Extra Extra: Brush Fire Burns 10 Acres In Palatine
- Discarded cigarettes caused a wild fire in the Deer Grove Forest Preserve in Palatine. Strong winds and dry conditions fueled the blaze until 10 acres were burned. It took 50 firefighters six hours to put it out. [Trib Local]
- A Chicago police officer is in trouble for wearing his uniform in photos next women who were, well, not wearing much. [Fox]
- The city is accepting proposals from some big names to develop the former site of Michael Reese Hospital. [Tribune Cityscapes]
- Ald. Ed Burke hired the former chief of Cicero police - who pleaded the fifth 29 times in connection with an FBI investigation against him - as City Hall’s chief investigator. [Sun-Times]
- The New York Times looked at CPS's new policy on YouTube as a classroom tool after filtering out the nasty parts. [NYT]
- One person was killed, and another was seriously injured in a high-rise apartment fire on the Northwest Side. [Fox]
