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edburke
  • by david hall
A smiling Ed Burke greets 2-year sentence on corruption charges as judge rejects prosecution request for much tougher term

U.S. District Judge Virginia Kendall seemed affected by the hundreds of letters written by Burke’s supporters. “I have never in all my career seen the letters that I have received for Mr. Burke.”

obituaries
  • by david hall
Ann Lurie, who came to Chicago a nurse and became one of city’s best-known philanthropists, dies at 79

A self-described hippie, Ms. Lurie moved to Chicago in 1973 to work as an intensive care nurse. She wound up giving tens of millions of dollars to Northwestern University, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago, Greater Chicago Food Depository, PAWS Chicago and several other…

obituaries
  • by david hall
Cook County Commissioner Dennis Deer dies at age 51

The Democratic commissioner was known for his advocacy of improving mental health care.

crime
  • by david hall
Teen charged in fatal shooting of 7-year-old boy on Near West Side: 'There is no excuse for this violence'

A 16-year-old boy shot Jai’mani Amir Rivera Tuesday afternoon near the child's apartment complex in the 2300 block of West Jackson Boulevard, police say.