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Extra Extra: Wicker Park Walgreens Employees Fight Off Would-Be Robber

By Jon Graef in News on Dec 15, 2013 10:00PM

  • A man who tried to rob a Wicker Park Walgreens was apprehended midnight Saturday after employees of the store fought him off. [Sun-Times]
  • An Indiana woman's husband for all of eight hours was killed while he was helping another motorist. [NBC Chicago]
  • A former teacher at Hales Franciscan High School who reported the sexual assault of a female student to authorities filed a whistleblower lawsuit against the school. [Trib]
  • Rod Blagojevich gets his [very long] shot at an appeal. [Sun-Times]
  • The roots of Chicago’s pension crisis. [WBEZ]


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