Midday News Links
By Staff in News on May 9, 2011 5:40PM
Image Credit: Jonathan Lurie
- High speed rail development between Chicago and Detroit gets a boost courtesy of a $196.5 million federal grant. [Tribune]
- The Tribune Editorial Board to Wal-Mart opponents - Get Over It. [Tribune]
- The city and state liquor control commissions are investigating the liquor license for River North's Ontourage after it was revealed the two brothers who own and manage the nightclub have ties to a drug dealer and a motorcycle gang. [Sun-Times]
- A North Side math teacher wins a Golden Apple Award. [Chicago Breaking News]
- A man was arrested for stealing nachos condiments from a 7-Eleven and attacking the cashier who tried to stop him. [CBS Chicago]
- Two women were stabbed during a Mother's Day cookout on the South Side. [Sun-Times]
- Mayor Daley was honored by the armed forces over the weekend. [NBC Chicago]
- Mayor Daley's open house starts in about 20 minutes. [ABC 7]