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Photo by: mac3 On Thursday afternoon, Mark Fitch, 44, tricked Oak Forest police into an hours long, one-sided standoff after leading them to believe that he was holed up inside his home, on the 5500 block of Babbette Court in Oak Forest, when he had really been at a... continue reading on Chicagoist

Devon Butler, a linebacker for Northern Illinois University who was wounded in a drive-by shooting on April 5, announced during a press conference in DeKalb on Friday that will not be playing in 2011. Butler was released from a Rockford-area hospital last Tuesday, but he has a long recovery... continue reading on Chicagoist

Photo by: chicagorailhead We knew it was coming eventually, and now it's finally here. According to the Chicago Sun-Times, the Chicago Transit Authority will begin to test out two electric buses on the roads. On Friday, the board approved the purchase of two 35- to 40-foot, lithium-ion battery-powered buses,... continue reading on Chicagoist

Following reports of her hospitalization yesterday due to discomfort in her right leg, Maggie Daley is now expected to remain at Northwestern Memorial Hospital for "a couple of days" according to her doctor, Dr. Steven Rosen, via the Chicago Tribune. The results of Daley's tests from Saturday were not made... continue reading on Chicagoist

Photo by: joshuamellin Mayor-elect Rahm Emanuel announced on Friday that students in Chicago's public schools will possibly be spending an extra hour or hour and a half in school each day once new legislation is passed in Springfield. "We're not going to negotiate or discuss whether children get more... continue reading on Chicagoist