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CTA board opts for fare hike, service cuts
Chicago Transit Authority riders who pay by cash will face higher fares this summer, and many bus and train services—such as the Evanston Express—will disappear, under a spending plan approved today by the CTA board.
Taxi killing suspect charged in hospital attack
Less than one week after he posted bail and was released to await trial, a Chicago man charged in the death of a taxi driver is accused of spitting at a nurse at a west suburban hospital, police said.
Teen impales self on stick, dies
A Lockport teenager has died after accidentally impaling himself on a bamboo stick while at a church youth activity in Joliet, authorities said.
Suspect in N.C. State shooting convicted in separate case
One of two brothers charged in last fall's North Carolina State University football tailgate shooting deaths of two Illinois men was convicted of robbery, kidnapping and burglary in a separate case.
Metra train kills driver talking on cell phone
A motorist who was talking on a cellular telephone was killed this morning when she allegedly drove around lowered crossing gates and was struck by a Metra commuter train.
Man drops suit against another man he claimed broke his marriage
A Chicago man has dropped a lawsuit he filed when his wife of 15 years left him to be with another man, saying he has moved on with his life.
Wisconsin's cat lovers lose round
The fate of feral cats remained uncertain Tuesday in Wisconsin, where tallies show a narrow majority of those who attended statewide conservation hearings back the idea of allowing hunters, farmers and others to shoot stray cats without collars as a way to control their numbers.
Buffett tickets to go on sale Monday for $90-$130
(This story as originally published has been corrected to reflect the correct on-sale time.)
Pig farm strives to breathe easy with suburbs
When pork producer Bill Dumoulin sits on his combine and gazes across his family's fields in far northwestern Kane County, he can just begin to see the approach of suburbia 2 miles to the east.
Adoptive mother on trial in death
Doctors who treated 6-year-old Alex Pavlis on a December afternoon in 2003 testified Tuesday that his injuries--bleeding and swelling in his brain, bruises and cuts all over his body--were consistent with child abuse.
Cardinal finds home in Rome
As pressure mounts on church leaders who will elect a new pope, Cardinal Francis George took time out Tuesday to celebrate mass in an 11th Century island basilica that bears sentimental and symbolic significance for him and Chicago's faithful.
New hope for failing hearts
Leroy Chaver came to Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn six weeks ago gasping for air because his badly diseased heart was failing.
Landfill bill stirs ire anew in 1st family
A new push by Gov. Rod Blagojevich to tighten regulation of landfills has stoked a feud with his father-in-law, Ald. Richard Mell, and prompted some of the governor's fellow Democrats in Springfield to question whether he is trying to divert attention from more pressing state problems.
Lefkow killer finally buried
On a cold day in a graveyard beside a railroad track, a confessed murderer and loner was buried Tuesday before a crowd who didn't seem to know him.
St. Charles officer is saluted
Sgt. Daniel Figgins, the first police officer to die in the line of duty in St. Charles, was buried Tuesday after a two-hour funeral that celebrated his love for his family, his police work and his devout Christian faith.
Lake Forest Costco plan stirs fears over traffic, environment
A plan to build the first big-box store in Lake Forest on a 40-acre patch of woods and wetlands near the Chicago Bears training facility has sparked concerns about traffic and potential damage to a tallgrass savanna.
Ex-Hired Truck chief elusive
Angelo Torres swore under oath Tuesday that he did not remember what he did with the cash he took in bribes while running the city's Hired Truck Program.
Woman seeks pardon in boyfriend's death
Over objections from McHenry County prosecutors, a Crystal Lake woman who admitted nearly 14 years ago to fatally shooting her boyfriend out of fear that he was going to kill her appealed to a state board Tuesday to recommend that the governor pardon her and expunge her conviction.
ASK TOM WHY
Dear Tom:
2005's warmest readings to date--possibly some 80s--due early next week
It's difficult to bid farewell to the first brief encounters with 70(degrees) temperatures each year, even for a short period of time.
Wind-driven rain the heaviest here in 3 months
Chicago was hit Tuesday by the heaviest rains to douse the area since January as temperatures tumbled.
TODAY
Chicago: Sunny, gusty NE winds--occasionally 30+ m.p.h., especially open areas. Cool. Range in highs: 50 (degrees) Waukegan to 61 (degrees) Dekalb. Remarkably dry with relative humidities 15-25% and unlimited visibilities.
