Human bones discovered at a Gold Coast construction site are likely remnants of a 19th century cemetery and could date back to pre-Civil War. A construction crew discovered the bones earlier this week in the basement of a townhome near 1500 North State Parkway. Chicago History Museum spokeswoman Lauren Dolan told WBBM, "The boundaries of that Irish Catholic cemetery - we weren't able to locate the exact boundaries. But we knew it was a smaller cemetery just south of North Avenue, which would've been right around the area (where) the bones were discovered." The Trib has more: more ›

• A hearing date of March 10 has been set in the battle over Medill's Innocence Project and the involvement in the Anthony McKinney case.
• Indications are that the Supreme Court will rule in favor of black firefighters who have sued the City of Chicago.
• Bones were discovered at a Gold Coast construction site and authorities are trying to determine if they're human.

A bone from the arm of Mother Cabrini, a 19th century Italian-American nun who founded hospitals, schools and and orphanages across the country, has made a temporary home at the Shrine of Our Lady Pompeii Church in Little Village. Mother Cabrini is known in the Catholic community for her missionary work that created a whopping 67 institutions in big cities across America, including Chicago's Columbus Hospital in Lincoln Park. In fact her bone normally resides within the National Shrine of St. Frances Xavier Cabrini at Columbus Hospital, which is currently being converted to condos. Cabrini Green was also named in her honor. Mother Cabrini was the first American to become a saint, and was named the patron saint of immigrants. more ›