Extra, Extra
By Marcus Gilmer in News on Sep 3, 2009 10:30PM
- A man recently paroled after almost 30 years in jail for rape has been charged with a sexual assault that occurred early Tuesday in Lincoln Park.
- There's a bit of trouble for Mayor Daley's press secretary Jacquelyn Heard as it seems like she's the owner of a reputed drug house.
- Someone's taken their political differences too far: Cook Co. Commissioner Deborah Sims received racist and threatening phone calls over her decision to switch sides and back Todd Stroger's tax veto.
- CPS President Ron Huberman outlined a plan aimed at protecting at-risk students in a bid to curb violence which will be aided by $35 million in stimulus funding.
- The Catholic Church is spending $1.3 million on a local marketing blitz that aims to get wayward parishioners back to church.
- Crews are working to clean and contain a radiation spill that happened earlier today on the Northwest side.