WEATHER FACT
Mt. Tambora, Indonesia: The most powerful volcanic eruption in recorded history, April 5-11, 1815. Ash and aerosols thrown into the atmosphere lowered world temperatures 2(degrees)F and caused the "cold summer of 1816".
CTA employee slashed on Red Line
A Chicago Transit Authority employee was cut on the face this morning while attempting to break up a fight between two women at the Thorndale Avenue stop on the CTA Red Line, WGN-AM 720 reported.
A new focus on Lincoln's story
The opening of the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Museum on Saturday in Springfield -- an institution mixing high-tech, razzle-dazzle exhibits with relics of the 16th president's life -- is the start of a decade of memorials.
City schools brace for cuts
Facing a $175 million deficit next year, Chicago schools expect to slash an estimated 800 teaching jobs, cuts that could save the district about $50 million but force most of the system's schools to raise class size and trim programs.
A LAST, LOVING LOOK
Shadows move across the facade of the Queen Anne-style three-flat with peeling gray paint on West Roscoe Street in the Lakeview neighborhood.
Law cuts judicial circuits, nerves
A new law creating judicial subcircuits in most collar counties is drawing mixed reviews from suburban lawyers and judges who worry it could lead to the election of unqualified judges.
Cop who died in pursuit kept fit
As some of the recruits struggled to finish a 1 1/2-mile run at a December test for the St. Charles Police Department, Sgt. Daniel Figgins, in full uniform, joined them on the high school track and encouraged the stragglers to finish strong.
2 Joliet men held in fatal fire
Two men were charged Monday with first-degree murder and arson in the deaths of a woman and her 4-year-old daughter, described by police as innocent bystanders in an attack that leveled their Joliet home over the weekend.
Clout didn't buy O'Hare pacts, Daley says
Mayor Richard Daley said Monday that every contracting group that bid on two big construction contracts at the city's airports probably had some tie to him, but he insisted that the winners were chosen without City Hall interference.
Cicero's police chief resigns
Although he arrived two years ago amid much fanfare, Wayne Johnson has quietly resigned as Cicero police superintendent and inspector general after voters ousted the town president.
Officials hit over cut trees
Western Springs officials, facing an audience packed with residents upset over trees slashed to make way for a new residential development, said the state environmental agency told them the cuttings would not have disturbed the land slated to be tested for contamination.
Standoff ends in surrender
A 61-year-old Sauk Village man facing eviction surrendered Monday after an eight-hour standoff during which he allegedly threatened to blow himself up and shoot the sheriff's deputies who came to his home to force him out.
Landmark gets 2nd wind
For all the attention it has garnered over the decades as a historic landmark, the future of Kane County's Dutch-style windmill in Geneva as an active tourist attraction is only just beginning.
Art Institute expects to get land to expand
The Chicago Park District on Wednesday is expected to approve a land transfer that will allow the Art Institute of Chicago to build a 230,000-square-foot addition with a separate entrance and classrooms for schoolchildren who visit the museum.
SIGNIFICANTLY WARMER THAN NORMAL TEMPERATURES INDICATED NEXT WEEK
The same storm which buried sections of Colorado's Front Range under as much as 28" of heavy, wet snow Sunday while unleashing more than a dozen twisters across Kansas is behind the roaring winds which greet area residents Tuesday. 40+ m.p.h.
April 70s running at three times the normal pace
Chicagoans will have to deal with a jarring April temperature pullback Tuesday. After logging the area's fourth 70(degrees)+ temp of the month in all but lakefront areas Monday--including 76(degrees) at O'Hare and 79(degrees) at Midway--readings dive more than 20(degrees) Tuesday. The month's 70s have been occurring at a torrid pace--three times the long-term average since 1871. It's one reason that despite Tuesday's chill, April's opening days have run 10(degrees) warmer than the same period a year ago and 9.1(degrees) above normal! Were this temp trend to continue the remainder of the month--a development not especially likely, but not completely impossible either--April, 2005, would finish the mildest on record.
ASK TOM WHY
Dear Tom,
Today
Chicago: Cloudy, windy, much cooler. Rainy into early afternoon--but precip then tapers to sprinkles.
WEATHER TERM
Tornado outbreak: Multiple tornado occurrences, usually ten or more, associated with a particular weather system (usually a low pressure system) as it moves across the country.
2 dead, girl hurt in stabbings
Two people are dead and a 17-year-old girl has been hospitalized after what police are calling a murder-suicide.
CTA bus strikes, kills woman
A CTA bus struck and killed a young woman this morning near St. Rita High School on Chicago's South Side, authorities said.
