• 13-year-old Ronald Freeman, an incoming eighth grader at Oglesby Elementary School, was killed while riding his bike in West Pullman last night, shot 22 times by a gunman who police are continuing to search for.
• Convicted former police commander Jon Burge will continue to receive his pension until the moment he is sentenced.
• At the press conference where Mayor Daley took on Michigan, oil, and Asian Carp, it was also announced 225 “non-instructional” employees will be laid off from City Colleges.

Following his DUI arrest, Walter Jacobson told the Trib that "I believe, and my attorney believes, that I am innocent." more ›

Walter Jacobson was caught driving drunk last night in Lincoln Park. Police responded to a call that someone was driving erratically and had hit a parked car, and lo and behold, the offending driver was the 70-year-old Jacobson. Police say a Breathalyzer test showed Jacobson's BAL was over the legal limit. [Trib]
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