ram 1500 with
Nation’s 1st African American pot store proprietor laments: ‘We
After serving within the U.S. Navy, then working in advertising and marketing and gross sales for Fortune 100 firms — adopted by managing political campaigns — Wanda James had no thought the hashish business was the place she’d make her mark. But it was. She’s entered the annals of black historical past as co-founder of the nation’s first African American-owned hashish dispensary, Simply Pure Dispensary, in Denver, which she launched along with her husband in 2010. On Saturday, she keynotes Chicago’s first-ever Cannabis Resource Fair. “I don’t take pride in being the first anything in 2019. Things like ‘first’ and ‘only’ just motivate me to want to open up the floodgates. I mean, it shouldn’t
Chicago Public Schools drawing extra North Side households, as
On the North Side, Chicago public elementary colleges are an more and more common selection for middle-class households. On the West Side and South Side, although, mother and father are abandoning neighborhood colleges. At dozens of faculties, principally in African American communities, enrollment has dropped so low that closing or consolidation appears inevitable. Those are the takeaways from an evaluation of CPS information displaying a college system within the midst of profound change. There’s motive for optimism. Thirty years in the past, few middle-class mother and father in Chicago willingly despatched youngsters to the neighborhood public college. Now, many do — a unprecedented turnaround for a college system as soon as derided because the
Chicago shootings: Eight shot Thursday in Chicago
Eight individuals have been wounded Thursday in shootings throughout Chicago, together with 5 who have been shot within the span of about 90 minutes. The day’s newest taking pictures left two males injured as they drove by means of Little Village on the Southwest Side. The males, each 21 years outdated, have been southbound about 8:05 p.m. when somebody standing within the 2100 block of South Trumbull Avenue pulled out a gun and opened hearth, Chicago police stated. One man was shot within the thigh and grazed on the torso, whereas the opposite was grazed on the thigh. Both have been in honest situation after driving themselves to Mount Sinai Hospital. Less than an hour and
Clearview AI and Chicago: Who’s watching the cops who’re
Facial recognition software program actually may assist the cops catch unhealthy guys, however the Chicago Police Department has no enterprise establishing the principles of engagement by itself. A robust new expertise equivalent to this, which has the potential to invade the privateness of each American, ought to be employed by regulation enforcement solely after clear limits and floor guidelines have been established by others. The Chicago police ought to droop its use of facial recognition software program till that thorough public vetting is completed. In Thursday’s Sun-Times, reporter Tom Schuba detailed how CPD detectives are actually utilizing a facial recognition app that sweeps by some three billion images on Facebook, YouTube, Twitter and different