Going for green on Brown Line
George Ellis is a commuter and a capitalist who is waging war against unreliable CTA service one T-shirt at a time.
Officer's death tied to a prank
Just months from graduation, five St. Charles East High School seniors hoped to follow a student tradition, stealing a golf cart and plunging it into the school's retention pond.
Community an `obstacle' in fatal '02 hit-and-run case
Investigators say they know the driver who struck and killed Holocaust survivor Anna Schwarz as she walked near her Lincolnwood home.
U.S. targets city on set-aside firm
A federal probe of irregularities with a Cook County minority contract expanded when a grand jury questioned how a medical supply company won business with the City of Chicago, according to a subpoena obtained by the Tribune.
Trees cut down--and tempers rise
Trees in Western Springs have been cut down and the insults, threats and rocks are flying.
Party for singer ends in a brawl
A birthday bash for Chicago hip-hop artist Da Brat ended in a brawl early Sunday morning, after unwanted guests tried to force their way into the party in the Harold Washington Cultural Center.
Gaming law switch seen as gamble
Gov. Rod Blagojevich's new attempt to overhaul the Illinois Gaming Board comes with a hitch: part of it violates state law and the governor's proposed workaround for that concerns some critics.
Final word on missing daughter
Juanita McLees has not had a full night's sleep in nearly two years, holding on to what she called a "false hope" that her daughter would come home.
Bombing kills mom, daughter in Joliet
Update: Two Joliet men have been arrested and charged with murder in connection with a weekend firebombing that killed a woman and her daughter in the Will County city, CLTV reported.
Man is charged in stabbing death after DNA link found
A suspect in the stabbing death of a Far South Side woman in March 2004 was arrested after police allegedly matched the man to evidence taken from a beer can left at the crime scene, prosecutors said Sunday.
Museum to host Saul Bellow tribute
Nobel Prize-winning novelist Saul Bellow and his literary works will be recalled and recited by friends and admirers at a public tribute Wednesday in the Chicago Historical Society.
Man accused of abusing teen boy he met online
A West Side man from who is accused of abusing a 13-year-old boy he met over the Internet was ordered held in lieu of $300,000 bail Sunday.
Governor calls for 911 service on Internet lines
Internet phone users will be able to access 911 services under proposed legislation, Gov. Rod Blagojevich announced Sunday.
Dropped cell phone leads police to robbery suspect
A Northwest Side man was charged with attempted robbery after police said they found his cell phone at the scene of the crime and used the man's phone book to track him down, prosecutors said Sunday.
Man charged in wounding of man in automobile
A South Side man was ordered held in lieu of $250,000 bail Sunday, charged with allegedly shooting another man Friday.
Amber alert issued for 6-month-old girl
Police in Dearborn, Mich., issued an Amber Alert for a 6-month-old girl allegedly abducted by her 26-year-old father, who could be in the Chicago area.
Teen fatally shot at party in Aurora
A 17-year-old Earlville, Ill., man was killed early Sunday in an apparent gang-related shooting at a party.
Historic election gives Oak Park leadership a makeover
An independent presidential candidate's historic win and an opposition bloc's sweeping victory in three village trustee races has changed the political landscape of Oak Park, where an organization's half-century reign over village races took severe blows in Tuesday's election.
Kane gets under way with forest expansion
Kane County Forest Preserve District officials wasted no time acting on a mandate from voters to buy more open space.
Incidents leave 2 men dead over weekend
Two men were killed in unrelated incidents over the weekend, police said.
ALMANAC
On April 11, 1689, William III and Mary II were crowned as joint sovereigns of Britain.
ASK TOM WHY
Dear Tom,
CONSEQUENCES BEYOND MAY FLOWERS
In an idyllic world, the vision of gentle April showers bringing forth a vibrant display of beautiful May flowers (as popularized in 1921 by singer Al Jolson) would be the meteorological rule--and much of the time it is.
Spring snowstorm socks the Denver area
While Chicagoans were basking in near-80(degrees) warmth Sunday, Denver residents were reeling from a spring blizzard that brought up to a foot of snow to the metropolitan area by Sunday evening with as much as 2 to 3 feet expected in the foothills west of the city.
Today
Chicago: Morning sun fades as clouds increase and thicken. Temps approach 70(degrees) inland but remain in the 50s near the lake as brisk southeast winds prevail.
WEATHER WORD
Cloud height: The height above ground of the base of a cloud or cloud layer; the vertical distance between the ground and the base of a cloud or cloud layer.
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