Articles filed under Chicago Sun-Times
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Was Preckwinkle complimenting Lightfoot or reminding voters she's a lesbian?Mar 10, 2019 11:00 pm - Was Toni Preckwinkle complimenting Lori Lightfoot at last week's debate when she commended her opponent for being open about her sexuality? Or was she sending a not-so-s...
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Chicago cop shot while serving warrantMar 09, 2019 1:00 am - A 19-year-old woman was in custody Saturday night after a Chicago police officer was shot in the shoulder while executing a search warrant for narcotics and illegal weap...
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'Fast Eddie' admits to tax evasionMar 07, 2019 12:00 am - Former Chicago Alderman Edward R. "Fast Eddie" Vrdolyak pleaded guilty Thursday to a federal tax evasion charge. His plea comes more than two years after the feds accuse...
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Lightfoot defends image, gets firefighter backingMar 06, 2019 10:00 pm - Lori Lightfoot is fighting back - with a vengeance - against Toni Preckwinkle's attempt to destroy Lightfoot's reputation as a reformer. Lightfoot released her first neg...
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$5.25 million settlement adds to legal tally from Burge-era police torture casesMar 05, 2019 10:00 pm - Chicagoans may never know what former Mayor Richard M. Daley had to say in his only sworn deposition about the role he played in the Jon Burge torture era. But one thing...
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Sun-Times cancels mayoral debate after Preckwinkle won't commit to showing upMar 05, 2019 10:00 pm - The Chicago Sun-Times canceled a mayoral debate scheduled for later this week because candidate Toni Preckwinkle was "noncommittal" about her participation. The debate s...
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Emanuel's plan to re-light Chicago reaches 100,000 streetlight, $16M rebate markMar 03, 2019 10:00 pm - Mayor Rahm Emanuel's plan to relight Chicago has reached a major milestone - 100,000 new LED streetlights installed and $12 million in energy efficiency rebates secured ...
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Fan posts R. Kelly bond after meeting him on cruiseFeb 27, 2019 10:00 pm - A close friend of R. Kelly said Tuesday the woman who posted bond for the singer met him on a cruise five months ago. Don Russell, a Kelly friend and adviser, said that ...
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Fioretti spent most per vote; Kozlar leastFeb 27, 2019 10:00 pm - Lori Lightfoot got a pretty good bang for her buck, spending less than $17 a vote to grab her spot in the April runoff. That's less than third of what Toni Preckwinkle s...
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30,000-square-foot 'food hall' to open in Chicago's South LoopFeb 27, 2019 10:00 pm - "What do you feel like eating?" will take on epic proportions this fall when Hayden Hall, a 30,000-square-foot food hall opens in the South Loop. The John Buck Company a...