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Extra Extra: Coyote Captured On South Side

By Samantha Abernethy in News on Feb 9, 2012 12:00AM


  • Chicago police cornered and captured a female coyote on the South Side today after a 2-hour chase. Officials say there may be more coyote sightings now during their mating season. [ABC7]

  • Will Ferrell will handle introductions at tonight's Bulls-Hornets game in New Orleans. [Sun-Times]

  • A judge says a wealthy teen on probation for reckless driving can’t attend the Grammys. [Tribune]

  • University of Chicago Medicine will contribute $120,000 to pay for a CeaseFire violence interrupter for three years, probably focused around Hyde Park. [Crain's]

  • At first we thought the headline boasted a "nun fight club," but this is just as important. Nuns in the suburbs are fighting the creation of a strip club called "Get It" just next door to their convent in suburban Stone Park. [Better Government Association]