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WLS radio personality Jake Hartford dies

Jim Edwards, the man Chicago radio listeners have long known as Jake Hartford, has died, according to WLS-AM’s website. His death “shocked and deeply saddened” the WLS family, according to the station.

Cook County inspector general finds decades-old supplies in forgotten warehouses

An investigation by Cook County Inspector General Patrick Blanchard’s office finds decades-old supplies and equipment in forgotten warehouses throughout the county. Now a new tracking system is saving taxpayers hundreds of thousands of dollars.

Woodridge man not guilty by reason of insanity in dad’s beating death

A Woodridge man with a history of mental illness who fatally beat his sleeping father with a weed trimmer was found not guilty by reason of insanity in the 2011 killing.

Wood Dale man gets 9 years for possession of explosives, child porn

A Wood Dale man charged with exploding a homemade bomb in a trash can outside a church and threatening a woman he claimed owed him money was sentenced Monday to nine years in prison.

Grand jury targets records in Maine West hazing investigation

A Cook County grand jury sought a wide range of records from the superintendent of the Maine Township school district and the principals of its three high schools as prosecutors began to review allegations of hazing there, subpoenas obtained by the Sun-Times show.

Chicago to pay $10.25 million in another Burge case

Chicago will pay $10.25 million to compensate a man who spent 26 years in prison for a murder he did not commit because of an alleged cover-up engineered by now-convicted former Area 2 Commander Jon Burge.

City to pay $22.5 million to bipolar woman released into high-crime area

EXCLUSIVE: Chicago taxpayers will spend $22.5 million to compensate a mentally-ill California woman who was arrested and held overnight, then released in a high-crime neighborhood, where she was kidnapped and sexually assaulted before falling from the seventh floor window of a CHA high-rise.

Murder suspect tried to hire hit man from jail, DuPage prosecutors say

Murder suspect Joseph Spitalli tried from jail to hire a hitman to kill his former girlfriend so she couldn’t testify against him — and offered to use his tax refund to pay for the slaying, DuPage County prosecutors alleged Monday.

Man dies after found shot near Eisenhower Expressway

A 28-year-old man died after he was found shot inside a van near the Eisenhower Expressway on the West Side, authorities said. The shooting happened about 4:30 a.m. at a gas station in the 5200 block of West Jackson Boulevard in the Austin neighborhood, authorities …

Dismembered body found on Blue Line tracks

The dismembered body of a man was discovered on the L train tracks near the LaSalle Blue Line station early Monday, authorities said.

Lincoln Park neighbors don’t want to party with Flirty Girl

Lincoln Park residents don’t want a sexy women’s fitness center to host private parties that spill onto Halsted Street until 3 a.m. They say they were misled about the center by Ald. Michele Smith (43rd) and Flirty Girl Fitness owner Kerry Knee. Neighbor Alan Kravitz says “the more we learn, the more we don’t like” about the gym that hosts parties and charity events.

Man arrested at swim meet says Justin Bieber brain-wave message led him there

A Rockford man will face a bond hearing Monday after he was charged with criminal trespass and disorderly conduct when police found him hanging around a swim meet at Riverside Brookfield High School. He todl police he received a brain-wave message from recording artist Justin Bieber telling him to go to the school to see the kids there.

Bishop, fans of Wild Hare reggae club ask Emanuel for help

Politically active Chicago Bishop Larry Trotter appealed to his congregation and to Mayor Rahm Emanuel on Sunday to let an iconic reggae music club, the Wild Hare, obtain a live-music license so it can continue to operate. At his Sweet Holy Spirit Church on the South Side, he hosted three of the four owners of Wild Hare, who allege racial stereotyping by the club’s neighbors in the Wrightwood neighborhood.

Woman, twin brothers killed in Roseland crash

A woman, her boyfriend and his twin brother were killed and a 15-year-old girl was critically injured in a crash Saturday morning in the Roseland neighborhood.

Cicero President Larry Dominick’s brother testifies against him to election board

Cicero’s Town Hall opened Sunday for an election board hearing that added a new and bitter chapter to the long-running family feud between Cicero President Larry Dominick and brother Richard Dominick. Richard Dominick testified for the effort to have Larry Dominick disqualified from being a candidate for a third term in the Feb. 26 election.

Car crashes into one Apple store, tagger hits another

Two Chicago Apple Stores were slightly bruised this weekend in separate incidents involving a 79-year-old driver who crashed into at the Lincoln Park store and a spray-paint attack at the Michigan Avenue store.

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