Extra Extra: Man Receives Ten-Year Sentence In Silk Road Drug Trafficking Case
A Dutch man has been sentenced in Chicago to ten years in prison for trafficking thousands of pounds of drugs on the website Silk Road—a now-defunct website where drug deals were common. [Tribune]
Plans for Modern Cannabis, a medical marijuana dispensary in Logan Square, are making their way through the city council. [DNAinfo]
A 20-year-old Chicago rapper was fatally shot in Uptown a week after posting a video making fun of a rival gang online. [Tribune]
A penthouse in the Gold Coast's Park Tower has sold a record $18.75 million to a firm tied to George Lucas and wife Mellody Hobson. [Tribune]
South Shore is preparing for a revamped shopping plaza to be anchored by a Whole Foods where a Dominick's used to be. [DNAinfo]
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