FATHER CHARGED IN DOUBLE KILLING
A North Side man was charged with two counts of murder Friday after he confessed to shooting his wife and daughter on Christmas Eve and dumping their bodies into Lake...
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6 SUSPECTS MAY JOIN PROBE OF PARKS
The former director of the Chicago Park District`s marine division-a top lieutenant of former Parks Supt. Edmund Kelly-has agreed to cooperate with the U.S. attorney`s office in a continuing investigation...
SAWYER FAMILY FIRMS HOLD CITY PACTS
A brother and a son of Mayor Eugene Sawyer have recently acquired two trucking companies that have city contracts worth at least $300,000 a year, records show. In July, the...
SAWYER IS A MASTER AT PLAYING THE GAME
From early success as an Alabama high school quarterback to his climb up the ladder of Chicago ward politics, Acting Mayor Eugene Sawyer has shown an uncanny ability to learn...
NO BED OF ROSES IN HUD TAKEOVER
The second in command of this city`s housing authority said he had to ''run like hell'' last month when an angry mob surrounded his van and broke his glasses. Three...
HUD RIPS MAYOR`S CHA TEAM
A long-awaited federal study of the Chicago Housing Authority, to be released Thursday, is harshly critical of the emergency management team dispatched by Mayor Harold Washington to reform CHA operations....
MAYORAL CHALLENGERS TALK DEBATE, BUSINESS CLIMATE
Mayoral candidates Thomas Hynes and Donald Haider spent Saturday criticizing Mayor Harold Washington`s small-business policies, while Ald. Edward Vrdolyak (10th) challenged the mayor to four debates at Operation PUSH, moderated...
CTA IS INVESTIGATING FUEL SUPPLIER
The Chicago Transit Authority is investigating whether a fuel supplier that has a $38 million contract with the CTA is shortchanging the agency by failing to give promised discounts, CTA...
MAYOR CRIES FOUL OVER BYRNE TV ADS
Mayor Harold Washington has demanded that former Mayor Jane Byrne halt her commercials accusing him of racial divisiveness, Byrne has categorically refused and Rev. Jesse Jackson has called the entire...
EX-OFFICIAL SUES CHA OVER FIRING
A high-ranking Chicago Housing Authority employee charged Tuesday that he was fired by CHA board chairman Renault Robinson and two others because he was cooperating in a wide-ranging federal investigation...