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Chicago police aiming to quell violence over hot, busy weekend
Chicago police geared up to try to tamp down neighborhood violence over the hot, muggy weekend and avoid a repeat of the spike in homicides and shootings seen the past few weekends. Police also might have their hands full trying to keep a lid on any...
Tags: Michigan Avenue, Valerie Jarrett, Murder, Gang Activity, Barack Obama
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Reward offered for vandalism at Police Memorial
A $3,000 reward is being offered to help track down vandals who defaced the Chicago Police Memorial near Soldier Field. The spray-painted graffiti was spotted on the north end of the memorial located near the intersection of 18th Street and McFetridge...
Tags: Human Interest
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Reward offered in graffiti incident near police memorial
A $3,000 reward is being offered for the person who spray-painted graffiti on a wall near Chicago's police memorial. The red paint was discovered Thursday evening and promptly cleaned up. Yesterday only a faint outline remained as more than 150 people...
Tags: Chicago, Soldier Field, Human Interest
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Emanuel pot ticket plan gets past council committee
Tribune reportersMayor Rahm Emanuel’s plan to issue tickets rather than make arrests for possession of small amounts of marijuana was advanced by a panel of aldermen today following a buzz saw of skepticism, setting the stage for final approval at next week’...Tags: Rahm Emanuel, Anthony Beale, Local Government, Punishment, Cook County Government
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New policy at 911 means fewer officers on calls
The next time you place a 911 call, you may not see a police officer. The City of Chicago has already started changing the way it responds to emergency phone calls. Currently officers are dispatched to more than two-thirds of all 911 calls. Police...
Tags: Chicago
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Saturday, June 23, 2012
5 - 6 a.m. The Saturday Morning Show with Orion Samuelson and Max Armstrong 5:05 a.m. The heat and dry weather has not only had a negative impact on farm crops; lawns and gardens have been affected too, and Jim Fizzell offers some thoughts on how to...Tags: Rahm Emanuel, Media Industry, Betty White, College Sports, Rock of Ages Corporation
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Is Supt. McCarthy being frank with us? Quite.
Change of SubjectFrom this year's news archives: June 15 : "Maybe (a roughly 35 percent increase in homicides so far over 2011) is a consequence of (disbanding the Chicago Police Dept. strike force), and I didn't anticipate it," McCarthy said in a...... -
Google search sends pot reform fears up in smoke
Change of SubjectEmanuel's reform to decriminalize possession of small amounts of marijuana isn't all that radical Jon Krause illustration Powerful Ald. Edward Burke, 14th, had this to say Monday about Mayor Rahm Emanuel's proposal to decriminalize possession of... -
Boy fatally shot in Uptown pizzeria
A 13-year-old boy was shot and killed while eating pizza with his older sister in the Uptown neighborhood early this morning, officials said. The shooting happened about 2:45 a.m. in a pizza and liquor store in the 5100 block of North Broadway, according...
Tags: Uptown, Shootings
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Mayor unveils new police strategy to reduce crime
WGN NewsOn the heels of a violent holiday weekend in Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel unveiled new strategies Tuesday to reduce crime in some of the city's toughest neighborhoods. Since Friday, 10 people were killed and 43 were injured as a result of gun violence....Tags: Rahm Emanuel, Media Industry, Local Government, Crime, Law and Justice, Facebook
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10 slain, dozens injured in weekend shootings
A man was shot dead near a raucous outdoor holiday party in the South Shore neighborhood late Monday night, bringing the number of homicides to 10 during a warm and violent Memorial Day weekend. More than 40 shootings were reported during the four-day...
Tags: Chicago Police Department, Rahm Emanuel, Murder, Chicago Tribune, Human Interest
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