The scene after a “snow ramp” crash on the Stevenson Expressway last February in which two people were killed. A Hyundai Veloster rode up and over a pile of packed snow on the northbound Stevenson between Damen and Ashland avenues and (at bottom) broke in two. Two people were killed. | Provided One day last winter, Kevin Ramos flew off I-355 and survived the 22-foot … [Read more...] about Plowed snow sends drivers flying off expressways, Sun-Times investigation finds
Jose L. and Magdalena Castilleja, hardware store owners who helped build La Villita
Jose and Magdalena Castilleja immigrated from Monterrey, Mexico, in the early 1970s and ran their own business in Little Village, El Tornillo hardware store. | Provided Part of a generation of Mexican immigrants who arrived in the early 1970s, they lived above their store, El Tornillo, at 3735 W. 26th St. and were ‘beloved folks in the neighborhood,’ U.S. Rep. Jesus … [Read more...] about Jose L. and Magdalena Castilleja, hardware store owners who helped build La Villita
Dear Abby: Foster family fails to notice teen girl suffers depression
Bullied girl feels lost without her best friend or someone to love. DEAR ABBY: I’m a teen girl having some trouble right now. I was in an abusive family. Most of my life, I was bullied because I separated from them because they were doing drugs. I have serious depression, and my foster family hasn’t noticed. I have given them plenty of signs (I have trouble talking about my … [Read more...] about Dear Abby: Foster family fails to notice teen girl suffers depression
Police Board votes to fire cop who threatened former recruit when she dumped him for intimidating police academy classmates
Getty file photo “You thought you were going to throw me under the bus. I’m taking you with me,” the jilted officer said in a text message, threatening also to report his ex-girlfriend’s family to immigration officials. The Chicago Police Board on Thursday voted unanimously to fire an officer who menaced a former recruit after she broke up with him for threatening two … [Read more...] about Police Board votes to fire cop who threatened former recruit when she dumped him for intimidating police academy classmates
Facing firing, police sergeant quits amid accusation of taking bribe from diver who later found Anthony Rizzo’s wedding ring
A Chicago police patch. | Sun-Times file Marine Unit Sgt. Eduardo Beltran allegedly accepted the bribe in 2017 from diver Yohei Yamada, who three years later gained attention when he recovered the former Cubs first baseman’s ring from Belmont Harbor. A Chicago police sergeant resigned while facing dismissal for allegedly taking a bribe from a diver famous for recovering … [Read more...] about Facing firing, police sergeant quits amid accusation of taking bribe from diver who later found Anthony Rizzo’s wedding ring