ChicagoTribunal.com » Local News http://www.chicagotribunal.com Chicago News Fri, 30 Jul 2010 05:00:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 en hourly 1 Hotels hurting — if they even get built http://www.chicagotribunal.com/local/hotels-hurting-if-they-even-get-built http://www.chicagotribunal.com/local/hotels-hurting-if-they-even-get-built#comments Fri, 30 Jul 2010 05:00:00 +0000 Admin tag:feeds.chicagotribune.com://8bc2f4d153f3b05d4f3f5f0da4c042fd
Not even Des Plaines, the future home of the state's 10 t h and final casino, has been spared from the slump devastating the hotel industry.


]]> Inhospitable economy stalls new projects, closes others


Not even Des Plaines, the future home of the state’s 10 t h and final casino, has been spared from the slump devastating the hotel industry.



]]> http://www.chicagotribunal.com/local/hotels-hurting-if-they-even-get-built/feed 0 Metra backs away from moving Ravenswood station http://www.chicagotribunal.com/local/metra-backs-away-from-moving-ravenswood-station http://www.chicagotribunal.com/local/metra-backs-away-from-moving-ravenswood-station#comments Fri, 30 Jul 2010 05:00:00 +0000 Admin tag:feeds.chicagotribune.com://64508346b68eedcb2fe2b4aad84cb653
Residents on Ravenswood Avenue were so upset by the idea of a Metra station closer to their homes that they complained to officials, circulated a petition, formed an association and hired an attorney. Their efforts seem to have worked.


]]> Neighborhood group opposed shift closer to homes


Residents on Ravenswood Avenue were so upset by the idea of a Metra station closer to their homes that they complained to officials, circulated a petition, formed an association and hired an attorney. Their efforts seem to have worked.



]]> http://www.chicagotribunal.com/local/metra-backs-away-from-moving-ravenswood-station/feed 0 Gold Star Families embrace relatives of slain officers http://www.chicagotribunal.com/local/gold-star-families-embrace-relatives-of-slain-officers http://www.chicagotribunal.com/local/gold-star-families-embrace-relatives-of-slain-officers#comments Fri, 30 Jul 2010 05:00:00 +0000 Admin tag:feeds.chicagotribune.com://4e375f4c8c66f3cbcc5e5e0c62313bb5
Richelle Solorio grieved when she heard last week that another Chicago police officer had been killed this year. But for the first time since she lost her brother, Officer Eric Solorio, in 2006 she didn't just retreat inward with her painful memories. She's ready to give back.


]]> Survivors band together to share their grief


Richelle Solorio grieved when she heard last week that another Chicago police officer had been killed this year. But for the first time since she lost her brother, Officer Eric Solorio, in 2006 she didn’t just retreat inward with her painful memories. She’s ready to give back.



]]> http://www.chicagotribunal.com/local/gold-star-families-embrace-relatives-of-slain-officers/feed 0 Accessory to a massacre? http://www.chicagotribunal.com/local/accessory-to-a-massacre http://www.chicagotribunal.com/local/accessory-to-a-massacre#comments Fri, 30 Jul 2010 05:00:00 +0000 Admin tag:feeds.chicagotribune.com://9c9d4c8c940b763fec7a5be0d72edf3a
Greg Zanis, of Aurora, owns a 1927 Cadillac that, the story goes, once cruised Chicago carrying its most notorious crime boss, a man who ordered the luxury car's involvement in the city's most infamous, unsolved crime at the very height of the Prohibition era.


]]> No one is sure if Aurora man’s 1927 Cadillac really was used by Capone’s men on Valentine’s Day 1929. The car certainly ain’t talking.


Greg Zanis, of Aurora, owns a 1927 Cadillac that, the story goes, once cruised Chicago carrying its most notorious crime boss, a man who ordered the luxury car’s involvement in the city’s most infamous, unsolved crime at the very height of the Prohibition era.



]]> http://www.chicagotribunal.com/local/accessory-to-a-massacre/feed 0 Cremated remains lost in transit http://www.chicagotribunal.com/local/cremated-remains-lost-in-transit http://www.chicagotribunal.com/local/cremated-remains-lost-in-transit#comments Thu, 29 Jul 2010 14:52:00 +0000 Admin tag:feeds.chicagotribune.com://35b46b44146f6dccd2c3cfac64de80e4

]]> Mabel Bink’s family never wanted her cremated in the first place.



