– A story in the Metro Northwest edition on Wednesday contained incorrect information about criminal charges facing Arlington Heights’ former public works director. A Cook County grand jury has returned indictments charging Allen J. Sander, the former director, with six counts of possessing child pornography with intent to distribute, as well as six counts of possessing child pornography. An initial report from a spokeswoman for the Cook County state’s attorney’s office described lesser charges.
– In a Metro story Wednesday about Ald. Shirley Coleman’s campaign finances, an attorney for Derrick Clifton, who successfully sued Coleman over a debt, was incorrectly identified as Gerald Wilson. The correct name is Gerald Cohen.
– In Wednesday’s sports section, a comment by Terry Sawyer, father of King High School basketball player Imari Sawyer, was misinterpreted. Sawyers’ comments regarding his son’s appearance in a shoe company advertisement were in relation to the attention the incident has been receiving, not a rule banning such promotions by public school student-athletes.
– In a Wednesday story about police heroes, the name of Officer Edward Farley was misspelled.
– A word was dropped in a story Wednesday about the firing of a House committee investigator. The sentence should have read: Federal prisons record the phone conversations of inmates for security purposes but do not make the contents public.
– A story in Wednesday editions on the imprisonment of convicted Unabomber Theodore Kaczynski incorrectly stated that Mafia boss John Gotti and Israeli spy Jonathan Pollard are inmates in the Florence, Colo., “Supermax” prison.
– An editorial Tuesday referred to a former leader of the Blackstone Rangers street gang as Charles Alexander Bey. His name is Charles Edward Bey.
– A story Tuesday about cancer drugs incorrectly referred to thalidomide as a birth control drug. Thalidomide is a sleeping pill and is now available for leprosy patients.
– A story Monday about Josh Olson, the 11-year-old Hoffman Estates boy who received a transplant of part of his father’s intestine, included inaccurate information about where to make donations for his medical fund. Donations will be accepted at any LaSalle branch or the main branch at 5501 S. Kedzie Ave., Chicago, IL 60629.
The Tribune regrets the errors.
