Sun-Times file photo About 11:30 a.m., he was sitting inside a parked vehicle in the 9700 block of South Halsted Street, when someone approached on foot and fired shots in his direction. A 31-year-old man was fatally shot Thursday morning, as he sat in a parked vehicle in Longwood Manor on the South Side. About 11:30 a.m., he was sitting inside a parked vehicle in the … [Read more...] about Man fatally shot while sitting in parked vehicle in Longwood Manor
Strangers on a train
Geno Svast, of Barrington Hills, worked on technical drawings for the John Hancock Center, now 875 N. Michigan, when it was being designed in the 1960s. | Neil Steinberg/Sun-Times COVID seclusion makes the random encounters we have in public even more valuable. “Excuse me; is this the right track for the train going downtown?” an older man asked Tuesday, as we stood … [Read more...] about Strangers on a train
Arbitrator sides with city on cop vaccinations
Fraternal Order of Police Lodge 7 members and their supporters protested against COVID-19 vaccine mandates outside City Hall in October. | Ashlee Rezin/Sun-Times Mayor Lori Lightfoot hopes at least some of the roughly 2,800 Chicago police officers who remain unvaccinated will now get their shots, leaving fewer officers subject to suspension or firing. Chicago Police … [Read more...] about Arbitrator sides with city on cop vaccinations
Afternoon Edition: Feb. 24, 2022
A crowd of about 200 people demonstrated Thursday outside Saints Volodymyr & Olha Ukrainian Catholic Church against Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. | Pat Nabong/Sun-Times Today’s update is a 5-minute read that will brief you on the day’s biggest stories. Good afternoon. Here’s the latest news you need to know in Chicago. It’s about a 5-minute read that will brief you … [Read more...] about Afternoon Edition: Feb. 24, 2022
Onetime vice president of bank at center of Patrick Daley Thompson trial pleads guilty
James Crotty walks out of the Dirksen Federal Courthouse on March 4, 2021. | Ashlee Rezin/Sun-Times file James Crotty was fired from Washington Federal Bank for Savings in May 2017. The bank was shut down seven months later in December 2017. That happened just days after its president, John F. Gembara, was found dead in the $1 million Park Ridge home of a bank customer. … [Read more...] about Onetime vice president of bank at center of Patrick Daley Thompson trial pleads guilty