]]> http://www.chicagotribunal.com/local/cremated-remains-lost-in-transit/feed 0 Trice: CPS said good conduct certificate not good enough http://www.chicagotribunal.com/local/trice-cps-said-good-conduct-certificate-not-good-enough http://www.chicagotribunal.com/local/trice-cps-said-good-conduct-certificate-not-good-enough#comments Thu, 29 Jul 2010 14:28:00 +0000 Admin tag:feeds.chicagotribune.com://bfa3abe8fe1892635b8094c393ace2d6

]]> Darrell Langdon made a mistake more than two decades ago. A Cook County judge believes Langdon deserves a second chance. Until Monday, Chicago Public Schools officials didn’t — but, in response to my questions, they’re taking a second look.



]]> http://www.chicagotribunal.com/local/trice-cps-said-good-conduct-certificate-not-good-enough/feed 0 Metra watchdog needed, officials say http://www.chicagotribunal.com/local/metra-watchdog-needed-officials-say http://www.chicagotribunal.com/local/metra-watchdog-needed-officials-say#comments Thu, 29 Jul 2010 13:50:00 +0000 Admin tag:feeds.chicagotribune.com://5e29ed48e92ff22197f4c3e81841687d
Acknowledging that lax oversight allowed former Executive Director Phil Pagano to abuse his authority and award himself $475,000 in vacation pay, Metra officials and others agreed Wednesday that the agency needs an inspector general.


]]> But appointment power spurs disagreement


Acknowledging that lax oversight allowed former Executive Director Phil Pagano to abuse his authority and award himself $475,000 in vacation pay, Metra officials and others agreed Wednesday that the agency needs an inspector general.



]]> http://www.chicagotribunal.com/local/metra-watchdog-needed-officials-say/feed 0 War veteran’s family, cemetery reach deal on memorial http://www.chicagotribunal.com/local/war-veterans-family-cemetery-reach-deal-on-memorial http://www.chicagotribunal.com/local/war-veterans-family-cemetery-reach-deal-on-memorial#comments Thu, 29 Jul 2010 05:00:00 +0000 Admin tag:feeds.chicagotribune.com://d294e230ba2d8d29a5ef9d28b66d7f6e

]]> The father of a Chicago soldier killed in Iraq is not happy that a Skokie cemetery plans to change the gravesite shrine he built for his son, but he said Wednesday he is willing to accept a smaller display.



]]> http://www.chicagotribunal.com/local/war-veterans-family-cemetery-reach-deal-on-memorial/feed 0 Jury begins deliberations http://www.chicagotribunal.com/local/jury-begins-deliberations http://www.chicagotribunal.com/local/jury-begins-deliberations#comments Thu, 29 Jul 2010 02:18:00 +0000 Admin tag:feeds.chicagotribune.com://649c1b36300f8a551943e065344c0de1

]]> A jury began deliberating the fate of former Gov. Rod Blagojevich on Wednesday in a 25th-floor room in the Dirksen U.S. Courthouse equipped with a few creature comforts: a refrigerator, private bathrooms and a view of Lake Michigan.



]]> http://www.chicagotribunal.com/local/jury-begins-deliberations/feed 0 Appeals court removes federal judge from drug case http://www.chicagotribunal.com/local/appeals-court-removes-federal-judge-from-drug-case http://www.chicagotribunal.com/local/appeals-court-removes-federal-judge-from-drug-case#comments Thu, 29 Jul 2010 02:04:00 +0000 Admin tag:feeds.chicagotribune.com://09b23927cfb6de45aaefc12c69102407
In an extraordinary maneuver, the federal appeals court in Chicago removed a judge from an ongoing criminal trial that has been marred by disagreements between the prosecutors and the judge.


]]> Order comes after disagreement between U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald and U.S. District Judge James Holderman


In an extraordinary maneuver, the federal appeals court in Chicago removed a judge from an ongoing criminal trial that has been marred by disagreements between the prosecutors and the judge.



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