The West Side neighborhood has 34 homicides in the past 12 months, by far the most of any community area. But it's also the largest community area in Chicago. What happens when you break down the numbers a bit? Read more
After announcing on Friday that her last column would run on August 6, the Sun-Times’s Stella Foster, who has been writing “Stella’s Column” (the successor to the legendary “Kup’s Column”) since December 2003, told me in a telephone interview Monday that it was her decision to retire... Read more
After spending 25 years in prison, Michael Tillman settled with the city for over $5 million dollars, the latest judgement to come out of the Burge torture scandal. Read more
The failure of the Miami Marlins to contend, even with their offseason spending spree, results in the Tigers picking up two important pieces at the trade deadline and making a surprising White Sox season that much harder. Read more
In mid-May, very little of Illinois was abnormally dry. By mid-June, practically the entire state was in severe drought, or worse. It's another summer of "flash drought," and Iowa State researchers are busy making corn crops that can survive a hotter future. Read more
If you’re in the mood for art in a waterside, pastoral setting, Bayfield, Wisconsin beckons this weekend as the hamlet celebrates its 50th annual Festival of the Arts... Read more
The Tribune reported last week that Tammy Duckworth, the Democratic challenger in the race for the 8th District, outraised the tea party-backed freshman, Joe Walsh, in the second quarter. Duckworth’s $888,790 total take included almost $50,000 "steered" to her by J Street, a D.C.-based PAC that is finding a stronghold here in Chicago... Read more
The theater shootings in Aurora, Colorado—just miles from Columbine, and coming after NIU and Virginia Tech—have gun control back in the news again. Similar incidents led to the 1994 assault-weapons ban, though it was not particularly good or effective law. Public policy is difficult, but that's not a reason for hopelessness. Read more
List Price: $7.25 million Sale Price: $6.55 million The Property: An extensively restored and modernized nine room co-op condo at 209 E. Lake Shore Drive is the third downtown condo to have sold for $6 million or more since late June.
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